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If you follow along on facebook you are probably aware that back in January I joined the board of the Foundation for the Reading Pagoda.… Read more: Pagoda Update 9/10 - Shillington Hotel & Bank
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Driving past over the years, I always admired the upper porches and thought it would have been neat to sit…