MILTON — A Milton woman has grown a family business from what was once her hobby in Boston into By the Bloom Farm and Flower Company LLC, at 2 Quarry Road, in Milton.
Theresa Skokowski, raised in Chester County, joined the Army when she was 18 and spent several years in Europe before returning to the U.S., where she transitioned from the Department of Defense to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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