Debra Townsend’s mother, Hannah Douglas, came to the United States from Scotland and despaired when she was unable to find good Scottish shortbread in the states. Eventually she came up with her own recipe, which she passed down to her daughter. Townsend taught the recipe to her own daughter, also Hannah, who became the family… Read More »
George Darling spent five years working at other marinas before he decided to open his own business. In 1978, Darling’s Boatworks was born. “I wanted the challenge and the independence,” Darling said. “There was an opportunity so I took it.” The busiest time of year for Darling is from mid-April to the fourth of July… Read More »
When he was young, Tom Thibault had a fear of heights. He doesn’t remember how he got over that, but there’s no question he has, since he owns and operates Thibault’s Tree Service out of his Hinesburg home. Thibault has worked in the tree business for fifteen years and this is the fifth year that… Read More »
Elizabeth Archangeli had a shoe and clothing making business in Indonesia when she decided it was time to do something else. After taking a print-making class at Burlington City Arts, she opened a T-shirt printing business in 2012. “I was listening to the radio and heard an etymologist talk about the noise crickets make at… Read More »
Tim Williams has owned a number of businesses but nothing has given him as much satisfaction as his most recent endeavor; purchasing the concept of Archie’s Grill from retiring owner Dick Hess. Williams had no restaurant background but that didn’t stop him from taking the plunge. “I just thought it was a great opportunity,” he… Read More »
Ed Sengle has been involved with Hinesburg Rides for the last eight years. He has nothing but praise for the work Karla Munson and others have done to help bring bus service to town and to provide rides for those who need help getting around, but Sengle would like to take the organization one step… Read More »
Roger Giroux was invited to join a number of group practices when he re-entered the field of medicine roughly 15 years ago, but that just isn’t his style. “A solo doc is a different breed,” said the lone physician at Brookside Family Health Center in Hinesburg. “In some practices, the group is so large and… Read More »
For 27 years there has been one constant in Robin Turnau’s life: her employment at Vermont Public Radio. Fresh out of college, Turnau joined VPR in 1989 and twenty years later was named president, moving from the fourteenth person hired at the station to overseeing a staff of 55. Turnau grew up in what she… Read More »
Andrea Haulenbeek didn’t realize it at the time, but she presided over a family rebirth. In 2012, she helped take apart, move and restore an old Johnson barn only to discover that the structure had once been owned by a member of her own family. This year, the rebuilt Prindle Barn will open as an… Read More »
Travis Elliott has always been drawn to the teaching profession. He was a high school science teacher for the Teach with America program in Portland, Oregon when he realized the classroom management part of the job had less appeal for him. While looking into teaching at the graduate level he learned about the National College… Read More »