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Stories of the Year: Merrimack Couple Finds Love on AOL
Join us as we count down some of the most read stories in Merrimack in 2013.
It's the end of the year and that means it's time to count down some of the top stories to hit Merrimack Patch this year (local stories of the year below).
It's been a newsy year around the country as Sandy Hook students returned to school in a new location following the tragic shooting at the end of 2012. In April, two bomb blast created chaos and terror at the finish line of the Boston Marathon killing three and injuring hundreds who lost limbs, suffered serious burns and shrapnel wounds and a plethora of other injuries. Days later, an MIT police officer was killed and his friend was critically injured late that night in a shootout with the bombing suspects.
We saw a country unite behind the city whose baseball team, months later earned its third World Series win in nine years.
Outside of New England, we saw George Zimmerman acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin, and Jodi Arias was found guilty of murdering boyfriend Travis Alexander. A royal baby was born in July and the President Obama-led Affordable Care Act went into effect.
Over the days leading up to the end of the year, we'll choose a story or topic a day that has generated the most buzz in town this year. Check back each morning as we bring you back through 2013.
Merrimack Couple Found Love on AOL Before Online Dating was Popular
In February, we asked couples to share their photos for a "cutest couple" contest in honor of everyone's favorite holiday for love, Valentine's Day.The winners of the contest, as voted by Patch readers, were Jake and TerryAnn Bowen, a Merrimack couple with six kids – three from previous marriages and three together. The couple won a feature spot on Merrimack Patch, which is when we learned that they met in a then-unconventional way.
In 1999, Jake and TerryAnn met in an AOL chatroom. Before sites Match, eHarmony, and Christian Mingle made it easy for people looking for love to find each other, this couple from opposite sides of the country fell in love online.
Jake moved from Oregon to be with TerryAnn after just months of a long-distance relationship. The rest, as they say, is history. And truly, this is just a very sweet love story and one we are excited to feature again in our stories of the year.
Previous:
- Stories of the Year: Merrimack Named Among Top Towns in America
- Stories of the Year: What's Up at the Old Zyla's?
- Stories of the Year: Tracking the Bears
- Stories of the Year: Teens Swim Across Baboosic Lake – Twice
- Stories of the Year: MYA Comes Under Scrutiny Over Accounting Practices
- Stories of the Year: Sex Offenders Arrested on New Charges
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