Business


  • Three dairy producers win big grants

    Three dairy producers win big grants

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

  • Maclay Architects join forces with VIA

    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…

  • Addison County Chamber honors awardees

    Addison County Chamber honors awardees

    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…

  • Amey Ryan receives Good Neighbor award

    Amey Ryan receives Good Neighbor award

    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…

  • AllEarth Renewables moving to Bristol

    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…

  • Lincoln General Store historical exhibit on tap

    Lincoln General Store historical exhibit on tap

    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…

  • Denus pass the Countryside torch

    Denus pass the Countryside torch

    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…

  • New CEO at the helm of Vermont Soap

    New CEO at the helm of Vermont Soap

    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…

  • Maple Café debuts well in Vergennes

    Maple Café debuts well in Vergennes

    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.

  • Pewter maker is diversifying into pottery

    Pewter maker is diversifying into pottery

    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.

  • Little City dispensary receives warm welcome

    Little City dispensary receives warm welcome

    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…

  • 51 Main’s latest effort sees success

    51 Main’s latest effort sees success

    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…

  • Whiskey maker brews up bottling plan

    Whiskey maker brews up bottling plan

    WhistlePig Whiskey this fall is scheduled to fire up its new bottling operation in the former Otter Creek Brewing headquarters at 373 Exchange St., a Middlebury property the…

  • Midd alums’ woodworking business blossoms

    Midd alums’ woodworking business blossoms

    It’s fair to say that Treeline Terrains has deep roots in Addison County. 

  • Brandon brewhouse Red Clover Ale builds community

    Brandon brewhouse Red Clover Ale builds community

    Pete Brooks, 35, Andrew Gates, 39, and Riker Wikoff, 33, who together founded Brandon’s Red Clover Ale Co., are about to make their 250th batch of beer. 

  • Tracy Van Hoven hired at Residence at Otter Creek

    Tracy Van Hoven hired at Residence at Otter Creek

    Tracy Van Hoven has been hired as the new sales and marketing director at Middlebury’s Residence at Otter Creek, a senior community owned and operated by LCB Senior…