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Hanover — Marc and Patty Milowsky moved to the Upper Valley from Burlington nearly five decades ago to open their first restaurant. They went on to become Hanover’s longest-running restaurateurs as the owners and operators of Jesse’s and Molly’s, two...

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

West Lebanon — After 63 years, the Heath family’s rein at The Beverage King has drawn to a close.Husband and wife Rich and Sally Houle and Sally’s mother, Irene Heath, have sold their landmark West Lebanon beer, soda and tobacco store to brothers...

By John Lippman

Guild — Terry Dorr’s family has been in the wool business for three generations, beginning when his grandfather took over a troubled woolen mill near Newport that became Dorr Woolen Co.At its peak in the 1960s, the mill employed 400 people. At one...

By John Lippman

Sunapee — A Sunapee resident and Wall Street banker has donated $20 million to his alma mater, Virgina Tech, to fund scholarships and develop an interdisciplinary program to better prepare students for the “innovation economy.” David Calhoun, a...

By John Lippman

South Woodstock — It takes a village. And sometimes a family can help out, too.That is the situation unfolding in South Woodstock, where the family of Florida real estate developer and South Woodstock resident Pritam Singh has, in rapid succession,...

By John Lippman

Hanover — Dartmouth Printing Co. has had eight different owners through its 224-year history.Last week it gained a ninth.The owners of The Sheridan Group, parent company of Dartmouth Printing, have sold Sheridan to CJK Group of Minnesota. The sale...

By John Lippman

Orford — The Nichols family and Lyme are practically synonymous. Guy Nichols moved here in 1938 to cut timber and stayed to open Nichols Hardware, which the family ran for three generations. The Nichols’ cut-your-own Christmas tree farm on Route 10 is...

By John Lippman

Lebanon — A “step back in time” has come to an end.KindleNook, the home decor store on High Street in Lebanon, closed up shop on Saturday, ending 30 years of selling handcrafted farmhouse furniture, folk art, penny rugs, baskets, pewter, lamps, dried...

By John Lippman

Post Mills — On the afternoon of May 8, Megan Naylor and Nicholas Berry exchanged wedding vows in the living room of their trailer home in Post Mills.That evening, the guests gone and the newlyweds alone, Berry died.They were married six hours.“Nick...

By John Lippman

Quechee— On a brae in the village of Quechee a flock of Jacob sheep have grazed and charmed passing motorists on Route 4 every summer for decades. With their four curling horns and shaggy black-and-white patch coats, the sheep could be at home on the...