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Full online edition: The Shopper Newspaper 10-30-24

The full online edition is the same as our weekly printed publication. The Shopper Newspaper 10-30-24 This week’s edition of The Shopper Newspaper features: Deb Collier retiring from GRFCC; Halloween Boo Basket winner; Central Elementary School installs Little Free Library; … Continued

Plymouth Schoolhouse expands

PLYMOUTH, Vt. – On Tuesday, Oct. 29, Let’s Grow Kids, and Windsor County lawmakers and selectboard members, business leaders, and community members held a program tour celebrating the recent expansion of the Plymouth Schoolhouse, the only licensed, full-year child care … Continued

Okemo Innkeepers Race Series returns for 43rd year

LUDLOW, Vt. – Okemo’s Innkeepers Race Series will be back for its 43rd year in 2025. With age categories for both skiers and snowboarders, we race Mondays, from 10 a.m – 12 p.m., on the Wardance slope. The series runs … Continued

Advantage Truck Group celebrates 40 years

WESTMINSTER, Vt. – Forty years ago, Kevin Holmes invested his life savings of $12,000 to open a Getty gas station in Ashland, Mass., never imagining two years later it would launch the Tri State Truck Repair business that would become … Continued

Boston Fed CEO visits Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – It’s long been lore in the town of Springfield, Vt., that it was number seven on the list of the top U.S. sites Hitler wanted to bomb during World War II. There’s some question about the origins … Continued

Robert W. Marcotte, 1954-2024 🇺🇸

EAST RYEGATE, Vt. – Robert W. Marcotte, age 70, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday evening, Oct. 7, 2024. He was comforted in his passing by his two best buds Frippy and Gaston. He was born on May … Continued

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