Barre Tobacco and Beer Shop Opens in Former Boisvert Spot
BARRE — In mid-April, Ankit Patel opened the Barre Tobacco and Beer Shop at the 200 North Main Street space that had been occupied for decades by Boisvert’s Shoe Repair, next door…
Community and Business News in Brief, Mar. 6, 2024
Katie Trautz: One of USA Today’s Women of the Year Congratulations to Montpelier Alive Executive Director Katie Trautz, who was recently named as one…
Community and Business News in Brief, Feb. 21, 2024
Union Mutual Raises Over $185,000 for Special Olympics Vermont Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company announced that, together with insurance agency Hickok and Boardman, they…
Umamiso Delivers a Taste of Japan to Montpelier
When Yoko Tarrant moved to Montpelier from Kyoto, Japan, in 2009, she quickly discovered a lack of options when it came to miso, a…
Community and Business News in Brief, Feb. 7, 2024
Montpelier Gets Planning Grant The city of Montpelier was recently granted $11,000 in a municipal planning grant from the Vermont Department of Housing and…
Community and Business News in Brief, Jan. 24, 2024
Waterbury Public Library Returns a Favor, 96 Years Later After the 1927 flood, the trustees of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library (KHL) in Montpelier sent the…
Community and Business News in Brief, Dec. 6, 2023
All Brains Belong Recognizes Five Vermont Employers as “Neuroinclusive Brightspots” All Brains Belong Vermont has announced the fall 2023 winners of its Neuroinclusive Employment…
Hunger Mountain Coop Council Election Results
Just over 7% of Hunger Mountain Co-op’s (HMC) membership voted to elect four new council members, after a summer of contentiousness over the handling…
Downtowns Recovering From Flood Hope For Strong Holiday Sales
The local economy benefits when people shop locally, studies have shown. A dollar spent locally stays in the community, not only helping the local…
Seven Vie for Four Open Co-op Council Seats
Montpelier’s Hunger Mountain Co-op has seven people vying to fill the four open seats on its council. According to the website hungermountain.com, the seven…
Feature Photo: Block Party
Business owners and landlord Tim Heney (third from left) in front of the Blanchard Block, where all the businesses, from the corner of East…
Montpelier Strong Recovery Fund Awards $1.2 Million to Local Businesses
Montpelier Alive and the Montpelier Foundation today announced the disbursement of the second round of grants raised through the Montpelier Strong Recovery Fund. Over…
Onion River Outdoors Plans New Location
Kip, Jen, and Indy Roberts outside City Center, where their business, Onion River Outdoors, flooded out of its original home on Langdon Street, will…
Hunger Mountain Co-op Hires Interim Leadership
In the wake of a “sexual harassment matter” that became public in July, Hunger Mountain Co-op General Manager Kari Bradley will resign, and Human…
Vermont Community Loan Fund:‘Entrepreneurs can be tenacious’
By Andy Robinson According to its website, the Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) is a “mission-driven, community-focused alternative lender.” Over 36 years, it has…
Community and Business News in Brief, May 17, 2023
Local Author Wins Book Award Author Kathryn Davis, of Montpelier, joins three other Vermont authors who won the 2022 Vermont Book Award. The other…
Spring Construction Projects Must Take Measures to Protect Clean Water
With the spring construction season ahead, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) wants to remind Vermonters about additional requirements to help protect the state’s…
Goddard’s Prez Hocoy Weighs in on Strike
Negotiations Ongoing Dan Hocoy, president of Goddard College since 2021, has weighed in on the workers’ union strike at the Plainfield, Vermont campus. Picketing…
AroMed to Open in New Spot Jan. 6
AroMed, an aromatherapy/crystals/CBD store on State Street, is set to reopen on Main Street adjacent to Capital Cannabis on Jan. 6. Both are owned…
BB Gun Shooter Targets Red Hen Baking in Middlesex
As the sun was setting on Thursday evening, Dec. 9, a customer walked along the front of the building at Camp Meade, a collection…
Community and Business News in Brief, Dec. 21, 2022
Listening Sessions About Homelessness Montpelier’s City Council and Homelessness Task Force is evaluating the state of homelessness and the housing insecure in Washington County.…