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Rachel Louchen of Berkshire Property Agents offers a beautifully renovated Colonial with impressive history and a guest house. Designer Ritch Holben shares lessons learned from 25 years of experimenting on his own home. The real estate market is down but opportunities still exist. Plus, recent sales, gardening columns and more.

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

  • Property of the Week – Beauty, comfort, location and history combine in this move-in-ready home offered by Rachel Louchen of Berkshire Property Agents
  • Transformations – A designer’s “home-as-laboratory” distills five lessons to live by…beautifully.
  • Weekly real estate transactions for Berkshire County, Northern Litchfield County and Columbia County.
  • Market Perspective – The operative word is “down” for inventories, sales and dollar volume, but differences among areas of Berkshire County do exist as do opportunities.
  • The Self-Taught Gardener – Lee learns lessons from plants about co-habitation that he wishes could apply to people.
  • The Lazy Berkshire Gardener – Plenty of reasons why Jodi is loving August. Join her!
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Gov. Healey increases home heating assistance benefits for tens of thousands of Massachusetts households

“Increasing these benefits will help make sure seniors, families with children, and other residents can keep their homes warm during the coldest weeks of the year," said Gov. Maura Healey.

Are settlements on the horizon in ‘Gender Queer’ lawsuits?

As a mediation conference approaches, The Berkshire Edge reviews the two-year legal journey of Arantzazú Zuzene Galdós-Shapiro's civil rights lawsuit against the town of Great Barrington, its police department, and former Berkshire Hills Superintendent Peter Dillon.

The 90 percent solution: Lowering taxes for year-round residents

There is no universal fix to help all of our challenges, but one instrument the state has given towns to sustain and stabilize their full-time population is the residential tax exemption.

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