{"id":79617,"date":"2020-01-06T04:59:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T09:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=79617"},"modified":"2020-01-05T21:04:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T02:04:09","slug":"our-town-with-grant-nickalls-the-last-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/our-town-with-grant-nickalls-the-last-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Town with Grant Nickalls: The last word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each week, Huntsville&#8217;s own Grant Nickalls inspires us, entertains us, makes us laugh or perhaps cry, but always he reminds us why Huntsville is the best place on earth to call home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This week in Our Town, we say farewell to Grant. 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