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Real Estate

Great Pond Retreat

The Greek Revival center-hall Colonial in Craryville overlooks waterfront on Zecky’s Pond. Built in the 1850s, the four-bedroom, two-bathroom home has a formal living room, dining area, kitchen with hearth, wood stove and hardwood floors. Enjoy the pond view from the private deck or screened porch.

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Colonial Home, Contemporary Flair 

A home built in 1880 that's in a move-in condition is a rarity, but this Lenox Colonial has been well-maintained, so it's just that. Featuring updated mechanicals that mix well with the period details, the five-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom house has

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Modern Revival

From the outside, this Colonial looks every bit 1860, but inside tells a different story thanks to upgrades and expansions performed by a local craftsman. Greek Revival-style columns welcome you to the Rhinebeck house, which has an elegant kitchen with breakfast bar, white marble counters and custom cabinetry and

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Antique Update

A top-to-bottom renovation has kept this 1790 center hall Colonial looking fresh for over 200 years. The spacious and comfortable home has a mudroom/entry with radiant heat, den with fireplace, formal living room flanked by bookcases and a well-appointed country kitchen that opens up to the

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Hillsdale Homestead

Built in 1908 as the original homestead on a family farm known as Berkshire Valley Lodge, full restorations have made this house just as suitable for today's family. Sited on 27.5 acres in Hillsdale, the home has original details as well as modern conveniences like in-floor

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Total Update

This 1853 Greek Revival was transformed into new thanks to a meticulous renovation in 2008 that gave it modern kitchen and bathrooms and new mechanicals. Located on a picturesque road in Hillsdale, the home pays homage to the past with original hardware, moldings, doors and wide plank pumpkin pine floors.

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Style

Garden: Mind Your Peony Ps And Qs

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best: one of the master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey. There is no denying that peonies (or Paeonia, the only genus

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Parties

Construct's MayFest Honors Ernest Schnesel

Amy Krzanik reports from Great Barrington. Guests spilled out of the packed Wyantenuck Country Club and onto the front veranda on Monday, May 11 as Construct’s annual MayFest fundraising gala honored the memory of longtime supporter Ernest Schnesel. The evening’s theme, “The House That Ernie Built," represents

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Food

Recipe: Spring Chickpeas

Twice a month, Berkshire County native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), contributes a thoughtful and heartfelt essay/recipe created exclusively for Rural Intelligence readers. Her first cookbook has achieved top-seller

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Food

Gracie's and Savory: CIA Grads' Trucks Make Old New

By Jamie Larson One might assume that two food trucks, both run by Culinary Institute of America grads, would be experimenting with cultural fusion or molecular gastronomy. Interestingly, and luckily for us, the Gracie’s and Savory Delicatessen food trucks, both located (most weekends) in the open air food court

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Arts

The School: One Year And Art Five Decades In The Making

El Anatsui, “Stressed World" (as installed at The School, Kinderhook, NY). By Robert Ayers It has been almost exactly a year since Jack Shainman changed the contemporary art landscape in this part of the world by opening The School in Kinderhook, NY. On Sunday, May 17, he is throwing

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Recipe: Chive and Cheddar Biscuits

This week's recipe is from Berkshire-based duo The Butcher & The Baker. The Butcher is Jake, a nose-to-tail butcher/artist, who loves to cook and grew up in the woody hills of Western Massachusetts where his passion for local, fresh food was first instilled in

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