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Out & About Sept/Oct 25
See and be seen at the hottest events in the community!

Sunraven
“The paddock was empty when I started to operate the property, together with several colleagues, as a healing center, back in 2005,” renowned doctor of Integrative Medicine, Michael Finkelstein recounts. “We built out the farm and rescued two horses, and built a large community garden - welcoming lots of people who were nourished by the process and the produce. It wasn’t until 2010, when Robin and I moved in, that we made the changes to make it a comfortable home.”

David & Nicki Pogue
David Pogue is the kind of famous where just about everyone recognizes him as a somebody, while it might take a minute to realize that he’s the seven- time Emmy winning correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning who — in 35 stories each year — explains anything and everything that’s complicated.

Marissa Winikour & Judah Miller
Marissa Winokur is a star of stage and screen, most famous for having played Tracy Turnblad in the Broadway production of Hairspray, and Judah Miller is a comedy writer who most recently wrote and was the showrunner for the television series called Bupkis. Together, Marissa and Judah are amongst the elite of ‘Hollywood’ power couples… and in 2021, they bought a house in Bedford!

Rivay
Bedford-native, Jon Ruti, and his wife, Katie, bring Rivay home—an elevated, small-batch men’s clothing brand blending rugged sophistication with timeless style—now celebrating its flagship store’s first anniversary.

Bedford Royalty
Paul Bluhdorn and Anni de Saint Phalle are something of a throwback to the European nobility of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Popular amongst the Martha Stewart set, but relatively unknown - until now - by most others, they live in a residence ‘fit for a king’, and queen, on one of Bedford’s finest estates, called Blue Meadows.

An Exquisite Estate
This Bedford Country Estate, completed in 2007, has the timeless feeling of a cottage in the Cotswolds and the stately presence of a made-for-today American mansion.

Luxe at the Lake
Architect and Interior Designer Carol Kurth was honored when decades-long clients reached-out to say they wanted to design a guest house on their serene lakefront property in Bedford - with the primary purpose of having a fun and functional place for their children and grandchildren to come and stay. “I’ve known this family for many years and have worked with them on multiple projects of theirs,” Carol shares. “I actually had originally advised them on acquiring this very private, lush, wooded, lakeside property, when they were relocating to Bedford in 2017.”

Unique New York… Stoneware
While humans have been making pottery since beginning to roam the earth…and have been making stoneware for about the last 4,000 years…on rare occasion, the craft is performed with such beauty and excellence and iconic reference that it is elevated to high art.

The New Buxton Gorge
In 2000, an open space levy was approved via referendum by the Town of Bedford providing critical funding to support high priority open space acquisitions. The Town established an Open Space Acquisition Committee, which included founding members Sam Pryor, George Bianco, Oliver Hazzard, Rosemary Lee and Tina Foster, which began to develop a list of priority properties, evaluating ecological and natural resource protection value as well as passive recreational opportunities.

Natasha Bedingfield
Natasha Bedingfield is the chart-topping singer/songwriter best known for catchy tunes like Love Like This, Strip Me, Freckles, These Words, Wild Horses, Neon Lights, and of course her massive hit singles Unwritten and Pocketful of Sunshine. She’s also become well known as an advocate for LGBTQ rights and the environment.

A New Chief in Town
Of course, being only 33, just about everything about Graham Glauber screams youthful enthusiasm like a fire engine’s siren. He’s the ‘Doogie Howser M.D.’ of the new Bedford Fire House. And he’s a hometown hero, who’s a real life advertisement for the virtue of being a volunteer.

The Mianus River Gorge
Formed by glaciers 12,000 years ago, the Mianus River Gorge is a preserved natural landmark; 1,000 acres of rare forests, wildlife, research, and education… protected through decades of conservation and community stewardship.

Think global, act local
From Bedford2030’s bold emissions goals to Planet New Canaan’s grassroots recycling and education, local groups are transforming concern into collective climate action… proving small communities can drive big environmental change.

The Fascinating Fishers
Emily is an award-winning photojournalist and Murray is a leading conservationist in the United States. Together they are a Bedford Power Couple.

Jayni & Chevy Chase
Chevy is a comedic giant, best known for his performances as a cast member in the first season of Saturday Night Live in 1975-1976 - including his legendary roles as the original anchor on the Weekend Update segment and his portrayal of a bumbling and stumbling President Ford - and then for his leading roles in Foul Play, Caddyshack, Fletch, Spies Like Us, Three Amigos, and as Clark W. Griswold in four National Lampoon Vacation movies.

Bedford Farms
…the young couple reinventing the 80-year-old Bedford Nursery. Meet Max and Nicole Apton, and their one-year-old daughter, Romy. Together, they’re the new owners of the Bedford Nursery, located at 235 Greenwich Road in Bedford, re-opening the community staple under the new name, Bedford Farms.

Bedford Garden Club Originals
Judy Culbreth’s daughter, Brett Cameron, co-owner of La Maison Fete and President of the Bedford Village Business Association, lives in the historic Airlie Farm in Bedford – former home of a woman named Delia Marble…and that’s where Judy’s new book, Bedford Garden Club Originals: New York’s Eloise Luquer and Delia Marble, starts.

Paul & Ava Zukowsky
Pound Ridge’s Paul and Ava Zukowsky embody service: he’s a discreet entertainment manager; she volunteers with Woman 2 Woman, offering dignity and connection to women at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.

Swedish American Sensations
In Hilma, director Lasse Hallström joins forces with wife Lena Olin and daughter Tora, blending art, family, and film in a luminous portrait of visionary painter Hilma af Klint.