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Northshore October 2025
It's been over three decades since Verne Rupright, the Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska (the launching pad of Alaska Governor and former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin) left his native North Shore. We caught up with Mayor Rupright in a recent phone interview to discuss his North Shore roots, his aspirations for Wasilla, and memories of home. Guess what Rupright misses the least about our region? "The last time I drove the 128 belt, I said to myself, 'I have to get the heck of out of here,'" he chuckles.What Rupright, a 1969 graduate of Saugus High School, does miss is the salty air of Lynn Beach, the old Revere Beach roller coaster and arcad
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