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Businesses call on fewer employees to wear more hats
'Im going to go get work because it may not come to you'
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Donna Free and Joe Biddy look over some paperwork in the printing area of Premier Georgia Printing & Labels. - photo by Tom Reed
Donna Free and Joe Biddy have more than 60 years of printing experience between the two of them. Both were trained in traditional printing and both started businesses in the area during the 1980s. But in 2007, the nation saw one of the worst economic downturns in history, forcing many businesses to change their approach or, worse, close their doors.
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Gainesville’s Ukrainian refugees fearful of future under Trump administration
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Ukrainian war refugees gather at Open Heaven Church Wednesday, March 13, 2025, to discuss their current plight in the U.S. and the possibility of their Temporary Protected Status being removed. - photo by Scott Rogers
When Yehor Kuznietsov speaks about the war, he stares pensively into the distance as if recounting a terrible dream.
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