President Tracy Seem introduces the fourth and last episode in this series, read by intern Alexa Rome. A series of articles from The Ridgefield Press in 1876 detail a saga about a local kidnapping.
The News of Ridgefield, Episode Four
President Tracy Seem introduces the fourth and last episode in this series, read by intern Alexa Rome. A series of articles from the Ridgefield Press in 1876 detail a saga about a local kidnapping.
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