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Audio Postcard: 'We Never Had Any Locks On Our Front Door'

the front door of an inn
Zoe Bedell
The front door of the Green Mountain Inn, in Stowe, never had a lock. One needed to be installed when the inn closed a couple weeks ago for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis in Vermont.

With the exception of a few years in the early 1900s, the Green Mountain Inn has been welcoming guests since 1833.

Even before Vermont ordered hotels and restaurants to close their doors to the public, the inn in the heart of Stowe Village decided to do just that. But Green Mountain Inn General Manager Ken Biedermann says first they had to go buy some locks, since the inn hadn’t been closed up in over a century.

Amy is an award winning journalist who has worked in print and radio in Vermont since 1991. Her first job in professional radio was at WVMX in Stowe, where she worked as News Director and co-host of The Morning Show. She was a VPR contributor from 2006 to 2020.
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