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In case you hadn't noticed, the right half of the building has been leveled. Spears Brothers Demolition of Laconia did a very neat job of totally tearing it down without any damage to the Rite-Aid that's still open for business. Looks like three big excavt-n machines are busy chomp-n away on the ground with what's left.

I don't care what anyone sez...Hannaford's is a very good store....but still kind of a boring store....that little plaza was on top when it had from left to right....Heath's Super...Phu-Gee Chinese food...Brooks Pharmacy...Heath's Hdwe Store...ParaFUNailia....Ben Franklin..Dry Cleaner...Greeting Cards....Florist....& Tape Escape.......those were the good old days....but we just didn't know it at the time!

As it is now, the Meredith center of food staples, shopping gravity is located at Heath's Supermarket in Center Harbor, or maybe even at the Plymouth super Wal-Mart. That Plymouth Wal-Mart was open at like 8am on New Year's day, and at 8am there were lots n lots of cars in the park-n lot. Probably, it opened at 7am. That's got to be the busiest store in the state that's north of Concord.

Three good movies for three days for three dollars at the Tape Escape, and a huge selection (better than netflix) and wide variety of subjects....plus a photocopy machine. The dumb, dopey Rite Aid removed their photo copy machine.

So, where's the best hardware store in Meredith? It's the Ash Hardware in nearby Ashland, and it even has a good working photocopy machine, too, plus an excellent paint dept, and all at closed-down, goodbye town's big woolen mill, & big employer, prices. That means on the low side.