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Real Estate

Columbia County Getaway

Do away with the days of the pull-out couch; this Copake home features a two-story, three-bedroom guest house so comfortable, you may have guests staying longer than you planned. Located close to Copake Lake and convenient to the Berkshires, the renovated main house has a gracious floor

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Real Estate

The Dollhouse

A diminutive cottage which still maintains its historic character (period moldings and hardwood floors) belongs to an Alford Colonial set amid protected views, Built in 1850, the main home is expansive, with five bedrooms, five bathrooms, formal and informal living rooms, dining room, media room, home office and a gym.

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Real Estate

Quaint And Comfy

Pawling is home to a 1770 farmhouse which also features a guest house that packs a punch of charm for such a small space. The perfect country home for weekends or year-round living, the home and cottage have period details such as exposed beams, chestnut floors and fireplaces. The

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Style

The Year In Shopping

If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Google Analytics, it’s that you like to read about shopping, and, we presume, put your proclivities into action. Over the course of the past year, Rural Intelligence went on its own hunt to introduce you to the newest, or most

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Parties

Memorable Parties of 2013

There's nothing we at RI love more than covering the region's galas; it's the perfect opportunity to visit with wonderful old friends, meet interesting new ones, and nosh on delicious food and drink produced right here in our area. That's why picking

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Style

Garden: Turning A New Leaf

By Brian Cruey I’m probably the only person in the world that likes New Year’s resolutions. Maybe I am a masochist, but after a month of full-on gluttony and good cheer brought by the holidays, I think it’s healthy to take a step back and look

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Wellness

The Grand Treatment At The Mayflower Inn and Spa

By Don Rosendale “Ten fifty" the desk clerk says nonchalantly, announcing the tariff for a 21-hour mid-week spa package at the Mayflower Inn and Spa in Washington, CT, a five-star country-house hotel of impressive proportions and gorgeous design. By “ten fifty," he means one

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Arts

A 'Wonderful Life' Hits Home

By Jeremy D. Goodwin The woman sitting by the hearth looked so calm and comfortable, so part of the scenery, I wondered whether she was a volunteer who’d been stationed there deliberately. Before the start of Shakespeare & Company’s thoroughly entertaining production of the holiday classic It’s

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Arts

Pizzarelli Parlor: John Pizzarelli Brings the Family to the Mahaiwe

By Robert Burke Warren Singer, guitarist, and showman extraordinaire John Pizzarelli plans to say good-bye to 2013 with even more class than usual. The Grammy nominee, who plays close to 150 dates a year, routinely leaves audiences smoldering with his quartet, drawing on a wide array of everything from

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Style

It Is Easy Being Green: Eco-Friendly Gifts

By Nichole Dupont Leave only footprints, and we don't mean large carbon ones. This is a hard and fast and generally respected mantra while out on the trail or camping in a state park. But, for some reason, the mantra doesn’t hold when it comes to Christmas

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Food

Vanilla Cardamom Baked Apples

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), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help us make

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Arts

In Local Living Color: Vince Pomilio’s Thornbush Grid

By Dave King Vincent Pomilio no doubt cleans up nicely, but in his New York City studio he’s the archetype of the painter at ease, answering the door in splattered painter’s pants and a white t-shirt that clearly doubles as a paint rag. On the day I

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