Aimee Gelinas, naturalist and director of Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center, will lead two winter wildlife tracking and tree identification treks on Monday, Jan. 17, at Notchview Reservation, Route
WINDSOR â When the weather turns rainy, Windsor celebrates anyway.
The town kicked off its 250th anniversary celebrations Saturday as new and longtime residents huddled under tents in Windsor Town Park, amid a drizzle, to recognize the milestone.
âIt was touch-and-go with COVID, followed by this weather,â said Kim Tobin, chairperson of the townâs Select Board. âWe just decided to carry forward, to carry on.â
As a largely maskless crowd milled about in the early afternoon, exploring the vendors and booths set up by town officials and volunteers, Tobin was thrilled to see everyone vaccinated and in public again.
âWe were really insistent on doing this today,â Tobin said. âIt wasnât just about the 250th. Itâs about the community, and celebrating all of the stuff we did, from the beginning of the pandemic.â
Sue Clippinger (left) and her husband, John (right), are joined by Ros Everdell while cross-country skiing at Franklin Park in Boston on Feb. 11.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
If there was something you could do this weekend that would get you out of the house, and make you feel better physically
and mentally, would you do it? For many of us, the answer is yes, so weâre pulling those old cobweb-covered cross-country skis out of the closet.
âCross-country skiing is a great pandemic activity ⦠with skis that are almost 6 feet long, it is actually challenging to get close to anyone else!â says Reese Brown of the Cross-Country Ski Areas Association (xcski.org), based in Woodstock, Vt. âAdditionally, the trails are wide and there are few choke points, allowing skiers to keep their distance while on the trails.â Many skiers have their own equipment and buy passes online, allowing them to go directly from the parking lot to the trails, with no need to go insid