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Our editor, Kate Cough, sat with readers at Choco-Latte in Bar Harbor this morning to chat about local #news for the first #LocalNewsDay. Show your support for our local news by sharing our work with your friends and family, or making a donation at the link 👇 themainemonitor.org/donate/?utm_...
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