I recently received a message from Ken Hoeppner, who is associated with the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail (LVRT):
Jane, I am looking for a person in Danville who can cooperate with the Town 's  Commerce to identify and obtain funds for collecting them for the LVRT web site.(about $5000) The purpose to is to offer a vacationer an on line guide to amenities in that locale.

The assignment would be to work with the Businesses to create a listing of amenities in Danville such that a visitor could go to the web site and plan a trip from it. How the amenities could be collected for example could be through the Chamber of Commerce, calling a meeting with the Towns Businesses or through the selectboard...whatever works. There will also be funding requested to install the listing on the web site.

Anyone interested should contact Ken at  kenandsue@hoeppner.com

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One day this week, we took a short ride up the east shore of the pond just to see how things look.  There are a few changes - the foundation for Bill and Bo Keach's new home on Narrows Drive is finished and awaiting the pre-built home.  It was a very nice day when we were there, so we went on up Old Homestead Road and then back on Route 15.  We took a few pictures, but I had trouble making the slide show, so gave up temporarily.  It should be ok now: Click here.

 Then we took some time in West Danville, it was a nice day. Today was another really nice day - sunny, temps in the 30's or maybe even higher - I didn't check often, I busy with other stuff.  Tonight there seems to be some snow in the air - not unexpected, and fairly welcome being so close to Christmas it would be nice to have some white stuff on the ground for Santa's sleigh.

I've recently had a couple of inquiries about accessing the web cam at Rossi's.  You need to use Internet Explorer as your browser.  One of the easiest ways is to go on our website and click on "Web Cam" at the bottom of the menu on the left of the page. 

Someone today thought the cameras weren't working, but I think it was because the pond is frozen over and there was no movement at all going on.  Even their flag and the wind gauge were still most of the time, and apparently the light wasn't catching the frog spitting water like it sometimes does.  Tonight you can see the lights of traffic on both Route 15 and Route 2, and a few minutes ago there were some snowflakes in front of the cameras.  Some days, after the pond is frozen over, there just isn't much moving.

People will be happy to learn the hardware store in Cabot has finally been sold, this time to a local couple, Bobby and Stephany Searles, who own the general store in Cabot.  They say they hope to have gasoline available as soon as possible, then they will do some work on the interior of the store with an eye to possibly renting space to crafters or other businesses, but they plan to have a full line of hardware items and some household items available, as well.  They say there is someone also interested in re-opening the snack bar.  They are putting up a Christmas tree so folks will know things are happening.   We surely wish them well.