Rural Intelligence (Page 394)

Real Estate

Nature Surrounds

This Monterey Contemporary is located on a three-acre setting across from Beartown State Forest, and every room caters to the view. The kitchen, dining room, living room with a fireplace and four bedrooms in this house captures wooded views thanks to an abundance of windows. A screened porch and deck

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Arts

Counting Down For The Pittsfield City Jazz Festival

Karrin Allyson and Scott Robinson. By Lisa Green The 12th annual Pittsfield City Jazz Festival, Oct. 7-16, proves that it takes a village to create — and sustain — a jazz festival. “We’re at a critical mass now,” says Ed Bride, festival chair and president of Berkshires Jazz, the nonprofit educational

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Parties

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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Parties

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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Community

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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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Parties

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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Real Estate

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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Real Estate

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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