Here he is, Gordon MacDougall, who at 96 is Manchester by the Sea’s eldest living resident. Just look at Gordon, smiling big and bright here at the Golden Ager’s annual Summer Hummer lobster bake at Tuck’s Point last Thursday. He’s doing better than most of us. In fact, he reports that he renewed his driver’s license just last month but “only drives around town, never to Boston or anything like that.” And when asked how old he is, he doesn’t say 96. He says, “97 next April, on my birthday.” Well, Gordon, we’ll see you in September, at the Elder Brethren annual picnic when you are presented the Manchester golden Boston Post Cane, awarded every year to the town’s eldest living resident. Cheers to you.
