A woman has filed a $75 million lawsuit against two Bedford County-based nonprofits and their president, claiming he repeatedly sexually abused her when she was a teenager in the 1990s.
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By JUSTIN FAULCONER
The News & Advance
AMHERST â In nearly two decades of living at her current home in Amherst County, Monica Dean said her massive struggles with affordable high-speed internet access make her feel like she and her husband have been left behind.
The retired couple lives in the Bobwhite Road area of the county, where the internet is slow, unreliable and costly when itâs even working, she said, and theyâve dealt with high cellphone bills.
âIf I had known about these problems when I moved here, we would not be living in Amherst County today,â Dean said. âI feel like the entire county has been left behind, and its children are going to suffer because of it.â
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