This Week in History (9/8/22 - 9/15/22)


Delays pushed back the opening of the Grand Summit Hotel at Mount Snow 25 years ago. File photo

10 years ago:
Hermitage Club developer James Barnes sought a $600,000 low-interest, five-year loan from Dover’s economic development fund, part of a $1 million proposal to purchase and upgrade the Mount Snow Airport.  Barnes said he also planned to ask Wilmington for a $200,000 loan with similar conditions.  Selectboard members said they had no business loan program, and if they were to develop one, it would have a clearly defined scope.  Selectboard chair Randy Terk said, “I don’t see it happening any time soon.”

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