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The JMU farmers market has prevailed. Vendors from the market stationed outside The Union expressed gratitude that they're still there and that local business is rebounding as COVID-19 regulations are
With tattoos trailing up and down her arms and a bandana on her head, Allison Wettstone, head baker, resembles Rosie the Riveter as she quickly works dough into rolls in the kitchen of Sugar and Bean Café and Baking Co. "There's so much creative freedom in this business," Wettstone said. "I come up with new recipes for weekly specials, and I love testing them out on our staff." The woman-owned and largely woman-run baking company cranks out classic treats like cream pies and cinnamon rolls from the kitchen of a historic Bridgewater house-turned-café and at the Harrisonburg Farmers Marke...