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For many, December 31st symbolizes a closure to a year. With the ball dropping at midnight, crowds gather together to bid farewell to the old, and usher in the new. With mixed feelings this year’s end, Jo Mitchelle, LMT, says good-bye to her plant and flower shop, located in front of the Library Thrift Store on Morris street. The gate is locked with a pink sign reading “Flower Shop will not re-open in 2019”.

The flower shop’s inception began roughly five years ago, after Mitchelle broke her arm in a scooter accident. Mitchelle ran Jo’s Healing Hands, her massage therapy practice in town. Not b...