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...

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...

 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...