Today I took a break from my project of organizing photos for the Cabot Historical Society long enough to catch up a bit on the newspapers. In the Hardwick Gazette I found a big ad for free railroad ties. The ad goes like this:

"Railroad ties from the Lamoille Valley Railroad have been removed, stockpiled and sorted at Dimick Excavating, 3.4 miles north of SR15 on SR16 in East Hardwick. Our economy-grade ties are available FREE each Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. We will load trilers or flat-bed trucks, or you can load your pickup truck. Higher grade ties are available for $4 and $8. Thousands are available, but they are going quickly . . . so hurry.
Call Jason at Midwest Railroad Tie Sales, (800) 769-8437."

I also found a short article about a meeting of "The Friends of the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail" that will be held next Tuesday, June 20, and is open to the public. It will be at the Vermont Studio Center's Joe and Emily Lowe Lecture Hall on Route 15 in Johnson, from 7-9 p.m.
There will be updates on the status of the trail and a slide show by Kevin Russell who walked all 96 miles of the trail last October and took photos along the way.
For more information on this meeting, contact Heidi Krantz, 802-343-3108, or Laural Ruggles, 802-748-7590.


Unrelated to any of the above, should you notice an unusual amount of traffic on West Shore Road tomorrow, it will be due to an Open House from 10 - 12 noon at Eben and Lana Bodach-Turner's at the head of Sandy Beach Road. Eben and Lana have their log home on the market - with Heney Realtors in Montpelier. Go to wwwHeneyRealtors.com to see the listing.