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It’s beginning to look a lot like summer

April 21, 2016 11:27 am

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Carpenter Scott Speaker works on an addition to The Better Sweater on the Homer Spit last Friday. Better Sweater owner Indira Mukambetova said her shop will open for Memorial Day.

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