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Auburn Lawmakers Vote on Tubman Highway

By Elizabeth Christensen

Auburn, NY – The Auburn City Council will vote today (12/04) on a plan to name a stretch of Route 20 after famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

WRVO's Elizabeth Christensen spoke to Auburn mayor Melina Carncicelli about the Tubman Highway proposal.

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