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  • Volunteers Plant 4,000 Seedlings at The Rocks

    Anna Berry
    May 13, 2022

    Nearly 40 volunteers, including groups from two high schools, planted more than 4,000 Christmas tree seedlings this month at The Rocks in ...

  • Caledonian Record: Nigel Manley Retires As Forest Society Christmas Tree Farmer

    April 13, 2022

    Through the decades, Manley established a thriving operation with some 32,000 Christmas trees in the fields, has greeted thousands of families making the annual tradition to The Rocks to cut their own trees, and has developed a robust set of education programs,.

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  • Long-time Christmas Tree Farmer, North Country Director Nigel Manley to Take on New Role with the Forest Society at The Rocks

    Jack Savage
    April 13, 2022

    Manley will continue to work part-time for the Forest Society on a variety of programs.

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.

 

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