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Local ‘Health Bucks’ program inspires original song

Thu, 07/07/2011 - 9:16am
By
Stefanie Giglio
stefanieg@millertonnews.com

MILLERTON — The Offhand Band, based out of Red Hook, was recently inspired to write a song about the Health Bucks program after reading about the program in the Poughkeepsie Journal and The Millerton News.

The program, which is run by the North East Community Center (NECC) and funded by Sharon Hospital, allows people who use food stamps to receive discounts at the Millerton and Amenia farmers markets.

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