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Czech Village name doesn’t suit area now
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Oct. 16, 2010 12:35 pm
In its prime “The Avenue” was host to four grocery stores, three meat markets, two bakeries, two drugstores and a five-and-dime. A true Czech Village. For those of us who remember those years, calling it a Czech Village now is an insult.
Vilma Polehna Nejdl
Ely
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