By Barbara Tetreault
BERLIN – A ribbon cutting Friday celebrated the conversion of the shuttered Bartlett School building into a 13-unit apartment complex.Vacant since 2009, the building now houses nine 2-bedroom and four 1-bedroom apartments.
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