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Four Years After Reopening, Boston Whaler Will Close Palm Coast Plant by Next Year, Affecting 300 Workers

September 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

Once again, it will close: the Boston Whaler plant in Flagler Beach when it re-opened four years ago. (© FlaglerLive)
Once again, it will close: the Boston Whaler plant in Flagler Beach when it re-opened four years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

The Brunswick Corporation announced late this afternoon that it was shutting down the Boston Whaler boat manufacturing plant it had reopened off Colbert Lane in Palm Coast just four years ago, dealing a severe blow to the city’s and county’s largest manufacturer and their local economy.

Brunswick is consolidating the Palm Coast plant with the manufacturing facility in Edgewater by next summer, with most operations winding down in winter. All local workers are being offered jobs in Edgewater.

Around 300 workers are employed at the Palm Coast plant off Colbert Lane. It is the second time in seven years that the plant will have shut down. The plant shut down in 2018, when it operated as a Sea Ray Boats manufacturing facility, also under the Brunswick Corporation’s umbrella. At the time, some 440 employees had jobs there.

Workers at the Palm Coast plant were directed to a large covered patio at 3 p.m. this afternoon, where Boston Whaler President Lenn Scholz announced the coming closure and the Egdewater offer. What job cuts would happen would do so through attrition, though the company expects that not all its local employees will be willing to make the drive south.

A Brunswick communications official had contacted Flagler Beach City Manager Dale Martin and Flagler Beach Mayor Patti King earlier this week to tell them of the coming closure, saying operations would end in summer. Martin said the company has no future plans for the location, since it will still be operating there for several months yet, but that it is looking out for the workers’ interests, down to making provisions for gas expenses for those who will commute. “It sounds like they seem to have the employees’ well-being at the forefront of their mind,” Martin said.

The explanation the Brunswick official gave Martin and the mayor was economic: “Because of the downturn in the retail,” Martin said. “They said retail boat sales have been declining for the past five years.”

Flagler Beach City Commission Chair James Sherman had “no idea” the closure was being announced. “I’m shocked to hear this news, but I guess it’s business. In the same breath, looking at it holistically for our county, that’s a really big hit,” Sherman said.

According to a worker who was at today’s announcement at Boston Whaler, who spoke with FlaglerLive, the news came as a “punch to the gut” that no one was expecting, though there had been discussions previously about “economic uncertainty” and tariffs disrupting orders, with an increasing number of buyers holding off. The plant had been manufacturing about 14 smaller boats per week, two larger boats per week and taking two weeks to manufacture its biggest models, he said, with workers asked to work overtime. But as the company was drawing down its pre-tariff inventory of raw materials, the outlook was becoming less promising.

Mettawa, Ill.-based Brunswick made the announcement public shortly after 4 p.m. through a press release posted at its website, calling it the “consolidation of its global fiberglass boat manufacturing footprint designed to reduce fixed costs and unlock greater productivity and efficiency while maintaining the necessary capacity and flexibility for future growth.”

The company is closing a plant in Reynosa, Mexico, and consolidating workers with two plants in Vonore, Tennessee and Merritt Island, Florida. “In addition, its Flagler Beach, Florida production facility will be closed and production of models currently manufactured at that facility will be consolidated into the Edgewater, Florida operation,” the release states.

“It’s terrible news to hear that they’re consolidating down in Edgewater,” Flagler County Commission Chair Andy Dance said. “This is the first I hear of it so I don’t have any other details to add to it. But it’s not what we are working hard to do.” He recalled the previous closure and its disruptions to workers and their families. “Nobody wants to be put through that.”

The Brunswick release claims the company is “collaborating closely with local government agencies and economic development partners to support a seamless transition.” But Dance said he was not aware of any contact from the company to the county ahead of the announcement.

Palm Coast Vice Mayor Theresa Pontieri said she had heard intimations of a change at Boston Whaler several months ago, “but there was never any concrete information that was provided to be reliable.”

“There have been uncertain economic times I think since Covid,” Pontieri said. “It’s just another challenge that we have to get through. First and foremost, I do hope that the workers are able to get employment with the Edgewater plant or that they can find employment elsewhere in the city. We don’t want to see our unemployment rate continue to rise.” The reliance on one large manufacturer–and the consequences of that reliance–should be a reminder that the city and the county should strive toward a more diverse economic base, she said. “Bringing in jobs into this county has got to be the top priority for our governments. Has to be–our city and our county.”

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  1. Defund gop says

    September 17, 2025 at 6:21 pm

    Orange terror did this. Tariffs have consequences… lost over 1 million manufacturing jobs this year alone. Virtually no jobs created in months nationally ! Prices keep going up! Fight the Reich!

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  2. Ai on its way says

    September 17, 2025 at 6:29 pm

    I am sorry to hear so many will lose jobs. Unfortunately, the AI revolution is already starting and these type of jobs are going to be gone everywhere within 10 rs. Silver lining, that area was the highest polluted area within this county.

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  3. Shark says

    September 17, 2025 at 7:43 pm

    Someone should remind Pontieri that the storage facilities that she helped approve are not hiring !!!

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  4. Mike says

    September 17, 2025 at 7:48 pm

    Thank you captain bone spurs !!!

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  5. Stevr Verrier says

    September 17, 2025 at 7:49 pm

    I guess Edgewater treats companies better. Not surprised.

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  6. C says

    September 17, 2025 at 7:53 pm

    No surprise there. I thought they would’ve closed aboit a year or so ago.

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  7. JimboXYZ says

    September 17, 2025 at 8:36 pm

    I predicted this would happen 4 years ago. Some of the reason(s):

    “The explanation the Brunswick official gave Martin and the mayor was economic: “Because of the downturn in the retail,” Martin said. “They said retail boat sales have been declining for the past five years.””

    Why would a corporation expand when they knew that the year before reopening 4 years ago their retail boat sales was declining ?

    ““It’s terrible news to hear that they’re consolidating down in Edgewater,” Flagler County Commission Chair Andy Dance said. “This is the first I hear of it so I don’t have any other details to add to it. But it’s not what we are working hard to do.” He recalled the previous closure and its disruptions to workers and their families. “Nobody wants to be put through that.””

    It’s not a shocking revelation that Edgewater, FL is where Boston Whaler, Inc. was relocated from Massachusetts. The history of their company is leaving Massachusetts for Edgewater, FL 1989-1990, that was the time frame that BWI was sold to Reebok. Same MO, gather all their employees and break the bad news that at least a massive restructure for the Reebok buyout. This 2026 leave is a consolidation & closure.

    “The Brunswick release claims the company is “collaborating closely with local government agencies and economic development partners to support a seamless transition.” But Dance said he was not aware of any contact from the company to the county ahead of the announcement.”

    Seamless Transition ? Facility closure(s) are never seamless. The timeline they have set is to find the Nepotism/Cronyism jobs that every corporation has to find safe landing zones for those folks. The remaining locations for facilities, those operations will have a restructure. Edgewater or anywhere else won’t be immune to restructure layoffs.

    “Palm Coast Vice Mayor Theresa Pontieri said she had heard intimations of a change at Boston Whaler several months ago, “but there was never any concrete information that was provided to be reliable.”

    “There have been uncertain economic times I think since Covid,” Pontieri said. “It’s just another challenge that we have to get through. First and foremost, I do hope that the workers are able to get employment with the Edgewater plant or that they can find employment elsewhere in the city. We don’t want to see our unemployment rate continue to rise.” The reliance on one large manufacturer–and the consequences of that reliance–should be a reminder that the city and the county should strive toward a more diverse economic base, she said. “Bringing in jobs into this county has got to be the top priority for our governments. Has to be–our city and our county.””

    Let’s not blame Covid again for this. Bidenomics was no soft landing for anyone. Alfinville for growth leaves the City of Palm Coast exposed to cater to the all of the approved residential growth for developers & contractor types that now have even fewer consumers to buy unaffordable housing. Biden-Harris Build Back Better unfunded & grossly underfunded. Can’t wait to see more lawsuit threats for economic development that simply unsustainable as Delaware Lies. The sooner anyone realizes that the unsustainable inflation of Biden-Harris era Bidenomics is crashing hard. We all paid for this over the last 4-5 years. And under Trump-Vance the economy is clinging to the Bidenomics model of rampant inflation. In other news, the Fed finally lowered interest rates. Again, we’ve been paying for anything Biden-Harris claimed as prosperity for those 4 years “Delaware Lies”. Add that the Labor Reports have been doctored for 2 consecutive rolling year periods. Biden 810K jobs overstated & restated labor reports . Trump 900K overstated & restated labor reports that was a period of time that was 9 months of Biden-Harris runout. The traiffs were nothing more than the Ivy League Experts of unsustainable Bidenomics of failure. Every spreadsheet the City of Palm Coast has for a budget is “WRONG”, based on a fantasy of growing Flagler County for growth & money that was never there to base growth on. What are we going to see ? Is there enough to finish new residential construction approvals ? Is there more tax increases & inflation to extort & force the existing taxpayer base to pay for the smoke & mirrors of the politicians & experts. Let the Home Builders sue for higher impact fees, the rest of us were picking up the tab for those inflationary profits for new residential construction for the last 4 years.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/09/17/fed-lowers-interest-rates-and-signals-more-cuts-this-year/

    See here’s another impact, all those apartment complexes for unaffordable rents/housing \on the same road that Boston Whaler is located in the Colbert Lane/Roberts Road area, all the new residential housing there too ? That’s going to be affected as well. Between Biden & Alfin being gone, neither will be given their full credit for the collapse. Trump & Norris get to eat the era of collapse for it happening under their watch. We’ll be paying for Biden-Harris for a long time coming. Had Harris-Walz happened, we’d be seeing more of the same for even higher inflation than what Trump-Vance have slowed inflation to. Norris, all he inherited was Alfinville. Sad to read that Bunnell, FL is going to expand their city to become 7-8X larger than it’s ever been in easily the last 100+ years of it’s existence. Somebody make that make any sense. Where are the jobs that are going to make Bunnell, FL grow like that ? Who will buy those new residential construction homes. Tax increases to pay for the growth ? And so the HBA will sue for higher impact fees, they don’t want to pay for the growth either. Developers claiming profits they threatened lawsuits for City of Palm Coast over a moratorium. It’s obvious that the STF is debt that the existing City of Palm Coast will pay for. Because the other townships county wide are such a small portion of the county population. Palm Coast being +/-90+% of the population base to tax & inflate against, the extortion that nobody wanted.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagler_County,_Florida

    Biden, worst POTUS ever, Alfin, worst Mayor ever. Those 2 partied and left the hangover for their successors. And that is the economics lesson that was Clinton-Bush-Obama, relived in 2021-present, brought to us by the Ivy League experts of Economics fraud. And not to leave DeSantis & the State of FL ? The State grants never had any real money to accomplish the fantasies of Biden-Harris. If a politician is preaching something will be better, it certainly will be for them, not the rest of us. Trump on his tariffs ? Sometimes you have to take the medicine. The medicine of tariffs is the relative Narcan antidote for 4 years of the Biden Fentanyl Bidenomics OD. When fiscal incompetence ruled the era.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2093qgx14po

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  8. Pig Farmer says

    September 18, 2025 at 5:56 am

    It is a shame the plant is closing down. I wonder how many of the workers there voted for Trump. I wonder how many will vote MAGA in the mid-terms.

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  9. Bogdan says

    September 18, 2025 at 6:12 am

    Looking at all the empty boat docks along the intercostal, this is no surprise.

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  10. Deborah Coffey says

    September 18, 2025 at 6:26 am

    It’s not Covid, Ms. Pontieri; it’s Donald Trump’s terrible, awful economy that couldn’t care less about working people.

    And, are you aware that I cannot find a Covid vaccine anywhere in Florida? Ladapo is working hard to ban the mRNA vaccines in all of the state. (https://www.fox13news.com/news/florida-surgeon-general-signals-push-ban-mrna-covid-19)

    Of course, the Trump administration wants all seniors dead so that it can end Social Security and Medicare. More money for his oligarchs.

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  11. The dude says

    September 18, 2025 at 6:44 am

    #TrumpSlump

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  12. Steve says

    September 18, 2025 at 7:20 am

    When you lose out to Edgewater you really lose

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  13. Laurel says

    September 18, 2025 at 7:40 am

    No, Ms. Pontieri, it’s not COVID, it’s Trump.

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  14. Laurel says

    September 18, 2025 at 7:57 am

    COVID was six years ago. It’s the uncertainty of now. It’s tariffs. Y’all got to get out of your denial.

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  15. Just say'n says

    September 18, 2025 at 7:58 am

    Yea it may be a hit to the county coffers and we need these types of businesses but the wages they offered for the jobs was a joke.These are some of the most expensive boats you can by but pay 16 bucks an hour to sand fiberglass which is a brutal job with all kind of health effects. Nobody is driving to edgewater for a 16 dollar an hour job.

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  16. The chosen one says

    September 18, 2025 at 8:31 am

    This county is going to be dead in the water in 10 years. No jobs, giant real-estate ponzi scheme going on here and fat cat local government directors and administrators making nearly 200k. The mosquito control director makes 180k a year for watching 12 employees. Governors of entire states makes less than that. Crumbling infrastructure and unchecked local governments.

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  17. FedUp says

    September 18, 2025 at 1:16 pm

    Keep building more homes for those people moving here from other states! Boston Whaler in Edgewater is hiring! Oh wait, they’re consolidating employees from the Flagler location, never mind. The Flagler Commission looks like a deer in the headlights. This county has got to be the biggest failure in the country, run by inept morons.

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  18. Sorry for the workers under trumps' dumps economy says

    September 18, 2025 at 1:25 pm

    “Trump and his team are simultaneously arguing that the jobs report was good, that it was bad but would get better after revisions, and that it was bad because the people who run the data analysis were biased against them. These things obviously cannot all be true, and in fact none of them are. …”

    Yup … Can’t make this stuff up – But trumpy pants can!

    GO MAGA BABY!!!!!

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  19. Kevin says

    September 18, 2025 at 1:40 pm

    This has nothing to do with Trump or tariffs. The fact is boats became too expensive for the regular guy to afford.
    A 19-ft Boston whaler is 60 K. 22-Ft Boston whaler is 125K a 13-ft boat is 23K
    No one’s buying these boats, although they’re made well. They’re just too expensive.

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  20. Ed P says

    September 18, 2025 at 2:00 pm

    The Flagler County commercial business desert is now going to experience an extended drought as well. County/City leaders need to get serious and attract non retail, non medical, non public sector employers here in short order. We need a commercial base.
    Boston Whaler’s plans are part of a larger consolidation strategy by its parent company, Brunswick Corporation, to reduce fixed costs and enhance efficiency in its fiberglass boat manufacturing. Vertical integration efficiency was the primary reason for their 22 acquisitions across 5 sectors. The closure involves consolidation from Flagler Beach and Mexico into better performing U.S. centers including Edgewater , Florida with the goal of positioning the company for future growth.
    Brunswick is investing 5 million dollars to enhance capabilities at its other high-performing centers. Their manufacturing foot print can absorb the current volume, still support growth, improve productivity and profitability. It’s a preemptive response.
    It’s about right sizing not just down sizing. They are offing employment to the Flagler Beach group and still expect to add 200 more positions nationwide.
    Any businesses only does 1 of 2 things, they grow or they shrink. They can’t just maintain status quo for any sustained period of time. The revenue and profitability slump that started in 2023 highlights challenges with market positioning and softening demand.

    Trump and tariffs are not to blame.

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  21. Land of no turn signals says says

    September 18, 2025 at 3:11 pm

    If it wasn’t for Trump Boston Whaler would have relocated to friggn Mexico taking Edgewater plant with it.

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  22. Laurel says

    September 18, 2025 at 3:28 pm

    Trump and tariffs are to blame.

    Businesses are having a very hard time trying to budget, buy and figure out what to do with an uncertain economy. Countries will put up with us for as long as they have to, and find other markets and trade routes while Trump puts a wall around us. Some countries are already starting work around us.

    Blame it on COVID; blame it on Biden. But by doing so continues the denial and the excuses.

    Business hate instability. We have become unstable.

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  23. Steve says

    September 18, 2025 at 3:52 pm

    @ EdP whatever Ed

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  24. Just tourists says

    September 18, 2025 at 4:35 pm

    Flagler has not the talent nor work base to maintain a true manufacturer of a significant size.

    Declining school enrollment across all beliefs predicts a shrinking workforce in Flagler.
    The retirement community moving here cannot backfield the shortfall.

    Volusia continues to score winners. Boeing/ERAU, 2 Amazons DC’s, B&B.

    Time to job hug!

    Look at what propels a Boston Whaler, 4 of the top 5 are from Japan. Tariff have a cost to USA.
    Building boats without engines is a no brainer.
    Move on.

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  25. TR says

    September 18, 2025 at 9:40 pm

    Mrs Pontieri you say ” “Bringing in jobs into this county has got to be the top priority for our governments.” and yet this and the previous council has done absolutely nothing to bring in companies to support employment for the residence of PC. All this council and the last council with Mayor jack as (Alfin) have done is allowed home construction and storage unit construction to the area. No manufacturing jobs of any sort. So you say one thing but do the opposite. I hope if you get elected to the county seat, you don’t baffle the entire population of flagler county with your talking out both sides of your mouth rhetoric.

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  26. Ilovepalmcoast says

    September 18, 2025 at 10:48 pm

    Not sure why we are at this place in America Real people with children are losing their income because of this plant closure. All we can do here in this forum is to try to blame Biden or Trump. Or spew unfounded conspiracy theories about corrupt politicians or greedy corporations. Let’s ask ourselves a few questions:
    What can we do to get them to stay? How do we get them to move the Edgewater jobs here instead? If both of those ideas fail, how can we attract another company to take over the plant and make it employee 400 workers, or 800? What can be done to ensure the near term economic security of the laid-off workers, especially their children?

    Where are the real leaders in this community? A true leader is forward looking, positive and proud of their community. If you’re not doing that- if the only thing you have to offer is blame, then you’re going to always have exactly what you have now. You can always see what a community is doing for its citizens by looking at what the citizens are doing for the community. This doesn’t have to be the disaster all the commenters here suggest. Maybe is the biggest opportunity ever?

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  27. Hmmm says

    September 18, 2025 at 11:16 pm

    Easy to blame it on Trump’s tariffs. Or just an expensive luxury with low demand, two plants in neighboring counties, with a plant that folded here before.

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  28. Taxpayer says

    September 19, 2025 at 5:03 am

    The tariffs are part of the blame but also County Commissioners who never seem to bring industrial jobs to Flagler County. Just like City of PC Officials that constantly are approving builders to throw up houses wherever there is an empty lot. Shopping centers have empty stores.
    What about that empty gas station next to Publix on Belle Terre and PC Parkway, what an eye sore that is. That has been empty for years what is up with that PC City Officials????????????

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  29. Nick says

    September 19, 2025 at 10:45 am

    I run a small business here in palm coast and dealing with the city is in short a fucking nightmare. Have to deal with 7 ppl, each dumber than the last, who apparently don’t communicate with each other except to make arbitrary rule changes. Can not imagine trying to run a biz of any scale in this carpetbagging boomer fantasyland

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  30. Wallingford says

    September 20, 2025 at 12:07 am

    I find it hard to believe the Flagler County and Palm Coast Officials who claim that they just found out about the closing. The Federal WARN Act requires any closures impacting more than 100 Employees must be made known to the Local Governments. I guess our elected officials couldn’t convince Brunswick to stay. Maybe weren’t willing to give them Tax Incentives

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  31. Atwp says

    September 20, 2025 at 11:52 am

    Thank God it is closing. Thank God about 300 people will be affected in a negative way. I hope many more businesses will close soon. As long as a certain group of people feel the pain of life that is alright with me. May the Trump taxes cause this country to go into a very bad depression. I know a certain group of people will feel the economic pain like the rest of us.

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  32. Janice N says

    September 21, 2025 at 8:41 am

    This is exactly what the out of control building will be the downfall and expense for Flagler County.
    If only our commissioners and city leaders would have pulled back, let things already built settle. Now there are several grandiose developments being built at the same time, without looking first at all facets of SMART growth development.
    I’ve been in Florida for over 40 years and this footprint will destroy our “use to be” quaint, nature preserved, and friendly county.
    Greed is a terrible thing, and in the long run hurts everyone.
    Sorry to say but 23 years ago when I moved to Palm Coast, I was proud of how they handled growth. Mayor Netts was the visionary and knew infrastructure was most important before everything else.
    Now we’re just another hot mess stop off of 95
    Oh, and while I’m on it, what happened to all those green signs you’d see on old Kings Road, and other places that said Florida’s Future, posted in natural areas.
    Hummm let me guess a vote passed to Rezone so the County could build more cookie cutter houses oh yes and a storage place for all their stuff. Forget saving virgin woods for animals, and natural runoff, and just about everything else good nature provides.
    Shameful and irreversible what you’ve done to this county. I just can’t wait to see 6000 more homes 12,000 more people down in Bunnell good job.!!

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  33. Alan Epstein says

    September 21, 2025 at 8:10 pm

    SO Many complaints……yap Yap YAP……..How about Some IDEAS… to find another business that could fit into this building !!
    and the property around it. I vote for an Indoor flea Market, with merchandise, Antiques, fishing tackle, clothing, FOOD vendors
    Music on the weekends, etc etc….Let’s stop complaining and get another tax payer in there !!!
    Alan Epstein, Retired Clothing Manufacturer. P.S. be happy to work with the town to Get It Done !!
    Email eppy353535@ yahoo.com

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    September 23, 2025 at 7:38 pm

    https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19qUoDncH3/

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