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Guest columnist Adam Solender: Democracy on a rainy day in Wendell

On a recent gray, rainy Saturday morning, with the temperature hovering around 43 degrees, I found myself driving the winding roads through Sunderland, North Leverett into Wendell. As I entered town,…

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