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Housatonic Heritage
History runs through this region. It follows the Housatonic River as it flows through the towns of Litchfield and Berkshire counties. Set out in any direction, and you’re bound to encounter the area’s past. Because of this, in 2006, Congress designated this […]
A Monumental Family Legacy
Like the legendary painters of the Hudson River School, or the long and storied line of woodworkers in the villages of the Berkshire foothills, the pantheon of craftsmen in the Northwest Corner of our Tri-state is as sublime as the landscape itself. […]
Litchfield County And The Great Influenza Of 1918
Residents of Litchfield County opened their newspapers in the early fall of 1918 to find stories about a French army band playing concerts across the region to celebrate the alliance of the two nations in the Great War, and about efforts in […]
A Legacy of Liberty
An epitaph written by a man named Charles Sedgwick in 1829 for a family friend reads: “She neither wasted time, nor property. She never violated a trust, nor failed to perform a duty. In every situation of domestic trial, she was the […]
Public Meeting Set for Hillsdale Residents to Discuss Park Renovation
Residents of Hillsdale, NY, are invited to a public meeting Saturday Oct. 24 to learn about plans to re-imagine the town’s Hamlet Park and how the beloved spot could better serve the community. Hillsdale's Hamlet Committee is currently working to restore the small, long-standing park southwest of the intersection of [...]
Ruge’s Automotive Receives Multi-Generational Family Enterprise of the Year Award
At a virtual event held on October 2, 2020, Ruge’s Automotive, based in Rhinebeck, NY, was honored with the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business Multi-Generational Family Enterprise Award. The award is bestowed annually upon companies that demonstrate excellence in family and business governance, financial success, contributions to community [...]
Best-Selling Hudson Valley Author Poised for New Release
After thirteen novels, it may be tempting to describe best-selling author Jennifer Donnelly’s career as something akin to a literary fairy tale. However, like many aspiring creative minds whose ambitions venture into the fictional realm, Donnelly’s journey has taken her down many arduous roads. Donnelly was born in Port Chester, New York. Eventually, her family would settle in the Adirondack region where her grandmother worked at a hotel on Big Moose Lake, a key contributing factor for the setting of Donnelly’s best-selling [...]
Let’s Talk about Savona’s: When Taste Exceeds Expectations
As not only a writer here at Main Street Magazine, but also a proud deliverer of this esteemed publication, I find myself traveling the Hudson Valley each month leaving stacks of the latest issue here and there. Inevitably, while I’m poking in and out of the various towns and villages of Columbia and Dutchess County, I find myself scouting and rubber-necking each eatery that happens to catch my eye. Given the gap between myself and foodie hall-of-famers like Jonathan Gold, my laws [...]
October 2020 Recipe – Buttermilk Cream Biscuits
Although biscuits usually make their biggest splash in November, I personally enjoy them all year round – warm weather or cool weather, breakfast or dinner. I am always on board with biscuits. I think it is even fair to say that I am biscuit obsessed, as I am always trying to up my biscuit game in an effort to make the tallest, fluffiest, tenderest and most butter-y-rich biscuits around. Over the years, I have perfected my recipe, calling for a few different [...]
Tick-Tock. You know what I’m talking about
As I thought about a wine to share for this week, it came to me in a flash: the wines of Inspire Moore Winery in the Finger Lakes. The winery was started in 2007 by Tim and Diane Moore who, from the beginning, wanted their wines to not only taste great, but to truly inspire. Their collection includes Inspire Moore Joy, Inspire Moore Love, Inspire Moore Grace, Inspire Moore Wisdom, Inspire Moore Truth - even Inspire Moore Lust. I had the honor and [...]
Rural Setting of Picturesque Charm
Deal of the Week 9315 Route 22, Hillsdale, NY $850,000 6 Beds, 6 Baths 2882 Sq. Ft Come see this gorgeous historic property in the hamlet of Hillsdale! An absolutely charming 19th century home with old-world style and abundant light. There is a huge wrap-around porch surrounded by mature landscaping that leads to the classic front door with original sidelights. Enter to a beautiful stairway and hall leading to the living room with fireplace, den with fireplace, enchanting dining room, kitchen, laundry [...]
