No one thought the inn’s old New England comfort food was all that good, and, legend or not, the White Hart, once owned by Edsel Ford, had struggled for decades. It closed for a time in the late ...

The inn was previously owned by Scott and Roxanne Bok of Salisbury and New York City, who purchased the White Hart in 1998, reportedly for less than the debt carried by the venerable inn. Mr. Bok ...