For today’s Geo Quiz, we were looking for the U.S. state where some locals recently rallied on behalf of a French bakery owner. The bakery is in Colebrook, New Hampshire. The bakery almost had to shut down recently when its owner, Verlaine Daeron, had trouble renewing her US visa. But town residents stepped in. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Ms. Daeron to get the full story.
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