Business Notes: March 6, 2016
Springfield, Vt. — The River Valley Workforce Investment Board will host the fifth annual River Valley Employment Fair on April 27, from 2-5 p.m., at Riverside Middle School, 13 Fairground Road, Springfield, Vt. The fair is aimed at connecting local job seekers with seasonal and permanent jobs in the area and to showcase resources and training programs designed to help job seekers, a news release from the Workforce Investment Board...
Business Notes: Nov. 15, 2015
Lebanon — Three Tomatoes Trattoria is celebrating its 25th anniversary on the pedestrian mall off the green in downtown Lebanon. First called Sweet Tomatoes Trattoria, the restaurant opened at its 1 Court St. site in November 1990. Owner Robert Meyers said his restaurant enjoys its “heart of the community location.” “Some favorite things about the green are people relaxing in the sunshine, the awesome and expanding Lebanon Farmers...
Red Kite Candy Flying High
Bradford — The aroma rising from the bubbling copper kettle is the sweet smell of success. Elaine and Mike McCabe are whipping up another 40-pound batch of sea salt caramels in a mixing machine, scraping the sides of the kettle with a spatula as the agitator swirls 37 pounds of milk and cream, 15 pounds of organic brown rice syrup and more than three pounds of butter into a thickening mass. After two hours of cooking and evaporation...
Business Notes: Nov. 8, 2015
Enfield — The Enfield Village Association will host Enfield’s “Small Business Saturday” event on Nov 28 as part of a national initiative to get consumers to shop at local businesses rather than large chain stores. As part of the event, the association will run a raffle in which shoppers will collect stamps at each business they visit on that day. A winner will be selected from completed cards. Businesses that will be open on Nov. 28...
People in Business: Nov. 1, 2015
Daphne Lowe, of Woodstock, a broker with Williamson Group Sotheby’s International Realty, was recently awarded the local Realtor of the Year award by the Windsor County Board of Realtors. Lowe, who also serves as president of the Windsor County Board of Realtors executive board, was recognized at the Vermont Realtors Achievement Awards dinner in Burlington on Oct. 7. She will be presented with an official award plaque at the Windsor...
