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Swoon over the views in this stunning house offered by Janet Kain of TKG Real Estate. Plus, gardening, turning a Victorian B&B into a beautiful home, a market overview, and recent real estate transactions.

Here’s what we have for you this week in The Edge Real Estate section:

  • Property of the Week – Janet Kain of TKG Real Estate offers the opportunity to live in a stunning home, lovingly cared for and perfectly located for year-round enjoyment of the Berkshires.
  • Transformations – Designer Jennifer Owen and her clients imagined a calming space to relax while listening to the Boston Symphony Orchestra Live from Tanglewood on the radio!
  • Weekly real estate transactions for Berkshire County, Northern Litchfield County and, now, Columbia County
  • Market Perspective – Updated this week: The 2021 year-end real estate report from the Berkshire Board of REALTORS. What does it tell us?
  • The Self-Taught Gardener – How does Joan Didion’s approach to life and to her art inform our Self-Taught Gardener on how to garden?
  • Gardener’s Checklist – The holidays are over and the winter doldrums have set in. What’s a gardener to do to lift his spirits in these dark days?
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Welcome to Real Estate Friday!

Monte Levin and Gary Lazarus of Compass offer an immaculate contemporary lakefront home on the shores of the legendary Stockbridge Bowl. 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.

Meeting on remediation of Ried Cleaners site in Great Barrington on May 21

According to the EPA, environmental issues on the site stem from toxins from the dry-cleaning chemicals used by the former Ried Cleaners during its 54 years in business, with the toxins found in the property’s groundwater and soil.

Stockbridge Select Board, developer find middle ground on DeSisto proposal prompting possible decision granting Special Permit May 15

The attorneys for both the developers and the town will clarify conditions for the project and present a plan on Thursday for a vote.

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