1 of 6 CAROLINE BONNIVIER SNYDER â BENNINGTON BANNER Co-owner Linda Foulsham places books on the front tables inside the Bennington Bookshopâs new location in the Putnam Block on South Street in Bennington on Tuesday afternoon. The bookshop, the oldest independent bookstore in Vermont, moved from Main Street last week and opened in its new location on Tuesday. Caroline Bonnivier Snyder CAROLINE BONNIVIER SNYDER â BENNINGTON BANNER Co-owner Linda Foulsham works in the Bennington Bookshopâs new location in the Putnam Block on South Street in Bennington on Tuesday afternoon. The bookshop, the oldest independent bookstore in Vermont, moved from Main Street last week and opened in its new location on Tuesday.