He described the property as a “good fit” with the campground, which would also “allow us to better control what happens at the bottom hill,” where a head shop and sex toy shop wasn’t an ideal neighbor for a family-friendly campground.Ĭurrently, Fireside Beverage operates on the campground site as a small convenience store. “It was the eyesore of the town,” said Ross Girard, echoing a sentiment of many residents about the lot across from the entrance of his campground where The Magic Mushroom (which has moved to Springfield, Vt.) was located and, at an earlier time, a roadside bar named The Savage Beast. The couple also plan to open a Batteries Plus outlet at the site, the second BP store to pop up in the Upper Valley recently after one opened in the former West Lebanon post office this past summer. The Girards have demolished the ramshackle building and are putting up a new 5,000-square foot-structure into which will move Windsor Wine & Spirits - to be renamed Fireside Beverage - and be joined by former Kimball Union Academy head chef David (Deej) Collisse’s Real Deal Deli of Charlestown. Ross and Buffy Girard, owners of the Running Bear Camping Area in Ascutney, have purchased the parcel across the road from their seasonal camper site at the intersection of Route 5 and Running Bear Trail where The Magic Mushroom was located. A roadside corner that long had Ascutney Village residents fuming over a store that sold “smoking paraphernalia” and “adult novelties” is being rehabilitated into a retail hub that will be the new home for a wine and spirits shop, a convenience store, a popular deli from Charlestown and a franchise store.
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