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The Swimming Test

My palms were sweaty as I nervously clicked my plastic lifejacket buckles together. Before me, I watched in horror as my classmates plunged into the icy waters of the Atlantic like some kind of colorful penguins performing a summertime ritual. “Come on Sarah. You can do it!” My instructor hollered. His words echoed in my

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Rowe’s Garage

Parker Rowe was one of the finest mechanics Southport Island had ever seen. He could fix outboards, cars, trucks, lobster boat engines. If it had a motor and it didn’t run, Parker was your man. He was a solitary fellow and looking back on it now, I suppose I was a pest, a ten-year-old boy,

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Honoring the Veterans of World War II

On May 29, 117,000 ticket-holding veterans and their families gathered under sunny skies on the Mall in Washington, D.C. to witness the dedication of the long awaited National World War II Memorial. Over a five-year period I interviewed over 600 World War II veterans and their families on the Boothbay peninsula for my books Southport:

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Evel Knievel Lives

Harold Seavey had a dream, an unquenchable dream, to jump the school pond. It took on a life of its own back in 1975, and the whole island came out to partake of it. I was about 6 years old at the time, and I remember it vividly. Grades K-8 were released early from school,

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