Rural Intelligence (Page 399)

Real Estate

Modern Interpretation

This is a renovated 1900 Victorian in Hudson with 2,1000 square feet of living space. It has a well-proportioned living room, dining room with fireplace and a high-end kitchen with professional grade appliances and marble, and opens up to a deck for entertaining. Upstairs there is a large, vaulted

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Rural Retreat

A rural road in Ancram leads to this house, located in a peaceful setting with far reaching mountain views of the Catskills. The three-bedroom, three-and-one-half bathroom main home was built in 2007 and has geothermal radiant heating throughout as well as central air. There is a kitchen with ceramic tile

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Copake Revival

Built in 1820, the E. W. Sweet House is a carefully restored Greek Revival in Copake with original details and custom cabinetry throughout. The four-bedroom, three-and-one-half bathroom home has a fully equipped modern kitchen with quartz counters. The house offers a wood stove, two fireplaces, dining room, living room and

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Manor House

This sophisticated European-style manor house gives off serious Downton Abbey vibes on 43 lush park-like acres overlooking a long range valley view in Old Chatham. The elegant contemporary was designed with superb quality and finishes, with extra amenities and large, light-filled rooms. There are five bedrooms and seven bathrooms including

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Over The Hudson

On more than 13 acres in Stuyvesant, this three-bedroom, two-bathroom main house, three-bedroom guest house, pool house and barn complex also comes with expansive view of the Hudson River. The main home has a huge living room, kitchen, dining/living area with fireplace, formal dining room, den with built-ins and

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Arts

It’s Un Bel Di As We Welcome The Berkshire Opera Festival

By Lisa Green Since the Berkshire Opera Company folded in 2008, opera productions have been conspicuously absent from the performing arts scene in the Berkshires. So when Jonathon Loy and Brian Garman, both accomplished opera directors and conductors, announced plans to form the Berkshire Opera Festival, it wasn’t only

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Parties

Bowling For Berkshire Baby Box In Great Barrington

Lisa Green reports from Great Barrington. Back in the day, there was a TV show called Bowling For Dollars, but on Monday, August 22, a group of people gathered at the Cove Bowling Alley to bowl for Berkshire Baby Box. A new nonprofit engineered by South Egremont resident Hinda Bodinger,

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Community

The Rural We: Melvin Collins

Melvin Collins is a resident and homeowner in the Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Community, Soldier On’s 38-member permanent housing cooperative in Pittsfield, Massachusetts that provides formerly homeless veterans with safe and affordable homes. Collins works full time in the facility’s kitchen, helps out with Soldier On’s annual

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Food

Recipe: Egg In A Cornhole Muffin

This is a recipe I used to make at the bakery/coffee shop I was baking for in Brooklyn just before my husband and I left to move up to the beautiful northwest corner. I tried it a couple of times in the bakery once we took over, but I

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Community

Hillsdale's Davis and Draves Think Locally and Act Globally

Draves and Davis By Jamie Larson Ken Davis and Kevin Draves run two traditional small-town businesses in Hillsdale, New York: an ice cream parlor and a "lifestyle boutique," but their unique approach and style are anything but ordinary. The couple's artistic taste and community mindedness are

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Parties

A Bevy Of Exquisite Boxes Appears At McTeigue & McClelland

Amy Krzanik reports from Great Barrington. The Saturday, Aug. 20 opening reception for Modern Treasure Chests, an exhibition of jewelry boxes by master artisans that is now on view at McTeigue & McClelland, also served as a reunion for the artists. All of the featured makers are friends of the

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Notable Stone

The Arthur T. Hadley stone estate was built by an architect in 1988 and purchased by the aforementioned notable writer for its complete seclusion and stunning views. In Austerlitz, the main house has a large dining room that looks out to two ponds, contemporary kitchen, a wood-burning fireplace in each

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