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The Shaftsbury Country Store re-opened Friday morning to a welcoming community that lined up early for breakfast sandwiches and hot coffee and only grew as the lunch hour quickly approached, bringing local workers, residents, and plenty of folks wanting to stop by, look around, reminisce, or just say hello.

The Shaftsbury Country Store re-opened Friday morning to a welcoming community that lined up early for breakfast sandwiches and hot coffee and only grew as the lunch hour quickly approached, bringing local workers, residents, and plenty of folks wanting to stop by, look around, reminisce, or just say hello.

BENNINGTON — A New Hampshire-based redevelopment group that has renovated multiple old factory buildings for mixed uses has acquired the sprawling Vermont Mill complex on Benmont Avenue for $5.75 million.