Smokey, a miniature Sicilian donkey, wears a blaze orange necklace and is dusted with chalk to ward off hunters as he roams the Strohmaier farm in Pownal. Smokey's wandering ways have led neighbors along Middle Pownal Road to dub him a "bad ass."
10/21/2009
Album ID: 870518
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Pownal hayride
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Kids and adults alike had fun on the Pownal hayride this weekend.
9/30/2009
Album ID: 853415
Photos by Lee Krohn
Applefest
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The Applefest took place this weekend in Bennington.
9/28/2009
Album ID: 847919
Photos by Paul Guillotte
Walloomsac Farmers Market
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Bruce Lierman keeps his carbon footprint small by peddling away Tuesday after shopping at the Walloomsac Farmers Market in Bennington. Joy Primmer, of the Wildstone Farm, waited on customers there. The market is open Tuesday, 3:30 to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., through the end of October
9/8/2009
Album ID: 832021
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Farming 101
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Farmers are noticing a rejuvenated interest in farming by some local youth.
8/27/2009
Album ID: 824290
Photos by Paul Guillotte
Lions and Tigers, oh my!
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The Tigers at the Pownal Fair were the big attraction during a rainy weekend.
8/23/2009
Album ID: 820981
Photos by Paul Guillotte
Green thumbs
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Jordan McIntire, left, and Myah Simpson, students at the Shaftsbury Headstart program, gather green beans in the school's garden Monday. The children have also planted peppers, tomatoes, potatoes and peas. This is the first year the Shaftsbury site has held a summer session.
8/17/2009
Album ID: 817085
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Mighty Food Farm
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Chuck Currie of the Mighty Food Farm in Pownal stands beside a new potato digger that he and his partner, Lisa MacDougall, bought with the help of the Microloan Fund for New England Farmers.
8/3/2009
Album ID: 808797
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Raspberry picking
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Marilyn Kinney, left, collects raspberries with a visiting friend, Peter Ortner of Miami, at the Mad Tom orchard in East Dorset on Wednesday.
7/15/2009
Album ID: 797250
Photos by Peter Crabtree
North Pownal Bridge
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A new bridge spanning the Hoosic River should last at least 50 years, according to estimates.
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