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The Milwaukee Community Journal (MCJ) and the Weekend Edition are distributed at a number of community churches; as is the current issue of Healthy Start. With many area churches closed for the next few weeks due to the coronavirus, your MCJ suggests you pick up your edition of the newspaper, Weekend Edition and Healthy Start at our offices, located at 3612 N. Martin Luther King Drive. We’re open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. You can still pick up the MCJ at several Walgreens and Pick n’ Save stores throughout the community, as well as city hall and the county courthouse.

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