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AECC opened this week

building photoIt was in February 1994 that the Alex Eligh Community Center was condemned, closed and nearly razed. Citizens, however, rejected that plan for the future and, instead, rallied to save the 80-year-old building.

gym photoThe Center opened Wednesday, after three years of temporary operations from rental property on South Main St.

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