Hold those thongs! After $1.2 million trash bill, Goodwill encouraging people to look before they donate
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Goodwill Northern New England, with 17 of its 30 stores in Maine, is looking at a trash bill of more than $1.2 million as a result of people donating unusable items in what the nonprofit believes are largely good but misguided intentions.
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