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By JOHN LIPPMAN

Randolph would appear to have all the basics a small town in central Vermont would need. With a population of only 4,700, it is home to at least three manufacturing companies, a college, a performing arts center, a downtown movie theater, a hospital,...

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WINDSOR — WinCycle, the Windsor nonprofit that sells refurbished laptops for a fraction of the cost, has been sold to a New Hampshire e-waste collector and will close its Main Street store this summer.But the service WinCycle provides is not entirely...

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WINDSOR — It probably doesn’t mean the New York Yankees are going to move spring training to the Upper Valley, but an executive with the team is tied to ownership of a historic inn and restaurant in town that is on the market.Tony Bruno, chief...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — When brothers Allen and Charlie Hall followed their father into the family’s Ford dealership business in 1975, Ford’s midsize Granada sedan was the hot new car on the market, gas was 57 cents at the pump and New England Ford...

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Hanover — College towns are often known for placid stability.Storefronts and sidewalks would remain unchanged for decades, a testament to the enduring strength of tradition and settled habits insulated from a changing world.But the realization that...

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Hanover — Following weeks of rumors that the business was on shaky ground, the owners of Canoe Club confirmed on Monday that the Hanover restaurant and bar is closing effective Tuesday.The decision comes a year after Canoe Club was sold by its former...

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Etna — Maybe it’s not a haunted mansion, but it’s recent history sure has been spooked.The town is moving forward with a tax sale of 5 Gates Road, one the highest assessed value properties on the town’s tax rolls, after consecutive owners failed to...

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Claremont — An era is ending at another Upper Valley auto dealership as the family-owned auto dealership is being sold to a rapidly expanding regional car group.Subaru of Claremont owner Peter Mans, who has operated the dealership for 22 years, is...

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Randolph— Not long ago, there used to be a lot of soot inside the Vermont Castings foundry, where workers would come off shifts coated in black, looking like they had just emerged from a coal mine.But carbon particles don’t mix well with $450,000...

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Lebanon — Mike Davidson’s career in real estate and development has had its ups and downs and twists and turns, but 2014 was the year that launched him in an entirely different direction.After spending many years focusing mostly on multi-unit...

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Hanover — The Upper Valley is not a place where business executives, even highly successful ones, earn Wall Street-level paydays.White Mountains Insurance in Hanover is an exception. The insurance holding company founded by the legendary late...

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Newport— Lake Sunapee Bank, whose roots go back 150 years, will officially disappear over the coming months as its name changes to Bar Harbor Bank & Trust.Bar Harbor acquired the Newport-based bank last year in a merger deal valued at $182.2 million....

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West Lebanon — Fred and Kate Pearce, who started their West Lebanon jewelry store, Pearce Jewelers, 31 years ago, are retiring and selling their business to Lori Roy and her daughter, Jordan Schucart, owners of Jozach Jewelers in Claremont. The...

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Hanover — There was the overhead projector for Hartford High School’s Friday morning assemblies and the new roof for the Parish Players’ Eclipse Grange Theatre building in Thetford.There have been funds for restoration projects at the Enfield Shaker...

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Enfield — Gayl Pringle, general manager of Great View Roller Skating, walks across the rink’s floor as skaters glide past her under a canopy of blinking red lights. “This is my home,” she says on her way to the control booth, where she programs the...

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Hanover— It was a tough year for mom-and-pop stores in the Upper Valley.At least nine longtime independent retail stores closed their doors in 2016, accelerating a trend that has been especially noticeable since the end of the 2008-09 recession. The...