Winter has set in and the Fort Ti Ferry is still running for the first time in its history due to the closure of the Lake Champlain bridge. There are bubblers running across the lake on each side of the ferry route.
The Newton Academy Restoration Corporation has secured a Village Revitalization Grant For $100,000. This will go a long way in getting the foundation repaired and the auditorium in good enough shape for public use. We are hoping to raise enough money to finish the interior for the building's 200th birthday next year. We are now a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization. Any donations are tax deductible and can be sent to the Newton Academy Restoration Corporation, 1342 Smith Street, Shoreham, VT 05770. Our projected plans call for the building to be used as a community center.
Programs 2009
"All programs will take place at the Old Stone Schoolhouse at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
March 4 - Organizational Meeting - Dinner at 6:00 p.m. at the Shoreham Inn (reservations required)
April 1 - Adam Boyce "Sprightly Steps" Vermont's Contra & Square Dance Tradition
May 6 - David Winestock "Poetry of Vermont"
June 3 - Naima Wade "The Daisy Turner Story in Person"
July 1 - Work session at St. Genevieve's Cemetery transcribing the stones.
Aug 5 - Don Wickman "Life in Camp on Mount Independence"
Sept 2 - Margaret Sunderland "The Wagon Train from Bridport to Galesburg, IL"
Oct 7 - Helene Lang "Dorothy Canfield Fisher - A Vermonter for the World"
Nov 4 - Adam Kane "Shipwrecks on Lake Champlain"
Dec 9 - Potluck Christmas Dinner 6:00 p.m. at the Shoreham Inn (reservations required)
In Print: Shoreham - the Town and Its People - an updating of the Goodhue classic A Genealogical Register of the Early Families of Shoreham, Vermont - 1992 Supplement The Historic Architecture of Addison County - published by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation in 1992. Out of Print, but worth finding: A Genealogical Register of the Early Families of Shoreham, Vermont - MacIntire & Witherell 1984
History of the Town of Shoreham - authored by Rev. Josiah F. Goodhue
1861