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Proud Prouty Booster: Jenny Gelfan

May 28, 2019 by Frank Orlowski No Comments

The Prouty is billed as the largest charity challenge north of the city of Boston, and anyone in the Upper Valley witnessing the event, and the participants and volunteers taking part during The Prouty weekend in July, would not doubt that statement. Well over 3,000 bicyclists, walkers, rowers, and golfers take part in order to raise money for research, and services, for the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at DHMC. One reason the event is so popular is that 90% of money raised stays local, and funds the work done at DHMC.

One of those over 3,000 participants is Quechee’s own Jenny Gelfan.… Read More

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And So It Began… 40 Years Ago

May 28, 2019 by adminQT No Comments

It was a cool spring day in 1978, when a pickup truck drove up the drive to the Quechee Inn. Emblazoned on the truck’s doors was a hot air balloon with the words “Glens Falls, New York Balloon Festival. Short of stature but with a hearty voice and smile to match, he came into the Inn and introduced himself as “Ed Griskott, organizer and promoter of the Balloon Festival. Looking for a Mike Yaroschuk; want to talk hot air ballooning. And, as they say, the rest is history.

Mike Yaroschuck and his wife, Barbara (plus three children), had recently purchased the Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm from the Quechee Lakes Corporation and were starting down the road to establish the Inn as the traveler destination of the Upper Valley.… Read More

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A New Musical With Roots in Quechee

May 28, 2019 by Gabrielle Varela No Comments

Bringing a Hometown Feel to the Big City

New York City, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Despite that Molly Shimko, director and co-writer of The Fling LP the musical has made it by city standards, she’s still a small town girl at heart and credits her childhood in Quechee as the source for her success and creativity.

“The people and places I love are idyllic,” says Shimko over the phone, taking a quick break to interview from working on a show at The Juilliard School where she works as a wardrobe supervisor. Her hometown of Quechee is what she says inspires her in the arts.… Read More

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