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Community

It’s A Zoo At Millbrook School (And We Don’t Mean The Kids)

Red panda cub with Millbrook School student Zooies. Photos courtesy Millbrook School. By Merida Welles Coati and Kinkajou, Kea and Rhea. Foreign dishes? Exotic holiday spots? Hardly! These extraordinary creatures are just a few of the 180 exotic and indigenous animals housed at Trevor Zoo, Millbrook School’s six-acre

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Parties

Happy Feet: The Hudson Charity Sock Auction

Amy Krzanik reports from Hudson. More than 80 knitters and bidders crowded into Verdigris Tea & Chocolate on Warren Street for the very first Charity Sock Auction on Saturday evening, Feb. 18. The event, sponsored by Countrywool and Neighborhood Knitters of Hudson, was an ingenious way to supply neighbors with

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Real Estate

Queen of Hudson

Located in Hudson's historic district, this 1882 Queen Anne displays classic architectural details such as a gable roof, patterned wood shingles, and different shaped windows. For sale is the townhouse on the right. Its first floor has pocket doors that divide the living room and dining room, the

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Real Estate

Victorian Plus

This Queen Anne offers a carriage house and guest cottage that sit behind the main home in Housatonic. The 8,000-square-foot house was built in 1892 and features five bedrooms with their own private bathroom, updated kitchen, sunken sunroom, a games room, and library. The carriage house has

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Real Estate

Historic Row

Sited on a historic street of other Queen Anne and Victorian houses in Hudson, this 1890 residence has thoughtfully restored details like original pocket doors, windows and moldings. The house has six wood-burning fireplaces, a formal foyer and two living rooms. The kitchen and dining areas overlook the tree-

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Real Estate

The Gilded Age

This 19th-century Queen Anne in Lenox is one of the original Berkshire "cottages." Renovated and restored for today's lifestyle, the house is elegant and comfortable, offering a kitchen with walk-in pantry, dining room with fireplace, living room, game room, wine cellar, and a solarium.

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Real Estate

Berkshire History

This Pittsfield Queen Anne-style Victorian is rich with Berkshire history, as it was orignally home to William Stanley, who invented the precursor to the transformer. Built in 1895 and impeccably maintained, the interior decor is a mix of yesteryear and current style. Encompassing an impressive 7,559 square feet,

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Real Estate

1899 Update

This Queen Anne Victorian in Hudson was built in 1899 and has all new systems, including electrical, plumbing, and central air conditioning. Beautifully updated and renovated, the interior finishes include hand-applied Venetian plaster walls, an ebonized banister, and top-quality paints. On the first floor, the elegant room layout

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Community

Ten 10x10 Activities You Should Consider

There’s really only one thing that’s not a ten about Pittsfield’s 10x10 Festival: this is the sixth year it’s been supplying locals with reasons to get out on a winter afternoon or evening. Taking our cue from the theme, we're highlighting ten of the

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Community

The Rural We: Wanda Houston

Singer, actor and vocal coach Wanda L. Houston grew up performing – acting in her father’s theater company and singing with her mother, brother and sister in the Houston Singers. After receiving her undergraduate degree in Vocal Performance (with a concentration in Opera), Houston moved from Chicago to Los Angeles

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Style

The RuraList Sings The Blues (On Trend For Spring)

If you follow color trends, you know that “Greenery” is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2017. It’s “a refreshing and revitalizing shade, symbolic of new beginnings,” says the color forecasting institute. But perhaps we’re not quite at the “new beginnings” just yet, because that leafy hue

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Food

Recipe: “Blonde” Meatballs & Spaghetti

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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