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Real Estate

A Modern Touch

A rustic exterior belies the modern interior of this log house in Clinton, which features a completely modern kitchen and updated bathrooms. The open-plan layout has a living and dining room with beamed ceilings; further back is the large sun room that opens onto a deck. The kitchen has

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Real Estate

Catskill Views

This custom-built post-and-beam is located on a 31-acre blend of open fields and woods with amazing Catskill views. The Hillsdale home has vaulted ceilings, a stunning two-story stone fireplace, wood stove, and a family room with kitchenette on the lower level. The four-bedroom, three-

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Community

Hudson River Valley Ramble Is More Than A Walk In The Park

Tour Innisfree Garden in Millbrook on September 27. By Amy Krzanik The 15th Annual Hudson River Valley Ramble is something of a misnomer, as it involves so much more than leisurely strolls. Occurring every Saturday and Sunday in September, the Ramble celebrates the trails, the river and the historic and

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Community

Young Farmers Create Hudson's New Upstreet Farmers' Market

Dan McManus and Tess Parker, co-owners of Common Hands Farm, started the Upstreet Market. By Jamie Larson With wide smiles, good intentions and dirt under their fingernails, the next generation of Columbia County farmers just, casually, reinvented the farmers market— by moving from Saturday morning to Wednesday evenings and

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Food

Recipe: Pallid Mary Mix

Twice a month, Berkshire 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 status,

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Parties

A Benefit Concert For Berkshire Bach Is Intimate And Inspiring

Lisa Green reports from Hillsdale. Sunshine streamed into the hilltop home of Richard Collens, and the music was equally sparkling at the benefit concert for Berkshire Bach on Sunday, September 7. Pianist Jeewon Park, cellist Edward Arron and the stentorian Bejamin Luxon as narrator performed a program of Bach, Poulenc

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Parties

A Special Evening With John Luther Adams For Audubon Sharon

Rachel Louchen reports from Sharon. “Birdsong is beyond the reach of our ears; I translate," said composer John Luther Adams as he addressed the crowd at a very special benefit for Audubon Sharon on Saturday, September 6. A longtime supporter of the Audubon, Adams, the winner of the 2014

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Wellness

Fitness From The Field: The Tower (And Power) Of Pilates

The Rural Intelligence region offers a plethora of fitness and healing modalities, but it can be hard to know which is the one that fits your needs, your body type and your schedule. Enter Paula Boyajian, a yoga instructor certified in Interdisciplinary Yoga and Yoga for the Special Child, who

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Arts

Chef Michael Ballon: 25 Years Of A Chef's Life In The Berkshires

By Lisa Green When Chef Michael Ballon, a regional pioneer of the farm-to-table movement, first opened the Castle Street Café in Great Barrington 25 years ago, he had to import goat cheese from California. But he soon learned that excellent versions of it were being produced in our

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Real Estate

Green Your Way

Built in 2002, this Sharon house was completely renovated in 2012. Newly updated were the kitchen, floor finishes, two bathrooms, electrical wiring, lighting fixtures and upgraded ductwork. There are three bedrooms, beautiful hardwood floors and well-insulated large windows. The passive solar nature of the house lends itself to excellent

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Real Estate

Solar Style

The style of this home looks classic country but has a modern heart with energy-efficient appliances and mechanical systems, solar power and high-velocity air conditioning. Sited on 11 acres in Kinderhook, the house offers a professional kitchen, open living room/dining room with floor-to-ceiling windows, mudroom,

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Real Estate

Total Green Upgrade

A newly renovated, energy-efficient property in Cornwall has a central dehumidification system, generator, upgraded electrical and buried power lines. The easy-to-maintain house has living room, dining area with French doors that lead to the new stone terrace, kitchen with pantry, finished media room/library on lower-level,

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