A half century ago, in the first summer issue of 1962, “Beachcombings” led off with a progress report on recovery from the devastating Great March Storm less than three months earlier. This nor’easter damaged or destroyed about two-thirds of the homes in Harvey Cedars, leveled Holgate, broke through the Island in three places and washed away most of the Island beaches.
Looking back over last year’s Memorial Day issue, we noticed that we had started the 1961 season with a report of the northeast…
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