In January, my wife and I welcomed our daughter into the world. After months of anticipation, our lives completely changed for the better with her arrival. 

With my new fatherly duties, I wasn’t sure I would have time for Atlantic Northeast anymore. I didn’t know how I would balance diaper changes, feedings, tummy time, and getting even a little bit of sleep while also putting together a magazine.

Up to that point, we had put out three issues, including our Winter 2024 issue two days before my daughter was born. In today’s world, three issues is a pretty good run, and I could be proud of what we’d done if we stopped there. But once we got home from the hospital and our routine started to take shape, I decided it was important to keep it going.

You can imagine how delighted I was when we received a record amount of submissions for this issue! We poured over so many great pieces of fiction, non-fiction, photographs, and art, and I am so proud of what was chosen to fill the issue you are reading now.

Kelly Dumar’s beautiful photo of a field of sunflowers in Katama on Martha’s Vineyard welcomes readers.

In “Short Line,” Kevin B. introduces us to a couple that has been together 39 years and gives us a snapshot of their marriage.

William Bless takes us to Queens, NY and on a tour of Louis Armstrong’s final home in the city and gives us some background on the world famous trumpeter.

Two photos entitled “Dapple” and “Going Home” by Max Cavitch are of the city of Philadelphia’s urban landscape.

Perri Wexler shares a story of a mother on the edge in “Like Being Seen By God.”

Cynthia Allen gives a review of Gerald A. McCarthy’s memoir Hitchhiking Home from Danang: A Memoir of Vietnam, PTSD and Reclamation, about the writer’s experience in the Vietnam War.

Patricia Adelizzi shares a rememberance of her Great Aunt Margaret and the bracelet of hers that she kept. 

One of my favorite summer activities is going to a baseball game so we included a directory of baseball parks in the Northeast so you can enjoy a game too.

We hope that when you read this fourth issue of Atlantic Northeast, whether its on a computer screen, at the beach, on a train, or at the ballpark, it gives you a small moment of enjoyment in your summer

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