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ESSEX JUNCTION — A long-time dream came true earlier this month when Tom Helmstutler, a 78-year-old resident of Essex Junction, completed his Bachelor’s degree. He graduated on May 1 from Marshall University in West Virginia, exactly 60 years after he began his higher education journey. “I started in the fall of 1961 at William and Mary in Virginia, but had a terrible time,” he said. “I left and got a business degree at a proprietary school and lived a good life, but I ...