Teaming up to make prom season more affordable 
With dresses, tuxedos, limos and flowers to think of, prom season can be an expensive time for teenagers. But this year two Farmington businesses are teaming up to take some of the sting out of getting dressed up for a night on the town.
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Rich Ludwig hopes the promise of a little extra assistance will be good for business at Trinity Terrace. On Jan. 4 the senior apartment building, part of a complex that also includes Trinity Care Center nursing home, started offering assisted living services.
RELATED CONTENTTalking with Jim Gerster: A whole lot of love out there
Jim Gerster is feeling the love this month. With Valentine’s Day come and gone Gerster Jewelers is in the middle of one of the best Februaries in its history. At 90 years, that’s a lot of history. The downtown Farmington jewelry store is one of the city’s oldest current businesses and, now in its third generation of Gersters, it’s still going strong. We talked with Gerster this week about the store’s history, the changes that have taken place in recent years and, of course, the love.
RELATED CONTENTLiquor store’s wine tasting proves popular
Maybe it was the new venue, maybe it was the pre-Valentine jitters. Or maybe, it was just the idea of sampling a few new wines. In any event, Farmington liquor store manager Randy Petrofske was thrilled and a little surprised by the large turnout that showed up at the Feb. 9 wine tasting event at the Farmington American Legion.
RELATED CONTENTLosing weight and helping others
If a rapidly tightening waistband isn’t enough motivation to lose a few pounds, maybe the opportunity to do some good will be.
RELATED CONTENTTalking with Barb Ackerman: Tax time means long nights
There was bright sun coming in through the windows of Barb Ackerman’s office on Tuesday morning. It’s about the only sun Ackerman gets to see these days. This is tax season, and Ackerman is an accountant. For her, the time from the start of the new year through April 15 is a blur of long days, tax forms and receipts. It can be exhausting, but Ackerman, who opened her own accounting office in 1983 likes the work and the people she works with.
RELATED CONTENTLosing weight, doing good
If a rapidly tightening waistband isn’t enough motivation to lose a few pounds, maybe the opportunity to do some good will be.
RELATED CONTENTHair Hut: She’s the boss
Pam Hutmacher still has to pause when she answers the phone. “Thank you for calling ... Hair Hut. How can I help you? Remembering the name of your business is apparently just one of the challenges you have to deal with when you’re serving as your own boss for the first time after 35 years of working for other people.
RELATED CONTENTA place where new voices can be heard
If years of caterwauling American Idol auditions have taught us anything, it’s providing the public open access to a microphone can be trouble. Fortunately, the results at Farmington’s Ugly Mug seem to be quite a bit better than what gets shown on television.
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For most people the end of cancer treatment is the beginning of a whole new struggle.
RELATED CONTENTIndustrial Impact: Back in Town
The offices of Industrial Impact are a little bit messy this week, but give them time. Tuesday was the company’s first official day doing business in Farmington, and there’s still some unpacking to do.
RELATED CONTENTAnimals like to be pretty, too
Danielle Virtue was 14 when she started in the pet grooming business, a volunteer who loved animals and wanted to be a veterinarian someday.
RELATED CONTENTHome construction shows signs of life
For the first time in more than three years, building permits for single family homes have topped 30 in one quarter in Farmington.
RELATED CONTENTBusinesses work together to spread the word
A group of Farmington business professionals is taking word of mouth advertising into their own hands.
RELATED CONTENTGarage sales and good deeds
What if you had a garage sale and it never ended? It’s a scenario that might sound like a nightmare to any family who’s ever closed up shop at the end of a weekend sale, exhausted happy to be finished.
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