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Jumpfest: From The Sublime To The Silly In Salisbury

Photos by Mark Niedhammer. By Lisa Green Very soon, there will be things going on in Salisbury you aren’t likely to find anywhere else: a human dog sled race, a leaf blower air hockey tournament, a curling demonstration. And most especially, the annual Jumpfest Winter Festival, with the 89th

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Let It Snow! Spots for Snowshoeing & Cross-Country Skiing

A skier enjoys Notchview in Windsor, MA. Whether cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or merely sledding, now is the time and this is the place. Guardians of some of the region's largest, most scenic properties—from country clubs to art parks to historic estates to resorts like Cranwell in Lenox—

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Kitchens For A Cause: The 12th Annual NWCT Kitchen Tour

If you're looking for pie-in-the-sky kitchen design ideas, you can read scores of shelter magazines, watch endless HGTV programs, and tour pristine kitchen showrooms. But the best way to accumulate ideas for redoing your own kitchen is snooping around other people's houses to see where they&

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It's Baaaaack: The New York State Sheep & Wool Festival

October 18 & 19 in Rhinebeck A few years ago, a friend of mine bought a 200-year-old manor house near the Hudson River with an impenetrable, overgrown meadow, and he decided that keeping goats might be the most efficient, ecological and economical way to clear and maintain the land.  He

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A Fall Foliage Drive: Millerton to Hudson, NY (or Vice Versa)

Not all scenic drives are created equal, and this bucolic 30-mile jaunt delivers enough smiles per mile to justify the gasoline you'll use. The route, which connects Millerton and Hudson, is not only an insider's shortcut between the two towns, but also a reminder that local

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Autumn Outings: Harvest Festivals Across the Region

By Rachel Louchen Oh summer, we hardly knew ye. After our never-ending winter, it felt like things finally were getting warm again. But if there's one positive that comes with the return of cooler temps, it's the abundance of harvest festivals and autumn activities in our

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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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Behold! New Lebanon Is A Living Museum Of Rural Life

By Lisa Green We’re quite fond of our towns, villages and hamlets in the Rural Intelligence region. But let’s face it, some towns beg you to jump out of the car and explore their Main Street, while others seem more like drive-through towns. The rural New Lebanon, despite

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W. Cornwall's Covered Bridge Parties With A Paint-In

By Kimberly Jordan Allen Some people know it as the Kissing Bridge. Others recognize it from its cameo in the opening scene of the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls. And for some Connecticut residents, it’s just the way they get to work each day. “Our family has been

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Ramblewild Sees The Forest For The Trees — And Then Some

By Lisa Green A  tree-hugger’s dream-come-true has materialized in the forest on Brodie Mountain in Lanesborough, MA. At the same place and time, anyone who fancies a challenging adventure on the mountain will be equally delighted. The two interests can coexist, and they do, in Ramblewild, the tree-to-tree adventure

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Witnessing A Force Of Nature At The Copake Iron Works

By Jamie Larson Though the structure around it has long since disappeared and its last 2,500-degree blaze was extinguished over a century ago, the old blast furnace at the Copake Iron Works Historic District remains an arresting sight, timeless and still imbued with a ghost of furious power. Even

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Club Members At Lime Rock Park Feed Their Need For Speed

The Chalet deck, best corner of the track and home to Lime Rock Drivers Club during all Lime Rock Park races. By Don Rosendale It’s a damp Friday morning in May. Jeanette Veitenheimer, executive administrator at the Driver’s Club at the Lime Rock race course (the members call

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