CABOT – Dan Wyman played fiddle tunes as chatter from the bar a few yards away ambled into the corner where he performed. A couple sat at a table right in front of him, listening and watching closely.

Along with milk, eggs and brake fluid, the Maple Corner Community Store in Maple Corner, Vt.—population 200 or so—has a small post office where locals pick up their mail. Behind a door just past the P ...

After 75 years as Williams True Value in Poultney, Vermont, the store has a new name, and owner. It’s now Noble Ace Hardware. Robert Noble III took over, following Bob Williams’ retirement. Customers ...