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Vermont Ski Hill Has Props From The Beetlejuice Movies
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East Corinth, Vermont — Last weekend, Beetlejuice fans returned to Winter River.
The release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice last week has renewed excitement about the Tim Burton franchise. According to Rotten Tomatoes, reviews for the film were mostly positive, with 77% of critics and 82% of audience members giving positive reviews. However, the town the movies are based in, Winter River, Connecticut, is not real. Beetlejuice 1 & 2 were filmed in a small Vermont town, and many of the props remain.
As they did in the 1980s, Tim Burton and his film crew travelled to East Corinth to film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. They recreated the sets in the town, which resulted in part of the set being stolen. According to NBC 5, the new owner of Miss Shannon’s School for Girls has started a GoFundMe to help make it a community space with a tavern downstairs and an auditorium upstairs. That’s not the only place in town that features Beetlejuice sets.
Northeast Slopes is chalked full of interesting tidbits. First opened in 1936, it’s home to the oldest continuously operating ski tow in the United States. In addition, the ski area is home to a few pieces of cinematic history. The covered bridge used in the movie Beetlejuice was separated and now covers the vehicles that power the big and small rope tows. For the Beetlejuice sequel, their covered bridge has also found a home at Northeast Slopes, as it will host events, like a music festival this past August.
The Bridge Weekly Sho-Case did a great article about the Beetlejuice connections at Northeast Slopes, which you can read by clicking on the photo below.
Recent years have been trickier for the Vermont ski hill, with a lack of snowfall leading to minimal operating days. Northeast Slopes doesn’t have snowmaking, so they rely on natural snowfall to open. Let’s hope Northeast Slopes see significant snowfall next ski season, as the locals deserve more operating days.
Plus, I want to go up there to shred at this historic ski hill and scream out Beetlejuice three times to see what happens.
Image/Video Credits: Northeast Slopes, NBC 5, Bridge Weekly Sho-Case (Shauna Kimball)
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Co-founder of R.I.’s Seven Stars is closing his Vermont bakery to return to Providence – The Boston Globe
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CHARLOTTE, Vt. — The co-founder and former owner of Seven Stars Bakery, an iconic and unionized coffee cafe and bakery, is returning to Rhode Island.
Jim Williams, who sold the company in 2018, went north to Vermont to open Backdoor Bread in Charlotte, Vt., where he sells naturally leavened bread once a week. It’s produced with grain from small, organic farms throughout the northeast and milled onsite. But this month, Williams announced he made the difficult decision to close Backdoor and move back to Providence.
“As good as this chapter has been, Providence is home,” said Williams. Backdoor will serve its last bread on Friday, Sept. 13.
Williams and his wife, Lynn, opened their first Seven Stars Bakery in 2001 in a converted gas station on Hope Street on the East Side of Providence. They opened their second location in 2007 on Broadway on the West Side of Providence. Today, Seven Stars has other locations in Providence as well as cafés in Cranston, East Greenwich, and the Rumford neighborhood in East Providence.
”We needed separation from Seven Stars Bakery after selling. We wanted to go somewhere growing wheat and could have gone anywhere in the country, but we’ve always been drawn to Vermont,” said Williams on why he opened Backdoor after selling Seven Stars. “It was an easy choice to come, and a difficult decision to leave.
“I just wanted somewhere I could supply bread to my community. No more, no less. It’s been perfect,” added Williams.
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When Backdoor Bread closes, it will be the first time in more than 30 years that Williams won’t have his own bakery to walk into. He’s even already sold his equipment, which he started using at Backdoor just five years ago.
He has ideas for what he could do next: “Global pop-ups? Help integrating more whole grains into your products? Mostly, I’d like to come hang out in your bakery, drink coffee and watch you work,” he said in his announcement.
It’s not yet clear if Williams will open a business in Rhode Island down the road.
“I don’t have any plans at the moment, but who knows,” Williams told me. “Apparently, Rhode Island now has a cottage food law, so that could be an option.”
In Rhode Island, cottage food laws allow chefs to sell baked goods online, at events and farmers markets, from their homes, and from roadside stands.
“I don’t want the added expense of building another bakery as I slow down,” said Williams.
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This story first appeared in The Food Club, a free weekly email newsletter about Rhode Island food and dining. Already a member of the club? Check your inbox for more news, recipes, and features in the latest newsletter. Not a member yet? If you’d like to receive it via e-mail each Thursday, you can sign up here.
Alexa Gagosz can be reached at alexa.gagosz@globe.com. Follow her @alexagagosz and on Instagram @AlexaGagosz.
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Vt. Air National Guard plans night training flights
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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – The Vermont Air National Guard plans to conduct night training over the next two weeks.
The Guard says night flights of their F-35s will run Sept. 10-12 and Sept. 17-18, and will include one afternoon and one evening takeoff period per day.
Flights are scheduled to end by 9:30 p.m. each day.
The Guard says night flying is a required and important part of pilot training.
“Training in diverse conditions is vital for our pilots,” U.S. Air Force Col. Brian Lepine, the deputy commander of the 158th Fighter Wing, said in a statement. “Night flying enhances our readiness and adaptability, ensuring that our team remains capable and effective in all operational environments.”
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4 people killed after plane crashes in Vermont woods; officials use drone to find aircraft
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Officials are investigating a plane crash that killed four people on Sunday in Vermont, according to the Vermont State Police.
The plane departed from Windham Airport in Connecticut en route to Basin Harbor Airport in Vermont, but when aircraft did not return to Connecticut as planned, the passengers’ relatives reported the situation to the Connecticut State Police and the Middletown, Connecticut Police Department, according to a press release from Vermont State Police.
Police worked with the Federal Aviation Administration to track the plane’s whereabouts using cellphone location data to determine its last known location.
No reports of distress or a plane crash were received before the plane went down.
Authorities found that the plane was last located near the airstrip in Vermont.
Investigators used a drone to locate the wreckage in a wooded area at roughly 12:20 a.m. Monday morning.
All of the plane’s occupants dead
First responders confirmed all of the plane’s occupants were dead.
The victims were taken to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington, Vermont, to determine the cause and manner of death. Their identities have not been revealed.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are leading the investigation, which is still active and ongoing.
Passengers went to brunch before crash
The plane flew out of Windham Airport in Connecticut at around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, and flew to the Basin Harbor Airport in Ferrisburgh, Vermont, according to a press release from police. It landed, and the four inside the plane went to brunch.
The plane’s occupants later left the restaurant after Noon.
A witness said they saw the aircraft on the runway at around 12:15 p.m.
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