‘It’s been the perfect storm for us’

ECHO BAY — It would be safe to say that most small, rural communities had a general store that provided everything from nuts and bolts to bread and butter. Everyone knew everyone else and employees knew their customers.
Log Dinelle, owner/operator of Dinelle’s General Store has taken the very difficult decision to close shop, the very business he purchased from his parents, Pat and Maxine, in 1995.
They had purchased the business in 1979 from the Buchanan family, which had been in th