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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 …

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 …

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 …

Former Deputy Faces Charges Against Minor

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

White River Junction — A trial began yesterday for a former Windsor County Sheriff’s Department deputy charged with engaging in lewd and lascivious conduct with an underage girl several years ago. Richard Kelley, 57, a former Woodstock resident …

Woodstock, Quechee Eateries to Reopen

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Woodstock — A Boston real estate attorney along with the owner of three Boston restaurants have teamed up to reopen two recently shuttered Upper Valley eateries. Bentleys in Woodstock will be reopened in keeping with the original restaurant, and the spot that was Fire Stones in Quechee’s Waterman …

Free to Ski

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Mike Moriarty, of Woodstock, congratulates Grace Kirpan, of Sugarbush, Vt., after her intermediate skiing run during the Special Olympics Winter Games at Suicide Six in Pomfret on Sunday. Near the end of her run, Grace took a fall, …

A Life: Ellison C. Lieberman, 1919 — 2012; ‘She Sold More for Me Than Anybody Else Ever Did’

Monday, March 11, 2013

Woodstock — After World War II, Vermont experienced a small first wave of settlement by the creative class; writers, artists, designers, filmmakers and musicians fled Boston and New York . Ellison and Frank Lieberman were among them, coming …

Windsor County Voters Approve Courthouse Renovations

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Woodstock — A $2 million plan to renovate the aging Windsor County Courthouse was approved by residents who voted at Town Meetings around the county on Tuesday. The proposal was on the ballot in all 24 of the …

2 Valley Eateries In Bankruptcy

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Woodstock — Although the Bentleys and Fire Stones restaurants have closed and appear to be permanently shuttered, one of the owners said yesterday the long-standing eateries would reopen and an application for new owners to take over the liquor license at Bentleys was approved Tuesday night by the …

Woodstock High Budget Passes

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Woodstock — The high school budget that spawned an acrimonious meeting, during which parents, teachers and students protested proposed cuts to nearly a dozen teachers and staff positions, passed easily at Town Meeting on Tuesday. The combined tally among the six towns that pay property taxes for the …

Having a Snowball in Woodstock

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Kuba Mirzec, 6, of Woodstock, Vt., plays in the snow with his dad, Radek Mirzec, making snow forts and having a snowball fight, in Woodstock, Vt. on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Valley News — Libby March …

Economic Development Job Nixed in Woodstock

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Woodstock — Residents yesterday voted down a $50,000 proposal to hire a part-time economic development coordinator, 520-361. All other articles on yesterday’s Australian ballot passed. By a 707-186 tally, residents voted in favor of instructing federal and state lawmakers to ban assault weapons, require criminal background checks and …

Gladys M. Morrill

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Clifton Park, N.Y. — Gladys M. Morrill, 82, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y. Gladys was born on July 31, 1930, in Bridgewater, Vt. the daughter of Erwin E. and Gladys Arlene (Briggs) Campbell. Gladys graduated from Windsor High School in 1948. She …