Vermont Business Magazine The Putney General Store has launched a new website to highlightthe range of products and events it offers area residents and visitors to thePutney area. The new site is at:www.putneygeneralstore.com.
The store offers most everything one would hope to find in a general store,from coffee and pastries for breakfast to sandwiches and prepared foods forlunch and dinner, from groceries, produce, and meats to crafts beers, wineand even an array of home hardware.
The general store, owned by the Putney Historical Society and operated byco-managers Betsy MacIsaac and Lyssa Papazian, is approaching its one-yearanniversary under current management. The store is Vermont’s oldestgeneral store, operating since 1796, and is located at the intersection ofRoute 5 and Kimball Hill Road in the center of Putney. It is open seven daysa week, from 7:00 in the morning to 7:00 at night.
The Putney General Store has come through two devastating fires in recentmemory and has emerged each time stronger and able to play a larger role inthe Putney Community. The store boasts tables with a view of Sacketts Brook,a luncheon counter, and as soon as the weather warms, seating out on thestore’s front porch.
Among upcoming events at the Putney General Store include a craft beertasting from 4:00-7:00 pm on March 29 with beers from Vermont’s Otter Creekand Shed Breweries. There will also be a puppet building workshop on March16.
The general store’s website was developed by Susan Kockinskas of FlocksholmDesign and Bob Lawson of Sustainable Digital, both of Putney.