Bartender Courtney Wood waits for an order at Stella’s Italian Kitchen and Market in Lyme, N.H., on May 17, 2016. She has worked there for three years. Jane and Pete Officer of Hanover, N.H. were out having dinner–they met waiting tables. (Valley News – Jennifer Hauck)

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