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Local youth honored at the Statehouse for their community leadership
ADDISON COUNTY STATE Sen. Ruth Hardy congratulates Orwell’s Rafaela Botti in the Vermont Statehouse last month after Botti was honored with a national youth leadership award.
February 5, 2026
Rafaela Botti, of Orwell, is one of two winners of 2025 John Lewis Youth Leadership Award. Middlebury’s Ellie Cady and Lincoln’s Lincoln Ratta were also honored.
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