TOWN OF CALAMUS — Although it didn’t come wrapped with a bow, this still had to be one of the best birthday presents ever for Emily Peterson.
On Sept. 18, the day she turned 32 years old, Peterson fulfilled a lifelong dream by officially beginning her career as a family medicine doctor.
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