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Sale of Mr. Johns Beach Store, query by Mayor Tim Goodwin prompt Charleston writer Jackie Morfesis to recall cars on dunes, horses on streets, unlocked doors.

As I write, Lincolnville Beach is recovering from the recent wind and waves and bracing for the next storm. We are saddened to see the benches at the beach swept

The tree I snagged from Don French last weekend is up, visible from the road through the window of what once was the barn loft. St. Nicholas Day has passed — chocolate in the shoes, not one child stolen away by Krampus, the monster who accompanies...

Beaver Aplin built the quirky convenience chain into a Texas empire. Will his tactics translate outside the state?

During the eight months since I took over this column from my dear Ma, I often try to find the appropriate cover photo, something that will draw in the casual browser of PenBayPilot, and get them to read whatever little yarn from Lincolnville I am...

Discover another side of the Texas coast—its peerless beachcombing, legendary beer joints, odd birds (feathered and otherwise), and lovable year-round scruffiness.

You can see it in the way the leaves just droop a bit, with splashes of color popping up amongst the green. Feel it in the cooler evenings and mornings. Hear it in the moans of the children in your life as they realize that they will be returning to...

It is officially summer. You can tell by the traffic on Route 1/Atlantic Highway, as our summer visitors explore the coast. Long days, and I am assured that we will see summer heat at some point. When I was a kid, on those stifling hot afternoons,...

The New England Town Meeting. A system of municipal government almost unique to this part of the world. The entire population of the town is invited to come together and vote on the direction we, the townspeople, want our town to go in. It feels...

I have written previously about the age-old divide in this little town. In early days it was Ducktrap against Canaan — those deeded land on the coast due to merit or connections, versus the plucky settlers inland. In living memory, this became The...