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Staying Alive: Stoneham Woman Among Six Competitors Remaining on HGTV's 'All American Handyman'

Allison Oropallo placed among the bottom four this Sunday, but she pulled through and moved on to another week on the TV show.

She’s done it again: Stoneham resident Allison Oropallo is on HGTV’s "All American Handyman".

Oropallo is now one of the final six contestants on the show. On Sunday, the challenge was to team up with a partner and build a room. Oropallo later a solo task of building a patio from brick pavers.

All American Handyman airs Sunday, 9 p.m., on HGTV. To vote for Oropallo as a fan favorite, visit her bio page on HGTV.com.

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Oropallo, an applied technology teacher at in Arlington, was of 3,000 contestants nationwide.

In the show, the 20 contestants are taken to the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, where they’re given tools and a project to build. They are timed and their projects are later scrutinized by two judges.

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At Ottoson, Oropallo teaches technology and engineering, where she takes math and science and puts it into hands-on learning.

— Priscilla M. Gottwald contributed to this report.

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