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Garden Conservancy Open Day Digs Deeper In Dutchess County

Lisa Green reports from Millbrook. On Saturday, Sept. 24, cars were criss-crossing Dutchess County country roads en route to some magnificent private gardens, courtesy of The Garden Conservancy’s Dutchess County Open Day. After a full day of garden immersion, some of those cars headed to a special Digging Deeper

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Straight From The Heart: Fairview Hospital's 2016 Gala

Amy Krzanik reports from Great Barrington. The theme of the Saturday, Sept. 24 Fairview Hospital Gala, “You Gotta Have Heart,” was a nod to the Great Barrington hospital’s top-notch cardiology unit as well as a tribute to its president – and the evening’s honorary chair – Eugene “Gene” Dellea. A

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Food

Review: Blue Plate Revisited, And Happily

By Jamie Larson It’s worth catching dinner at the Blue Plate in Chatham New York, on the early side, while there’s still some light in the sky. You'll be surrounded by big beautiful windows, as evening light filters through the trees onto the butcher-paper tabletops. Then,

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Food

Recipe: Late Summer Farm Risotto

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

It's Open House At Hudson River Country Seats

Montgomery Place Our feature story this week introduces our series on a house being built from blueprints to finished structure, but if you’re more into historic architecture, the Country Seats Tour sponsored by Hudson River Heritage on Saturday should be on your calendar. The focus of this tour is

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Share The Wealth: BerkShares Celebrates A Decade

Rachel Louchen reports from Great Barrington. Tin is traditionally associated with a 10-year anniversary, but for BerkShares, it was all about the paper. Berkshire County's own local currency celebrated a decade of circulation and success at Prairie Whale on Friday, Sept. 23. In the fall of 2006, local

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Real Estate

Millbrook Style

Total farmhouse charm in Millbrook, this property has been featured in the New York Times for its chic interior decor. It features an architect-designed kitchen, five wood-burning fireplaces, living room with pocket doors, parlor room, dining room, den/study and a back patio with a pergola. There are five bedrooms

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Japanese Countryside

This unique Rhinebeck home was designed by a Japanese master craftsman in the style of a modern Japanese house. The three-bedroom contemporary was built with shoji screens and many Japanese finishes. The house opens seamlessly to the three-acre garden offering waterfalls, walking bridges, a raked dry garden, strolling paths and

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Industrial Chic

Located in Ancram on the border of Millerton, this barn-style contemporary home offers an open floor plan, high ceilings and lots of light. A stylish industrial look is created by concrete floors with radiant heat and a stainless steel-finished kitchen. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom home is low maintenance and energy efficient.

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Standout Victorian

Rhinebeck is a town filled with gorgeous historical homes and this 1860 Folk Victorian stands out amongst them all. A recent renovation added central air conditioning, new bathrooms and an updated kitchen while allowing original moldings, large windows, wide-board floors and plaster walls to remain intact. A center hall separates

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Custom Everything

Nestled in the woods of Milan, a custom-designed structure offers glass, steel, stone, cedar, ash and fir in the post-and-beam construction. The open plan design of living room, kitchen, and dining room share a triple-sided fireplace. On the same floor, a private guest suite and a screened porch are designed

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Style

The High-Performance Home, Step By Step, Part 1

Rendering of exterior view of house from the north, with the main house on the right and the garage/studio on the left. Judging by the number of clicks we get on our Real Estate pages each week, it’s pretty obvious that many (do we dare say most?) of

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