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PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF

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Dreading driveways

The ‘ayes’ had it in Croydon

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

Photo of the year: The ‘ayes’ had it in Croydon

Bygone era on Sykes Mountain Ave.

By JOHN P. GREGG

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Drive-in theaters were a major feature of American life in the second-half of the 20th century, and some remain in operation, including in Fairlee and Bethel.Their hold was so strong that nostalgia is helping to drive the effort...

Illustrated Interview: Tania Aebi, of Corinth

INTERVIEW AND ILLUSTRATION BY SHAWN BRALEY

Corinth — Rarely has a newspaper headline been more wrong.Almost exactly 30 years ago, in the fall of 1987, 21-year-old Tania Aebi was on the final leg of her 2½-year solo circumnavigation of the world — a nonstop, 52-day, 3,000-mile push across the...

Illustrated Interview: Tattoo Artist and Former New England Patriot Brian Barthelmes

ILLUSTRATION AND INTERVIEW BY SHAWN BRALEY

Wilder — Brian Barthelmes is big guy with a big beard and several outsized talents. The 34-year-old Wilder resident was a standout offensive lineman at the University of Virginia and spent a couple of seasons with the New England Patriots before...

Indian-Americans Nurture Growing Community in the Upper Valley

Photographs by Jovelle Tamayo

Lebanon — When Sheena and Rajesh Arora opened the Asian Super Store 17 years ago on Hanover Street in Lebanon, it was to provide a place for the Upper Valley’s growing Indian population to find groceries.What started as a place to purchase food,...

After 13 Years, A Place to Call Home: Gile Hill Provides Affordable Housing

Photographs by Jennifer HauckStory by Aimee Caruso

Hanover — The completion of a $2.5 million apartment building last month at Gile Hill, a mixed-income residential development, marked the end of a project 13 years in the making. For some of the new tenants, it turned out to be right on time.Chris and...