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Kara Pioli holds a photo of her father, William Pioli, in the guest room of her Penacook home on Friday. Her father died of COVID last year. Photo by Geoff Forester William Pioli had a flair for making a point. Take his stance on illegal drug use, for example. Thirty years ago, Pioli went beyond merely telling his three children, gathered around the dinner table, that using drugs was stupid. Instead, he showed Kara Pioli and her two brothers the absurdity of using, comparing it to what he did next: a face plant into his slice of pizza. Read story.

Local restaurants have weathered a year of virus-related hardships, here’s how they’re doing Dos Amigos manager Kina Gilson gets slammed with lunchtime takeout orders on Friday afternoon. GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staff Dos Amigos manager Kina Gilson gets slammed with lunchtime takeout orders on Friday afternoon, March 5, 2021. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff Published: 3/7/2021 4:37:29 PM When the pandemic suddenly upended lives last March and abruptly closed all restaurants in the state on St. Patrick’s Day, the uncertainty was one of the hardest parts for Kosmas Smirnioudis, owner of t...

and last updated 2021-01-19 08:45:31-05 HOLLAND, Mich. — “I'm barely hanging on here,” says Terry McMurry, owner of the Windmill Restaurant in downtown Holland. “I'm not even really hanging on ... we're losing money being open.” That’s what the pandemic has done to an eatery that has been in business since the 1940s. McMurry has owned the place since 1983, serving decades of hash brown omelets and fresh-baked cinnamon rolls. But he knows how much the Windmill Restaurant means to people: “This is a college town, so we get people that come back every year, say...

UpdatedWed, Dec 30, 2020 at 8:33 am ET Reply(1) Readers in Concord and Penacook told Patch about their favorite businesses in the community. (Shutterstock) CONCORD, NH — Last month, Patch in Concord and Penacook asked readers to offer some thoughts about local businesses who had gone above and beyond for customers in the community. The year 2020 has been a difficult one for everyone but businesses are doing everything they can to help customers and stay afloat during the pandemic. Get Fit NH on Terrill Park Drive received more than a dozen recommendations for their work with customers du...