ASHWAUBENON, Wis. – The Vermont Cabot Creamery/Agri-Mark and Jasper Hill Farm products were honored at the United States Championship Cheese Contest, March 6, hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association. Vermont Cabot Creamery Cooperative/Agri-Mark teams racked up 15 ribbons, including seven first place finishes. The Cabot teams topped the nation[Read More…]
Business Briefs
Greensboro Garage Gains New Owners
GREENSBORO ― After 10 years as the owner of Greensboro Garage, Joanne Lacasse announced on social media Monday, March 3, “I am thrilled to share with my valued customers, whom I consider friends, that I am passing the torch of ownership of the Greensboro Garage to a new generation. As[Read More…]
Heartbeet Lifesharing Receives Community Development Block Grant
MONTPELIER – Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced $4,764,010 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to benefit 15 projects in 14 communities, February 13. A town of Hardwick subgrant to Heartbeet Lifesharing will employ at least three new full-time staff who were[Read More…]
Kehler Joins Let’s Build Homes Board
VERMONT – Greensboro’s Mateo Kehler was named to the founding board of directors of Let’s Build Homes (LBH), the fledgling organization announced February 6. LBH is a non-partisan, pro-housing coalition committed to creating abundant housing and addressing Vermont’s housing shortage. Through advocacy, community engagement and policy reform, the coalition seeks[Read More…]
Salvation Farms Secures Funding to Launch Food Hub
MORRISVILLE – The Northern Borders Regional Commission has funded Salvation Farms, a Vermont-based nonprofit, to establish a food processing hub in collaboration with the Lamoille Economic Development Corporation. Located at 48 Congress Street in Morrisville (the former Walgreens), the facility will support local farmers and the broader food system by[Read More…]
Clip Joint, Nikki the Barber Reopen
HARDWICK – The Clip Joint & Co. salon at 9 South Main Street reopened Thursday morning, January 30, with limited space. Clip Joint staff was back at work and Nikki the Barber had moved her chair into the main salon space with them to continue serving her customers. A temporary[Read More…]
Co-op to Close, Sell Village Location
EAST MONTPELIER – Thursday, Feb. 6, is the last day to shop at the village co-op location, wrote the Plainfield Co-op Board in a January 30 community update, saying they are in the final stages of the move and volunteers are needed. The board is moving forward with plans to[Read More…]
Immigration Panel Webinar, Feb. 6
MONTPELIER – Treasurer Mike Pieciak’s Task Force on the Federal Transition, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) will host a webinar for Vermont employers to discuss their rights, obligations and prudent steps they can take to prepare for a worksite visit from Immigration and[Read More…]
Community Hyperbaric Moves to Wellness 101
HARDWICK – In December of 2024, Wellness 101 located in Hardwick, Vermont became the newest affiliate of Hyperbaric Vermont. Dr. Grace Johnston opened Community Hyperbaric in East Hardwick in 2014 and founded Hyperbaric Vermont in 2017. After decades of treating patients from the surrounding area in need of this hyperbaric therapy,[Read More…]
Gazette Hires Parchment as Reporter, Production Assistant, Sales Rep
HARDWICK – The Hardwick Gazette has hired Raymonda Parchment as a half-time reporter and production assistant. As she transitions into that new role, she will take on the advertising sales representative role for The Gazette in the Hardwick area. She joined January 2, working from the Gazette’s Greensboro office. Parchment[Read More…]
Hospital Hires Walls as Director of Development Marketing, Public Relations
MORRISVILLE – Copley Hospital has hired Barbara Walls as the executive director of development, marketing and public relations. She joined Copley on January 13. Walls is a native New Englander, with 20-plus years of experience. She spent the last two years with the University of Vermont as the managing[Read More…]
Salon at 9 South Main Street May Soon Reopen
HARDWICK – Work continues to mitigate the effects of the November oil spill at 9 South Main Street in Hardwick. Rural Edge took on management duties at the property December 1 and has encountered a much bigger problem than might be expected with less than 300 gallons of spilled oil,[Read More…]
