FRYEBURG, Maine — Having spent more than half of their high school years amid the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Fryeburg Academy Class of 2022 are about to receive their diplomas.
Graduation is Saturday at 10 a.m., and weather permitting, will take place on the front lawn of the academy for the first time in three years.
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