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Plenty of Hall's Pharmacy plastic shopping bags have been used for the past year at the Saint Vincent de Paul 2nd hand store in Laconia. Gone for good, the local neighborhood pharmacy named after the pharmacist's last name...like just about every small city in New England used to have a locally owned drug store.

Now, what has Meredith got? A store named Rite Aid, which is a misspelled commercialization for Right, that was started up in the 1980's or 1990's by a guy who got sentenced to 8-years in a federal penitentiary for securities fraud in 2002 for what he did with Rite Aid....shoulda named it Wrong Aid!

Just about every town used to have a locally owned independant food store, hardware store, and drug store. Now, we have Hannaford, Aubuchon, & Rite Aid.........lots-o-luck! These show that a chain brand retail store does not necessarily make for lower prices......lots-o-luck, again!