The Maggie S. Myers, out of the water -- at last. (courtesy of Ada Puzo)

Maggie S. Myers re-floated; historic boat needs your help

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

ā€œItā€™s a sad day in Bowers,ā€ Bowers Beach mayor Ada Puzzo wrote in an email the other day. ā€œOur Maggie sunk last night. Sheā€™s sitting on the bottom of the creek right now. I cried like a baby when I saw her there.ā€ She was referring to the Maggie S. Myers, the worldā€™s oldest surviving oyster schooner. ā€œItā€™s hard to …

Turkey, of course, stars in the Bowers Beach Thanksgiving meal. (Claudio Schwarz photo from Unsplash)

Bowers Beach unites to offer watermen’s Thanksgiving dinner

Ken MammarellaHeadlines, Culture

  Bowers Beach is uniting this year to ensure the continuation of a decades-long tradition of home-cooked holiday meals for the watermen who work out of the Kent County town of 250. ā€œMiss Jeanā€™s spirit is willing, but her body just isnā€™t up to it this Thanksgiving,ā€ Mayor Ada Puzzo wrote in an email seeking culinary assistance for Jean Friend …