Rural Intelligence (Page 338)

Real Estate

Dining Alcove

Ideally located in an alcove with three sides of windows, this dining room looks out to six acres in Alford. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom Contemporary is finished with high-end materials and handcrafted details. The layout includes a foyer, kitchen, living room, and screened porch. A lower level walks out to the

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Room With A View

The dining room in this Lakeville home is hallmarked by expansive windows offering views and natural sunlight. The 12-room house holds a gourmet chef’s kitchen, breakfast room, butler’s pantry, and living room. Additional spaces include a paneled library, luxurious master suite, and six bedrooms with bathrooms en-suite. Outside

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Great Spectacle

Inspired by Nantucket summer homes, this shingle-style residence offers a dining room that looks out to North Spectacle Lake in Kent. Designed by a renowned architect, the interior has high ceilings, a kitchen that opens to the great room, a mahogany-paneled library, formal main entrance and a mudroom with builtins.

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Arts

At Hudson Hall, The Mother Of All Operas

R.B. Schlather. Photos by Tobin Del Cuore. By Sharon Smullen“The Mother of Us All” is not your grandma’s opera — unless she's a fan of Gertrude Stein’s words and wit, Virgil Thomson’s modernist music, and Susan B. Anthony’s civil rights and suffrage struggles.

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Food

Recipe: The Ultimate Double Chocolate Chip Cookie

Contributor Lisa Fielding is a private chef and boutique caterer based in Manhattan who weekends in Litchfield County whenever possible. Many of her Manhattan clients are also Litchfield County weekenders, so work brings her to Northwest Connecticut as well. A Los Angeles transplant, Fielding was a former Hollywood film executive

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Parties

Celebration, Renewed Commitment At Berkshires NAACP Dinner

Amy Krzanik reports from Pittsfield. Some people would have you believe that we are living through the worst time in America’s history. The present, however, is best viewed through the lens of the past. Anti-racism activist and writer Tim Wise discussed this topic and others during his keynote speech

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Community

The Rural We: Nancy Opgaard

Nancy Opgaard may not be the only yoga teacher in the northwest corner of Connecticut, but according to one of her students in Cornwall who contacted us, she is the beloved instructor in their town. Along with teaching yoga, Opgaard is a massage therapist and offers meditation classes. It wasn’

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Food

W. Cornwall Joins The Taste Trail With Pearly's Farmhouse Cafe

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Community

'Il Villaggio Di Millbrook' Explores The Town's Italian Heritage

By Lisa Green There’s often something charming and a little quirky about apocryphal stories that makes us want to believe them. The village of Millbrook, New York has such a story. It’s said that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, someone from Millbrook went to “the

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Real Estate

One-Level Ease

This chic contemporary offers one-level living featuring an open concept floor plan. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom ranch has an open eat-in kitchen, dining area, and living room. Recently renovated, the kitchen and bathrooms, windows, and heating/cooling system are brand new. Private yet minutes to Rhinebeck, there are great outdoor spaces

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Clean And Classic

This newly built home in Spencertown offers stunning views from nearly every room. Reclaimed pine floors run throughout the kitchen, dining area, living room, bedrooms, and office/playroom. The master bedroom is huge, with Catskill views that are also visible in the bathroom — a soaking tub is situated by a

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Everything's Included

Set back from a driveway that crosses a scenic brook, this well-maintained Washington home offers 6,276 square feet. Large living spaces include a cathedral-ceilinged kitchen, family room, open plan living room/dining room, formal living room, office/den, and large studio apartment above the five-car garage. There is a

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