Alex Hanson is a feature writer for Valley News, in Lebanon, NH, where he writes about the arts and education, among other subjects.
Amid waves that topped 70 feet, two 500-foot tankers split apart just off Cape Cod.
Utopian vision of a Harvard forestry grad
It takes patience and cunning to learn the traditional way of Japanese boats.
2017 Summer
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