NEW NORMAL HOLIDAY SEASON GREETINGS to you and your favorite masked elf.
One of our local angels is White Mountain Treasure Emily Smith-Mossman, who tells me that she, Holly Sares and fellow board members and volunteers for the non-profit North Country Cares will be doing their third annual Christmas stocking giveaway a little differently this year, due to COVID concerns.
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