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Aaron Robinson recently completed his sophomore year at Bethlehem High School, and the Washington County resident used the lessons of his most recent semester to give back to his hometown of Springfield.

Robinson, the son of Bill and Angela Robinson, had an assignment toward the end of the school year to complete some form of community service associated with the themes that had been discussed in his religion class.

Some residents have recently reported receiving suspicious emails from the United States Postal Service, and Springfield Postmaster Trae Purdom said they’re right to question the messages.

The year was 1998.

Fran Carrico was just about to graduate with a bachelor’s from Bellarmine College (now university) when she found out news that would completely change her life: she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease.

She had gone to the doctor to find out about a knot on the left side of her chest. About a month later, she was diagnosed with cancer.

She was only 21 at the time, though, and the intricate details of what she had just been told didn’t quite sink in, according to Carrico.

A letter has been making the rounds to Washington County residents in recent weeks in an attempt to scam recipients out of money for a copy of their property deed.

The letters may look authentic, but Washington County PVA Chief Deputy Marilyn O’Bryan said they’re anything but.

“People get that letter thinking that it came from us because it looks so official,” she said. “We want to make it known that this is a scam and people need to be aware of it.