TAMWORTH — Since the end of March, Tamworth Community School Director Lianne Prentice has been spending a lot of time in the kitchen.
With the South Tamworth school shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Prentice has been cooking hundreds of meals each week and making them available for free through the school’s farmstand.
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