The Journal - Thursday, February 6th 2020

THE SOAPBOX CARMEN MARIE FABIO

Check this out I headed out to pick up some groceries last Friday at a local conglomerate who proudly guarantees, via a large outdoor banner, that on weekends, all cashes would be opened. Well silly me, it wasn’t the weekend. And while I

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THE JOURNAL

Thursday, February 6, 2020