As a Dartmouth College professor, writer and father, James Heffernan inspired those around him with his love of literature and passion for life.
Heffernan’s children, Virginia and Andrew, affectionately called their father’s lust for life “Heffervessence.”
Plans are taking shape to convert a city-owned parcel on Spencer Street into 80 units of affordable housing.
Hollis, N.H.-based developer The Muse Lebanon, LLC plans to build a new four-story building at 20 Spencer St., located a short distance northeast of City Hall and Colburn Park, that would include a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and eight live-work units for artists, according to application materials filed with the Lebanon Planning Board.
A proposed 474-unit housing development at the site of a former brickyard on Hanover Street has inspired opposition from neighbors, who are concerned about traffic, drainage issues and the property owner’s development history in Massachusetts.
Some of the project’s neighbors view the proposal, particularly its scale and location, as a threat to their way of life.
It turns out fiber arts such as knitting and crocheting weren’t just a hobby fad that helped people get through the lengthy — and often isolating — COVID-19 pandemic.