College protects Long Trail section

Middlebury College has donated a trail right-of-way to the Green Mountain Club that permanently protects 1.5 miles of Long Trail treadway through the Middlebury Snowbowl.

Long Trail Day, held this year on Saturday, Sept. 21, is the Green Mountain Club’s annual community fundraiser and celebration of all things hiking.

The Bread Loaf section of the Green Mountain Club will be joining other GMC clubs in the state in celebrating Long Trail Day on Saturday, Sept. 10.

The Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section’s Annual Meeting, to be held Wednesday, Jan. 26, va Zoom, will feature stories from the Long Trail from author Celia Ryker.

A big donation to the Green Mountain Club by a company founded by 2005 Middlebury College graduate Bill Shufelt will help the club maintain the historic Long Trail. Athletic Brewing Company recently joined the list of Green Mountain Club corporate sponsor … (read more)

PROCTOR — The first of December has come and gone, but an offer to buy the 1,600-acre Chittenden Watershed is still in play. Despite extending the deadline to accept his $1.5 million offer to buy the parcel owned by the town of Proctor, Rutland resident J … (read more)