IT IS, KINDA, BUT IT IS ALSO HOME TO LOTS OF CHARACTER, GREAT
DINING, AND LOTS OF HISTORY.
♪ LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
HANOVER, NESTLED ON THE CONNECTICUT RIVER, YOU WILL FIND
LYME, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
ADAIR: THERE IS AN INTIMACY AND ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND A
WARMTH AND CARING THAT IS A LOVELY, A LOVELY THING.
SEAN: HOME TO ABOUT 1800 RESIDENTS, VISITORS WILL FIRST
NOTICE THE TOWN COMMON.
ADAIR: IT IS RINGED WITH, YOU KNOW, AN 1812 CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH, WITH ITS SPIRE AT ONE END, THE LYME HISTORIAN MUSEUM,
OF COURSE.
WE’VE GOT OUR FAMILY-RUN COUNTRY STORE, WHICH IS THE CENTER OF
THE UNIVERSE.
SEAN: THE LYME COUNTRY STORE HAS NEVER LOST ITS NORMAN ROCKWELL
APPEARANCE AND ITS MISSION.
TONY: OUR GOAL IS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THERE’S SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE.
SEAN: LONGTIME OWNER TONY PIPPIN SAYS THE STORE IS A POPULAR
GATHERING PLACE.
ONE COUPLE EVEN MARRIED HERE IN 2019.
HERE, YOU CAN ALSO FIND ALL THE STAPLES, FROM MEATS, SANDWICHES,
DONUTS, EVEN A DEER CHECK-IN STATION.
ALL WITH A LOCAL FLAVOR.
TONY: A LOT OF SPECIALTY FOODS, AND PAY LOT OF LOCAL JELLIES,
WONDERFUL BREAD.
THE LADY MAKES JUST A MILE DOWN THE ROAD.
♪ SEAN: IT IS THAT SMALL-TOWN VIBE
THAT HAS BEEN ATTRACTING PEOPLE HERE FOR DECADES.
♪ LYME, NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 1761.
HOME TO NUMEROUS FARMS.
BY THE MID 1800’S, IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST SHEEP-PRODUCING
COMMUNITIES IN THE REGION.
♪ THANKS TO CONSERVATION EFFORTS,
THE LANDSCAPE REMAINS MOSTLY UNTOUCHED.
ADAIR: THERE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL WORK DONE PROTECTING FARMLAND,
SOIL, TRAILS, LOCAL HILLTOPS, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
THAT’S A REAL SOURCE OF COMMUNITY PRIDE.
SEAN: LYME IS ALSO HOME TO THE WORLD FAMOUS BEN KILHAM, WHO
RUNS HIS BEAR-RESCUE HERE IN TOWN, THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
CROSSES THROUGH LYME.
AND IT IS HOME TO ONE OF THE FEW COLLEGE-OWNED SKI AREAS IN THE
COUNTRY -- DARTMOUTH SKIWAY.
♪ SEAN N: SO IT WAS BACK IN 1956,
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE ESSENTIALLY NEEDED A HILL FOR OUTDOOR
YOUR RACE TEAM ACTIVITIES FOR THE COLLEGE FOR BOTH THE NORDIC
TEAM AND THE ALPINE TEAM.
SEAN: WHAT STARTED MORE THAN 60 YEARS AGO HAS EXPANDED TO 22
TRAILS ON TWO MOUNTAINS.
THE SKIWAY CATERS TO BOTH DARTMOUTH STUDENTS AND THE
GENERAL PUBLIC SEAN N: A LOT OF PEOPLE,
ACTUALLY, I THINK, PERSONALLY, MOVED TO LYME BECAUSE IT’S SO
CLOSE TO THE SKI AREA.
FAMILIES IN LYME GET A FREE SEASON PASS FOR THEIR KIDS.
MEAN, THAT IS -- IF YOU LIVE IN LYME, IT’S A PRETTY GOOD PERK,
HAVING A FREE SKI HILL.
TAMI: IT’S JUST A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.
WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP NEXT , EVERYBODY NEXT DOOR, EVERYBODY
IS AROUND READY TO HELP.
SEAN: TAMI DOWD IS A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT WHO RUNS DOWD’S COUNTRY
INN.
THE 22-ROOM INN DATES BACK TO 1780 AND WAS ONCE POPULAR WITH
STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED NEARBY DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
NOWADAYS, THEY HOST WEDDINGS HERE AND OFFER MOUTH-WATERING
MEALS AT THE ATTACHED LATHAM HOUSE TAVERN, WHICH OPENED IN
2016.
TAMI: THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, WAS BUILDING IT FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND MAKING IT A COMMUNITY HOUSE, FOR PEOPLE TO
THE LOCALS AND SIT AND CHAT AND LEARN WHAT OUR TOWN IS ABOUT.
SEAN: THE BAR IS KNOWN FOR ITS UNIQUE TAPS, POWERED BY EUROPEAN
BEER ENGINES TAMI: SO IT’S A LOT OF WORK, AND
IT, LITERALLY, THAT MECHANISM YOU’RE PULLING IS PULLING THE
BEER TO THE TAP.
♪ SEAN: IT IS ALL PART OF A
GROWING CULINARY SCENE IN THE CENTER OF LYME.
MARTIN: SO IT’S REALLY NEAT TO SEE THREE RESTAURANTS HERE IN
LYME.
WE DO HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
SEAN: CHEF MARTIN MURPHY CREATES EDIBLE MASTERPIECES FOR ARIANA’S
RESTAURANT, OFTEN SHOWING OFF HIS CULINARY SKILLS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
MARTIN: SO I’M JUST GONNA GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF SALT.
THEN WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR LITTLE BUTTER SAUCE AND POUR IT
OVER OUR SCALLOPS.
I HAVE A VERY DIVERSE MENU.
MY FOCUS IS ON LOTS OF FRESH INGREDIENTS.
MY MENU IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
SEAN: FOOD, HE SAYS, THAT IS A PERFECT COMPLEMENT TO A PLACE
THAT CONTINUES TO BE A WONDERFUL SPOT TO VISIT.
MARTIN: WE ARE DEFINITEY IN AN OUTDOOR PARADISE.
WE ARE.
PEOPLE COME HELP , YOU JUST TAKE WALKS -- PEOPLE COME
UP HERE, YOU JUST TAKE WALKS AROUND, WORKING FARM DOWN TO
ROAD, I GET BEEF FROM THEM.
WE ARE IN A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.