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Ristorante Italiano in Columbus PLUS Franklin Academy, Trotter, and Haunted Houses
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A downtown culinary glow-up, a historic gut check, and a community scare that does real good—this week packs it all. We open with the long-awaited news: an authentic Italian restaurant is moving into the old Main Street Thai spot, directly across from The Commercial Dispatch. From there, we turn to Franklin Academy, the oldest public school in Mississippi, now vacant and looking at an estimated $23 million bill just to stabilize and weatherize. The heart of the debate isn’t whether Franklin matters—it does—it’s how to secure a capable, well-capitalized…
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