BERLIN — It’s been a whirlwind year for the parents, children and staff of the White Mountains Learning Center.
From the large white clapboard building at the Berlin/Gorham town line, on Wentworth Avenue, the site of the former North Woods Child Care Center, to the learning center’s new location at White Mountains Community College, caregivers and youngsters have been on the move.
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