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Thursday, October 29, 2026Oct 29

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Except for disputes being settled by “Judge Judy” on the television atop a soft drink machine, it’s a quiet midweek afternoon at Blue Boys Barber Shop on Martin Luther King Boulevard. The door opens and in from the heat walks Chardonnee Brown, carrying her 1-year-old son, Qavotstaraj Waddell Jr. The toddler looks around quizzically at the inside of a barber shop for the first time.