The new Market Basket store in Epping, in the new new Brickyard Square shopping center on Route 125 behind Burger King, is set to open on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010. This was confirmed in a phone call to Market Basket’s headquarters in Tewksbury, MA.

The store will be the 63rd Market Basket store, and at 77,000 square feet, the largest in New Hampshire. The supermarket will give competition to the Super Wal-Mart located across 125 and 101 from the new store. Wal-Mart had been the only supermarket in town since it opened. Previously residents needed to go to Raymond, Lee or Stratham for groceries, but will soon have the choice of two supermarkets right here in town.

The store signage has been up for a couple of weeks now, and the entrance sign for Brickyard Square has also been erected.

Epping Market Basket was originally scheduled to open around Thanksgiving of 2009, but the economic downturn and other setbacks have delayed the opening until April.

The cinema, which will offer 12 digital theaters and stadium seating for 1,800, is scheduled to open by May 2011.

“This is the type of industry we like here,” said Selectman Jim McGeough, who spoke in favor of the cinema at Thursday’s meeting.

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By Jennifer Feals
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December 15, 2009 2:00 AM

The Raymond woman recently opened up Awakening Grace Yoga inside a newly renovated space on Main Street in Epping. The studio, which focuses on the Kripalu form of yoga, has been busy ever since and now offers morning and evening classes five days a week.

For Schlangen, who worked previously as an elementary school nurse, the studio has been a goal for some time. She started teaching yoga four years ago through the Raymond Recreation Department under the guidance of her yoga mentor Tim Brusso. The two eventually expanded their class offerings to the Epping Recreation Department where Schlangen saw the need for a more permanent yoga studio.

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Owner David Shortridge has been a barber for 39 years, the last six at Jim’s Barber Shop in Exeter. Dave is now an Epping resident and business owner.

Located at 250 Route 125, call 603-793-1178 for more information.

From left, first row: Brina Rickerman, Brina’s Home Solutions; Kathryn Pelletier, Weddings by Kathryn; Cherie Bouchard (barber); Mary and David Shortridge, business owners; Sarah Boucher, Buxton Oil; Kaila Paquette; and Dick Parker. Second row: Jim McAllister, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network; Judy Bergeron, Joyce and Will Ralph, property owners; Bruce Boutin, ASAP; Kayla Gowell, FW Webb; and Adam Silvestri, Keller Williams Real Estate.

Not pictured, but integral to the successful timely opening of the shop, is Aaron Clifford, who was instrumental in making the repairs and improvements necessary on the shop

President of the NAPA Auto & Truck Parts Epping franchise, Warren said late Friday that business was up 30 to 40 percent over his normal day’s sales. For that he had Shannon Whittum, Jessica Lambert, Riannon Unger and Stefanie Niemczyk to thank.

The four women scrubbed customers’ cars in bikini tops and Daisy Duke shorts all day Friday, while Warren watched his parts sales spike. A spontaneous sponge fight was reported.

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That’s what one Epping man is getting to do after Ford chose him to test drive a car that isn’t even for sale in the United States yet. All he has to do is be honest and make Web videos about it.

John Herman is a full-time Epping High School teacher, but now, he’s also a new car tester.

“I found out about the Fiesta Movement, which is what this whole thing is called, on Twitter,” Herman said.

Last month, Herman was chosen by Ford as one of 100 people to drive around a Fiesta, a car that isn’t out yet. For six months, the company will pay for anything related to the car, and Herman makes videos about it.

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Link: John Herman’s Blog

Market Basket plans to build a grocery store in the new Brickyard Square shopping center on Route 125.

The identity of the grocery store had been kept quiet until selectmen made it public at their board meeting last night.

Officials from Waterstone Retail Development, the Massachusetts developer planning the shopping center, would not confirm last week that Market Basket was the mystery grocery store.

The 76,452-square-foot Market Basket will be the first store built in the 271,649-square-foot shopping center behind Burger King. Other retailers have not yet been announced.

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The Route 101 resurfacing project stretches from Epping to Exeter.

LaHood was joined by Gov. John Lynch, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Congresswoman Carol Shea Porter and Congressman Paul Hodes.

The press conference was held at the beginning of the resurfacing project on the east side of Route 101 between Route 125 and North Road in Epping.

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The venture will provide low-cost bike repair for area residents and offer money-saving lessons on maintenance and safety.

Sweet created the Fix-It Bike Shop after noticing that few residents in his town were cyclists. He assumed this was due to the lack of bike shops in the area.

Sweet thought if a shop opened that not only repaired bicycles but taught residents how to maintain them, people would more likely ride them. By riding bikes, people would be in better shape as well as help the environment, he reasoned.

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H.L. Patten of Kittery plans to build 19,097 square feet of retail space for Tractor Supply Co. and a 20,070-square-foot fenced-in area for outdoor sales at the proposed retail building at 212 Route 125.

The building will also include 10,000 square feet for a second retailer. Howard Patten, owner of H.L. Patten, said he’s still negotiating with national retailers for that second retail store.

The proposal will go before the planning board Thursday.

Tractor Supply Co. is a national chain of retail stores specializing in products for farmers and homeowners. The retailer, which uses the slogan, “The stuff you need out here,” describes itself as one of the largest retail chains in the United States. Its customers include farmers and ranchers, hobby farmers, rural homeowners and contractors.

The store caters to home improvement and agricultural needs, but also sells other products such as feed, clothing, mowers, and lawn and garden and pet care items.

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