South of Home
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Last published Fri, Aug 23, 2024
Mena Hart: Could navigate her way through the forest with only minor help from a compass, that's what came naturally to the Vermont native. When her parents decided to uproot the family to a beach house on the coast of South Carolina, only a bustling, crowded city could be worse.
Ethan Vargas: Raised by the waves that crashed outside his grandparents beach house, he's one who could rarely be found more than one mile from the ocean. And even less likely to be found without a camera dangling from his neck.
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