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Karen Amedin

Co-owner of D&K's Jamaica Grocery and general store in Jamaica, Vermont, and longtime Jamaica town official and community volunteer.

Sep 18, 2026

Happy Vermont

Happy Vermont

A Gathering Place on Jamaica's Main Street

Sep 18 · 31m

Erica Houskeeper
Erica HouskeeperHOST
10:37
Here's Karen to share what makes Jamaica the special place it is.
Karen AmedinGUEST
10:41
If you look at the old photos from the 1800s, Our main street pretty much looks the same as it did then.
Karen AmedinGUEST
10:49
Earlier photos, there's no porches, and then porches were added on, and then porches were mostly taken off.
Karen AmedinGUEST
10:57
But the main street is basically the same as it was back in the 1800s.
Karen AmedinGUEST
11:02
Back then, they did move houses, so our library was moved and put into that spot.
Karen AmedinGUEST
11:08
The house across the street from where I live was up by the church and was the parsonage and was later moved.
Karen AmedinGUEST
11:16
It's kind of neat.
Erica Houskeeper
Erica HouskeeperHOST
12:09
Do you know if you look at old

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