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Real Estate

Great Georgian

This stately Georgian is nestled into a garden sanctuary on a backdrop of five acres in Old Chatham. The home offers a newly updated chef's kitchen, formal dining room, elegant entry hall, large living room with fireplace and a spacious screened porch. Upstairs holds the master bedroom and

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Birdsey Hall

Birdsey Hall is an 1802 Georgian, the former home of notable mercantilist Birdsey Norton, and is sited on nearly 75 acres in Goshen. The 6,719-square-foot main house has six bedrooms, an elegant kitchen, media room, grand sitting rooms, formal dining room and eight fireplaces. The grounds include extensive gardens,

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Expansive Georgian

This 6,291 square-foot Georgian home is located atop Silver Mountain yet just 10 minutes to the village of Millerton. Interior features include fireplaces in both the living room and kitchen, hardwood floors, views from the dining room, seven bedrooms, and seven bathrooms. Among the many improvements are new windows,

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The Windfield Estate

Windfield is an architect-designed Georgian with a guest house on 54 acres in Washington. It is surrounded by hedgerows, extensive gardens and a courtyard, and offers far-reaching western views. Inside there is a grand living room, octagonal dining room, kitchen, informal living room, den, three bedrooms, and four bathrooms. A

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Community

The Rural We: Ellen Lynch

After working as a graphic artist in New York City, Ellen Lynch made a 180-degree turn and moved to Southeast Idaho to establish a cattle ranch in the Grand Teton Mountains. Since 2011, Lynch has lived in the Hudson Valley, eventually settling in Stuyvesant and opening a pop-up gallery of

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Food

The RuraList: 5 Pumpkin Pies For Your Thanksgiving Table

Few traditions seem to be as rooted as pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. And while there are those who make their own, we in the Rural Intelligence region are fortunate to have pastry chefs and bakeries that can supply some outstanding pumpkin pies for those who’d rather leave the baking

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Arts

Katharine T. Carter Makes The Art Go Around

Katharine T. Carter with Hugo T. Poodle. Photo: Michelle Barclay. By Jamie Larson As patrons and appreciators of the fine arts that fill the institutions and galleries across our region, most of us spend little time contemplating how the art got there. The complex mechanisms, bureaucracy and caprice that fill

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Parties

PS21 Invites A Crowd To Help Celebrate Its New Home

Amy Krzanik reports from Chatham. At long last, Performance Spaces for the 21st Century (PS21) was able to hold a fundraising gala inside its very own building. On Saturday, Nov. 11, supporters flocked to tour the brand-new black box theater and to help PS21 and its director Judy Grunberg celebrate

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Food

Recipe: Pasta with Chicken Sausage & Broccoli Rabe

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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Real Estate

Treehouse Dining

There's a one-of-a-kind dining room is inside this real-life treehouse residence in Richmond. Designed by a famous architect, the three-bedroom, four-bathroom treehouse has open common rooms along with cozy spaces that heavily use natural materials such as tree beams and stone. The three levels of living space offer

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Formal Seating

Every room in this exquisite property in Ghent is spacious and stylish, including the formal dining room with a fireplace and crown moldings. Inside the 4,900 square-foot home is a formal living room, library, family game room, large chef’s eat-in kitchen, office, five bedrooms, and four bathrooms. The

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Dinner Party Ready

Soaring ceilings and considerable space make this dining room perfect for large gatherings. In Goshen, a stone exterior encases a post-and-beam open floor plan with hardwood floors and many windows. The house has an open kitchen, sunroom, living room, formal dining room, three bedrooms, four bathrooms and a screened porch

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