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    Carpenter Jeff Richards, of Enfield, the project manager for Mascoma Valley Preservation’s restoration of the historic Grafton Center (N.H.) Meetinghouse, cleans up after installing an exterior door at the building on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Richards is working to replace clapboards around the door ahead of an open house from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 25, that coincides with a town-wide yard sale. (Valley News – James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
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    New timbers join a charred post to a cambered truss beam in the Grafton Center (N.H.) Meetinghouse on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Efforts to restore the 1797 building, which began following a significant fire in 2016, will be on display to the public during an open house on Saturday, May 25. (Valley News – James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.