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Handbags For Habitat Auction: Caring Is Always In Fashion

By Amy Krzanik Two of the guiding principles of Habitat for Humanity International, which was founded on a farm outside Americus, Georgia in 1976, are community and partnership. Habitat for Humanity of Columbia County (HFHCC) are tapping into both as they gear up for the group’s first fundraising auction.

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All That Java: Walk Right Up For A Cup That'll Make You Smile

All That Java, Rhinebeck. Photos provided. By Lisa Green This is a an unequivocally happy story. After all, it’s a story that owes its genesis to coffee, and if you’re a coffee drinker, you'll understand why it's a mood enhancer. But it’s also

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Food

Troutbeck, A Food And Lodging Legend, Is Reborn

Photos: Tanya Blum By CB Wismar If you are local to the Litchfield Hills, the Berkshires or the Hudson Valley, then venture to Troutbeck for the food. You should not be disappointed. If you are bent on exploring the area, then add to your sojourn a night at one of

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The Sproutman's Sprouts — The Sprout Brothers — Take Root

Sprout Brothers Ari and Noah By Jamie LarsonThe Sprout Brothers are no doubt making the old Sproutman proud in Great Barrington. Steve “Sproutman” Meyerowitz started his healthful empire in New York City in the 1970s. Plagued by allergies and asthma, he looked for a natural dietary solution. He became vegan

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W. Cornwall Joins The Taste Trail With Pearly's Farmhouse Cafe

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'Il Villaggio Di Millbrook' Explores The Town's Italian Heritage

By Lisa Green There’s often something charming and a little quirky about apocryphal stories that makes us want to believe them. The village of Millbrook, New York has such a story. It’s said that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, someone from Millbrook went to “the

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The Porchlight Is On In Sharon, Connecticut

By CB Wismar It was shortly after Brian and Tracey Abut settled into their weekend home in Sharon, Conn. that they noticed a bulletin board sign advertising a small local commercial space for rent. It didn’t take long for their years of dreaming and discussion to turn to a

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10 Things To Love About Pine Plains

By Jamie Larson Pine Plains seems to emerge out of nowhere. You're driving through the woods between Dutchess County, N.Y. and Connecticut, and all of a sudden this handsome crossroads community pops up. Though small, Pine Plains has a surprising amount of reasons to visit, from the

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Food

Railhead Jerk: Savory Dinner On The Right Side Of The Tracks

By CB  Wismar By all means, don’t let the name of the restaurant perplex you. "Railhead Jerk" is not a pejorative directed at an employee of Metro-North. It is, in fact, a delightful restaurant that has blossomed on Route 22 in the southern end of Amenia, N.

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Updated Menus Still Pack People In At 2 Litchfield Cty Eateries

By CB Wismar Longtime diners of The Falls Village Inn and The Woodland already know about the revamped menus at these places, and the new culinary fare is still bringing them back time and time again. Newcomers, we're quite sure, are just as welcome. The Falls Village Inn,

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Sowing Seeds: A Harvest Café In The City Of Peace

By Nichole Dupont Summer is nearing its end. We all knew it would come. I was driving along with my 13-year-old son, Lucian. We had just dropped my daughter off at a leadership event at Ramblewild. And we were starving (we are always on the brink of hangry). I pulled

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Paws Up If You Want To Dance At Jacob's Pillow

By Lisa Green Despite the fact that I took ballet, tap and jazz dance lessons from age toddler (solo performance at age two, thank you very much) through post-college years, I’d be too self conscious now to take one of Jacob’s Pillow’s community dance classes. But with

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