At 101, She's Still Hauling Maine Lobsters With No Plans to Stop
The lobsters fetched 28 cents a pound on the docks when she first starting trapping them 90 years ago; today, the price is 15 times that.
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The lobsters fetched 28 cents a pound on the docks when she first starting trapping them 90 years ago; today, the price is 15 times that.
"I like doing it. I like being along the water," Virginia Oliver said. "And so I’m going to keep on doing it just as long as I can."
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