Town and Village
Green Mountain Conservancy opens new trail at Deer Run Nature Preserve
On Saturday, Sept. 16, Green Mountain Conservancy celebrates the opening of the new North Trail at Deer Run Nature Preserve with a pair of hikes led by trail builder Roger Haydock, and naturalist and ecologist Dan Dubie. All interested should meet at Deer Run Nature Preserve Trailhead, 940 Camp Arden Rd., at 9:30 a.m.
Haydock will lead the North Trail hike, which joins three existing trails at the Preserve. It begins where the Shoulder Trail ends at a viewpoint looking north at the Grassy Brook Valley, northwest up the West River Valley, and looking down on the horse stables far below.
Around the Towns
Introduction to hawkwatching offered in Putney PUTNEY - On Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., longtime Putney Mountain hawkwatcher John Anderson will give an introduction to hawkwatching. Those interested can join Anderson in the Putney Mountain summit clearing for this event. While not absolutely necessary, binoculars...
'Overflow the Opera House' food drive in BF
It will be food instead of films when the Bellows Falls Opera House becomes the stage for the annual Overflow the Opera House food drive to benefit Our Place Drop-in Center Thursday, Sept. 21. Beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing to 4 p.m., board members and other volunteers will...