City Council Gets ‘In the Dirt’ | Afro

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City Council Gets ‘In the Dirt’ | Afro

By J.K. Schmid Special to the AFRO Activists, volunteers and City Council representatives gathered for a Westport community cleanup on Sept. 19. “It’s a cold Saturday morning,” Keisha Allen, acting president of Westport Community Association, said of the mid-40s temperature in the long, chilly shadow of Westport Academy. “You could have been anywhere, but we […]

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