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…
Montpelier Alive Lists Open and Closed Businesses in Montpelier
Businesses That Remain Open Montpelier Alive has made a list of businesses that are still open in town. Check them out here. *** This…
Kickstarter Cat Café to Open in Barre
“This began as an inspiration for me to have all the cats I wanted without actually owning 400 cats,” joked Alexis Dexter, owner of…
Cabin Fever Sale Heats Up Downtown March 6-8
Sponsored Content By Dan Groberg, Executive Director, Montpelier Alive Feeling a little cooped up? Shake off your winter cabin fever blues with Montpelier’s annual…
Valentine’s Day on a Budget
Local businesses offer unique, creative ways to help celebrate the most romantic day of the year If you’re looking for romantic, thoughtful ways to…
First in Fitness Becomes Green Mountain Community Fitness
It has been perched atop the hill in Berlin between the hospital and the airport, just above Granger Road, for as far back as…
Hotel Joins Hilton, Alters Parking Rules
The owners of Montpelier’s Capitol Plaza Hotel and Conference Center say their impending affiliation with the Hilton corporation will allow the facility to join…
Capitol Plaza Hotel Joins Hilton Family
Frederick Bashara announces Capitol Plaza will join the Hilton franchise. Story developing. Dear fellow Montpelier residents and Capitol Plaza customers, I’m writing to let…
Montpelier Bids Farewell to Down Home Kitchen
Popular downtown Montpelier restaurant Down Home Kitchen closed its doors for good on New Year’s Day after serving a final meal to the town’s…
Global Gifts to Close: Owner Grows Weary of Waiting for Parking Garage Appeal
A downtown retailer is closing her Langdon Street gift shop after nine years, a decision she attributes, in part, to the delay in building…
Volunteer Programmers Code for BTV
Although it takes human hands to pick up the bottles, cans, and paper along the roads, rivers, and fields across Vermont, a new Green…
Jazzercise Celebrates 50 Years as Barre Center Changes Hands
By Janet Pocorobba “Who’s got the best tushies in Barre?” yells Diane Hood, the petite, blonde, 54-year-old instructor and owner of the Barre Jazzercise…
Tentative Deal Reached in Hunger Mountain Co-op Labor Dispute
Union workers and management at Hunger Mountain Co-op have reached a tentative agreement in their lengthy contract dispute. General Manager Kari Bradley confirmed the…
Heney Realtors Moves Around the Corner
Montpelier’s oldest real estate firm has changed its address. Heney Realtors, a fixture on the corner of State and Main for more than half…
Reclaiming the Union Co-op Bakery
When the Barre Historical Society acquired the Union Cooperative Bakery in 2004, the building was a shell, with a cracked brick wall, no utilities,…
Investing Money Where You Live
U.S. households own $56 trillion dollars in stocks, bonds, and other securities, but according to local investment guru Michael Shu- man, they’re not invested…
Businesses Challenged by Jobless Rate
The national unemployment rate for September was 3.5 percent, down from 3.7 percent the previ- ous month, and the lowest since 1969. The federal…
A Cure for Economic Woes and Addiction? A Boon for Agriculture? Or a Cause for Pause?
Reports: Dispensaries Could be First in Line for Retail Sales by Carla Occaso STATEWIDE — Can it close our budget gap? Alleviate opiate…
Dispensary Worker Pot Bust: Husband Charged, Wife Off The Hook
by Carla Occaso MONTPELIER — One half of a Moretown couple, who both worked at Montpelier’s Medical Marijuana Dispensary, appeared in court after being…
In The Neighborhood: Montpelier’s Medical Marijuana Dispensary
by Carla Occaso MONTPELIER — Cookies, brownies, truffles, salted caramels and gum drops. No, these are not Halloween treats. Instead, these are the forms…