Back to the Grind: early fall stories of school district regionalizaion and EBT theft reimbursement efforts

About this episode

Mike and Sarah discuss school district regionalization and EBT theft reimbursement efforts, along with various other topics.

In this episode, after an Ask the Editor question about censorship goes existential, Mike and Sarah discuss a plot twist in the six-town school regionalization saga and revisit an EBT theft story that began in May. Plus: melons, blue comics, pessimism frosting, newspaper-themed weddings, and poetic indices. Intrigued? Confused? Listen to find out! Subscribe to the Montague Reporter newspaper at https://montaguereporter.org/subscribe/

People in this episode

Host: Sarah

Topics covered

• school district regionalization
• EBT theft
• censorship
• local news

Keywords

• melons
• blue comics
• pessimism frosting
• newspaper-themed weddings
• poetic indices

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