{"id":44565,"date":"2018-02-09T13:54:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T18:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=44565"},"modified":"2018-02-09T14:03:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T19:03:16","slug":"main-street-merchants-bid-farewell-to-td-neighbours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/main-street-merchants-bid-farewell-to-td-neighbours\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Street merchants bid farewell to TD neighbours today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Main photo: Main Street merchants brought cupcakes to say farewell to their neighbours at Huntsville&#8217;s downtown TD Canada Trust branch (from left) Catherine Cole from The Great Vine, Allie Chisholm-Smith from Ahimsa, Ingrid Van Vlymen, Lynda Starbuck from The Great Vine, Amanda Knapp, Elisabeth Geissbuehler, Connie Lyons, Pat Julian, Jim Allen from Treasures and Trophies (hidden), and Jessie Condon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was a bittersweet celebration with emphasis on the sweet.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Several Main Street merchants surprised their neighbors at the TD Canada Trust branch with Whimsical Bakery cupcakes this afternoon to thank them for many years of friendship and service. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/td-canada-trust-branch-main-street-close-february-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The branch is closing today<\/a><\/span>, February 9, 2018, and will merge with the bank&#8217;s other Huntsville location on North Kinton Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The TD bank are our neighbours and although they aren&#8217;t moving from town, they are moving out of our neighbourhood,&#8221; said Catherine Cole from The Great Vine. &#8220;And we are going to miss them. 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