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Friday Front Porch Feature: A Home Fit for Entertaining

RICHMOND, Mass. — Are you looking for a luxurious, spacious home with scenic Berkshire views? Then this is the home for you.

Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are showcasing a home at 765 Canaan Road.

The house was built in 1988 and has four bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms. It features 5,636 square feet on 4.75 landscaped acres. It comes with high-end appliances, including a Viking stove, built-in refrigerator and two wine coolers, and twin kitchen islands and fieldstone fireplace.

The house also includes a three-car garage and a lower level two-car garage that is currently being used as a gym. The home is perfect for entertaining with a bar on the lower level walk out and a screened gazebo off the deck. It's secluded but close to highways and cultural attractions.

The asking price is $1,695,500. 

We spoke to the listers of the site Nick Geranios and Patrice Melluzzo from William Pitt Sotheby's Realty, who shared comments from the current owners.

What do you think makes this property stand out in the current market?

The spectacular chef's kitchen and free-flowing entertainment spaces. The home features a large dining room, inviting living room with a stunning oversized stone fireplace, and a dramatic great room! 

What kind of buyer do you see this home being perfect for?

Anyone who loves to entertain — whether hosting family gatherings, celebrations with friends, or professional get-togethers.

What do the current owners love most about this home?

Its versatility. It's equally comfortable for intimate evenings as it is for hosting large groups, both indoors and outdoors, year-round.

Are there any stand-out design features and/or recent renovations?

Yes — a spacious three-season enclosed octagonal gazebo that opens to a 90-foot deck, a soaring great room crowned with a windowed cupola, and a walk-out lower level complete with a custom bar, wine room, and auxiliary kitchen.

Do you know any unique stories about the home or its history?

The kitchen has hosted special evenings where local chefs prepared multi-course meals with live cooking demonstrations, raising funds for favorite community nonprofits.

What was your first impression when you walked into the home?

The sense of openness and light. The wall-to-wall windows and glass doors frame sweeping views of the 4-plus acre yard, gardens, and surrounding landscape.

What's the neighborhood like?

It's true country living, yet centrally located in the heart of the Berkshires. Just 15 minutes to Lenox, Tanglewood, and Pittsfield's theaters; 20 minutes to Stockbridge or Chatham, N.Y. The home is in one of Berkshire County's top-rated school districts. Nearby is a beloved apple orchard offering year-round activities, plus Bousquet ski slopes and sports facility (10–15 minutes), Hancock Shaker Village (5 minutes), and Richmond Pond with swimming and boating access.

You can find out more about this house on its listing. 

*Front Porch Feature brings you an exclusive to some of the houses listed on our real estate page every week. Here we take a bit of a deeper dive into a certain house for sale and ask questions so you don't have to.

Dalton Resident Ranks Third in National Snocross Race

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
06:18PM / Sunday, December 21, 2025

Sal LeBeau on his machine with his sister, Kenna, in the black hat, and friend Brandon and his sister Alea.

DALTON, Mass. — At just 16 years old, Salvatore LaBeau is already making avalanches in the national snocross racing scene.

 

Last weekend, LaBeau raced in the Mount Zion Snocross National race in Ironwood, Mich., the first of eight races in the national circuit series. 

 

Competitions take place across national circuits, attracting racers from various regions and even internationally. 

 

Labeau rides for CT Motorsports, a team based in Upstate New York, on a 2025 Polaris 600R. 

 

This is LaBeau's first time competing on the CT Motorsports team. Years prior, he raced for a team owned by Bruce Gaspardi, owner of South Side Sales and Service in North Adams.  

 

Despite a bad first day on Friday when he fell off his snowmobile and didn't make the final, LaBeau carried on with confidence and on Saturday obtained his first national podium, placing in third for the Sport Lite class. 

 

"I'm feeling good. I'm gonna start training more when I come home, and go to the gym more. And I am really excited, because I'm in 11th right now," the Wahconah High student said.