Smoke & Lola’s cooks up comfort food in Bristol

Lincoln residents Abbey LaMay-West and Wayne Johnson are passionate about feeding their community. 

The Better Middlebury Partnership’s chocolate bar raffle is back this year, and it features awesome local prizes. 

Gov. Phil Scott and Jennifer M.V. Fitch, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services, recently notified the Addison County Economic Development Corporation that it was awarded $59,322 for seven Addison County businesses throug … (read more)

Three Addison County businesses have received a combined $1.3 million in grant money to bolster production of their respective dairy products.

The Middlebury architecture firm Vermont Integrated Architecture P.C., known as VIA, last week announced it would merge into its operations the Waitsfield firm Maclay Architects. The latter will become VIA/Maclay Studio as of Jan. 1.

At the annual Addison County Chamber of Commerce meeting held Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Vergennes Opera House, four local citizens were adopted in the chamber’s hall of fame while individual awards went to four exceptional awardees.

The Vermont Association of Realtors will recognize Middlebury real estate professional Amey Ryan as 2023 VAR Good Neighbor. Both Ryan and Lamoille County Realtor Dody Day, who is 2023 Realtor of the Year, will be recognized at the VAR annual meeting on No … (read more)

The Stoney Hill business park’s first building is expected to be completed in December and, early next year, will begin housing AllEarth Renewables, a company currently based in Williston that makes solar trackers and other green energy components. 

Vaneasa and Dan Stearns’ recent retirement from the Lincoln General Store inspired the Lincoln Historical Society, in collaboration with the Lincoln Library, to focus its current exhibit on the history of the General Store.

Eric Denu, known to many as the owner and manager of Countryside Carpet & Paint in Middlebury, has spent 35 years helping Addison County residents fortify and beautify their homes and businesses.

Nichole Faulkner, a 16-year veteran at Vermont Soap, has been chosen to lead the Middlebury soap maker. She recently relinquished her post as COO to become the new CEO of the socially responsible company she worked so hard to make successful. 

Maple Café owner Claudia Amparo said she has been pleased by how well her Vergennes eatery has done in the Kennedy Brothers building since debuting on July 24.

Danforth Pewter CEO Bram Kleppner sometimes gets asked to describe how the Middlebury company’s artisans are able to fashion bowls, mugs and other holloware out of metal.

The first cannabis dispensary in Vergennes, Little City Greens, has been open for just about a month, just a few steps from the city green — and it’s married owners,  Alyson and Mike Kennedy, call it a “Mom and pot shop.”

Downtown Middlebury’s 51 Main St. storefront has in recent years been a tough nut to crack. It offers one of the most visible and spacious venues, yet tenants have had a tough time staying there.