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Audio Postcard: Derby Line
Monday, 04/19/10
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line is built of local granite and lumber and happens to have the international boundary running through the reading room.
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Audio Postcard: Wilmington, VT
Wednesday, 07/16/08
By
Susan Keese The Mountain Mills is a 55-passenger cruise boat that tours the
Harriman Reservoir in Wilmington. It's named after the little logging community
that disappeared in the 1920s when the Deerfield
River was dammed to generate
power. VPR's
Susan Keese paid a visit to Wilmington
to see the boat close-up.
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Audio Postcard: Mount Holly, VT
Tuesday, 07/08/08
By
Steve Zind Every Vermont town has something unique to brag about in its
history or geography. But one town has a
very unusual claim to fame. The Rutland county community of Mount Holly, can boast of a link to Vermont's prehistoric past.
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Audio Postcard: Readsboro
Wednesday, 06/04/08
By
Susan Keese In our continuing series of audio post cards from Vermont towns, we visit Readsboro, located on a
remote stretch of Route 100 near the state's southern border. It has a proud
industrial past and an equally proud connection to the Tyrolean Alps of
northern Italy.
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Audio Postcard: Barre
Thursday, 05/29/08
By
Steve Zind By the late 1800s, Barre's quarries
and stone sheds were humming - and among those whose skills were in great
demand were stone carvers from Italy. But the greatest tribute to
their artistry is on a hill outside of town at the Hope Cemetary.
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Audio Postcard: Reading
Tuesday, 04/29/08
By
Susan Keese The Windsor County town of Reading has a population of 707. The main
street through town commemorates the
day after an Indian Raid on Fort Number Four in Charlestown New
Hampshire. VPR's Susan Keese paid a visit to Reading and checked in on
the town's most famous four-legged
resident, visited the local store and a monument on route 106.
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Audio Postcard: Glastenbury
Thursday, 04/17/08
By
Susan Keese The town of Glastenbury is located in the Southwest corner of Vermont. It has only a handful of fulltime residents, and over
time has developed a reputation as a ghost town. VPR's Susan Keese brings us this audio
postcard from Glastenbury.
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Audio Postcard: Londonderry
Thursday, 03/27/08
By
Susan Keese We continue our series of audio postcards
from Vermont towns with a visit to the Windham County
town of Londonderry. To tell our story, we've chosen a few transplants -
some more deeply rooted than others, but all engaged in activities that are
vital to the town.
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Audio Postcard: Rupert
Monday, 01/07/08
By
Susan Keese The Bennington County
town of Rupert is separated from
most of the rest of Vermont by
the Taconic range, which runs west of the Greens. But its residents
consider themselves Vermonters, through and through.
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