Kristle G. Brown set up shop at Roots 2 Ends salon at the Towne and Country Center, White Marsh, on July 31.

Brown has 23 years’ professional hair care experience, having worked all of that time at Jana Kay’s, a beauty shop located at Tidemill Center in lower Gloucester, which closed on July 26.

Brown is now an independent contractor at Roots 2 Ends, renting a booth from owners Cindy M. Green and Tina M. West. Whitney M. Adkins is an employee at the shop; Adkins, Green and West are all stylists.

Services include haircuts, perms, sets and color. Brown said her clientele includes men, women and children. Both appointments and walk-ins are welcome.

Brown attended the cosmetology program at Gloucester High School. Originally from Gloucester, she is a GHS graduate.

Her husband, Jay, owns Brown’s Well Drilling in Bena. They reside at Bena and have two children: son Larry Brown IV, who is a recent GHS grad and now works at Brown’s Well Drilling, an...