More “Dear Editor” Contest Winners Announced

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Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School students Duncan Miller, Bella Paradiso and Caty Lam won first, second and third place, respectively in this year’s “Dear Editor,” Contest, where they wrote to an editor either defending civil rights or advocating tolerance.

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