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Above, you see a jet heading for the heavens, where it wound up. It is a Grumman F9F, one of the first operational combat jets to fly off US Navy carriers. Built in two versions, the straight-wing jet that flew in Korea was called the Panther, and the swept-wing version, which arrived too late for the Korean conflict, was called the Cougar. As a kid, I thought the F9F was one of the best-looking aircraft in the sky. I remember both versions flying out of Floyd Bennett Field i

WHAV 97.9 will be broadcasting my Halloween story on 10/17 at 10 pm and again at 1 am the morning of 10/18. The inspiration for my...

Over the years, I’ve written several short stories that have been broadcast on WHAV 97.9 FM, Public Radio, Haverhill, MA. These stories are written for each month of the year. For example, The Night the Wolves Came to Christmas is a tale told to me by my grandmother about her experience on Christmas, living in rural Germany as a little girl in the nineteenth century. Despite the title, I promise it is an uplifting tale, and my family enjoys reading it every Christmas Eve. Th

Sometimes inspiration comes from unexpected places. This was the case with The Strange Story of Maria Hallett. While working on a...