Newburyport: Marilyn Flaherty, center with a prop check, listens as Newburyport High teacher Susan Galvin thanks students for helping to raise funds for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Flaherty, who was first diagnosed 31 years ago and has been active in the cause also thanked the children for raising $4,000. Bryan Eaton/Staff Photo

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