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Destination: Wolfie’s Restaurant, South Deerfield,MA

Posted on December 12, 2011

 Article & Photos by Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb                                                                                                                                                                                         Wolfie’s Restaurant in South Deerfield, Massachusetts is a find. Its rustic cabin exterior is perfectly complimented by the homey, country style inside, and, an Americana…

Destination : The Putney Inn & (Update – now closed)

Posted on October 7, 2011

Update 10/8/2014 – I came across disappointing news today while checking The Putney Inn Website – the inn is closed. The message on their site reads: “I want to thank the hundreds of thousands of patrons who have graced my door over my four decades as innkeeper -ess.” According to on-line reports in the Rutland Herald, the Battleboro Reformer and Vermont Today, a deal with a Connecticut real estate developer to buy the 11.25 acre historic site, to make renovations and reopen this past spring fell through. The property, including adjacent motel rooms, was said to have been listed at $895,000. Last month innkeeper Randi Ziter faced a foreclosure auction. It was some fifteen years ago that I spotted The Putney Inn just off I-91…