The Harvest Foundation says the Lester Group is willing to donate nearly nine acres of land on Commonwealth Boulevard, Lester, Depot and Franklin streets for the construction of a new amphitheater. The Foundation and the City of Martinsville have agreed to put up $25,000 each to pay for a feasibility study that should get underway by the end of the year.
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Boar’s Head also said it has decided to permanently discontinue the sale of liverwurst, the deli meat tied to the multistate outbreak.
“We regret and deeply apologize for the recent Listeria monocytogenes contamination in our liverwurst product,” Boar’s Head said in a press release on Friday. “We understand the gravity of this situation and the profound impact it has had on affected families. Comprehensive measures are being implemented to prevent such an incident from ever happening again.”
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