Sep 26
to get overdue correction.
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The U.S. Geographic Names Information Systems Web site lists about two dozen variations of the lake’s spelling, but none that corresponds with the chamber of commerce signs, which where replaced in 2003.
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Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is the most widely accepted spelling of the name of the the 3-mile long, 1-mile wide lake.
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Jessica L. Bizzak, 19, an Arizona resident who had lived in Fitchburg, noticed the misspelling recently while she and her uncle visited her great-grandmother and other family members in Fitchburg and Leominster.
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The Webster-Dudley-Oxford Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors has unanimously agreed to correct the spelling problems on the signs on Route 12 near Oxford and Route 193 near Thompson in Massachusetts.
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