Carol’s Bridal and Prom to Close After 40 Plus Years - The Advocate-Messenger

Carol’s Bridal and Prom to close after 40 plus years - The Advocate-Messenger

After more than four decades of dressing brides, prom-goers, and grooms, Carol’s Bridal and Prom — a Danville institution — is preparing to close its doors. Owner Carol Senn never imagined her future would lie in the bridal industry when she first opened the shop. “I went to Centre to teach history and couldn’t get a job at the time,” she said. “I actually opened while I worked at Hub Franklin, which was a department store here for four years. I…

Popular East Sussex farm shop and café sold as owners retire

A popular East Sussex farm shop and café has been sold due to its owners retiring.

End of the line for On Cloud 9 - Store Reporter

On Cloud 9, a rite-of-passage shopping destination for tweens from Potomac and beyond, will close its doors this summer after more than two decades. “I know it’s the right thing, but I’m grieving because it is just so sad,” says owner Carol Gowling, who opened the store at Potomac Woods Plaza in 2004. On Cloud 9 quickly earned a reputation as the trendiest local shop for elementary schoolers and young teens. In recent years, as its original cust…