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Submitted to Contest #305
Not much ever happens in our small town. We’re a small community of around 270 people. You have the old timers, the ones who have been here for years as part of the community that keeps the place alive. They are the majority of our population, the most notable of which was Captain Hughes with the police department. The old timers keep to themselves for the most part. As far as they are concerned it’s their town and the rest of us are just allowed to live in it. When I had first left for my new job the only old timer to pay much notice was T...
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