Business

Crosby-Gannett Fund to help local organizations

BRATTLEBORO- Funding is now available for organizations in the area through the Crosby-Gannett Fund.
The purpose of the Crosby-Gannett Fund is to support endeavors that contribute to the betterment and vitality of the area. To help address the impact of the current coronavirus pandemic,...

Projects to help growth

SOUTHERN VERMONT- The annual submissions process has opened for projects to be included in the Southern Vermont Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. The CEDS is a federally-approved action plan for growing the southern Vermont economy with a regional public process. Each year the CEDS is...

New Sotheby’s associate

DOVER- Tierney Leddy has joined the Mount Snow office of Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty as a sales associate.
Leddy grew up with one foot on Cape Cod and the other firmly buckled into a ski boot. Leddy’s love of skiing began young—her parents ensuring that she and her...

Neil Goldberg

Berkley & Veller welcomes agent

BRATTLEBORO- Tami Berkley Purcell, owner and managing broker of Berkley & Veller Greenwood Country Realtors, has announced that Neil Goldberg is joining the family-owned agency.
Goldberg is a newly-licensed Realtor. He was raised in his hometown of Putney, graduated from BUHS, and...

Utilities told to suspend disconnection of services

VERMONT- The Vermont Public Utility Commission again directed the state’s regulated utilities to stop any disconnection of utility service due to nonpayment of electricity, natural gas, and landline phone bills.
This moratorium on involuntary utility disconnections will last through...

Southern Vermont business buyers and sellers

BRATTLEBORO- People age 60 and over own nearly a third of private businesses in southeastern Vermont. Many lack a succession plan.
Concerned about the loss of businesses and jobs, the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation is focusing on “succession planning.” With a grant from USDA...

Study shows rural drivers can save thousands

VERMONT- A new analysis of rural areas in four northeastern states shows that shifting to a clean transportation system, including a bigger role for electric vehicles, has positive benefits across the region. But the savings are biggest for rural drivers.
The new study, conducted by M.J....

Rescue’s annual meeting and officers

WILMINGTON- A virtual annual meeting of Deerfield Valley Rescue Inc. was held on November 2.
The membership elected the following individuals as officers of the squad for 2020-2021: president, Mike Mannhaupt; vice president, Conn Rose; treasurer, Paul Wheeler; secretary, Stephanie Pike;...

Moose Mahr, Rico Moorehead, Jennifer Betit-Engel, and Christian Engel stand in front of a pallet of construction materials at the Horizon Inn. Randy Capitani

Inn-vesting on the Horizon

Partners plan property rebirth, public accessibility WILMINGTON- Four ambitious business partners are breathing new life into a once-thriving hotel east of Wilmington after years of neglect and disrepair.
Ratu’s liquor store owners Jennifer Betit-Engel and Christian...

A practice green and training facilities at the Mount Snow Golf Club. The Original Golf School, which got its start at Mount Snow, has lost its contract to use the course. Courtesy Original Golf School

Golf school loses its original home, founder looks to move on

DOVER- The Original Golf School won’t be returning to the place where it got its start 42 years ago. According to Jay Morelli, who has been the face of the school for its entire existence, Vail Corporation told him late last month the company would not be renewing the golf school’s contract to...