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      <excerpt>...week's worth of his work - the new building is being designed. About $100,000 came from a federal grant secured by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and provided by the Preservation Trust, a nonprofit. &quot;The general store in Putney, as is true with lots of communi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...worth of his work -- the new building is being designed. About $100,000 came from a federal grant secured by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and provided by the Preservation Trust, a nonprofit. &quot;The general store in Putney, as is true with lots of communities a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...legislation's cosponsors include Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.),&#160; Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeff Merkl</excerpt>
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