BETHEL — A walk toward the river, through the lower meadow, at Mahoosuc Land Trust’s Valentine Farm property now leads visitors past a strange-looking new landmark. The tall metal tower is a tracking station that will provide migration data to help wildlife managers across North America better conserve a range of wildlife species from […]
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At Agnes Gray, hammocks are not just for lounging
The latest tools added to Agnes Gray Elementary School’s outdoor education? Twenty cozy hammocks for independent reading classes.
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New extension to Grover’s Grind Trail
It took two years to build and develop the trails. The majority of them were put in last year. Most of the work was done with the help of Jeremy Nellis and his trail building company, Wundrous Trails. The team removed a lot of rocks on the new trails, fixed up a lot of bridges and spent the summer making the ground smooth. Once it is excavated, they’d like to get hay or mulch down to cover the soil so it doesn’t wash away.
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Gould lighting project presented to planning board
BETHEL — Gould Academy came before the Bethel Planning Board on Thursday, Dec. 8, to discuss the idea of having ski slopes open at night open to the community with a dozen lights surrounding it. The idea is called the Pine Hill Lighting Project and was presented by Benjamin Kamilewicz. While the planning board did […]
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Long Mountain trail loop closed
BETHEL — Larry Stifler and Mary McFadden held a ribbon cutting event on Sunday, October 31 to seal the deal on the loop closing for the Long Mountain trailhead. “Today you’re going to join us to be the first folks to try out our loop. I measured this as 5.5 miles,” Stifler stated. The […]
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Buck’s Ledge Community Forest holds first meeting
WOODSTOCK — On Wednesday, October 13, Woodstock Town Manager Vern Maxfield signed a sale agreement for the Town of Woodstock to purchase Buck’s Ledge property from Bayroot LLC for the creation of a Community Forest. “The contract will allow us the time to raise the money now to purchase the property,” says Volunteer Marcel Polak. […]
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How teacher John Wight learned lessons from canoeing
BETHEL — “I am a product of my family, of my grandfather, to my father now to my son,” John Wight says in his barn, underneath a polished wooden canoe. As Wight has been teaching for 46 years [math and science at the Gould Academy], he speaks passionately. However, when he talks about his family, […]
