Category Archives: Business

Boston Globe: Dan & Whit’s, ‘king among Vermont country stores’

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Boston Globe: Vermont has lost over 100 country stores. But in some small towns, there is hope yet, by Hanna Krueger: Country stores are as quintessential to the Vermont countryside as bodegas are to the streets of Queens.To the passing tourist, they may appear as mere souvenir shops where you can stock up on maple syrup and a Bernie Sanders mug before heading south. But to the locals, they are as crucial as a watering hole in the African Sahara. Continue reading Boston Globe: Dan & Whit’s, ‘king among Vermont country stores’→

Norwich Farm Foundation makes deal to purchase farm, a win for Norwich Farm Creamery

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The Norwich Farm Foundation (NFF) has come to an agreement with Vermont State Colleges to purchase the six-acre Norwich Farm property on Turnpike Road. The news appears as a pop-up on the NFF website. Closing is projected for spring/summer 2022 but depends on a fundraising campaign. The site houses the Norwich Farm Creamery which is in litigation with its landlord, the Vermont Technical College. In contrast, the NFF plans to collaborate with the Creamery. “We’re thrilled to let you know Continue reading Norwich Farm Foundation makes deal to purchase farm, a win for Norwich Farm Creamery→

ICYMI: Farmer Olympics, Norwich Inn, and Peace Corps

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A brief roundup of news and information regarding Norwich, Vermont that may have escaped your attention. Honey Field Farm to host Farmer Olympics Honey Field Farm on Butternut Road in Norwich is hosting the 6th Annual Farmer Olympics. The event, scheduled for August 31, is sponsored by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, or NOFA-VT. “Farm teams will show off their finely-honed skills in events ranging from physical to cerebral to just plain ridiculous,” says Sunday’s article on vermontbiz.com.The Continue reading ICYMI: Farmer Olympics, Norwich Inn, and Peace Corps→

ICYMI: Windsor Police Chief Frank, Caleb Zuckerman, Stave Puzzles, Tyler’s AirPods

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A brief roundup of news and information regarding Norwich, Vermont that may have escaped your attention. Windsor Police Chief Frank on community policing “This is an opportunity for a cultural change and to reexamine what we’ve been doing. And I am so excited to be a part of that.” That is what new Police Chief Jennifer Frank recently told the Windsor Selectboard according to an article by Eagle Times reporter Patrick Adrian. (H/T C.M.) In Windsor’s new police chief shares Continue reading ICYMI: Windsor Police Chief Frank, Caleb Zuckerman, Stave Puzzles, Tyler’s AirPods→

ICYMI: MOCO hot chocolate wins award, Sweetland Farm pledges ’90 in 10′, and Dan & Whit’s is a JAG Ambassador

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A brief roundup of news and information regarding Norwich, Vermont that may have escaped your attention. MOCO Norwich-based MOCO –  My Organic Coco won a sofi Award from the Specialty Food Association in the New Product category for 2020. The sofi (“specialty outstanding food innovation”) Awards were announced in late August. MOCO’s Peppermint Hot Chocolate was one of 148 winners across 39 product categories selected from nearly 2,000 entries. “We’re so honored to win a New Product Award, and it Continue reading ICYMI: MOCO hot chocolate wins award, Sweetland Farm pledges ’90 in 10′, and Dan & Whit’s is a JAG Ambassador→

Norwich Bookstore is NOT closing

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Rumors that the Norwich Bookstore is closing are false. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” said store owner Liza Bernard in a Saturday listserv post. The listserv post says: Was I ever surprised when I heard through the grapevine that the bookstore was closing!! Nothing could be further from the truth. As we all know, small-town rumors can be amusing. They can also be harmful, so please be sure you know the facts before spreading the word. This is Continue reading Norwich Bookstore is NOT closing→

Agenda item #8: 2013 Net Metering Agreement

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At its August 12 meeting, the Selectboard will discuss issues related to its Net Metering Agreement with Solaflect Energy. The agenda item results from a memorandum by resident Doug Wilberding highlighting a number of concerns with the 2013 Agreement. Two issues in the Wilberding Memorandum caught my eye. First, is the position of Solaflect that the Town does not have an option to purchase the solar farm from which Norwich gets power. The Agreement gives the Town an option to Continue reading Agenda item #8: 2013 Net Metering Agreement→

ICYMI: King Arthur Flour name change, Willing Hands video, intervention policy of NPD, and more

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A brief roundup of news and information regarding Norwich, Vermont that may have escaped your attention. King Arthur Flour is now King Arthur Baking. After 230 years, King Arthur Flour has a new name. The new name and logo “better represent who we are today,” says the KAF, er KAB website. “And it’s a pretty simple story. We are bakers, committed now as always to spreading the joy of baking.” Willing Hands video. Filmed by Norwich resident Ezra McGinley-Smith, Willing Continue reading ICYMI: King Arthur Flour name change, Willing Hands video, intervention policy of NPD, and more→

ICYMI: King Arthur Flour and the pandemic, and Holland is a Coach of Year

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A brief roundup of news and information regarding Norwich, Vermont that may have escaped your attention. King Arthur Flour and the pandemic. “In a sense, baking was the first treatment to emerge for the coronavirus,” says David H. Freedman in his Inside the Flour Company Supplying America’s Sudden Baking Obsession on Medium. (Thanks L.K.!) The article tells how Norwich-based King Arthur Flour deftly handled the spike in demand for its flour and in calls to its Baker’s Hotline. Holland is Continue reading ICYMI: King Arthur Flour and the pandemic, and Holland is a Coach of Year→

Willing Hands seeks permit to build barn

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The nonprofit Willing Hands Enterprises is seeking an amendment to an existing Act 250 permit to build a barn at 198 Church Street in Norwich. The notice is in the Selectboard packet for May 27 meeting at page 21. The building is “a two-story, 30-foot by 90-foot post-and-beam timber barn,” says the notice, “with … no plumbing or heating.” Also proposed is “an extension of the overhang on the main building.” In its permit application, the organization gives the goal Continue reading Willing Hands seeks permit to build barn→