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By PATRICK O’GRADY

A home-cooked meal enjoyed with family and friends who have traveled from afar is the typical portrayal of holiday gatherings.But that warm atmosphere can also be present when the meal is cooked by professional chefs and enjoyed in festive restaurant...

Shaker Hill Automotive, located at 675 Route 4A in Enfield, hs partnered with U-Haul to offer trucks, trailers, towing equipment and moving supplies.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

QUECHEE — When Mick Maguire bought the Antiques Collaborative at Waterman Hill last year he envisioned revamping the store.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CHARLESTOWN — When a business changes hands, the new owner usually has experience or a strong knowledge of the product line or service.

By TRACY HUTCHINS

In my role at the Upper Valley Business Alliance (UVBA), a regional chamber of commerce, I have worked with many new business owners. We often have people interested in starting a business contact the UVBA for information on how to start their business or advice on navigating issues as a new business owner. I find helping new businesses to launch to be one of the most rewarding aspects of my job. I love to help someone to realize their dream of creating independence and a successful business.

By REBECCA BAILEY

In our society, getting stuff can be as easy as tapping your smartphone. Responsibly getting rid of stuff — packaging, broken, used, or outmoded items, waste products, and all the other materials that make up our “solid waste” — is a lot harder.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — When the three new owners of Moseley Associates discussed buying the 40-year-old property management and real estate business, their shared gender was not foremost in their minds.

Planet Fitness opened at the Upper Valley Plaza off Route 12A in West Lebanon this fall.

By TRACY HUTCHINS

I stopped making New Year’s resolutions many years ago. Often, I found that my resolutions lasted all of a day or two before the rush of daily life swept my good intentions away. Instead, I try to reflect on my previous year and set a few goals for the coming year. My goals are both personal and professional, including that I hope to read more books, try a new activity or learn something — and not stress over my job as much.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Matt Vlangas, principal of Downtown Realty in Bedford, N.H., has invested in downtown Claremont because of a strong belief in his vision for the city’s future.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

With so many older homes in the Upper Valley area, the demand for replacement of heating systems and the need for plumbing is almost a constant. Harold Elliott is general service manager with Cota & Cota, a full-service heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and plumbing business that serves both New Hampshire and Vermont. In an interview with Enterprise, Elliott talked about last year at Cota & Cota and what has impacted the industry.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

While the holidays can bring about more hectic schedules for employers, it is mostly business as usual for area caterers — with some minor differences from other times of the year.Rather than a drastic slowdown or increase in business, caterers said...

By TRACY HUTCHINS

It’s summer and a favorite road trip pastime in my family has always been to look at the license plates of cars while traveling. Can we guess the state where the car is from just by the colors or design of the plate? How far did that car travel to...

New businesses Alex Ragias opened Upper Valley Tropical Sno, which operates out of a food truck stationed at Colburn Park in Lebanon from noon to 8 p.m. daily. More information: Facebook: “Upper Valley Tropical Sno.” Business and nonprofit expansions...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

At Sophia’s Candy Corner in West Lebanon, owner Sophia Lowe believes the adage “like a kid in a candy store” applies equally to adults.“I find the adults come in and they are so excited because they remember what it was like to go to an old-time candy...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — When Mona Changaris began using maple syrup as a sweetener for her vegan, organic chocolate bars and caramels, she thought it made sense to be in New England, the heart of the country’s maple syrup producers.With helpful direction at the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

HARTLAND — With a heavy rain pounding on the roof of the tent protecting Jacque’s Cakes display, there were just a few vendors and even fewer customers at the weekly Friday afternoon farmers market on the lawn in front of the Hartland Public...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

HANOVER — There are countless stories of businesses — large and small — whose humble beginnings were a room in the entrepreneur’s house such as the basement, garage or spare bedroom. Think Apple and Amazon.But the kitchen likely trumps them all. From...

By TRACY HUTCHINS

Walk through the main atrium of Dartmouth -Hitchcock Medical Center on a Friday afternoon and you may meet one of Dartmouth Hitchcock’s best-loved therapists doing his rounds. His name is Kooper, an 8-year-old golden retriever wh,o with his owner and...

By REBECCA BAILEY

A “time-space machine” — that’s how Sharon’s Ryan Haac playfully refers to his car.Particularly when he takes the interstate, the experience is one of disconnecting from one place and, in an astonishingly short time, popping out in another, with an...

New businesses Avery Osgood has opened the Sundaez Ice Cream Bar at 50 West Pleasant St. in Claremont. Osgood is also one of the operators of The Cruisin’ Cow, a family-owned ice cream truck. More information: sundaezicecreambar.com.Trivium Life...