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Plan for Rt. 7 filling station, store headed back to court

Posted on August 26, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



FERRISBURGH — Champlain Oil Company’s proposal for a Ferrisburgh gas station large enough to handle truck traffic and including a convenience store and fast-food restaurant will return to Environmental Court on Sept. 7. Also on that date the judge hearing the case will make a visit to the Route 7 site that COCO hopes to buy and develop.

The site visit to the former home of the Ferrisburgh Roadhouse and Burdick’s Country Kitchen is set for 2 p.m., with the session at the Addison County Courthouse in Middlebury to follow at 3 p.m.

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New Vergennes fitness studio to offer workout classes

Posted on August 26, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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VERGENNES — On Labor Day weekend, another new Vergennes fitness venture will join Vermont Sun Fitness Center in the Kennedy Brothers Factory Marketplace building.

On Sept. 4, Vintage Fitness Studio of Vermont, the brainchild of married Vergennes chiropractors Kimberly O’Boyle Palmer and Joel Palmer, will open in 1,500 square feet across the second-story hallway from Vermont Sun’s 3,000-square-foot city branch.

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McDonald's demolished: Middlebury restaurant scheduled to be rebuilt in 90 days

Posted on August 12, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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MIDDLEBURY — After more than a year and a half of planning and permit deliberations, the McDonald’s Restaurant on Route 7 in Middlebury closed last Wednesday for demolition and rebuilding.

Dennis Hunt, president of Hunt Companies Inc., was onsite on Tuesday to oversee the building’s demolition. He said that demolition, reconstruction and preparation for the restaurant’s reopening are scheduled to take about 90 days.

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Cornwall store plan in works

Posted on August 9, 2010 |
By John Flowers



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CORNWALL — Cornwall Historical Society members have until December to present their selectboard with a plan to renovate the former Lavalley Store on Route 30 to the point where it could once again accommodate a small business.

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Denecker takes on first partner

Posted on August 5, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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FERRISBURGH — When he was 16, Mike Capra, then a Cornwall resident and Middlebury Union High School student, went to work for Miller Chevrolet on North Main Street in Vergennes.

Among those he called boss those 29 years ago were dealership owner Howard Miller and manager Robert “Cappy” Capra — whom Mike Capra also called Dad.

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N.E. Woodcraft buys NEXUS property

Posted on August 5, 2010 |
By Lee J. Kahrs



BRANDON — New England Woodcraft has bought the former Neo EMS (Nexus) building on Mount Pleasant in Brandon.

Jeff Thurston of New England Woodcraft confirmed the sale on July 19. According to the new deed and property transfer papers filed with the Brandon town clerk, the Forest Dale-based company bought the 33,000-square-foot building at the corner of Prospect and Cedar streets for $340,000. The 2008-2009 assessed value of the property, which includes 5.7 acres of land, was $863,000.

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New business fills a niche in Middlebury

Posted on July 29, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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MIDDLEBURY — When Pierre Vachon set out to get a pair of tragedy/comedy masks tattooed on his upper arm last year, he had no idea that the venture would lead him to become a business proprietor in downtown Middlebury.

During the long hours in the tattoo chair, he got to know tattoo artist Christin Eaton, who was operating a fully licensed business out of her home.

“As she was tattooing me we were talking, and it just kind of fit,” he said. “We thought, ‘Why don’t we open up a shop together?’”

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Marquis Theater to bring cutting-edge 3-D technology to the big screen

Posted on July 29, 2010 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Bill Shafer’s business plan for Middlebury’s Marquis Theater will come into sharper focus at the end of this month, when he is scheduled to own and operate a specialized digital movie projection systems that he said will take 3-D viewing to the next level.

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Liebowitz, Cararra & Sons honored as citizen/business-of-the-year

Posted on June 21, 2010 |
By Angelo Lynn



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MIDDLEBURY — At its annual meeting Thursday night, the Better Middlebury Partnership honored Middlebury College President Ron Liebowitz as Citizen of the Year and J.P. Carrara  & Sons, Inc. as Business of the Year for their significant roles in building the Cross Street Bridge — a town goal that has been 50 years in the making.

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Group seeks to help Haiti by wiring its economy

Posted on June 14, 2010 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury’s Jason Duquette-Hoffman was pleased to see the world community respond with food, medical aid and other critical services to help Haiti through the devastation wrought by last January’s major earthquake.

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