by Kristin Anderson
COVID has been a surprising boon to at least one sector of business — home improvement and construction.
With more people staying home, and others moving to Vermont, those businesses have experienced an uptick in sales that no one could have predicted.
Several area businesses — The Pick and Shovel, Sticks and Stuff, Poulin Lumber, Gervais Ace Hardware, and Sears — saw sales pick up as soon as working people were forced to stay home. Though Sears had a slightly different experience…
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