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PUTNEY — Anticipating an active summer season as it celebrates its 75th year in existence, members of the Putney Mountain Association volunteered their time earlier this spring to raise the
Stu Strothman, of Brattleboro, Vt., performs an impromptu Morris dance on top of Putney Mountain, in Putney, Vt., on Saturday, May 1, 2021, a day after Vermont Governor Phil Scott loosen the COVID-19 restrictions on outdoor gatherings on Friday, April 30, 2021. People traditionally gather on top of Putney Mountain to welcome the sunrise of the first May sun on May Day. Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer After Vermont Governor Phil Scott loosen the COVID-19 restrictions on outdoor gatherings on Friday, April 30, 2021, a small group of people welcome the rising of the first sunrise in May w...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. WESTMINSTER WEST â The Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association plans to buy 615 undeveloped acres in three Windham County towns in order to protect the views from its hiking trails, as well as protect wildlife ranging from wood turtles to herons to bear and moose. The organization hopes to close on the purchase of land from the heirs of longtime Westminster West resident Edwin âJimâ Massey by the end of the month, according to Libby Mills, a board member of the association. Massey died in 2017 in Westminster West at age 77. Mills...
"It's a snappy ginger that helps clear sinuses and tastes delicious!" she wrote. What Vermonter doesn't need a dose of snap and sinus-clearing in the middle of winter? The ginger ale ($10 to $13.99 for a 4-pack of 12-ounce bottles) is exceedingly gingery and not overly sweet. Solids from the real ginger juice are visible settled at the bottom of the bottle. I happened to run into another fan of the beverage recently. Joe Parent, who works in information technology at University of Vermont, said when he first tried Venetian he thought, "Wow, this is real stuff. It's not like wavin...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. DUMMERSTON â A section of the Missing Links trail project connecting Dummerston and Putney is now open to the public and being celebrated as an achievement of a longtime goal. Richard Fletcher, board member of the Putney Mountain Association who was in charge of the work crew for the project, said a trail committee in Dummerston tried to get easements 25 or 30 years ago. âWeâve been able to find people who were willing to do that,â he said. The new Dummerston trail is part of âa long-held dreamâ of connecting ...