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Stephen Schoenfeld of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Real Estate offers a magnificent retreat in the heart of the Berkshires with pool, tennis court, and pond on 25 beautiful acres. See how architect Pamela Sandler transformed a lake house on the shores of Lake Onota. A report on real estate sales in the first quarter of 2025. Plus, recent sales and gardening columns and a home-cooking recipe.

Sheffield distillery opens for cocktails, puts Berkshires on artisanal spirits map

It’s come to this: the New York Times said Berkshire Mountain Distillers is at the top of the “craft gin” game, and voted it Number One. It fits into the larger picture of a changing Berkshires, as the county — especially points south — seals its fame as “the epicenter of great food.”

Selectboard hears plea for South County heroin addiction treatment facility

“We live in a wonderful town...a beautiful community. How do we get people to realize that when we’re walking along shopping there are kids buying and selling heroin?” --- Kingsley Little, whose son suffers from heroin addiction

MBI funds town of Mt. Washington fiber optic network

Mt. Washington, with a population of around 150 full-time residents, is the second town to get MBI “last mile” funding for a “fiber to home” project. The project should be completed by mid-to-late 2017.

GE welcomed in Boston; will PCB dumps bloom in the Berkshires?

Massachusetts could have conditioned the move to Boston on an expeditious, cooperative cleanup of the Housatonic River; there is no evidence that that happened. On the contrary, GE appears to have received benefits and incentives in the East, and no reminder of its responsibilities in the West.
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