102-year-old Virginia Oliver might be the oldest lobster fisherwoman
The Maine Lobster Festival has been around since 1947. Virginia has been around since 1920. She will be 102 when she waves to the adoring crowds.
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The Maine Lobster Festival has been around since 1947. Virginia has been around since 1920. She will be 102 when she waves to the adoring crowds.
When Travis Easterlin was laid off last July, he took it as a sign that it was time to do what he’d always wanted. Easterlin and his wife Katie put their heads together to set up their own fishing charter. In early April after nine months’ planning, the husband and wife team officially launched Georgia Bight Charters. “Basically, our five-year plan became our right-now plan,” said Katie Easterlin. “We were able to use some of the stimulus money to pay for business start-up costs, so the timing of everything was a positive push towards our dream.” With 15 years’ experience as ...