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Scout honored: Boy Scout Troop 217 honored Nick Bennett, a senior in the IB program at Hillsborough High School, during an Eagle Court of Honor ceremony. He was honored for his Eagle Scout project where he helped create an outdoor reading area at Dickinson Elementary School in Town ’N Country. He secured a table with benches, planted trees for shade and mulched a reading area between classroom corridors. Several fellow Scouts gave a helping hand. Family and friends joined Nick at the ceremony. Above, Nick’s mom, Pat, pins on the Eagle Scout medal while his father, Bill, and brother Alex look on.