The Mascoma River Greenway

Want to show your support for the MRG?  We’ve teamed up with Top Stitch in Lebanon to offer MRG T-shirts, fleece vests, and fleece jackets. Orders can be made directly to the Topstitch web site at 

http://store.topstitchinc.com/Mascoma_River_Greenway

T-shirts (S-XL) are $15.00, fleece vests (S-XL) $35.95, and fleece Jacket (S-XL) $39.95

(Larger sizes are available –  check  prices at the “Select Size” button.)

Note our local models!

Omer & Bob’s Sports Shop in Lebanon has generously donated a SPECIALIZED Stumpjumper FSR Comp 6Fattie bike (retail value $3500) to be raffled for the benefit of the Mascoma River Greenway. The winner will be announced August 25th at the end-of-summer celebration in downtown Lebanon. Tickets cost $5.00 each or 5 for $20 and can be purchased at the Lebanon Farmers’ Market on Thursdays, or at the Recreation Department Office in Lebanon City Hall.

Tell me, is there anything lovelier . . . than a sunny day in May? Wildflower books in hand, we set off on the western end of the MRG, walking the trail from the Powerhouse to Riverside Park.   It was fun to identify flowers in bloom and to note the ones to come.

Anemone quinquefolia

Celandine

Violets

Canada Mayflower

Starflower

Golden Alexander

Wintergreen – wonderful aroma!

False Solomon’s Seal

Barren Strawberry

Apple Blossoms

There were also pussy toes, beech drops. wild strawberry, blue cohosh, colts foot, honeysuckle, bellwort, blueberry, lots of dandelions . . . and more to be identified. And there was more wildness upon reaching Riverside Park watching the death-defying antics of the skateboarders!

A springtime clean up the MRG between High Street and APD offered more than beer cans and cellophane wrappers today – lots of new life!

Greater Celandine

Violets

Wild Strawberry

Garlic Mustard

White Violets

Ground Ivy (AKA Gill-over-the-ground or Creeping Charlie)

Dandelions