Ryan and Melissa Day stand proudly in their new business, Day’s Automotive & RV, LLC, located on Route 17 at Hayes.

Day’s Automotive & RV, LLC, is the newest automotive shop in Gloucester Point. The locally owned auto shop is run by siblings Ryan and Melissa Day. The two are from Gouverneur, New York, a small town close to the Canadian border. Day’s is a NAPA auto care center that works on all car makes and models, and offers RV services as well. Raised on a dairy farm, the two learned how to be very handy. Their father always had the two of them assisting him with whatever came up. Melissa recalled a time when they were helping their father make repairs to the family vehicle. “It was 20 below and we were replacing a water pump in a Ford LTD, we had a tarp around us with a small heater to keep us warm.” Melissa came to this area several years before her brother. She spent four years working at an RV dealership, both as a service writer and service manager. This added to he...