"Rich McSheffrey, who owns two restaurants, a catering business, and a food truck in the city of Barre, says seeing other business owners step up in the aftermath of the flooding is 'hard for me, because that's usually us.' But the basement at Cornerstone Pub & Kitchen, his main operation, filled with acrid water, ruining hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of perishable inventory and equipment, he estimates, and forcing 35 of his staff members onto unemployment." - Jacqueline Cain
