WEIRS BEACH — Barry and Patty Myers know about community.

They’re the owners of Cheers at the Weirs, a bar and restaurant off Lakeside Avenue. This year, the Gilford couple kept the place open on Thanksgiving day, providing a place to go for members of their community who might not have had another option.

They opened up shop in August, and, this Thanksgiving, took a note from their time in Massachusetts running another establishment near a high school football stadium. There, they’d keep the place open on Thanksgiving so families and fans of high school football teams would have a place to go during games on the holiday.

“It proved pretty successful, so I just thought I’d give it a shot,” Barry said on Thursday.

There were a few patrons mingling at the bar, some eating and some drinki

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