All Entries in the "Business & Personal Finance" Category
12 things to do before you ring in the New Year
By Kevin Theissen Skygate Financial Group LLC Here are 12 things to do before the ball drops to usher in the New Year. 12. Leverage your Health Plan Deductible Have you hit your health plan deductible for the year? Then now might be the best time to consider getting to the doctor to check out […]
Workshop to aid small business get federal contracts
The Vermont Procurement Technical Assistance Center and U.S. Small Business Administration are holding a series of workshops around the state to help local companies understand what the new HUBZone Program expansion could mean for their business. One of those workshops will be held in Springfield from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, Dec. 12 at […]
Magic deal finally closes; new owners take over
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC “The journey begins,” said Geoff Hatheway, “as an operating company, not just an investment.” Sitting in an office that looks out on the slopes of the Magic Mountain ski area on Thursday Nov. 3 Hatheway looked forward to the ski season ahead but cautioned that the closing […]
Merchants Trust Co. gets new president
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Merchants Bank has announced that Robert G. Ripley Jr. has joined Merchants Trust Co. as president. With 30 years of experience in financial services, including wealth management, portfolio management and trust operations, Ripley comes to Merchants Trust from State Street Bank and Trust where he was a division vice president. […]
Workshop set on how to start a business
Vermont Small Business Development Center is offering a four-hour workshop on how to start your own business and write a business plan. The course will be offered from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18 at the Springfield Regional Development Corp., 14 Clinton Square, in the 1st floor conference room. The registration fee […]
Chester DRB holds hearing on Karass Inn proposal
The Development Review Board for the Town of Chester will be holding a site visit to 225 Pleasant St. at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14 followed by a Public Hearing at 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. to address a Conditional Use Application permit (#491) Below is its agenda: Review minutes from […]
Promo products business opens in Springfield
Established in May of 2016, Clever Cow Designs, owned by Kathy and Conrad McCroy, recently opened at 27 Main St. in Springfield. It’s a family-owned direct retailer that provides custom promotional product options such as T-shirts, hats, CAD-cut vinyl designs, wall signs, window clings, stickers, car details and embroidery digitizing services. The company got its […]
Relieve money stress by talking honestly with your partner
By Kevin Theissen Skygate Financial Group LLC If you ask people what creates stress in their lives, money is often at the top of the list. Stress in America: Paying With Our Health found money was a somewhat or a very significant source of stress in the lives of 64 percent of Americans, primarily parents, […]
BF restaurant for sale; hospital gets $20,000 pharmacy grant
Bellows Falls restaurant for sale Krissie and Drew Pelletier, owners of the Valley Cafe in downtown Bellows Falls, are selling their three-year-old business because of family illness, according to those close to the situation. A small group of regulars is actively helping to find an experienced restaurateur interested in taking over the business and carrying […]
Chester invites community to Master Plan workshops Oct. 22;
FOLA eyes live streaming at Ludlow Auditorium in 2017
Chester holds Master Plan workshops for artists, businesses, community The Town of Chester invites all residents to participate in a community focus group discussion for its ongoing development of the Chester Village Center Master Plan from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. This all-day workshop will […]
Phoenix Books giving away pocket-sized Constitutions
Two thousand pocket-sized copies of the U.S. Constitution will be given away by Phoenix Books at its locations in Chester, Rutland, Essex and Burlington. The Phoenix Books-Misty Valley is located at 58 Common St. on the Green in Chester. “Phoenix Books is in the business of disseminating ideas to our customers,” says co-owner Mike DeSanto. […]
Black River Produce sold to midwest food giant
By Shawn Cunningham and Cynthia Prairie © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Reinhart Foodservice, the nation’s fifth largest distributor of food to restaurants and institutions with 29 warehouses in the east, midwest and south, announced Friday that it has agreed to buy the brand names and distribution business of Springfield based Black River Produce. Some aspects […]
Jiffy Mart closes, Jiffy Mart opens
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With the clock ticking up toward a 2 p.m. closing time yesterday, employees at the Jiffy Mart at Main and Depot streets in Chester were telling each customer that the store would be locking its doors for good shortly, but the new store at Main and Pleasant streets would be […]
Phoenix Books goes mobile; surgeon joins Springfield Hospital
Phoenix Books to take its stores on the road Phoenix Books, with stores in Chester, Rutland, Burlington and Essex, is ready to hit the road with its new book van. Owner Mike DeSanto said, “There is an untapped market for increased sales to off-site customers and we need a vehicle to get the books to […]
Begin planning now for that inevitable day
By Kevin Theissen Skygate Financial Group, LLC National Estate Planning Awareness Week (Oct. 17-23) is a reminder for all of us to make sure our affairs are in order. Estate planning is a critically overlooked component of financial wellness. More than half of Americans, an estimated 56 percent, do not have an estate plan in […]
Workshop on starting a business to be held;
Women business owners hold conference
The Vermont Small Business Development Center is offering a four-hour workshop on how to start your own business and write a business plan. The course will be offered from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14 at the Springfield Regional Development Corp., 14 Clinton Square in Springfield, in the 1st floor conference room. […]
New Magic Mt. owners offer ski, snowboard Freedom Pass
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC This season, Magic Mountain will join the 12 other independent ski areas from Maine to Alaska who offer the Freedom Pass, which allows skiers and snowboarders who buy a season pass at one ski area to ski the others for free. “We believe in making skiing affordable and the Freedom […]
Telegraph Business Ticker
New medical director at Hospitalist Medicine program at Springfield Hospital Springfield Hospital welcomes Marvin Malek, MD, MPH, to his new position as medical director of the Hospitalist Medicine program at Springfield Hospital. Dr. Malek received his Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction in all subjects from Cornell University. Thereafter, he received his Doctor of Medicine from […]
When looking for financial advice, seek a fiduciary
By Kevin Theissen Skygate Financial Group, LLC If you were to stand out on the street and ask a handful of people the meaning of fiduciary and how it relates to financial services, you would likely get a bunch of responses like, “I don’t know” and maybe a few like, “I don’t care.” If you […]
Telegraph Business Ticker
Phoenix bookseller noted for Syria support Phoenix Books – with locations in Essex, Burlington, Rutland and, most recently, Chester, has been cited by an industry press for its support of Syrian refugees. Phoenix’s senior bookseller in Rutland, Will Notte, is hoping to educate residents about Syria and its people, following the mayor’s proposal to let […]
