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Abby solicits bids for work on 5th Street

Abby solicits bids for work on 5th Street Abby solicits bids for work on 5th Street

A long-awaited road reconstruction project on Abbotsford’s Fifth Street has officially gone out to bid, paving the way for the city to complete the work next year.

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Athens prairie conversion plants seed for other wells

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