Volume 23, Number 9
Friday, May 31, 2019
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Durham Market owners look to sell
OUT & ABOUT
By Bailey Wright Town Times
Operators of the Durham Market are looking for new owners to take over the Main Street deli, grocery and butcher shop. Felicia Moncada, who has worked for the store on and off for some 16 years, said owners Amit and Reshma Patel and Walter and Lisa Tregoning took over operations two years ago and are looking to pass it off.
Powder Ridge trail team member Jordan Newth bikes on the beginner skills course at the mountain resort in Middlefield on Tuesday, May 28. The ski resort opened its mountain biking trails over Memorial Day weekend. Bailey Wright, Town Times
Biking at Powder Ridge “Bringing DirtSculpt in is a huge step forward for us,” Newth said. “... they have Powder Ridge Park in Midthe resources to build things dlefield opened its mountain more efficiently and quickbiking trails for the season er.” this past weekend, welcomThe team recommends being beginners and experts ginners learn basic techalike. niques from coaches on site “The trails here are nice, you before moving to some of can go up North and get big- the easier trails. ger mountains, but this is a “A lot of times when people great learning area because are new they try to fight the the mountain’s not two bike instead of letting the thousand feet tall,” said Jordan Newth, a member of the bike do the work,” Newth said. “It’s like going skiing park’s trail team and a prowhen you’ve never skied befessional mountain biker. fore. It’s not very hard, but Returnees may notice some it's intimidating because it’s new and revamped trails a new challenge.” done by DirtSculpt, a company that specializes in bike The park has been refocusing on beginner bikers in an trails. This time of year, the park’s trail team are working effort to attract more to the sport. to restore the six trails after the winter. “Downhill mountain biking is a sport that's gaining By Bailey Wright Town Times
ground nationwide, but it is still a very exclusive club,” said Powder Ridge owner Sean Hayes.“… so what we're trying to do is open it up to the general public – young kids, even adults.” Hayes started biking at age 50 and has since made it successfully down all their trails.
honey, infused oils and herbal teas, and fresh breads and stuffed breads from local bakers. The two married couples, who have been neighbors for over a decade, have owned the property for about five years, but only took over operations of the business in 2017 when the former manager, who was leasing the business, needed to step away.
Last year, the couples did a full renovation of the store, added new products “The intention is to keep it and updated the equipthe Durham Market and ment. for someone to come in and take it over,” “This was really just a side said Moncada, who hanproject. They wanted to dles Durham Market’s basically get it back up to marketing and social me- par so they could sell it,” dia. Moncada said. She said the owners have full-time The market, located at 238 jobs and other investMain St., offers a full-serments to focus on. vice deli counter with togo foods and a selection of The listing went live about groceries from organic to a month ago, with options generic. for leasing. The building is 2,208-square-feet on 0.18 Moncada said they’ve foacres. cused on offering a wide variety of local products and produce like eggs,
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The park allows for the extreme sensations of going downhill without pedaling uphill because the park has a working lift service, he said. “As long as you've ridden a bike before, we can take you from beginner through the learning center with our coaches ... we will teach you how to downhill mountain bike,” Hayes said. See Biking, A2
Durham Market, 238 Main St.