By Roger W. Stephenson
Recently, I stopped by the nearly completed Joe Schanda Veterans Memorial Pavilion in Newmarket. I happened to meet Joe Schanda, who told me the pine used to build the beautiful structure was cut from the property and milled in nearby Lee.
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