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Experts address learning to live after child abuse
Open, calm discussion and normal hobbies can help children cope
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When an 8-year-old girl blew out the candles on her birthday cake in January, she made three wishes instead of one. “My three wishes were to go to Steak ’n Shake, have my brother back and to do this,” she said while standing outside Set Free Ministries on Dorsey Street in Gainesville. “This” is bring dozens of bags of food and water to the men who live at Set Free, many of whom are homeless.
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Where a new subdivision is being developed off Lake Lanier
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Construction crews prepare new single-family homes and townhomes currently going up Wednesday, April 2, 2025, off Chestatee Rd. near Bolding Mill in Hall County at the new Falcon Landing subdivision. - photo by Scott Rogers
A new housing development is springing up off the shores of Lake Lanier.
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