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Stories by Rick Herrick

Rick Herrick

Traveling With the Mormons, Guided by Distant Relatives

November 9, 2017
Rick Herrick

Al Woollacott’s first novel, The Immigrant, is the story of John Law, the author’s direct descendent, who arrived in Boston in 1651 in chains as a Scottish prisoner of war. The novel...

East Chop Town Column: August 25

August 23, 2017
Rick Herrick

This will be my last column. After 11 years of writing the East Chop column, I am running out of people to profile and things to say. I have loved this endeavor because of the many interesting and...

East Chop Town Column: August 18

August 17, 2017
Rick Herrick

 I ran into Ben Cornell at his parents’ (Lois and Linc) 60th birthday party three weeks ago. The last time I had seen him was at his wedding to Adriana three years ago. I learned at the...

East Chop Column: August 11

August 9, 2017
Rick Herrick

The sailing program at the yacht club is thriving with four instructors, 75 students, and 26 training boats, but it wasn’t always that way. When Henry Jeffers became commodore in 1990, there...

East Chop Town Column: August 4

August 3, 2017
Rick Herrick

She first won the July women’s singles tournament in 1953. She has won it five additional times until last Sunday. If she had dyed her hair and was wearing a white tennis dress, you would think...

East Chop Column: July 28

July 25, 2017
Rick Herrick

When I was a university professor, I often taught a new course because I wanted to learn more about a subject. In this spirit, I will focus this column on Baptist Temple Park. I have been walking by...

East Chop Town Column: July 21

July 21, 2017
Rick Herrick

The Pan-Mass Challenge is the most successful athletic fundraising event in the nation. It features a bike-a-thon every year on the first weekend in August that crosses much of Massachusetts from...

East Chop Column: July 14

July 12, 2017
Rick Herrick

To paraphrase Bobby Kennedy, when some people are confronted with a challenge they say why. Others say why not. Paul Massey is a why not guy. After selling his real estate business, he began looking...

East Chop Town Column: July 7

July 6, 2017
Rick Herrick

Dan Hogan is alive and amazingly well, but for several hours on Father’s Day it was nip and tuck. Dan was warming up to play tennis when his heart stopped. As luck would have it, he was playing...

East Chop Town Column: June 30

June 27, 2017
Rick Herrick

On Thursday, July 6 at 5:30 pm, East Chop will gather at the beach club to celebrate the life of Scott Brooks. All are welcome. Scott died peacefully at his home in Stowe, Vt. on Feb. 14 with all of...

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