Local History, Closer to Home

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Co-Founder, Teacher & Project Director
Dean is the brains, and — he might add — the brawns, behind the operation. He taught history at Beverly High School in Beverly, Massachusetts, until his retirement in 2006. He has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Disney American Teacher Award (1991), Harvard University’s Derek Bok Prize for Public Service (2000), and the Preserve America Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year Award (2004). CV | Contact

Kevin McGrath

Co-Founder, Teacher, Web Design & Editor
Kevin remembers vividly the day in 1998 when he and Dean drew this website on a napkin. Its since grown into a stack of napkins, but the vision is the same. At the moment, Kevin is either teaching in the library at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, teaching, illustrating, designing websites, or hanging out with his wife Cynthia and son Connor. CV | Contact

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