It was at Ithaca College in the 1980s that Craig Bailey got his first introduction to Pink Floyd. “A friend gave me a cassette tape made from an LP of Dark Side of the Moon,” he recalls. “I was pretty clueless. I thought it was the name of a person, not a band.” Bailey became… Read More »
Adam Buchwald started playing the guitar at the age of ten. He studied music at UVM, where he added the banjo and mandolin to his repertoire. After graduation, he returned to New York City and worked at a metal stamping business with his father while playing music on the side, but two events forced him… Read More »
Marian Willmott describes her mother as a “Sunday painter.” She has fond memories of sitting beside her and dipping into her large box of pastels. That love of art has not diminished over the years, and the Hinesburg resident has grown up to be someone who spends a lot of time, more than one day… Read More »
Every year, Vermont Business Magazine recognizes 40 rising stars under the age of 40. This year, one of those stars is Shelburne’s Nathan Beaman, the owner and creative director of Urban Rhino, a Burlington-based firm that specializes in animation and video production. Beaman is being recognized this week at a ceremony at the DoubleTree Hotel… Read More »
Kathleen Dowd Hill was working as an innkeeper in Starksboro when a friend who had a knitting machine asked if she would be willing to help out with some socks. At the time, Hill was in the process of building a home in Hinesburg and was looking for another line of work. She enjoyed the… Read More »
Last October, business people in Shelburne started a chapter of Business Networking International, and in just twelve months they have attracted 28 members. The BNI concept is a simple one: professionals meet weekly to network and refer business to one another. Erik Kolomaznik, an independent benefits consultant, is the new president of the Shelburne BNI.… Read More »
Jim Marrier admits he and his wife Vicki aren’t getting rich off their business JV Embroidery. “We call it ‘surviving, not thriving’,” he said. Nevertheless, the couple thoroughly enjoys the opportunity to work from their Charlotte home, providing custom-made products to a variety of corporate accounts, individuals, and sports teams. From 2000 to 2004, Marrier… Read More »
Those looking for a good night’s sleep can find a new place to shop on Shelburne Road. Michael Hassenberg has opened Natural Mattress, expanding on the organic resources he has been offering at his other venture, The Green Life, in downtown Burlington. Hassenberg is proud to offer mattresses that are free of chemicals. They are… Read More »
After three years in Burlington, Shelburne’s Mark Boedges has moved his gallery closer to home. Earlier this month, Boedges put the finishing touches on his new space in the red barn next to Wind Ridge Publishing. “It’s a little less room,” he said. “It’s more of a studio than a gallery but that’s perfect because… Read More »
Roger Crouse has had a camp on Lake Iroquois for over four decades. In 2005 he went to a meeting of the Vermont Federation of Lakes and Ponds and learned that many similar bodies of water were overseen by local associations. He met with fellow camp owners and within two years they had filed papers… Read More »