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Michaella, left, and Sidra, look out a window on the SIT campus in Brattleboro. The two are among the 85 refugees from Kenya and Jordan who are taking part in the first-of-its-kind refugee college prep program, as they prepare to attend American colleges and universities in the fall.
Howard Weiss-Tisman
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Vermont Public
A group of 85 refugees from Jordan and Syria are in Brattleboro taking part in a first-of-its-kind college preparatory program as they get ready to attend American universities and colleges in the fall.
Cold Current Kelp co-owner Krista Rosen holds up an example of wild sugar kelp that has grown on the company’s previously planted line in Kittery, Maine, on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (Austin Leathers for the New England News Collaborative)
Austin Leathers
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for the New England News Collaborative
Winter is planting season for kelp, a growing industry in New England.