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  • First Phase of Geothermal Project at The Rocks Completed

    Anna Berry, Will Abbott
    March 5, 2023

    The geothermal system will help turn the Carriage Barn become a net-zero building as it's renovated into the North Country headquarters of the Forest Society.

  • Authentic Maple Sugaring Experience at The Rocks Starts March 11

    February 1, 2023

    Maple Month will be celebrated at The Rocks from March 11 to April 1.

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  • Forest Society Hosts Virtual Tour of Ongoing Renovations at The Rocks

    Anne Truslow
    January 31, 2023

    The March 1 program is part of the Bretzfelder Series.

Forest Society Highlights Complete Vision For Rocks Estate

January 20, 2021
The Rocks
Forest Society staff on a site visit to the Carriage Barn at The Rocks in January 2020.
(Photo: Robert Blechl, Caledonian Record)

By Robert Blechl, Caledonian Record

BETHLEHEM — The Bethlehem Planning Board has approved the site plan for the major renovation advancing at The Rocks Estate.

On Jan. 13, town planners gave the green light to the plan to transform the stone barn known as the Carriage Barn, thereby setting up the total renovation effort for a possible late 2022 completion.

The project, remaking The Rocks into “Forest Society North,” comes after the February 2019 fire that destroyed the Tool Barn, which had been the center of Rocks Estate operations for decades.

 

Read the full article in the Caledonian Record (subscription required).

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