Dawn Smith from the Passmore Center and Senior Centers Administrator Myra Austin spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Thursday, November 10th. They discussed the Holiday Gift Market hosted by the Department on Aging coming up on November 12th.
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