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The Rural We: Steele Andrews

The Silvanus Lodge in Hillsdale is a popular destination for skiers and summer visitors thanks to its affordability and convenient location. Its charismatic owner, Steele Andrews, is another reason guests keep coming back. Approaching his 14th year as owner of the Lodge, he takes great pains to make sure his

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The Rural We: Gabriel Squailia

From conception to publication, Gabriel Squailia's debut novel, Dead Boys, has been in the works for nearly 15 years. Well-known for spinning parties at Jacob's Pillow and Berkshire Museum as DJ BFG, he spent years perfecting his writing before making the jump into the literary

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The Rural We: Amy Wynn

Photo: Nancy DePecol Amy Wynn is the Executive Director of the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council, based in Torrington. It's a job she relishes because it allows her to combine her experience in arts administration with working in the community she loves. She acknowledges many people have questions about

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The Rural We: Tracy Huling

Tracy Huling began using her background in public policy, filmmaking, research and analysis three years ago to found and direct the Prison Public Memory Project in Hudson. Its aim is to use storytelling, new media and research to tell the story of the Hudson Correctional Facility, which was known as

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10 Ways To Survive A Snow Day In The RI Region

We invite you to peruse the nearly eight years’ worth of Rural Intelligence archives. It's a good time to make a list of the restaurants you still need to try or the stores you haven’t yet shopped. Not feeling it? Consider some of the options we’ve

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The Rural We: Richard and Abby Tovell

After a decade of living and working in London, Abby and Richard Tovell — along with their two children and their freelance graphic design business, T Square Design Studio — picked up stakes and relocated to Housatonic in 2010. T Square has since become the secret weapon of some of the area’

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For Gibson Buffs, OK Guitars Is The Sound of Dreams

By Robert Burke Warren Charlie Gelber makes dreams come true. A semi-retired NYC film editor and director, Gelber collects and deals stringed instruments, specializing in the shapely Gibson ES-335 electric guitar. From his Kent, CT store, OK Guitars, he sells them, mostly to men aged 48 to 68

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The Dish On Dining At Downton Abbey

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Fourth 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival Is Collaborative And Creative

Eli Merritt Sculpture for Ten Spot. By Lisa Green If you’ve watched Pittsfield’s 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival develop since its 2012 inception, you’ve witnessed the ideal of community collaboration in action. Returning for its fourth year February 12-22, the wintertime festival, which was created to get

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The Rural We: Liana Toscanini

Liana Toscanini is the Development and Marketing Director at Community Access to the Arts (CATA), the organization she has been involved with for 13 years out of its 22-year history, five as a board member and seven on staff. CATA's long-term success, Liana believes, is due

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The Rural We: Erik Hoffner

Erik Hoffner is a freelance photojournalist and writer. He is also the outreach coordinator for the non-profit environmental/nature magazine, Orion. Hoffner has lived all over the country and has traveled extensively across the world. He is a regular blogger/contributor for Grist and his photography now appears in

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The Milliner Guesthouse And Inn: Hudson In Four Rooms

Photos by Shannon Greer. By Jamie Larson One of the most enjoyable things about the ongoing small business renaissance in Hudson is its vast diversity of style. Each shop, guesthouse, restaurant and cultural center is a reflection of the unique style, and often caprice, of the individuals involved. The Hudson

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