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Real Estate

Clean Lines

This meticulously restored mid-century home combines a light-filled, open floor plan with minimalist lines. Sited on almost five acres in Lakeville, it has eastern and northern views that can be enjoyed from a huge wraparound deck accessed via large sliding glass doors. There is a living/dining room

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Top Of The Hill

Built in 1958, this mid-century sits on the top of Bell Hill overlooking Washington. Renovated within the past year, the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home has open living space with high beamed ceilings, a gourmet kitchen with French doors opening to a patio-surrounded pool, main-level master, and

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Masterful Update

This perfect renovation of a mid-century modern is set on a quiet road in Chatham along the banks of the Kinderhook Creek. Completely renovated with taste and style, there is a kitchen with huge center island, a dining room that looks out to the creek, a den with a

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Food

Recipe: Abuelita's Mole

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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An Evening Of Whimsy: Berkshire Museum's 2017 Festival Of Trees

Amy Krzanik reports from Pittsfield. Whether you’re 5 years old or 85 years young, Berkshire Museum’s annual Festival of Trees exhibition elicits true holiday joy in all who experience it. This year’s show, entitled Whimsical, Wonderful Festival of Trees, opened with its signature reception on Friday, Nov.

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Community

The Rural We: Lincoln Mayorga

Diners at the Blue Plate Restaurant in Chatham, New York may have seen and heard pianist Lincoln Mayorga perform there with bassist Otto Gardner on certain Wednesdays of the month. But they may not have realized that Mayorga is a world-renowned arranger, recording artist, producer, composer, and documentary filmmaker.

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Food

Empire Farm: An Ag Academy For Farmers (And The Rest Of Us)

Photos provided by FarmOn! By Jamie Larson We put a lot of stock in our commitment to farm-to-table living in our region. Of course we shop at farmers markets and have a CSA membership and always read the farm lists at the bottom of the restaurant menus. However,

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With Help From Our Community, Indwe Soars Higher

Lisa Green reports from Great Barrington.Rural Intelligence focuses on a four-county region, but the philanthropic nature of our residents often brings other parts of the world into our own universe. Case in point: Susie Weekes-Roeder, a dynamo who runs a Berkshire-based staging business and serves as

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Stand Out

This Georgian stands out from others of its style with a classic ivy-covered brick exterior. Located on a magnificent park-like setting in the heart of Southfield, the stately home has a formal living room with fireplace, a formal dining room, a paneled study with a fireplace, and an

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Clean And Simple

In Canaan, a classic Georgian-style exterior leads to a clean, bright, and simple floor plan. Owned by the same extended family since it was built in 1923, the Georgian was originally sited high above Canaan Valley before it was moved down the hill in 1940. There are hardwood floors

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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

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