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Real Estate

New And Improved

This Sharon home has been renovated and is in move-in condition. The 5,000-square-foot house has a new gourmet kitchen with eating area and family room leading to a deck and screened porch. Both the spacious living room and library have wood-burning fireplaces. The huge first-floor master suite has French

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Formal Country

In Ghent, this 1860s manor enjoys a park-like 56 acres with a separate guest house and barns. With grand yet comfortable living spaces, the house offers a living room, formal dining room, library, family game room and large chef’s eat-in kitchen. There are five bedrooms, four bathrooms, and a

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Modern Hillsdale

The architect-designed Confluence House in Hillsdale is a clean and modern home. The open plan with walls of glass and soaring ceilings deliver much natural light. Polished concrete floors have geothermal radiant heat, the kitchen is custom, the living room has a wood stove, and there are two bedrooms and

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Private Colonial

Perched atop Geer Mountain in South Kent, this Colonial is surrounded by 18 acres of pastures and woods. The 4,611-square-foot main home has hardwood floors, three fireplaces, extensive moldings, soapstone countertops in the kitchen, top-of-the-line appliances, and spacious rooms. There are five bedrooms, three-and-one-half bathrooms, and a two-car garage.

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Mass Renovation

Built in the 1790s, this historic Colonial farmhouse in Sheffield was meticulously renovated in 2012 by the creative owners, a talented architect and renowned builder. Improvements include a new foundation, septic tank, well, roof, five-zone heating, central air conditioning, hot water tanks, plumbing, and electrical systems. The newer elements mix

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Parties

BFMC's Posh Picnic Honors Carl Sprague

Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox. The Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative (BFMC)'s 4th annual Posh Picnic, held on Sunday, July 23 on the lawn at Tanglewood, honored a local resident whose work has been seen worldwide in feature films such as The Royal Tenenbaums, Twelve Years a Slave

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Billy Porter Shakes Up Bard's SummerScape Gala

Amy Krzanik reports from Annandale-on-Hudson. Twinkling lights, lush foliage, green lawns that seemingly go on forever, magical Hudson River views, a mansion in the background: it’s easy to see why Bard College held its SummerScape Gala on the fairy tale-esque grounds of Montgomery Place for the second year in

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Food

Recipe: Raspberry Zucchini Muffins

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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Community

The Rural We: Rowan Willigan

What do you do when you have a surfeit of talent, energy and interests in a long list of creative realms? If you’re Rowan Willigan, a dancer-choreographer-artist-photographer-teacher and food blogger (we’ve probably left out a few other activities), you do them all. Red Hook, New York born and

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Olana Celebrates A Half Century As A Public Work Of Art

Lisa Green reports from Hudson. Fifty years ago, Olana State Historic Site opened as a public work of art, so this year’s summer party at the historic site on Saturday, July 22 honored 1967 in food, music and, among some of the guests, wardrobe. During the host committee reception,

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Real Estate

Stone Opulence

In Sharon, a custom-designed stone and wood country home is accessed via a meandering driveway. There is pillared entry, kitchen with a breakfast lounge, great room with Rumford fireplace, living room with soaring ceilings, and dining room. The master suite has a fieldstone fireplace, bathroom and dressing room, and overlooks

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Modern Dutch

While the stone exterior is reminiscent of early Dutch barns, it's actually a custom-designed futuristic passive house in Hudson. Created by architects from the ground up, this high-performance home is efficient in design and function with minimal energy costs all year round. Open and lofty, there is a

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