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Today’s edition · Sun., Nov. 8

Hannah's Books closes, and Monadnock football is headed to the semis

Plus, Keene State's basketball teams both won their season openers.

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Bookstore

Hannah's Books in Keene is closing, and its owners point to a shrinking customer base, digital competition and the ripple effects of a pandemic. The report has the shop's last day. The Keene Sentinel

Drive-thru

On Oct. 26, the approved plans to tear down the former Rite Aid at 348 Winchester St. and build a 4,576-square-foot fast-food restaurant with a drive-thru. The restaurant's name wasn't brought up at the meeting, though the Union Leader reports Chick-fil-A is likely coming to Keene. New Hampshire Union Leader

Remembrance

Keene's annual remembrance of Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogroms of November 1938, is scheduled for Monday night. It will feature video of the oral history of Holocaust survivor Cantor Kurt Messerschmidt. The Keene Sentinel

Football

Monadnock football earned a third straight semifinal berth. It's the fifth time in six seasons under head coach Ryan Avery that the team is in the semifinals. The Keene Sentinel

Hoops

The Keene State College women's team opened its season with an 81-49 win over Colby-Sawyer on Friday. The men beat Lehman College 92-73 on Saturday at Spaulding Gym. The Keene SentinelThe Keene Sentinel

Keene State scored 81 and 92 points in its season-opening wins

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Women vs. Colby-Sawyer81 points
Men vs. Lehman92 points

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Subway

Nancy Monette has retired after 32 years of owning Subway restaurants, and her Jaffrey Subway has closed. The Keene Sentinel

32 yearsNancy Monette owned Subway restaurants

Monette has been a vegetarian for over five decades.

Source: The Keene Sentinel

Film

Filmmakers Topher Hansson and Adam Newman plan to shoot "Bad Influence," a low-budget romantic thriller about a city-based influencer forced to travel to rural New Hampshire. They plan to film scenes in downtown Peterborough. Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

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  1. Sat., Nov. 7Keene keeps one lane on Central Square's north side
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  3. Thurs., Nov. 5Your Thursday in Keene: news notes, a quick leaf poll and one more thing in town
  4. Wed., Nov. 4Keene's overnight warming shelter returns Dec. 7
  5. Tues., Nov. 3Downtown Keene's Roxbury Street intersection with Central Square stays closed this week
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5AM Keeneto me · Sun., Nov. 86:00 a.m.

Hannah's Books closes, and Monadnock football is headed to the semis

Plus, Keene State's basketball teams both won their season openers.

The TLDR

  1. Hannah's Books in Keene is closing
  2. Planning Board OK'd a drive-thru at 348 Winchester St.
  3. Monadnock football is back in the semifinals
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