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For DeSoto, rural Manatee Internet users, federal assistance is on the way

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A man works on a computer inside the DeSoto County Library, where Internet access is a lifeline for many residents. For "some of them, this is the only place they have to come," DeSoto County librarian Linda Waters said.

ARCADIA LillyEsaau is a certified nursing assistant at a nursing home. She spends several hours a day at the DeSoto County Library, catching up on paperwork and taking continuing education classes online because she doesn’t have an Internet connection at home. Without internet. Absolutely not, she said. Maybe I can access the neighbor’s wifi, but … Read more