No bridge to cross - Slow pace of construction forces residents of Font Hill and surrounding communities in St Thomas to be marooned by rains

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No bridge to cross - Slow pace of construction forces residents of Font Hill and surrounding communities in St Thomas to be marooned by rains

Displaced yet again by the floodwaters of the Dry River, despondent residents of Font Hill, Georgia and surrounding communities in St Thomas are at their wits’ end. Though grateful for the new bridge being built to replace the badly damaged Coley...

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