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Grant gives agency new life

Denied funding, education program was set to close

Willy Kilomo (center) tutors Natalia Tamayo, a ninth-grader, in algebra at Choice Thru Education in Chelsea. On the left, Marcela Dominguez, also a ninth-grader, works on her homework. Willy Kilomo (center) tutors Natalia Tamayo, a ninth-grader, in algebra at Choice Thru Education in Chelsea. On the left, Marcela Dominguez, also a ninth-grader, works on her homework. (Michele McDonald/Globe Staff)
By John Laidler
Globe Correspondent / October 16, 2008

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Last fall, the future looked grim for Choice Thru Education, the four-decade-old Chelsea nonprofit that has helped thousands of low income young people finish high school and attend college. (Full article: 810 words)

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