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Business Notes: May 19, 2013

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Woodstock — Gemologist Jeffrey Zayas plans to open a retail jewelry store this week on Central Street in the former Elliott Newman Jewelers location. Zayas, who lives in Woodstock, is a native Vermonter with nearly 20 years of experience in the jewelry business, gained from working in stores in New York City and Vermont. He’s a graduate of the Gemological Institute of America, in Santa Monica, Calif., and is trained in diamond and colored-stone grading and gem identification. He also received graduate certification from the Gemological Institute in New York City. The store, Zayas first retail operation, will offer estate, vintage and contemporary jewelry, appraisals and will buy gold and silver, Zayas said in a …

Family members talk with a Cabot Funeral Home employee at the scene of an accident that killed Norma Sawyer, of Bridgewater, in Woodstock yesterday. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Another Route 4 Tragedy: Bridgewater Woman, 84, Is Fourth to Die on Road Since March

Friday, May 17, 2013

Woodstock — A Bridgewater woman died yesterday morning after the sedan she was driving collided with a box truck on Route 4. It was the third fatal accident on that road in Woodstock and Hartford this year. Norma Sawyer, 84, was pronounced dead at the scene . Her death came one day after …

Route 4 has seen two fatal accidents in the past three months. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Rumble Strips Urged on Route 4

Friday, May 17, 2013

Woodstock — A pair of fire chiefs have proposed installing centerline rumble strips on sections of Route 4 after three people were killed in head-on collisions on the busy thoroughfare in recent months. Woodstock Fire Chief L.D. Sutherland said he and Hartford Fire Chief Stephen Locke think that rumble strips could prevent drivers …

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Health Group Sells Building, Keeps Services

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Woodstock — The building that is home to the Ottauquechee Health Center has been sold to a developer, who will renovate it and has long-term plans to keep it as a place for primary and specialty care. The nonprofit Ottauquechee Health Foundation sold the property last month for …

Members of the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps helped with a riparian buffer planting Friday along the Ottauquechee River at Billings Farm in Woodstock. The Connecticut River Watershed Council and the Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation District sponsored the planting, designed to expand and enhance the existing buffer. The trees were provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a nursery in Burlington. Photograph by Jason Johnson

Tree Planting in Woodstock

Monday, May 13, 2013

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Police Fault Other Driver; Hartford Victim Now Blamed in March 7 Crash That Killed 2

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Hartford — Police have now identified a different driver at fault in a Route 4 crash in March that killed two people. In a news release yesterday, police said “extensive examination of the physical evidence by the crash reconstruction team and additional interviews,” led them to conclude that …

Ex-Woodstock Broker Wins Claim

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

A former Woodstock stockbroker has been awarded $600,000 by arbitrators after claiming that he was fired from his lucrative job because his boss learned that he was a recovering alcoholic. Robert Fenyk, who maintains a home in Barnard, claimed that his reputation in the financial industry was destroyed …

Wasps Ace Stops Chieftains

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Chester, Vt. — Zach Cole pitched a one-hitter as Woodstock High coasted to a 10-0 win over Green Mountain yesterday in a Marble Valley League game at Adams Field. Cole, a junior right-hander, took a no-hitter into the …

Woodstock Union Middle School eighth-grader Loretta Blakeney sings More Like Her by Miranda Lambert during the opening ceremonies of the school’s student learning celebration night in which students share their school experiences with family members. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Celebrating Learning

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Woodstock Union Middle School eighth-grader Loretta Blakeney sings More Like Her by Miranda Lambert during the opening ceremonies of the school’s student learning celebration night in which students share their school experiences with family members; Spanish teacher Bob …

Communicating With Doctors Is Focus of Workshop, Panel

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Woodstock — A free workshop and panel discussion about communicating with doctors is set for Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Norman Williams Public Library. The two-hour workshop is designed to help patients “begin the conversations essential to shared healthcare decision-making,” organizers said in a news release. “The more …

Irene-Hit Businesses Face Insurance Price Spike

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Montpelier — Some Vermont businesses shut down for months by Hurricane Irene are now being hit by new woes: sharply higher contributions to the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund. In one example, the Woodstock Farmers Market, an upscale private market for produce and gourmet food, laid off its …

Business Notes: Worthy Burger Owners Plan Restaurant, Catering Operation in Woodstock

Sunday, April 28, 2013

South Royalton — The owners of Worthy Burger, a successful restaurant that opened last August in the old railroad freight depot here, are planning for a second restaurant and catering business this summer in Woodstock. Worthy Kitchen and Worthy Catering will open in late July or August, one …

Military-Bound Students to Be Honored

Sunday, April 28, 2013

White River Junction — Patricia Howardell, the widow of an Army veteran, says it’s about time to honor Vermont high school students who are enlisting in the military. “It’s never been done, ever,” the Woodstock resident said. “I find that so hard to believe that no one has …