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Real Estate

The Princess Beatrix House

Have your morning cup of tea in this classic Tudor, built in 1920 and on the National Register of Historic Places. It was named for Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands when she visited the home on her official visit to Hudson in 1959. The four-bedroom, three-and-a-half

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Real Estate

Royal Digs

A custom Tudor on a cul-de-sac was built in 1989, but from the grand entry, you might think you were entering an English castle. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom New Milford home has two fireplaces, granite countertops, a fully finished walk-out basement, hardwood flooring, and heated sunroom.

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Real Estate

A Tudor for Today

A contemporary home on the outskirts of the village of Rhinebeck offers a variation on the theme with its hints of Tudor Revival styling. The four-bedroom home has an open floor plan with a great room that has 20-foot ceilings, a gourmet kitchen with custom cabinetry and granite

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Style

Garden: Weed Wonderings

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by the people who know best, the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. This week, Brian Cruey of the BBG ponders the thorny process of how

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Finch: A New Nest in Hudson

“I remember being in our kitchen and it was a really cold winter, and I thought, 'What the hell have we just done?'" Andrew Arrick remembers, as he surveys his seven-week-old Hudson shop, Finch. A fashion refugee turned small town shop-keep, Arrick once ran

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Food

Dining: Two Boots, Many Pleasures

By Robert Burke Warren Two Boots Hudson Valley, the newest addition to the Cajun-Italian restaurant franchise, is approximately one hundred miles from the original — and still thriving — Two Boots in New York’s East Village. Filmmaker-cum-restaurateur Phil Hartman posted that first shingle among run-down tenements and

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Community

Bascom: A Venerable and Democratic Lodge Celebrates A Diamond Jubilee

By Shawn Hartley Hancock Visiting a stone lodge at the top of a mountain appeals to everyone, even the not-very-outdoorsy. The delicious smoke and crackle of a campfire, the bracing fresh air, or maybe just the absence of a TV and a break from the quotidian all seem

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Parties

A Pomperaug River Runs Through It

Sarah Todd reports from Woodbury.Do river nymphs live in Woodbury? The idyllic landscape at the Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition's annual Evening by the River benefit on Saturday, June 15, made their presence seem likely. Guests in flowered shifts and crisp jackets sipped white wine while lounging by

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Food

Dining Al Fresco: Celebrating the Great Semi-Outdoors

By Sarah Todd There is real alchemy when a fresh-grilled ear of corn and a pot of softened butter make contact with the great outdoors. If you’re in the mood to take a night off the grill and let someone else do the cooking this summer, head to

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Style

Rural Runway: Regional Fashion Designers in the Now

By Fiona BreslinWhether you need a beach bag for summer, a funky piece of jewelry, or an airy dress that flatters in all the right ways, we’ve compiled a list of recently established and emerging local designers — who have not yet been widely reported on — but who are grinding

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Arts

Theater: "Heroes" (and the Heroes of "On The Town")

By Scott Baldinger As a funny sage once remarked, eighty percent of success is just showing up. In the case of the theater, this comment could be amended to say that, while showing up certainly helps, half of success is picking the right material for the moment. In the last

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Parties

Jacob's Pillow Season Opening Gala Inspires

Amy Krzanik reports from Becket.The rain finally ceased on Saturday, June 15 and let the sun shine down on the Season Opening Gala at Jacob’s Pillow. Attendees mingled inside and outside Blake’s Barn, wherein hung the new, behind-the-scenes photography exhibit Shooting Stars. After cocktail hour,

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