Rural Intelligence (Page 423)

Real Estate

Toad Hall

Toad Hall in Lakeville is filled with formal and elegant details that start with the two-story foyer, the black and white marble floor and a curved hardwood stairway. The house offers a kitchen/great room featuring a sitting area with fireplace, dining area with a large bay window looking out

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Parties

It's Maple Season For Berkshire Grown

Rachel Louchen reports from Lenox. It's that time of year again: the days are getting longer, the trees are tapped and Berkshire Grown is back with its March Maple dinner. On Monday, March 21, the second day of spring, the annual dinner at Cranwell was filled with local

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Food

Recipe: Spicy Tuna Rolls

If you’re in the Berkshires and need to meet with someone, in a place where you can get a nice pastry and coffee or a local/organic/homemade meal in a convivial (and wired) setting, where do you go? Very likely, it’ll be one of the two Haven

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Food

Popup Tuesday Dinners At Rivertown Lodge Start March 29

By Lisa Green There’s something sort of magical, a little Brigadoon-like, about popup dinners. Whether its Outstanding In The Field,PlaceInvaders or a Dinner in White, they are happenings that are here and gone in a matter of hours. The food may be the centerpiece, but it’s the

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Community

Meet Your Makerspace: Four New Spots To Learn And Create

By Amy Krzanik For a number of years, many folks habitually bemoaned how quickly the younger generations (and the older ones, too) had so fully embraced “the digital age." As they would have you believe, soon no one would be able to sew a button back on, grow an

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Community

The Rural We: Matt Tannenbaum

Matt Tannenbaum grew up in Mt. Vernon, New York and began his book career in New York City, then later moved to Washington, D.C. But the literature lover found a home in the Berkshires, where he’s been happily running The Bookstore in Lenox for the past 40 years.

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Parties

Hudson Children's Book Festival Cocktail Party

Amy Krzanik reports from Hudson. Most of us know what it’s like to get lost in a book, having spent many childhood hours escaping into, learning from and being befriended by stories both real and imagined. The large crowd of teachers, authors and community members who gathered in support

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Real Estate

Pool Hall Manor

This billiards room has a stunning oak bar with seating, giant stone fireplace and lots of room to spread out and shoot pool. The turn-of-the-century-inspired shingle-style Colonial in Litchfield sits on 45 acres with 50-mile views. The 6,000-square-foot estate has 13 rooms, including five bedrooms, four-and-one-half bathrooms, top-of-the-line kitchen,

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Play Room

The billiards room at Sky Hill Farm in Richmond features pristine hardwood floors and thick, exposed beams, and is bathed in sunlight. Expanded and renovated, this 4,500-square-foot farmhouse has four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a brand-new kitchen with custom-made cherry cabinetry, dining and living rooms with fireplaces, office with garden

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Real Estate

Good Game

A modernist country retreat in Chatham offers long-range views, park-like grounds, multiple decks and a large, sunny game room. A spacious foyer opens to an open floor plan of dining area with fireplace, chef’s kitchen and a long wall of windows taking in the seemingly endless view. There is

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Real Estate

Rock Hall

Rock Hall in Colebrook is a Spanish Mediterranean Revival home designed in 1918 by noted American architect Addison Mizner and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The expansive manor has a third-floor game room, billiards room, wine cellar, tasting room, home theater and gym. Living spaces in the

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Real Estate

Great Rooms

A thoughtful renovation has updated this Greek Revival in Stuyvesant with contemporary elements that include a game room and home theater. Sited on rolling pastures with Catskill and Berkshire views, the home's highlights include the eat-in chef's kitchen, formal living and dining rooms, study, four bedroom

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