Business Recognition 2022

ST. JOHNSBURY — The “e” in eEdition meant something entirely different 155 years ago to Caledonian-Record readers than it does now.

St. Johnsbury Academy opened its doors in 1842, two years before the telegraph was invented and over a century before the interstate highway system reached rural northeastern Vermont.

Lyndon Institute is celebrating its 155th anniversary this year as the independent school transitions out of the pandemic and with new leadership.

One of the oldest businesses in the North Country is George M. Stevens and Son Co., an insurance agency that has provided personal and business services since 1882 and this year celebrates 140 years.

Littleton Regional Healthcare celebrates 115 years in the community.

ST. JOHNSBURY — Parkway Realty marks a 55-year milestone this year, and agents there reflected on the past while looking forward to the future, contemplating the present struggles with supply and demand.

It all began with the tents.

ST. JOHNSBURY — The region’s largest employer contributes to a healthy economy by making a healthy community its mission.

Top Cleaning & Restoration ULTD, formerly known as Top Carpet Cleaning (which began as a business in 1982), is celebrating 40 years of customer service in the Northeast Kingdom, and the North Country of New Hampshire. The new owners, Daren and Jenny North, purchased the business from Don and Sue Cheney on July 1, 2017. Since then, the couple has enhanced the services Top Carpet offers to their customer base.

Mike DeKoeyer was just 25 when he went into business with his father Jack and his father’s longtime partner Inge Gray.

HARDWICK — In its 35th year, Rite Way Sports has more than one claim to fame.

LYNDONVILLE — It’s hard to miss Sutton River Electrical’s truck. Colorful graphics depict a lightning bolt, a plug and all kinds of electrical things happening.

Flek, Inc is a small firm with an enormous toolbox.

LYNDONVILLE — Erik Armstrong, proprietor of Erik Armstrong Masonry — which celebrates its 20th-anniversary milestone this year — represents the fourth generation of a local dynasty, Armstrong Masonry, which has been serving customers in the Northeast Kingdom (and the North Country of New Hampshire) since 1921.