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Bottom Line: As wedding bells ring again post-pandemic, so do vendors’ cash registers Modified: 4/24/2021 9:48:15 PM The wedding business is back on again. After cancellations and postponements arising from more than a year of pandemic-related quarantines, social distancing and face masks, Upper Valley businesses tied to the wedding industry say inquiries are rolling in about availability. “Numbers-wise we are back up to almost where we were in 2019,” said Brandon Blood, owner of Blood’s Catering & Party Rentals in White River Junction. “We’re booked solid for seven out of 10 weekends between mid-August and early October.” Blood’s enthusiasm stands in contrast to last summer as the pandemic shut down weddings and gatherings. When couples nixed nuptials many pushing the date into 2021 that in turn stranded banquet venues, tent companies, caterers, photographers, floral designers, musicians, DJs and other vendors. ....
Bottom Line: West Lebanon Target apparently targeting fall opening John Lippman. Copyright (c) Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Modified: 4/17/2021 9:38:21 PM Hard-hatted and reflective-vested construction crews are busy at work at the former Kmart in West Lebanon to repurpose the space for a new Target store. But panting customers hoping to fill their red shopping carts with swimsuits, patio furniture or baby sunscreen in time for summer are probably going to be disappointed. “We’ve been told sometime in the fall,” said Leann Cushman, department secretary in the Lebanon’s Planning & Development office who acts like an air traffic controller for building permits. “That’s the appropriate time for commercial businesses that want to be open in time for Thanksgiving.” ....