Zombie hunters: Scary real estate
These properties are completely abandoned, structurally decaying, and entirely vacant, but their property taxes are paid in full every single year.
Everybody comes here – Grasslands Dessert Cafe
It was a rainy, chilly Sunday night when I sat down in a striped booth with Bill Colgan at his Grasslands Café in Lakeville next to the post office.
The Free Spirit of Cornwall: Bianka Langner Griggs, creator of The Wish House, West Cornwall, CT
Behind the counter is the petite dynamo, Bianka Langner Griggs, who manages every aspect of the store’s rooms of colorful merchandise. Most days you can find Bianka helping customers, answering the phone, and rearranging inventory.
Real Estate Artificial Intelligence: How AI can help you buy, sell, or renovate your house
From predictive pricing models to virtual renovation tools, AI is quietly dismantling the old way of doing business, turning significant financial decisions into a data-driven science.
It Takes a Village: Revival in Philmont, NY
Over the past six years, the Village of Philmont’s real estate market has been transformed gradually, while staying affordable with median home prices remaining in the mid to low $300,000s.
The Service Secret – Lann Rubin, Founder/Owner of North East Ford, Millerton, NY
On a weekday morning Lann Rubin, the founder of the North East Ford Dealership, explained his 33-year automotive career, from working as a night time manager while still in high school to owning, operating, and building the Ford dealership in the Town of North East on Route 44.
Real estate results: Six towns, six months. Salisbury, Cornwall, Sharon, Kent, Canaan & NOrth Canaan home sales
At the beginning of 2026, Main Street asked area real estate writers, analysts, and agents what they were predicting for our area’s residential real estate market this year.
A roadside tradition – Round III, Millerton, Town of North East, NY
Located on Route 22 about four miles south of the village of Millerton, with bucolic views of former cow pastures, Round III is that increasingly rare family-run, sit-down restaurant.
Two Railroad Villages: Millbrook and Millerton Today
An incorporated village is a municipality within a town with its own government including a mayor and elected board.
85 Years Old – Sharon Package Store, Dylan Baker Partner, Operator
Standing at the counter while taking notes, I realized the store, on Gay Street in Sharon, CT, was a community hub, an essential part of the town.