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Community

The Rural We: Mary Mott

Mary Mott is a writer and monologist who lives in Stockbridge, Mass. Two years ago, she performed a one-woman show presented by the Berkshire Theatre Group at The Unicorn Theatre (in Stockbridge), and is now following that up with another show beginning Friday, Oct. 29. Mott was inspired to

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Parties

The Future Is Female: A Lunch For Perfect Ten At Little Ghent Farm

Amy Krzanik reports from Ghent. I can almost see a lightbulb appear, glowing, above Paula Forman’s head as she recalls how the idea for the Perfect Ten After School program came to her. Six years ago, she overheard some very young girls on a Hudson, N.Y. street in

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Style

Plant Bulbs Now To Light Up The Spring Garden

The Rural Intelligence region is fortunate to have so many gardening experts close by. Our garden writer, Madaline Sparks, is the principal in her own design, installation and maintenance business, Madaline Sparks Garden Design, with clients in Columbia and Berkshire counties. For 12 years she was the contributing garden editor

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Style

The High-Performance Home, Part 2: The Smart Wall

Rona Easton and Lonn Combs of EASTON+COMBS, the award-winning architectural office based in New Marlborough, Mass. have allowed Rural Intelligence to look over their shoulders (and those of their client) throughout the construction process of a high-performance home going up right now. This is the second installment

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Real Estate

Efficient On The Farm

A classic farmhouse exterior houses state-of-the-art mechanical systems, internet-controlled heating and air conditioning, a generator, and foam insulation throughout that keep this large Southfield residence energy efficient. Known as Adams Farm, a historically significant property set on 52 pastoral acres, it includes an original 1760 farmhouse,

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Real Estate

Sustainable Shaker

Shaker simplicity meets energy efficiency at this property in Kinderhook. Designed by architect Dennis Wedlick, the four-bedroom main home is 98-percent efficient with solar power, energy-efficient appliances and high-velocity HVAC and AC systems. The interior is as stylish as it is green, featuring modern lines, lots

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Real Estate

Single-Level Green

Seated on five acres in Ghent, this modernist, one-level residence offers the quiet of the country and the up-to-date conveniences of green features such as energy-efficient radiant heat and solar panels. The house has four bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. The open floor plan

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Real Estate

Geo Cool

Green elements at this contemporary Hillsdale home include geothermal heating and cooling, Energy Star appliances and solar features. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom new construction home offers a fully equipped chef’s kitchen with custom cabinetry and quartz countertops, a large butler’s pantry and a great room with a

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Real Estate

Eco-Adirondack

This Adirondack-style estate was built in 2010 using green construction and incorporating native wood from the land in Canaan. The main house has radiant heat, a chef's kitchen, four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a large family or media room and bonus play loft. There are skylights, French doors,

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Real Estate

Distinctively And Uniquely Green

In Germantown, Oneathesedays Farm is a passive solar farmhouse with active solar panels on the grid. Bordered by Roeliff Jansen Kill with water frontage and a sandy beach, the 17.3 acres have been organically farmed since 1985 and there is no possibility of surrounding development because all neighboring properties

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Food

Dutch's Spirits Revives A Clandestine Distillery

By Jamie Larson We love letting you in on a good secret, and Dutch’s Spirits at Harvest Homestead Farm in Pine Plains, New York won’t be one for long. While it’s only just getting started, Dutch’s has a lot going on. It’s a farm stand,

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Arts

Seedy Stories: Peter C. Vermilyea's "Witches Of Litchfield County"

By Amy Krzanik Horror movies and haunted houses are all well and good for a Halloween fright-night, but sometimes the scariest thing of all is the disclaimer “based on a true story.” Yikes. In keeping with the spirit(s) of the season, local historian Peter C. Vermilyea will explore

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