There were no empty seats at the North Country inaugural ball for New Hampshire Governor John Lynch and New Hampshire first lady Dr. Susan Lynch in the grand ballroom of the Mt. Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods on Saturday.
And there were no long speeches.
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