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The Barn Yard enters Hall of Fame Guide INSIDE!
has been voted a NCN “Best of” for at least five years. In past polls The Barn Yard has been repeatedly singled out as the “Best Place to Buy a Shed or Garage” and “Best Family Business.” Founded in 1984 by the Skinner family, The Barn Yard is now building not only in New England but across the country.
Harry Kent, second from left, a prior inductee in the North Central News Hall of Fame, presents this year’s award to The Barn Yard in Ellington. Photo by David Butler II
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By Laura Hayden
ELLINGTON — This year, the North Central News celebrates The Barn Yard, a third-generation, family-owned business, with the 2020 NCN Hall of Fame Award. The Barn Yard, located at 120 West Road, has built an outstanding reputation along with its construction of custom post-and-beam buildings, sheds,
pool houses, garages, horse barns and other structures for over 35 years. The North Central News Hall of Fame Award, the selection of which is based on annual readers’ polls to recognize the “Best of” area businesses, goes one step further to verify The Barn Yard brand slogan: “quality second to none.” The Hall of Fame distinction is awarded annually to a local business that
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