Sports

Local crowned Spartan Fittest Bride

RESULTS ARE IN! Killington’s Polly Lynn is the Spartan Fittest Bride! Courtesy of 802 timing (https://802timing.com/results/15results/runresults/10.18.15bridalrun.htm)   Spartan “Fittest Bride” challenge held Sunday PITTSFIELD — Riverside Farm is hosting a new competition this Sunday, Oct. 18, with a large prize for […]

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Switching Gears

Ride of the week: 12 miles on the 12th

By Tony Accurso On Saturday, Sept. 12 the Green Mountain Trails in Pittsfield will be putting on a 12-mile counter-clockwise lap without course crossings and will integrate the tougher “Bubba Trail,” which was previously featured in July. There is a very shallow river […]

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Switching Gears

Trail etiquette

Most trails systems in Vermont including the Green Mountain Trails in Pittsfield, request that mountain bikers, follow the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) Rules of the Trail: Ride Open Trails: Respect trail and road closures — ask a land manager […]

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Switching Gears

Trail of the week: War Man

By Tony Accurso War Man is a fun trail in the Green Mountain Trails system in Pittsfield.  This trail consists of 20 switchbacks in less than half a mile, and was improved by trail builders Sinuosity in 2010. Volunteers organized […]

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News Briefs

News Briefs: Pittsfield Town

PITTSFIELD—The Pittsfield Select Board received an update on the proposed Tweed River Park from Mary Russ of the White River Partnership, Kevin Geiger of Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission (TRORC), and John Steele of Dubois & King, followed by public comments […]

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Local News

Richard Gluck, age 77

Richard Francis Gluck, age 77, of Pittsfield, Vt., died on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Dick was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 15, 1938, the son of Sarah Fern Fisher and Frederick Francis Gluck. He attended the […]

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Obituaries

Peter Austin Hike, 67

Submitted Peter Austin Hike Peter Austin Hike, 67, of Pittsfield, died Sunday Aug. 9, 2015 at his home. He was born March 27, 1948 in Roslyn Heights, Long Island, N.Y., the son of Harold and Shirley (Stockwell) Hike. He graduated […]

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Sports

Trail of the week: Stairs/Escalator

Courtesy of mtbproject.com The blue highlighted trail, Stairs/Escalator, is the trail of the week. By Tony Accurso The Stairs/Escalator trail combination in the Green Mountain Trails system in Pittsfield is a climber’s dream. These trails gain approximately 400 feet of elevation over […]

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