Business
Farmers market vendors push back on a new fee structure
The market board wants to replace flat stall fees with a percentage of sales. Small growers say it punishes their best weeks.
Tobias Wren
Business Editor
Tobias Wren edits business coverage and writes the Sunday "Valley Ledger" column on local companies, labour and the regional economy. He spent a decade as a credit analyst before deciding he preferred asking questions to answering them.
Business
Two of the valley's oldest credit unions vote on a merger
Members of Ferrybank and Tanner Mutual will decide whether to combine into a $2.1 billion institution. Branch closures are the sticking point.
Business
Downtown office vacancy hits a record 27 percent
Landlords are offering free rent, conversions to housing remain rare, and the lunch shops that depended on office workers are hanging on.
Business
Valley cannery expansion will add 300 jobs, but most pay under $22 an hour
The century-old Pellham & Daughters plant is getting a $96 million upgrade and a tax abatement that critics call overly generous.