BERLIN — The largest number of students in five years graduated May 12 from White Mountains Community College, a class whose ages ranged from 16 to 64. In all, 210 students graduated from WMCC, a number that includes those who graduated in August and December 2022.
The weather cooperated for the 56th annual commencement exercises with sunny skies on the Berlin campus at 2020 Riverside Drive.
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