Woodstock Selectboard declines Faulkner Park offer >Dara Safizadeh, left, and Mora Coon, of West Hartford, Conn., walk the Faulkner Trail to the South Peak of Mount Tom in Woodstock, Vt., Friday, May 28, 2021. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Valley News James M. Patterson
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WOODSTOCK The Selectboard voted Tuesday to reject an offer from the trust that manages Faulkner Park to transfer ownership of the property and an endowment to support it over to the town.
The vote was unanimous, with only board member John Doten not present.
WOODSTOCK In her will, Marianne Gaillard Faulkner set up long-term funding for a park she dedicated in her husband’s name, a place “to be used for rest and quiet and not for sports or other noisy activities,” the document states.That was in 1958,.