In Shelburne, Family-Run Douglas Sweets Bakes Scottish Shortbread Like Mom Used to Make
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Growing up in Bolton in the early 2000s, the Townsend kids had the coolest mom on the block — er, slope. Debra Townsend was known for hosting up to 30 of their friends at a time in the family's large, ski lodge-style home. Nearly a quarter century later, siblings Brittiny, Matthew, Hannah and Ian are grown up and scattered across the globe, but they all talk every day. And Douglas Sweets, the cookie bakery their mom founded in 2011, helps keep them close. Debra, 66, and daughter Hannah,...

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