The Independent

Column: Getting Back to Nature in Putney, VT

By Avi Kaiser—   It may be lacking extravagance like Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Giorgio Armani, or five-star restaurants like chic sushi bar Nobu in Manhattan and Wolfgang Puck’s Spago in Beverly Hills, but the Route 5 drag of real estate from Putney to Brattleboro, VT has no shortage of its own brand of [...]

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Putney Library: Arts and Literature in Downtown Putney

The Putney Library, just off campus, in town, at 55 Main Street, is a local source for events such as art and photography exhibitions, and book discussion groups.  Their telephone number is 802-387-4407. The Putney Library Book Group will meet Sunday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. at the library to discuss “The Seamstress” by Frances [...]

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What Happens in Putney, Stays in Putney: Haiti Aid Event Planned

It has been more than a month since an earthquake devastated the nation of Haiti. With money and support still pouring into the ravaged nation Landmark College’s Campus Activities Board will be hosting a fundraiser to help the relief efforts.

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Putney General Store Update: Rising from the Ashes

During the span of two centuries the Putney General Store became timeless, frozen memories, instilled amongst many generations of Putney patrons. Undoubtedly the center piece of Putney, the structure lost on November 1st is considered most likely to have been the original. Built some point between 1796 and 1799, according to the store’s website, the [...]

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