A perfect day for a dip in Memphremagog

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Margaret (11) and Vera Rivard (14) with elegant hats swim alongside each other during the hat race. Though they live in Springfield, New Hampshire, they summer on Lake Memphremagog.

by David Dudley

NEWPORT — The car’s thermometer read 18 degrees as I pulled into the East Side Restaurant’s parking lot Saturday. It was 9:15 a.m., and the sun was out, but it was chilly on Lake Memphremagog. A perfect day for swimming, right?

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