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Mountain Aid

Coming up in June is a benefit for the effort to stop mountain top removal coal mining. The 1st annual Mountain Aid Festival is June 19 & 20 and features Kathy Mattea, Ben Sollee, Donna the Buffalo and others at Shakori Hills.

Pittsboro, NC – Spending a summer weekend listening to music will help to ensure a safe school for hundreds of children. How? The Mountain Aid concert June 19-20, 2009 at Shakori Hills Farm in Chatham County, NC benefits Pennies of Promise, a grassroots campaign to construct a new building for Marsh Fork Elementary School in West Virginia.

Following is an excerpt from Chatham County resident and filmmaker Michael O’Connell’s Mountain Top Removal documentary.

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