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Sowing Seeds: A Harvest Café In The City Of Peace

By Nichole Dupont Summer is nearing its end. We all knew it would come. I was driving along with my 13-year-old son, Lucian. We had just dropped my daughter off at a leadership event at Ramblewild. And we were starving (we are always on the brink of hangry). I pulled

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Community

The Rural We: Ruth Jaffe

A psychoanalyst in New York City until two-and-a-half years ago, Ruth Jaffe and her husband now live full time in Washington Depot, Connecticut. While she does see some clients in Litchfield County on a part-time basis, you’re more apt to see her volunteering her time teaching Spanish (she’s

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Real Estate

Victorian Gothic

Built in 1880 and remodeled in 1990, this house in Hudson was designed in the fashion of Calvert Vaux, a master of Victorian Gothic. A lovely entrance hall leads into a corniced parlor with a full bay window. Both the living room and the dining room have original corner cupboards

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Real Estate

High Above Town

This Victorian is located on the hill in Great Barrington within walking distance to Main Street. The three-story 1900 Victorian is fronted by a wraparound porch that leads to a large, open living room/dining room with a wide stairway to the second floor. Both the front and back porches

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Real Estate

Seamless Updates

Norfolk is a town filled with gorgeous historical homes and this 1909 Victorian is one of them. Largely renovated over the past 22 years, the house has new windows and bathrooms integrated with original details like nine-foot ceilings, hardwood floors, and period doors. The first floor has a kitchen, living

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Real Estate

Very Victorian

Everything about this Lakeville home says Victorian. An exceptional example of the style, it was built in 1920 and features notable details such as the striking porte-cochere, front and rear porches, and large bay windows. Inside there is a gracious foyer with pillars that separate the dining room and double

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19th-Century Style

Elegant is the word for this 1885 Rhinebeck village Victorian that sits back from the road surrounded by mature trees and stone walls. With its wraparound porch and bluestone patio, the four-bedroom, two-and-one-bathroom house is accentuated with decorative woodwork, built-in cabinetry, and period hardware. A recent two-story addition offers modern

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Grand Dame

This 1900 Victorian in Great Barrington offers period charm with well-maintained architectural details that reflect the era. The house has eight rooms including a parlor, living room, kitchen, butler's pantry, dining room, office, three bedrooms, and two-and-one-half bathrooms. Two porches look out to the 1.6 acres in-town

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Community

The Berkshires' First Farm To Fork Fondo Pedals Into Town

By Amy Krzanik When I first heard that Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Mass. would host the Berkshires’ first Farm to Fork Fondo on Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24 I thought, “Sounds great!... wait, what’s a fondo?” If, like me, you’re more of a casual bicycle

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Food

Recipe: Summer Shakshuka

One of our favorite events every summer is The Sylvia Center’s Farm-to-Table dinner, hosted by Great Performances in the fields of Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y. The mission of The Sylvia Center is to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on learning experiences on

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Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon Gala 2017

Amy Krzanik reports from New Lebanon.Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon’s annual summer benefit gala, held this year on Saturday, Aug. 19, began with a cocktail hour in and around the Vault of the impressive Great Stone Barn. Guests moved to the tent for dinner, which was prepared by The

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Community

The Rural We: Ron Harrington

Hillsdale, New York resident Ron Harrington has been a TV commercial actor, print model, interior designer, bookkeeper and, along with his husband, Rick, a longtime member of the PantoLoons at the Ghent Playhouse. This weekend, he’ll reveal another of his talents in his first one-man show, “Works on Wood,

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