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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
Debt limits options for college grads
- By Taft Wireback
- Jun 9, 2013
- Jun 9, 2013 Updated Jun 9, 2013
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Melissa McMinn, who has a business degree from UNCG, works as a banquet captain at Sedgefield Country Club.
- JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record
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GREENSBORO — Melissa McMinn lugs around a modern-day albatross, an unwelcome burden that makes it virtually impossible for her to buy a house.
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