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By JOHN LIPPMAN

No longer is it just a matter of time until an Upper Valley institution, business or town gets hit with a ransomware attack. It’s already happened. Cybersecurity experts say it will keep happening, and anyone who depends on a computer network to run...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

ENFIELD — On the market for years seeking a buyer, the defunct Great View Roller Skating rink property finally has a new owner: the next-door neighbor.Enfield contractors Thomas Hersey and his son Todd Hersey have purchased the approximately 4-acre...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

In a sure sign that the pandemic is receding and sunny days with blue skies and puffy clouds lie ahead, the Route 5 ice cream stand formerly known as Whippi Dip has reopened under new management.Amanda Rae Hill, of Newbury, Vt., has leased the classic...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CLAREMONT — A major New York private equity fund has acquired control of Claremont IT consulting firm Red River Technology.Cerberus Capital Management, which oversees a portfolio of companies in aerospace, defense, health care, real estate and retail,...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Inn & Resort, the luxury hotel and anchor of the village’s economy, has named marketing and business development chief Courtney Lowe as president, with management oversight over all operations.Lowe, a longtime hospitality...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Two familiar Vermont names are getting a cozy place together in Quechee.Glassmaker and restaurant operator Simon Pearce and craft distiller WhistlePig are joining forces in the reopening of the Parker House tavern, which Simon Pearce purchased last...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — The high-profile building along Route 120 formerly known as the Element Hotel is assuming a new identity.It’s been closed since a Christmas Eve explosion and fire in 2019 crippled its mechanical system, and the owner of the building near the...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

After a silence of 64 years, the clack-clack-clack and rum-rum-rum of wool mill machinery is being heard again in Hartford.At 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, the picker, carder, pin drafter and spinner were switched on for the first time at Junction Fiber Mill, a...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

The Village Butcher in Woodstock is in new hands.   George and Linda Racicot, owners of the Elm Street butcher shop and deli for decades, have sold their business to Alex and Cristy Beram, Upper Valley transplants from Massachusetts who promise to...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

The options for going out to get something to eat — or for eating in — will increase sharply come spring in Hanover.Nigel Leeming and Tony Barnett, owners, respectively, of mainstay Hanover restaurants Murphy’s on the Green and Molly’s, are each...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Rural general stores, given the number that have closed across the Upper Valley, are generally not considered hot growth businesses.But several well-known general stores in the region recently have been taken over by new owners who apparently see a...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — Come Oct. 4, the Woodstock Pharmacy will have dispensed its last prescription.Owner Gary Smith said Friday that the 167-year-old pharmacy would soon end its run, confirming speculation that has swirled for weeks.Smith “concluded the best...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Kacey Knight says she typically hears two kinds of reactions from people when they learn she’s a supervisor on the “kill floor” at Vermont Packinghouse slaughterhouse in North Springfield, Vt.“It’s either ‘Oh, really?’ or ‘I don’t want hear about...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Call it a healthy sign in how digital technology is reshaping Vermont’s economy. Or call it another dispiriting example in how making a real product just doesn’t count as much anymore.Either way, I don’t see it as something to cheer about.Airbnb is...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

QUECHEE — The Parker House has come home again.Simon Pearce — the Vermont glassware and pottery maker and restaurateur — has purchased Parker House inn, the restaurant and bed and breakfast adjacent to its showroom and restaurant on Quechee Main...

by JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — In Hanover you can order a ride on Uber, pay the parking meter with a ParkMobile app, and have groceries delivered via Instacart.What you can’t do in Hanover is list your home for rent on Airbnb or related short-term rental websites, an...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

It is, White River Valley residents attest, a small country store. And yet, as an august statesman said of another beloved local institution, there are those who love it.Sharon residents are talking about the Sharon Trading Post, the general store and...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

The nearly empty lot of cars at White River Hyundai on Sykes Mountain Avenue in White River Junction has had people wondering what’s up with the auto dealership.Now we know.Owner Rick MacLeay had been mum on the subject but last week disclosed to me...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

The Kmart store in West Lebanon might not seem special, but it has a singular status.With the recent announcement about stores slated for closing, the Kmart on Route 12A in West Lebanon will soon be the sole remaining Kmart in New Hampshire, Vermont...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

A familiar voice is returning to Upper Valley radio and he’s already sounding different from the guy he is replacing.And I’m not talking about their speaking styles.Jason Place, who at one time or another has worked at nearly every radio station in...