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News 12’s Kristina Cartwright kicks off reading program at Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School in Yorktown

A Yorktown middle school had a special guest reader to kick off the new year. News 12's Kristina Cartwright read a few pages from the novel "City of Ember" at Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School.

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Jan 4, 2016, 5:30 PM

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