Local Boy Scout earns all merit badges

Tre Peterson, a 17-year-old Boy Scout in Troop 277 in Ponte Vedra Beach, has achieved something that few Scouts have achieved since the organization started 113 years ago. Peterson will be recognized Oct. 2 at a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Court of Honor Ceremony at Christ Episcopal Church for earning all 138 merit badges that the BSA offers. Since the BSA was founded in 1910, less than ...