Archive for month: June, 2015

For many years, the Greensboro Association has joined the Town of Greensboro in supporting Boat Monitors for the Public Boat Launch at the Public Beach on Caspian Lake.   These monitors ask boat owners who use the Public Launch where they have recently put their boats into the water, check incoming boats for invasive species, give information to boat owners on milfoil and other invasive species, and keep detailed records of the number of boats coming into Caspian Lake.   The Boat Monitoring program, one of the first in the State of Vermont, has caught a significant number of boats with milfoil and other species before they entered Caspian – it is a first line of defense for the protection of the Lake.   Caspian Lake remains Milfoil free in 2015, and the Boat monitors will continue to inspect at the beach this summer

In recent years, local lake monitors in NH and VT have found that milfoil and other invasive water species can be found on all boats, including kayaks, canoes, sailboats and other non-motorized boats.   These categories of boats are often not put in at the Public Beach, but can be launched at private docks, rental properties and other access points.    Please ask guests, family members and renters to check their non motorized boats for milfoil and other species before they enter Caspian – the invasives can be found in bilges, on or under straps, netting, trailers, chains, riggings etc., as well as in water caught inside the boat which originated in other lakes.   If you are uncertain what to look for, bring the boat to the Public Beach and have one of our official beach monitors look over your boat before launching it into Caspian.   There is a wash station at the Beach as well.

Vermont’s oldest historical journal will celebrate its first forty years by publishing a book-length selection of articles about the history of the summer colony and the surrounding communities of Greensboro, Hardwick, Craftsbury and Walden. Timothy H. Breen, retired Professor of American History at Northwestern University, wrote the introduction. The authors include founding editor Dan Métraux, well-known historians Charlie T. Morrissey, Allen F. Davis, Lewis Hill, and Joyce Slayton Mitchell and many local writers. The book has chapters about the early settlement of the area and the attempts to earn a living, the history of Greensboro’s summer community, including Randolph, Black’s Point, Aspenhurst and the North Shore. There are profiles of some of the area’s “unforgettable personalities” including Miss Jean Simpson, Esther Kesselman, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Mansfield Freeman, Margaret Mead, Judge Norwood Allman and Greta Garbo. Editor Gail Sangree has scattered throughout the book historical notes and entertaining stories. A limited number of books will be available from June 27^th at the Greensboro Historical Society Museum, Willey’s Store, and the Galaxy Bookstore in Hardwick.

This publication is a project of the Greensboro Historical Society, and is supported in part by the Greensboro Association.

A program at 7pm on Wednesday, August 12^th at the Greensboro Arts Alliance’s Tent on the Green will celebrate the area’s history and the book’s publication. It will be followed by a reception to meet the authors.   More details can be found on the Green Sheet calendar.