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HUNTINGTON Ƶ More than 2,800 local third graders were read to Wednesday by 375 volunteers during United Way of the River CitiesƵ second Read Across the River Cities event.

During the event, the volunteers read from E.B. WhiteƵs book ƵCharlotteƵs WebƵ to students in more than 100 classrooms in Cabell, Lincoln, Mason and Wayne counties in West Virginia and Lawrence and Gallia counties in Ohio, which all make up United Way of the River CitiesƵ service area.

Jesten Richardson is a reporter and can be reached at jrichardson@hdmediallc.com and found on Twitter at @JRichardsonHD.

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