Woodstock

Health, Hospitals & Housing Facilities Gilford Medical Center-(Randolph) Member of the Dartmouth­Hitchcock Alliance. Providers of 19 different specialties, including massage therapy and acupuncture, 24-hour emergency dept., inpatient unit, long-term care unit, and birth center (726-4441 ). Dartmouth-Hitchcock-Ottauquechee­ Woodstock's Medical Center, providing pediatric, family, internal medicine & specialty health care to the region. Care available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. X-ray facility, emergency room, laboratory services (457­3030). Mt. Ascutney Hospital & Health Center-A quality-oriented community hospital with outpatient clinics and 24-hour emergency room. Featuring new CT Scan Suite and Therapeutic Pool. located in nearby Windsor, Vermont (674-6711 ). Woodstock Ambulance Service-24 hour service. Dial 911. Veterans Administration Hospital-White River Jct. (295-9363). The Homestead-Residential home for senior citizens (457-1310). Mellishwood Houses-Woodstock housing for fixed-income seniors. Woodstock Visiting Nurse Association-(457-1117) Vermont Children's Aid Society. Mental Health Services. American Red Cross. Mertens House-(802-457 -4411) A residential nursing facility where small is beautiful & care is special. Transportation Air-lebanon, NH (15 miles) US Air-Boston, New York & Philadelphia. Rutland, VT (35 miles) Colgan Air-Newark Bus-Vermont Transitlines-west to Rutland, east to White River, with connections for Boston, all New England, New York, Montreal and Quebec. Direct service-Woodstock to Boston and logan Airport. Train­ Two separate scheduled service routes daily to/from White River Junction and to/from Rutland. For information and reservations caIl1-800-USA-RAll. Auto Rental-Avis, Hertz and Budget at lebanon Airport, National in West lebanon, NH. Taxi/Limo Service-Available in White River Junction. Parking Parking regulations are strictly enforced Mon.-Sat. from 9-5. Parking meters and two-hour regulations are suspended on legal holidays throughout the year and on Town Meeting Day and Alumni Parade Day. Free, long-term parking is available, ask shopkeepers or police for directions. Churches Non Denominational Community Church (457-2599); Catholic (457-2322); Christian Science Reading Room (457-2587); Congregational (457-9818); Episcopal (457-1727); Mennonite (457-1516); Universalist (457-2557); Jewish Community of Woodstock (for info call Barbara Dagger, 457-4122 or 457 -4840) . Civic & Fraternal Organizations American legion, American Red Cross, Boy and Girl Scouts, Chamber of Commerce, 4-H, Garden Club, Granges, King's Daughters, Masonic (Blue lodge and Chapter), Order Eastern Star, Rotary, VFW. Cultural Attractions Academy Historical Association-South Woodstock, Schoolhouse and furnishings of mid-19th century. Green Mountain Perkins Academy. Open July-August, Saturday 3-5. Billings Farm & Museum-A living museum of 19th century Vermont farming with extensive exhibits, a restored 1890 farm house and a working dairy farm. Open May-October (457-2355). Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park-Vermont's first National Park focuses on the history and evolution of conservation stewardship in America. A 20-mile network of foot­paths and carriage roads meanders through one of the oldest managed woodlands in the US. The mansion is open for guided tours May-October (457-3368). Norman Williams Public Library-Periodical, children's and reading rooms. Woodstock imprints, historical files. Open Monday­Friday 10-5 (457-2295). Pentangle Council on the Arts-Non-profit arts council presents music, theater, dance and family events in the Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, a 400-seat historic theater. First-run movies are shown on a full-size movie screen with surround sound. The intimate little Theater, a 150-seat performance space, located in an old mill building on the Ottauquechee is host to Pentangle's Coffee House Concerts and to the New Woolhouse Players, a community theater company. Pentangle also provides arts-in­education programs to ten area schools through artist residencies and performances (457-3981 ). Vermont Institute of Natural Science and Raptor Center-Non­profit, state-wide environmental research and educational resource center and natural history library on 78-acre nature preserve. Self­guided nature trails, bird banding, lectures and trips. Home of the Vermont Raptor Center, a living museum and rehabilitation facility for over 40 birds of prey. Open Monday through Saturday 10-4; closed Sundays (457-2779). Woodstock Historical Society-1807 Dana House, furnishings 1740-1900, photographs, dolls, toys, costumes. Oral histories, changing exhibits gallery, lecture series. May-October, Monday­Saturday 10-5, Sunday 2-5, (457-1822). The John Cotton Dana Research library has an extensive collection of state and local history, maps and diaries, fine and decorative arts, business ledgers, and genealogical information. Open all year, Tuesday through Friday 10-3 (457-1822). VINS Nature Center-Quechee, VT. 802-Fl Y-5000; Email: infor@vinsnaturecenter.org. Live falcons, eagles, hawks, owls. Flight programs, walking trails, nature shop. located on Rt. 4 (next to the Quechee Gorge). Organizations Children's Camps-Farm & Wilderness Camp, Plymouth (422­3761 ). Bethany Birches Camp, (672-5220), Plymouth. Edwin J. Thompson Senior Center-Community center for information, lunch, trips and lectures for seniors and their families, M-F (457-3277). Lucy McKenzie Humane Society-457-3080 Ottauquechee Two Rivers Regional Planning & Development Commission-A public group concerned with land use, economic development, housing, and public affairs (457-3188). Vermont Land Trust-A conservation organization encouraging private initiative in protecting Vermont's natural resouces (457­2369). Woodstock Union High School-Barnard, Bridgewater, Pomfret, Killington, Woodstock. Grades 7-12 (457-1317). Woodstock Elementary School-K-6 (457-2522).