SiP 2021

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PANDEMIC 76 | SiP

PIVOTS Explore how six islanders adjusted to the COVID-19 pandemic and emerged stronger, wiser, and even more grateful for their coastal community. By Kinsey Gidick. Photos by Minette Hand.

LAST MARCH THE WORLD STOPPED. WHO CAN FORGET THE EARLY DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC WHEN SCHOOLS SUDDENLY SHUTTERED, SOCIAL DISTANCING WAS ANNOUNCED, AND WE ALL THOUGHT IT WOULD LAST A FEW WEEKS AT MOST? NOW, OVER A YEAR SINCE THE GLOBAL COVID-19 CRISIS UPENDED LIFE AS WE KNOW IT, SIX ISLANDERS LOOK BACK AT THE YEAR, THEIR STRUGGLES, SURPRISES, AND SUCCESS, AND SHARE HOW THEIR COASTAL COMMUNITY GOT THEM THROUGH IT ALL.


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