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Personal Library

In Stockbridge, a Contemporary house features a library with walls of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. A winding driveway leads to the house and the entrance has a two-story foyer. It leads to a sun-filled living room, dining room with fireplace, large eat-in country kitchen, butler's pantry and mudroom. The second

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Bibliophiles Welcome

A book lover will appreciate this richly appointed library with lots of built-in bookshelves and places to relax and read. In Sheffield, this architect-designed home was fashioned from three dairy barns on 17 acres. There is a great room with a cathedral ceiling, a unique circular-shaped kitchen, summer living room,

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Formal Library

A library with built-ins and gleaming hardwood floors add to this Dutch Colonial's grand and polished feel. The stately Washington home is classic in design with an elegant entrance foyer, an eat-in country kitchen, a formal dining room with double-height ceiling and formal living room with fireplace. There

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Community

Intersection Austerlitz: Fashion, Fabrics And Literary Materials

By Madaline Sparks This weekend, in Austerlitz, New York, a passport is your ticket for a day of exploring costume, culture, and the art of hat making. And so much more it's hard to believe it's all happening in such a tiny radius. Nestled in eastern

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Food

Recipe: Orecchiette With Broccoli And Sausage

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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Food

Vong's Thai Restaurant Hits The Sweet Spot in Pittsfield

By Regina Burgio With the arrival of Vong’s, the long wait for a Thai restaurant in Pittsfield, Mass. is officially over, and its owner, restaurateur Jae Chung, has definitely hit the sweet spot. While his eponymous Jae’s Asian Bistro in Lenox (which will soon be moving to Pittsfield,

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Community

The Rural We: Marlene Marshall

Marlene Marshall has been many things during her circuitous career. She is now the proprietor of the elegant and cozy vintage clothing store Discipline Park, just off Warren Street at 25 North 5th Street in Hudson, New York. She is also an accomplished artist and designer, and author of three

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Parties

GB Land Conservancy Preserves, Conserves, And Has A Party

Rachel Louchen reports from Great Barrington. A hullabaloo can be defined as a frenzy or a ruckus. Both of those definitions work well for the Great Barrington Land Conservancy (GBLC), which has been passionately protecting, advocating and promoting Great Barrington's natural resources for 24 years. On Sunday, Sept.

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Roxbury Farm, First CSA To Deliver To NYC, Celebrates 25 Years

Lisa Green reports from Kinderhook. Many of us have grown attached to our individual CSAs. But when a CSA membership group in New York City charters a bus to drive them two-plus hours up to the farm itself, you know the connection is something special. On Saturday, Sept. 10, Roxbury

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Community

Walk & Roll: Rhinebeck Jams Out At Porchfest

Some of the porches on the festival lineup. By Andrea Pyros If you’ve ever wanted to get up close and personal with Rhinebeck’s lovely historic homes, the first inaugural Rhinebeck Porchfest music festival on Saturday, September 17 is your chance to walk right up to the front steps.

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Village Revamp

With refinished hardwood floors, updated mechanicals, contemporary bathrooms and a kitchen with stainless steel appliances, you almost wouldn't know this Victorian home was built in 1900.The Rhinebeck house is located on a one-acre property with mature trees and plantings and within walking distance to all of the

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18th-Century Conversion

This Copake house pays tribute to its former incarnation as a circa 1800 barn by incorporating exposed beams and hand-hewn hardwood floors. The lofty, contemporary space features an open kitchen/dining room/living room floor plan with a sliding glass door that walks out to the 20-acre property. There are

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