NEWINGTON — Small business owners in the Mall at Fox Run are on the hunt for new homes ahead of their leases expiring in January before the mall's anticipated demolition and redevelopment .

Fox Run Dance Hall and Studio, Sweet Josie’s Candy Shoppe and One Love Cuisine, a Jamaican and Caribbean-inspired eatery in the mall’s food court, don’t have new locations lined up yet.

Others, like Cottage Chic, a furniture, art and home decor business, and Mugshots, an apparel store, will soon move to the outlets in Kittery, Maine.

The owner of Pet Wants, a dog-centric kiosk, is planning to move all operations online, the rise of which is often cited as a factor in the decline of mall culture.

Frank Martgren, co-owner of the Fox Run Dance Hall and Studio, and volunteer and dancer Patti Blanche

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