About Christine Bates

Christine S. Bates is a contributing writer for the magazine. Her focus is in the business, finance and real estate related fields, not to say that she won’t cover some of the fun and quirky, too!

Why buy agricultural real estate?

Above: The 5,000-square-foot renovated horse barn on Hammertown Road in Salisbury, CT, is on the market for $5,490,000 with 12 acres and additional barns and outbuildings. Photo by Brian Wilcox courtesy of Elyse Harney Real Estate.

In Dutchess County, where large tracts of agricultural land are more available than in neighboring Litchfield County, agricultural “farm” […]

By |2025-04-28T13:00:54-04:00May 1st, 2025|Real Estate|

Environmental Home Review

Water, air, and soil – The invisible threats

Understanding indoor and outdoor air, water, and soil characteristics has never been more critical. Environmental dangers, often invisible, can affect your health and the value of your real estate and, except for radon and smoke detectors, are not part of typical home inspections. How often have you […]

By |2025-03-25T09:56:32-04:00March 27th, 2025|Real Estate|

At The Crossroads in Goshen, CT

Cover photo by Roger Castonguay of Dot Media courtesy of Lenore Mallett and Elvia Gignoux of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty. This dramatic timber house at 17 Hageman Shean Road on 139 acres sold for $2,200,000 after only 10 days on the market.

The Old Town Hall (now the home of the Goshen Players), a congregational […]

By |2025-01-31T14:22:05-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Real Estate|

Our Town: North Canaan, CT

What has changed in the ten years since Main Street first wrote about the Town of North Canaan? It’s still the “proud, blue collar town” we found in 2014 but updated and energized. 

Renovation on the landmarked Union Depot destroyed by arson in 2001 has finally been completed, and now it’s home to a […]

By |2025-01-08T13:15:27-05:00December 30th, 2024|Real Estate|

Mad Rose Gallery

In an interview in 2015, Neal Rosenthal told Main Street his story of building a successful importing and wine distribution business. Now he and Kerry Madigan, long-time business and personal partners, have started a new business in the heart of Millerton, NY. I interviewed Neal and Kerry and Michael Flower, gallery director, on a […]

By |2024-12-03T10:04:20-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Business|
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