{"id":78773,"date":"2019-12-30T07:18:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T12:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=78773"},"modified":"2019-12-30T07:18:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T12:18:24","slug":"the-best-of-our-town-with-grant-nickall-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/the-best-of-our-town-with-grant-nickall-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The best of Our Town with Grant Nickalls 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each week, Huntsville&#8217;s own Grant Nickalls will inspire us, entertain us, make us laugh or perhaps cry, but always he will remind us why Huntsville is the best place on earth to call home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This week in Our Town, the most-viewed videos from 2019 show that Huntsville cares about its people, from residents who are no longer with us, to marginalized groups, to people whose jobs are sometimes underappreciated. 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