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!

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|

Classical Style: Greek Revival Architecture

Post-election 2024 may be an appropriate moment to reflect on the Greek Revival architectural style, which dominated residential building from around 1820 to just before the Civil War. Based on Greek temples, the style continues today, not only in our public institutions from post offices to banks and churches, but also reimagined in elegant new […]

By |2024-12-03T09:25:17-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Real Estate|

Antique Houses and Their Passionate Owners

There is a community, a bond, a passion that some describe as an addiction, among the buyers and preservers of antique houses. They are not flippers or investors but regard themselves as guardians of architectural and community history, who share techniques and stories of their homes and structures built before indoor plumbing and electricity arrived.

What […]

By |2024-09-30T11:03:08-04:00September 30th, 2024|Real Estate|

Grey House Publishing

When you go through the traffic light in Amenia, NY, you may notice a church lacking any religious hint with a very small sign by the entrance that spells out “Grey House Publishing.” This month’s Main Street interview with Leslie Mackenzie, co-founder and owner with her late husband Richard “Dick” Gottlieb, explains what this […]

By |2024-09-30T10:55:36-04:00September 30th, 2024|Monthly Entrepreneur|

There’s Something About Rhinebeck: Real Estate in the Village of Rhinebeck, NY

Some real estate agents have remarked, “If clients can’t afford Rhinebeck, they buy in Millerton,” due to the similar character and structure of these two Dutchess County villages, the latter being smaller in scale, size, and population. Over the last ten years, all walkable villages and hamlets with an active center have become more […]

By |2024-09-03T11:22:14-04:00September 3rd, 2024|Real Estate|
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