Rural Intelligence (Page 538)

Parties

Speed Sisters Race To Lime Rock Park And The Falls Village Inn

Lisa Green reports from Falls Village. It would seem that women who drive race cars need no excuse to show up at a track, but on Monday, March 3, there was a very good reason, indeed, to gather at Lime Rock Park. Marah Zahalka, the “fastest woman in Palestine,"

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The Community Noshes For Berkshire South

Rachel Louchen reports from Great Barrington. The community came out to support a great cause on Thursday, February 27, at the fourth annual Taste of Community hosted by Berkshire South. The event raised funds for the Community Supper Program, which serves a free weekly meal to members of the community,

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Community

The Rural We: Rory Chase

Rory Chase was born and raised in Pine Plains, and it's where he's chosen to run his business, The Amazing Real Live Food Company, located at the multigenerational Chaseholm Farm Creamery. In addition to making artisanal cheeses (you really have to try the Camembert), the Chase

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Real Estate

Statuesque Design

Resting on a ridge on Mount Merino in Hudson, this iconic home offers views from every room. Designed by award-winning architect Joel Sanders, the house takes full advantage the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains panoramas with the wall of glass on the main floor. The three-bedroom, two-and-

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Modern Mountain House

This contemporary mountaintop retreat set on 26-plus acres in Hancock was built in 2005 but was renovated in 2009, so the details and state-of-the-art amenities are unparalleled. Offering cherry floors, vaulted ceilings, exposed beams and a bay window, the house has five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a

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Entertain With Ease

This country contemporary offers panoramic views of the Catskills from its East Chatham perch. Dramatic and light filled, the house is a welcoming entertainment space, thanks to its great room with a fireplace and concentric arches, walls of glass leading to a wraparound deck and an open kitchen. The four-

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Architecturally Contempo

This Richmond contemporary designed by renowned architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen offers a floor plan that allows natural light all day. The great room has floor-to-cathedral ceiling windows, an interior balcony with library, soaring fireplace and a spacious kitchen with custom maple and cherry cabinets. There are four bedrooms

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The Indoor Garden

Inside and outside merge in this Salisbury contemporary: it has a beautiful interior garden that rises to a peaked skylight and contains mature Norfolk pines. The four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom home includes central air, living room with large wood-burning fireplace with bluestone hearth and mantle, kitchen/

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The Scarnagh Estate

The Scarnagh Estate in Alford offers 5,200 square -feet of living space in a contemporary home with a traditional vibe. There are four bedrooms and five bathrooms, radiant heat and central vac throughout the primary living areas as well as snow melt and generator systems. This is an ideal

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Jacob's Pillow Community And Business Partners Mix And Mingle

Rachel Louchen reports from Stockbridge. It was as if every business in the Berkshires (and beyond) was represented on Tuesday, February 25 for Jacob's Pillow's Community and Business Partner Event, hosted by the Red Lion Inn. Business owners, local area real estate professionals and Jacob'

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Food

Dining: The Bocuse Restaurant at the CIA

By Don Rosendale Ask of my most memorable meal, and I’ll tell you of a cream of sorrel soup at Restaurant Paul Bocuse, a 10-Euro taxi fare from the Lyon, France train station. Remembering that soup, every year I optimistically sow sorrel in the garden, but give up

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Arts

The Hollywood Horses of Amenia

By Sarah Ellen Rindsberg In Winter’s Tale, the current film based on Mark Helprin’s gripping novel, a white horse plays a prominent role. Until his recent move to the west coast, when this equine wonder was not appearing in all his equine splendor in one role or another,

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