In NC Hamlet, Residents Worry Over Coal Ash Pond

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By Associated PressJun 17, 2014, 1:40 pm26 pts
DUKEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The sweet tea served in the tidy kitchen of Joanne Thomas’ antebellum home comes with an ominous warning. “It’s made with bottled water,” says Thomas, a spry 71-year-old. “But the ice comes from our well.” For more than 80 years, the Thomas family has lived on a farm that…

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