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Avondale hosting block party for National Night Out

By April Hunt
Aug 7, 2012

Residents in Avondale Estates are invited to a citywide block party Tuesday as part of National Night Out.

The event, which runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Dewey Brown Memorial Plaza across from city hall, will feature members of the city's police department and volunteers from neighborhood watch and the citizens' police academy.

More information: www.avondaleestates.org.

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