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Small New England town battles Wal-Mart expansion
Carol Goodwin leads a local push against a planned Wal-Mart near Sturbridge Massachusetts population 8000. In a non-binding vote 700 residents rejected the store while Save Our Sturbridge SOS networks with national anti-chain groups and online forums. The movement frames sprawl as a civic issue, urging residents to protect a shared town life from distant profit centers.
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Starshner
Mass
New England
Carol Goodwin
Old Sturbridge Village
Goodwin
Wal-Mart
Sturbridge
Bentonville
Ark
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Michael Sandel
Harvard
Vermont
Wall- Mart
S.O.S
Sam Walton
Arkansas