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A slice of compassion: Local bakeries offer free bread to those affected by government shutdown

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TRAVERSE CITY — People may not be able to live on bread alone, but it’s a start.

That’s what a few local bakeries are figuring. The U.S. government shutdown that has left federal employees without a paycheck spurred Old Mission Bakery in Traverse City to begin offering free loaves of bread to affected individuals and families.


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By Kathy Gibbons Special to the Record-Eagle

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