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Joan Scribner-Lemieux, a 15-year employee at Tubbs, worked on a traditional model.
Joan Scribner-Lemieux, a 15-year employee at Tubbs, worked on a traditional model. (Globe Photo / Alden Pellett) Globe Photo / Alden Pellett

Founded in N.E., exported to China

Vermont snowshoe firm's move and loss of jobs a familiar story in region

By Michael Kranish
Globe Staff / February 17, 2005

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It was a perfect day for snowshoes. A deluge of fluffy flakes had added nearly a foot to the snowpack. All over this mountain village, vacationers were strapping on Tubbs snowshoes, the iconic New England brand that revived a once-dying industry and has most recently been manufactured here within the shadow of Mount Mansfield. (Full article: 1505 words)

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