Business

Coaches sought for Girls on the Run

VERMONT- Girls on the Run Vermont’s spring coach registration is open and seeking additional coaches.
Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based, positive youth development program that inspires girls in third through eighth grades to be joyful, healthy, and confident. The eight-week...

SEVCA offers free weatherization services

WESTMINSTER- SEVCA currently has openings for no-cost weatherization services and is accepting applications. Some applicants will receive services this year. SEVCA provides complete weatherization services, from energy education to weatherization and energy retrofits. These free upgrades save...

First Trax Sports Shop has seen a 30% drop in business, according to its owner John Grush.

Ski shop makes do during COVID

Note: This is another installment in our series about how the pandemic is impacting local people. DOVER- Mount Snow, under the management of Vail Resorts, has once again started up their seasonal skiing operations, bringing some much-needed business into the Deerfield Valley, even if COVID-19...

Moose Mahr, Rico Moorehead, Jennifer Betit-Engel, and Christian Engel stand in front of a pallet of construction materials at the Horizon Inn. Randy Capitani

Inn-vesting on the Horizon

Partners plan property rebirth, public accessibility WILMINGTON- Four ambitious business partners are breathing new life into a once-thriving hotel east of Wilmington after years of neglect and disrepair.
Ratu’s liquor store owners Jennifer Betit-Engel and Christian...

This historic building in the center of Wilmington is undergoing renovation by current owner Travis Wendell. It formerly housed the Wilmington Home Center and, befoe that, the O.O Ware store. Lauren Harkawik

Tax credits will help downtown historic building restoration

WILMINGTON - Travis Wendel, the owner of the building at 1 East Main Street, known to some as the old Wilmington Home Center, has been hard at work in recent weeks — both on the building and on other work, which seems to just keep coming.
Wendel is the owner of Pioneer Timber Frames, a...

“Everyone Eats” will benefit restaurants and people in need

WILMINGTON - Wilmington Works, in cooperation with Becky Arbella, the coordinator for Shires Housing and SASH (Support & Services at Home), is working to launch local participation in a statewide program called “Everyone Eats.” The program will use $5 million of CARES Act money to fund...

Mount Snow general manager Tracy Bartels, in a photo taken at Mount Sunapee, NH, last winter. Bartels took over Mount Snow’s top spot in April.

New Mount Snow GM looks to connect with the community

DOVER- When Tracy Bartels took over the general manager’s job at Mount Snow in early April, to say the transition was unusual is a big understatement. After all, the mountain had been shut down on March 15 after the coronavirus pandemic was declared, people around the valley were reeling from the...

Matai and Talia Betit-Engel place the Melvin Jones Fellowship pin on mom Jen Betit-Engel. Dad Christian Betit-Engel supervises.

Matai and Talia Betit-Engel place the Melvin Jones Fellowship pin on mom Jen Betit-Engel. Dad Christian Betit-Engel supervises.

Lions Club wlecomes new members, officers

WHITINGHAM- At a socially-distanced gathering on Town Hill, the Deerfield Valley Lions Club, formerly the Whitingham-Halifax Lions, welcomed new members and officers.
Outgoing president Mark Hanna and service chair Wanda Walkowiak co-hosted the event, which also recognized members who went...

Significant donation given to Friends of the Valley

WILMINGTON- The former members of the Hermitage Club, represented by the Ad Hoc Committee, made a significant donation to the Friends of the Valley Foundation. The Ad Hoc Committee is an organized committee of former Hermitage Club members that was established to explore ways to revive the...

Ten years into bakery business, couple has found their sweet spot

By Lauren Harkawik
DOVER - Sticky Fingers is celebrating its 10th anniversary this summer. Owners Dave and Heather Kelly both say they hope to spend at least another 10 years being the destination for sweet treats in Dover.
The Kellys moved to Dover with the goal of opening the...