Vermont Public Radio: audio postcard vt towns
In our ongoing series of town postcards, we visit the Northeast Kingdom community of Glover.
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.
VPR's Steve Zind visits the town of Wells to find out how a church there earned a spot on National Geographic's list of 500 most ‘peaceful and powerful' destinations in the world.
VPR's Steve Zind visits Brunswick, Vermont, home of six mineral springs once called the "8th Wonder of The World" by Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
Bradford dairy farmer James Wilson produced his globes in the early 1800s. Today, only a few are in existence, including one at the Bradford Historical Society.
We visit a landmark in the the Rutland County town of Sudbury that is a vestige of the town's history as a vacation destination.
We continue our series of audio postcards from Vermont towns with a visit to Wardsboro, home of Gladys Bruce. She raises goats and chickens and though she's almost 90, she still finds a lot to keep her busy.
Today in our series of post cards from Vermont towns we tag along with a group of local residents on a Sunday hike to the pinnacle in Westminster led by ecologist Tom Wessels.
The hillside village of Old Bennington is a popular spot for leaf-peepers. We continue our series of audio postcards from Vermont towns with a visit to the Old First Church that stands there, and the cemetery that dates back to 1761.
We continue our series of town postcards with a visit to the foliage festival in Peacham - one of the most picturesque villages in New England.
As part of our ongoing series of audio postcards from Vermont towns, we visit Swanton. We begin by stopping by the village green, which is home to something that no other Vermont town has.
Today in our series of audio postcards from Vermont towns, we visit the hills of Marlboro, where at this time of year, music seems to pour from every open window on the Marlboro College Campus.
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.
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.
Townshend is in many respects the hub of southern Vermont's West River Valley.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Within the last decade a number of food-related industries have helped bring the town of Hardwick back economically. VPR's Sarah Ashworth paid a visit to Hardwick and has this audio postcard.




