Business

Luella Strattner

She has full-on “Vermont hustle”

Assistant head of MSA named as rising leader This is the first in a series of articles about valley professionals who were included on the 2021 list of “Emerging Leaders of Southern Vermont,” a designation announced by the Southern Vermont Economy Summit and sponsored by...

Mountain biking at Stratton Mountain.

Stratton bike park opens for season

STRATTON- Grease those chains and get the bikes ready to roll, because another gripping season of mountain biking at Stratton Mountain is set to open May 28. Entering its third season of operation, the bike park has been at the center of summer activity for the past two seasons of warm weather....

Summer hoops camps return

WHITINGHAM - The 25th annual Deerfield Valley Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering grades five through nine will be held from 1 to 4 pm at the Twin Valley Middle High School Monday, June 28 to Friday, July 2. Camp director is Buddy Hayford. Camp staff will include high school and college...

New Readsboro General Store owners Annalise Strom-Henriksen, right, and her husband, Tim Stys, with their son. The couple recently relocated from New York and purchased the community store.

New owners at Readsboro General Store

READSBORO- The Readsboro General Store, one of the most important businesses in the small town of 700 inhabitants, has recently changed ownership.
Readsboro native Annalise Strom-Henriksen and her husband, Tim Stys, have bought the store from previous owners Tom and Brenda Dente.
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Lesley Holvey, left, and Dora Holvey, right, in a section of their shop, arranged by Dora. Lauren Harkawik

Mother and daughter team up to open new antique shop in Dover

DOVER - Mother-daughter duo Dora and Lesley Holvey say the first few months in their antique store, The Shops at Collectors Cottage, have gone well. The pair is in the process of expanding their space, located at 135 Route 100 in Dover, and are looking to partner with more antique dealers, makers...

Higley Hill slaughterhouse reopens

WILMINGTON- Last October, a new slaughterhouse opened to deliver high quality meat to residents of the Deerfield Valley. Hogan Sennett, operations manager of Southshire Meats, has reopened Higley Hill Processing, a facility at the Adams Farm that was decommissioned in 2015. Southshire Meats has...

Jess Cronin in her space at the Old School Community Center in January 2020. Cronin is moving the company out of Wilmington to Greenfield, MA. File/LH

Growing company moving out of valley in search of bigger markets

WILMINGTON - Cronin Co., the custom printing company owned by Jess Cronin, has moved its operations out of town. The company is now based in Greenfield, MA, with plans to expand to a second location in Springfield, MA. Cronin says she will also leave Vermont and become a Massachusetts resident...

Nick Blaylock, owner of Nick’s Bootfitting, completing a fitting for Ted Rung. Photo courtesy of Nick Blaylock

Winter a perfect fit for new business

Lots of snow, COVID escapees help boot fitter finish up first winter on his own DOVER - Nick Blaylock, owner of Nick’s Bootfitting, says his first season owning his own shop was a successful one. “Obviously there was quite a bit of snow once the winter started in mid-January,”...

Would-be gardeners can learn how to grow vegetables in a series of UVM master gardener workshops.

Would-be gardeners can learn how to grow vegetables in a series of UVM master gardener workshops.

Free UVM gardening series

Burlington- University of Vermont Extension Community Horticulture Program Master Gardener volunteers are hosting a free vegetable gardening education series on six consecutive Saturdays this spring.
“Learn to Grow Vegetables” will be offered weekly via Zoom, April 17 to May 22, from 9 to...

SVMC earns top national award

WASHINGTON, DC– The American Hospital Association has announced Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT, as the 2020 recipient of the Rural Hospital Leadership Award.
The award recognizes small or rural hospital leaders who guide their hospital and community through...