by JoAnne Ring | Mar 22, 2018 | Johnson Vermont
Submitted by Meredith Birkett, Village of Johnson Manager Johnson, Vermont is home to several well-known and historic institutions and businesses, but is also home to an abundance of recreational assets that take advantage of its natural and built environments....
by JoAnne Ring | Dec 11, 2017 | Stowe Vermont
Submitted by Barbara Baraw, Stowe Historical Society. Photo Credit: Mark Vandenberg Photography December 11, 2017 Snowmaking. Without it, opening day of skiing would not predictably begin before Thanksgiving with resorts remaining open until mid-April or later. With...
by JoAnne Ring | Sep 29, 2017 | Along the Byway
Fall foliage is the subject of a lively botanical debate these days. The hum is that trees are shedding their leaves with devious intent. Some botanists claim that trees stockpile harmful chemicals in the leaves they drop each fall. If this is true, as the fallen...
by JoAnne Ring | Aug 30, 2017 | Along the Byway
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp #11064 CAMP CHARLES M. SMITH – WATERBURY, VT Built September 1935-1939 Submitted by Anne Imhoff, Waterbury resident and volunteer historian. At the height of the Great Depression that started in 1929 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected...
by JoAnne Ring | Jun 27, 2017 | Along the Byway
Submitted by Barbara Baraw, Stowe Historical Society Our tour of the history of the automobile in Vermont begins on the GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY- Main Street Waterbury. Mr. Warren, whose home and carriage barn are part of the State of VT building complex, obtained the...
