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Turmoil continued to grip the Village Voice yesterday with the bouncing of two of its most well-known columnists — Michael Musto, who had penned the gossipy La Dolce Musto for 20 years, and veteran theater critic Michael Feingold.

Feingold, a staffer for 30 years, is expected on Monday to host the Obies, the off-Broadway theater awards sponsored by the Voice.

“I’m still trying to figure out my reaction,” said Feingold yesterday. “They made what they consider a very generous severance package.”

Also, freelance food writer Robert Sietsema will no longer be a regular contributor.

The prospect of these and other cuts is what prompted Editor-in-Chief Will Bourne and his deputy, Jessica Lustig, to resign suddenly last week.

“I feel like a fool for ever signing on with this operation,” said Bourne. “The way [owner Voice Media Group] spins its fiscal and reputational implosions, both to its employees and to the public it purports to serve, is breathtaking.”

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