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January Leap!

For 20 straight months Director of Hosmer Point Jon Hammond has taken a dip in Big Hosmer.  An easy task during our ripe summer months becomes that much more daunting in the winter but Jon always finds a way. Today … Continue reading

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Philosopher Runners Finish With Style

The FGCU crew finished their week as strongly as they started with summer biathlon, Big Hosmer paddling and a beautiful Saturday morning Ridge Run 10 miler. Coach Lisa put the runners through their paces with a fast and furious circuit … Continue reading

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CA Student Athletes Learn and Play

For five weeks this autumn a motivated group of 12 student athletes from Craftsbury Academy have been at the Center each Thursday afternoon for a two hour special activity block. In the process of building a new gym, the school … Continue reading

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Acquiring Sculling Skills: Turning!

Prepping for the Head of the Charles includes honing the important skill of how to turn on a dime. The famed 3 mile course has plenty of turns, not to mention 5 triple-arch bridges to negotiate. My precision turning skills … Continue reading

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Cove Community

From my vantage point in the Duck Blind, the Cove is teeming with life and activity.The bullfrogs croak late into the night, the peepers are a continuous backdrop to the bass of the bullfrogs and the loons let loose with … Continue reading

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