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By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — An 800-pound gorilla has weighed in on Hanover’s property assessment controversy, providing new ammunition to critics who argue the town’s 2018 revaluation was riddled with faulty calculations that confusingly raised some homeowners’...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Hokey, kitschy and hopelessly sentimental, Quechee Gorge Village may be the closest thing the Upper Valley has to Disneyland, and its longtime impresario, Gary Neil, is the nearest showman that Upper Valley has to Roy Disney.Neil, a retail maven who...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Two days after Sean Taylor opened his new barbershop in Hanover, customer appointments for haircuts already were double-booked, thanks to a glitch in the online software program.Taylor has been a barber in the Upper Valley for only four years. But in...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

In the market for a condo at Quechee Lakes? Well, we’ve got a place for you: 640 acres of pristine, forested land. And it can be all yours for $4.5 million.Taurus Investment Holdings, a Boston real estate company, is exiting its investment in Quechee...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Emily Landecker’s name is not a familiar one in the Upper Valley, and the legacy established in her honor has been shrouded in secrecy.But the Emily Landecker Foundation has had a profound impact in the region as the source of funding for the Upper...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — A 5½-year-old Upper Valley digital startup that has become a major player in helping national employers find job candidates has sold a majority stake in the company to a German media giant for $79 million.Appcast, which employs 30 people at...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — The dry spell in Upper Valley dry cleaning should soon be over.New London Cleaners will replace the former Kleen dry cleaners on Lebanon Street in Hanover across from the Black Family Visual Arts Center, filling the need for a dry cleaner...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — Laundry service Kleen, which earlier this month closed its dry cleaning stores, will also shut down its commercial laundry service Friday, ending more than a century in Lebanon, leaving hospitals scrambling to find a replacement to process...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

The guys who drove sales at Gateway Motors sure don’t like to remain in idle.Five of the former White River Junction Ford dealership’s veteran car salesmen have moved down the Connecticut River to Ford of Claremont, where they resurfaced only a few...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

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...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WEST LEBANON — Every Friday afternoon, without fail, Ryan Wall would pull up in his car at the offices of J.A.S. Auto in White River Junction to personally deliver the company’s employee paychecks.Wall ran payroll services for TSBS, a West Lebanon tax...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

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...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — The music and dancing — and food — is going to stop at Bentleys.The long-time village restaurant, bar and nighttime entertainment spot will close its doors by the end of April, the owners confirmed on Thursday. It will end a 42-year run at...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

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...

By John Lippman

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...

By John Lippman

Newport — Roy Malool stands next to a tank the size of a grain silo inside his manufacturing plant in Newport.The blade inside the 40-drum-capacity tank, dubbed “The Monster,” is turned by a 60-horsepower motor that mixes batches of industrial...

By John Lippman

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...

By John Lippman

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...

By John Lippman

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...