general store

Country stores are iconic parts of New England’s landscape. But these nostalgic local businesses are facing some difficult economic challenges.

Before big box stores, country stores were the main place to get groceries or a cup of coffee for miles. But now, the country store model faces a number of economic challenges.

If they wanted to make a lot of money, the owners said, they’d probably do something else.

After his wife's unexpected death, Dave Dauphinais is trying to preserve her beloved Tuftonboro General Store — and her legacy.

Earlier this summer, news broke that the Francestown Village Store, a 203-year old institution in that small Monadnock town, would be closing. The story…