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Megan Rippie, who graduated from Milton High School this spring, has always been a mentor and support for her brother, who is two years younger and on the autism spectrum. 鈥淭yler and I are very close,鈥 she says. 鈥淗e鈥檚 more like a best friend than a brother. We never bickered, growing up.鈥 That鈥
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Dr. Cody Paiva, a 2009 graduate of Blue Mountain Union High School in Wells River and a 2020 medical degree recipient from Pacific Northwest University in Yakima, Washington, was once his mother鈥檚 boss at McDonald鈥檚. It鈥檚 a quirky twist of fate that helps tell the story of a young man from humble鈥
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Because of COVID-19, 18-year-old Sophia Desrochers wasn鈥檛 able to walk across the stage at a traditional high school graduation, and she wasn鈥檛 able to attend her senior prom. In fact, she wasn鈥檛 even able to visit the college she chose to attend, having to rely instead on a description of the鈥
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