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September, 1997 Former manager, Gary Bloom, will open the Newberry's store on Main Street in Laconia this September. Local community members are excited to have the landmark store back. The store is being financed by local banks and economic development councils. |
August, 1997 The former J.J. Newberry's store on Main Street in Laconia will re-open this September. Gary Bloom, the former manager, will purchase the building and re-open a similar variety store. |
August, 1997 The essence of successful small business is spotting overlooked opportunity - in this case, a huge corporation abandoning small towns. Gary Bloom, former manager, is hoping to revitalize Main Street in Laconia by opening the former Newberry's as Bloom's Variety. |
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September, 1997 The strip malls and Wal Marts of the world may be going great guns in this commercial age, but recent developments in downtown Laconia show that there will always be a special place in peoples' hearts for the Mom and Pop variety store. |
September, 1997 The local neighborhood variety store, long a staple of downtown, will be returning to Main Street Wednesday. Gary Bloom, the former manager of the J.J. Newberry's store that stood on the corner of Main and Hanover streets for many years, will open Bloom's Variety store at the same location. |
September, 1997 "This is where I buy all the things I can't find anywhere else," Christine Baxter said. "It's good for the young and for the old." |
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April, 2000 For their hard work and perseverance, Gary and Martha Bloom, owners of Bloom’s Variety, were awarded the Blue Chip Business Recognition Award for April 2000. The award was presented to the Blooms by Michael Toomey and Judi Tucker, of Bank of New Hampshire and Tom Space of The Pinnacle Group, sponsors of the award. The Citizen is also a sponsor of the award. |
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news stories about the opening of Bloom's Variety ran in newspapers
around the country, from California, to York, Pennsylvania on the
Associated Press. There was a story in The Boston Globe before the
opening, and news stories ran on WMUR, Channel 9 in Manchester, NH, and
on local radio stations WEMJ and WLNH. |
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