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City Market celebrates expansion to Burlington’s South End
Burlington officials and representatives of City Market perform a ceremonial groundbreaking Wednesday for City Market/Onion River Co-op’s secondary location in Burlington. Photo by Emily...
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BURLINGTON — City Market’s second store is open for business. The Burlington grocery co-op’s second store is about 2,000 square feet larger, and has copious parking — 115 spots to be exact — a key...
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Climbing center buys portion of City Market property for expansion
Climbing the walls at Petra Cliffs rock climbing center. Photo courtesy of Three Peaks Media. BURLINGTON — Petra Cliffs, a rock climbing center and mountaineering school, has purchased a portion of...
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Waitsfield hydroponics business doubles growth in a year
Dave Hartshorn, co-founder of Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic, stands in one of his company’s year-round greenhouses in Waitsfield. The founders of a small produce operation in Waitsfield are working...
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Stores like Healthy Living take on role of setting food standards
Healthy Living Market and Cafe in South Burlington. Photo by Clare Cuddy for VTDigger The origins of sriracha, the iconic hot sauce, are uncertain. Most accounts have it starting out as a blend of...
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City Market says sales are driving further expansion plans
A sign outside Onion River Co-op’s City Market in Burlington. Photo by Don Shall BURLINGTON — Onion River Co-op, which began in the 1970s as a small buying club, will extend its retail presence...
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Vermont supermarkets toil to restock shelves and separate patrons
Chains such as Price Chopper and Market 32 (pictured here in Brattleboro) are installing signs encouraging patrons to stay 6 feet apart. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger VTDigger is posting regular...
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As coronavirus cases rise, City Market is cutting hazard pay for workers
The entrance at City Market’s location in Burlington’s South End. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger BURLINGTON — In the fall of 2019, workers at City Market, the grocery co-op in downtown Burlington,...
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City Market workers demand restoration of hazard pay, citing health concerns
The City Market’s South End store in Burlington on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Workers at City Market, Burlington’s grocery co-op, are demanding restoration of their hazard...
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Celebratory or premature? Businesses level with new masking policy
Pedestrians walk up Church Street in Burlington on Friday, May 14, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 7:45 p.m. BURLINGTON — Burlington business owners appear conflicted about new state...
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City Market to restore original mask rules, following complaints and City...
A sign outside City Market / Onion River Co-op in Burlington, VT. Photo courtesy Don Shall/Flickr. Shoppers must continue to wear masks at City Market after the downtown grocery store reversed course...
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Police say Vermont man injured 2 people in 48-hour ‘crime spree’
David Oleson. Photo courtesy of the Williston Police Department A Vermont man was arrested in Burlington Wednesday morning after he injured two people in a 48-hour “crime spree” of car thefts and...
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‘The consummate networker’: Longtime Burlington economic leader Bruce Seifer...
Bruce Seifer. Photo courtesy of Brian Pine. Updated Friday, Dec. 2 at 6:13 p.m. Bruce Seifer, a man described by former Mayor Peter Clavelle as being “the face and voice of economic development in...
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‘If I don’t do this, I’ll regret it’: How Julian Hackney won fans with Young...
Julian Hackney in his kitchen, where he brews up ginger beer for his Young at Heart brand. Photo by Kayla Duvel Kayla Duvel is a reporter with Community News Service, part of the University of...
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Feeding Chittenden eats away at food insecurity in Champlain Valley region
Volunteer Kevin Newman works organizing food donations at Feeding Chittenden. Photo by Max Scheinblum/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Raspberries. Brie. Spinach. Ground turkey. Orange juice. That eclectic mix...
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