Peterborough shop hopes to pamper
PETERBOROUGH — A new retail store has sprouted in Peterborough called Green Angel Cottage.
The shop specializes in natural bath and body care for men and women, lingerie, handmade jewelry and herbal teas, according to owner Tammy J. Woodard of Peterborough.
"I always wanted my own little business," said Woodard, who formerly ran two online retail enterprises — Green Angel Cottage and Going Green with Tammy.
"I just kind of outgrew my house," she said, adding that "organic and natural products need to be seen, touched, smelled."
The building that formerly housed The Village Roaster at 10 School St. — cottage-like in appearance — was the ideal spot to open her storefront, she said. Looking forward, Woodard said, she hopes to expand her lingerie and bath and body care collections.
"I want it (to be) more of a pampering store. That's what I'm heading toward," she said.
Cycle repair shop crosses the line
SWANZEY — Elm City Cycle Repair recently moved to Swanzey.
Owner Peter D. Scott of Swanzey opened the business two years ago at 451 Winchester St. (Route 10) in Keene. Scott provides service and repair for motorcycles, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, and occasionally sells motorcycles, snowmobiles and ATVs.
Scott moved the store in January to another Route 10 location — 679 West Swanzey Road in Swanzey. The new digs have 500 square feet in additional inside space along with more roadside frontage, he said.
Auto repair shop opens in Swanzey
SWANZEY — A new auto shop recently opened on Route 12.
Swanzey resident Erik R. Bergquist recently launched Erik's Import Autoworks LLC at 209 Monadnock Highway, in a space shared with Foreign Auto Alternative.
Bergquist said he was formerly a partner in the latter business before striking out on his own.
"I've just always wanted to do my own thing," Bergquist said. "I love interacting with people and I love fixing cars so it just seemed to be a natural step."
At Erik's Import Autoworks, Bergquist provides "all aspects of automotive repair and service." He specializes in German vehicles such as BMWs, Mercedes, Audis and Porsches.
Prior to his Foreign Auto Alternative partnership, Bergquist worked as shop foreman at Noyes Volkswagen in Keene. While living in Connecticut, he worked at a Mercedes-Benz repair business and a Porsche repair and tuning company and did track support for Porsche club races.
QuickBooks focus leads to business
Pamela Q. Doyle recently started a consulting business, Solutions For Today.
Through the home-based business, Doyle provides consulting on the accounting software QuickBooks, plus training, bookkeeping and payroll.
"I do a lot of troubleshooting, a lot of training," she said, adding that she also sets up companies on QuickBooks, trains employees to use the software and can help firms prevent and identify fraud.
Doyle — a Peterborough resident who plans to move to Keene this spring — is certified as a QuickBooks ProAdvisor through Intuit, the software's manufacturer.
While living in the Worcester (Mass.) area, she ran a similar business, Pam's Computer Training. She's also worked as a certified QuickBooks and business advisor for a local CPA.
Doyle recently started teaching a class in QuickBooks at River Valley Community College in Keene.
As for her new venture, she said, "I wanted the satisfaction of working for myself. ... I've always wanted to go back out on my own again."
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