Lead cashier Nina Paczykowski opens the The Woodstock Farmers Market for the first time in 56 days in West Woodstock, Vt., on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 after it was forced to close by the floods of July. Customers began congregating at the doors shortly before 8 a.m. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Valley News photographs — James M. Patterson

Assistant produce manager Reed Davis, left, brings a bag of fresh basil to customer Debra Klinefelter, of Barnard, right, at the Woodstock Farmers Market shortly after the store reopened in West Woodstock, Vt., on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, for the first time since flood waters inundated the store in July. "This is a momentous event, especially for someone who shops here every week," said Klinefelter's husband Eric. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Brandon Little, part owner of the Woodstock Farmers Market, middle, talks with Lizzie Lueder, left, and Patrick Crane, right, of Woodstock, on the morning of the store's reopening in West Woodstock, Vt, on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, after a 56 day closure due to flooding. "It wasn't quite Woodstock without (the market) open," said Crane, who coaches lacrosse with Little at Woodstock Union High School. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.