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Business

  • Barbershop moves to new location

    A new year has meant a new location for Pat’s Barbershop.

        Formerly located on Franklin Street, Pat Johnson has moved to a larger, and more visible, location on West Main Street. While the location is new, Johnson has been barbering for quite some time.
        “Twenty-four years and three months I’ve been barbering,” she said.    

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  • Book Nooky is latest offering at The Electric Company

    Since Patti Siehien and Al DeWeese purchased and renovated the old electric company building on Depot Street, they’ve looked for creative ways to fill the building with businesses.

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  • Lago Pizza continues to grow

    By Peter Sawyer
    Intern writer
    news@bedfordbulletin.com


        Bedford County residents who like deep dish pizza can book a flight to Chicago, go without, or head to Lago Pizza in Moneta.
        Lago Pizza’s owner Esperanza Forero claims to have the only restaurant around that offers a Chicago style pizza.
        “We are the only ones who make Chicago around here, and the only ones who do the buffet,” Forero said.

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  • Mill Iron Grill

    For nearly two years Candice Cooper and her husband Steve Schroeder poured their hearts, soul and sweat into renovating a building to open their restaurant.

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  • Lodge will stay open

    An 11th hour deal will keep the Peaks of Otter Lodge—operated by Virginia Peaks of Otter Company under a contract with the National Park Service—open.

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  • Skate shop opens in Bedford

    It’s cold up in Maine and Colin Franklin was looking for a milder climate. That brought him to Bedford.

        The timing couldn’t have been better.
        Bedford County is building a skateboard facility at Falling Creek Park. That led Franklin to start a new business, after moving to Bedford four months ago.
        Franklin opened Full Deck on East Main Street on Dec. 4, the day of the Christmas parade. The store is located next door to the National D-Day Memorial Foundation office.

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  • Ann Wood named this year’s Athena recipient by Chamber

    Ann Wood received this year’s Athena Award at the Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Women of Influence luncheon, Friday.

        According to Athena International’s Web site, the Bedford area is one of 500 communities around the world where this award is presented.
        The Bedford Area Chamber presents the award, but doesn’t choose the winner. A committee is set up for that purpose and chooses the winner from women who are nominated. The criteria for selecting the winner is that she must have:

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  • Derrick Alexander’s Barber Shop opens

    A new barbershop, Derrick Alexander’s Barber Shop, just opened in Bedford. The shop first opened its doors on Oct. 20, next door to Jackson Hewitt on West Main Street.

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  • Volunteer helps transform Bedford Memorial gift shop

    As Christmas approaches, Barbara Hurt, Bedford Memorial Hospital’s manager of volunteer services, wants to call attention to the hospital’s gift shop. Hurt said that the shop’s merchandise goes beyond gifts for patients — it’s stocked with the general public in mind.

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  • A recession proof business

        When Spinner’s Barbershop closed this summer, a local entrepreneur saw an opportunity.

        Chris Pannell, an Altavista native who has lived in Bedford since 1989, had formerly operated a mobile car wash business called TLC. He brought the car wash to the customer.
        “People aren’t doing luxury in this economy,” Pannell commented.
        However, people still need haircuts. Computers can’t do this, and you really can’t do it yourself.

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