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PRINCETON DAILY CLARION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014
BUSINESS
B&B, boutique niche on North Main
ANDREA HOWE
andrea@pdclarion.com
PRINCETON—Sisters Jennifer Harrington and MaryFrances Stransky
plan a Valentine’s Day grand opening
for Downtown Girls Unique Boutique
in the parlor of The Maxam House
Bed & Breakfast at 426 North Main in
Princeton.
Harrington brings the jewelry and
accessories boutique niche to Princeton
after the success of her Downtown Girls
boutique in Flemingsburg, Ky., earned
a Kentucky lifestyles magazine’s “must
stop” mention and she earned distinction as Flemingsburg’s business person
of the year.
The new Princeton boutique caters
to girls and women. Harrington said
the business model focuses on offering
affordably priced designer-inspired jewelry and accessories, with an emphasis
on fresh inventory.
She said her inventory stays so fresh
that Kentucky customers often flocked
to the shop as soon as they saw delivery
trucks, not wanting to miss the newest
selections.
She also offers monogrammed for
items purchased in the store, and plans
to introduce heat press “bling” T-shirts
as well.
She sold her shop in Kentucky when
her husband took a position at Gibson
General Hospital, but the opportunity
to create a new boutique in Princeton
was too good to resist when her sister
purchased The Maxam House Bed and
Breakfast.
The new boutique fills the parlor and
drawing room of the 1870s-era house,
accessible from the front door during
business hours, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturdays.
The rest of The Maxam House is
reserved for bed and breakfast guests,
who get a 10 percent discount when they
shop in the boutique.
Stransky and her husband bought the
home last fall from Maxam House owner
Greg Wright, a decision made during a
visit with her sister in Princeton while
moving from Nashville, Tenn. to her
husband’s new post as a college vice
president in Wyoming.
It was recipe for a blend of family time
and family business, allowing Stransky
to be in Princeton with Harrington and
their mother.
Stransky is a former innkeeper at The
Sheldon House Bed and Breakfast in
Fort Collins, Colo., and does freelance
marketing and book and magazine
proofreading.
The two sisters, their spouses, their
mother and their daughters all spend
time working in both businesses.
The Stranskys redecorated the guest
rooms and plan landscaping work when
Daily Clarion/Andrea Howe
Jennifer Harrington, left, and her sister, MaryFrances Stransky, right, combine two family-operated businesses in The Maxam
House on North Main. Harrington’s Downtown Girls Unique Boutique fills two rooms of The Maxam House with affordably
priced jewelry, bags and other accessories. The new business grand opening is Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Daily Clarion/Andrea Howe
Two of The Maxam House Bed and Breakfast’s three guest rooms pictured above
include the “Paris Room” at left, overlooking North Main Street, and the “Safari
Room” above, on the south side of the second floor. A master guest suite was also
redecorated.
the weather’s better.
Overnight guests booked at The
Maxam House get a full breakfast featuring many of the favorite offerings in
recipes.
Stransky’s collection of inn and family
For more information about the bed
Dye earns IOWPA certification
PRINCETON–Ben Dye of the Gibson
County Health Department has completed certification in the Indiana Onsite
Wastewater Professionals Association
in conjunction with the Indiana Department of Health’s rule for residential sewage disposal construction procedures
for subsurface gravity feed systems and
drainage, subsurface gravity feed flood
and breakfast or the boutique, phone
385-2965.
Vitality for Life benefit
dosed systems and pressure distribution
and elevated sand mounds.
The nonprofit educational organization works to improve and increase
access to wastewater treatment in areas
beyond centralized wastewater treatment facilities, according to executive
director Donna Sheets.
Daily Clarion/Mary Weber
Alohana Jackson with Healthy Living Choices hosted the Vitality for Life event
Jan. 29 at R’z Cafe and Catering in Fort Branch, featuring Robin Lawrence of
Evansville Canter Center as the guest speaker. Proceeds of the event were
given to Gibson General Health Foundation. Pictured l-r are Susan Poyner,
Gibson General Health Foundation, Jackson with Healthy Living Choices and
Lawrence, of Evansville Cancer Center.
Minton honored for performance
FORT BRANCH—Shane Minton, a
financial advisor for Edward Jones in
Fort Branch, was recently honored for
job performance with an invitation to
the company’s annual managing partners conference in April.
It’s Minton’s 11th invitation to the
conference, where he will meet with Jim
Weddle, Edward Jones’ managing partner, on issues related to the firm and the
financial services industry.
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