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Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Starting Over

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Michael Kruse: "I got my diamond the night of senior prom," Linda said.



She and her husband lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Florida, South Carolina and then New Hampshire again. They had one son and were married five days short of 29 years. One day she came home, and he was on the floor.



"That happened in 1995 and I was like, 'Where do I go from here? What do I do now?'"

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