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Spring's Garden Maintenance Is Part Work, Part Pleasure

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best: one of the master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey. This past weekend was the first I had at home where I had

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North Country Vintage Rents Out Style For Special Occasions

By Jamie Larson When it comes to popular wedding aesthetics over the past few years, the barn has replaced the ballroom and regal uniformity has been usurped by rural individuality. A new shop in Hudson, North Country Vintage, is embracing the trend that so emulates the look of our region

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Planting The Seeds Of Spring

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey. We’re so close to spring, can you feel it? No? Me neither.

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Steeped In History: Lynda's Antique Clothing Loft

By Amy Krzanik Over the past 20 years, the town of Adams, Massachusetts has become something of a pit-stop, a place to refuel on your way to and from North Adams and Pittsfield, but not a destination in itself. Since the closure of the town’s major employer, Waverly Fabrics,

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Housatonic Trading Co. Mixes Eras, Prices And Caffeine

By Lisa Green How would you feel if visitors to your art studio noticed your personal antiques collection hanging around and wanted to buy pieces right out from under you? I might be a little annoyed, but Litchfield residents Robert Graham [left] and Robert Deyber, God bless them, are not

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Bohemian Birdy: Luxe For The Home In Chatham

Tim Ebneth, Birdy store manager, and Christine Mottau, owner. By Nichole DupontChristine Mottau has it all; a place in the city, a place in the country, a glamourous freelance career working with the likes of Ralph Lauren, an online business…talent. But, according to the veteran painter and stylist, who

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10 Unusual Last-Minute Gifts You'll Find Only In Hudson

By Jamie Larson By now the secret is out on Hudson’s shopping district. There are beautiful antiques of course, galleries of the highest caliber, and shops of all variety up and down Warren Street. But there are still more secrets to be found and bought in Hudson. In the

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The Wandering Eye Ends 2014 With A Roar

Our blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney, and his partner Hermes Mallea, an architect, are principals in the M (Group). Okay — four years ago I wrote about our holiday decorating experiences at The New York Public Library and I gave some pithy (probably useless) advice. It is way too long for

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Holiday Hit List: All The Gifts That Are Fit To Give

By Amy Krzanik “Artisanal" is a word thrown around quite a bit these days, but in our region it truly means something. It means taking the time to create, bottle and label your scents by hand, as does Hudson’s 2 Note Perfumery. Or, like Goshen’s Milk House

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The Merchants of Lenox: 69 Church Street

By Nichole Dupont On a frigid Saturday, nothing was keeping the shoppers away. Ghost town be damned. And while many were certainly on the hunt for traditional gift items, they were delighted to find fine art nudes, bright, cozy blankets and high-end jodhpurs in the mix. The “complex" at

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Into The Woods You Go, To Emerge With A Sustainable Wreath

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey. Here at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, the first signs of the holiday season

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Treat Yourself To A Little Turkish Delight From Derin

By Andrea Pyros As eclectic and increasingly diverse as the Rural Intelligence area is, it’s still unusual to find locals who found their way here — in this case, Red Hook — from Turkey. That, however, is the story of Sara Sharpless and Ersan Abit, the husband and wife co-owners of

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