After a lot of searching in the cold rain, Veronica Stork, of Newport, N.H., pulls her car keys out of the jacket pocket of her friend, Claremont, N.H., resident Mindi Thurston, in a shopping center parking lot on Route 12A in West Lebanon, N.H., on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. Thurston's niece, Mercedes Thurston, also of Claremont, accompanied them on the trip. With their shopping carts full of holiday gifts, the women said they usually shop on Black Friday. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
After a lot of searching in the cold rain, Veronica Stork, of Newport, N.H., pulls her car keys out of the jacket pocket of her friend, Claremont, N.H., resident Mindi Thurston, in a shopping center parking lot on Route 12A in West Lebanon, N.H., on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. Thurston's niece, Mercedes Thurston, also of Claremont, accompanied them on the trip. With their shopping carts full of holiday gifts, the women said they usually shop on Black Friday. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News — Jennifer Hauck