{"id":25295,"date":"2017-01-02T08:08:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T13:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=25295"},"modified":"2017-01-02T08:10:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T13:10:58","slug":"our-town-grant-nickalls-happy-new-year-tow-plows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/our-town-grant-nickalls-happy-new-year-tow-plows\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Town with Grant Nickalls: Happy New Year! (&#8230;and what&#8217;s with the tow plows?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each week, Huntsville\u2019s own Grant Nickalls entertains us, inspires us, make us laugh and sometimes makes us cry, but always he reminds us why Huntsville is the best place on earth to call home. 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