On a summer day in 2011, I had just finished lunch in my office at the Statesboro Herald when Laurie Bradford knocked on my door. I had met Laurie several times previously in her role at the Safe Haven women’s shelter, so I figured she was stopping by to give me a story idea or let me know about something to do with Safe Haven.
Column - The first ‘Dancing with the Statesboro Stars’
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