BARTLETT — Lucy Hardware — an 89-year heritage business in the Mount Washington Valley, first in Conway and then in Intervale — is changing hands, come Jan. 2.
But lest their legions of loyal customers start to panic that the sale is to an out-of-town corporation, they can take comfort knowing the renowned store is not leaving the Lucy family: Nat Lucy, a third generation to run Lucy’s, is selling it to nephew Taylor Lucy.
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