Photojournalist and author Bernie Marvin of Piermont has written and published three books and is now working on his fourth. He maintains his full-time writing schedule, finding and creating local stories to be included in his Bernie’s Beat column seen each week in The Bridge Weekly newspaper published from North Haverhill.

Volume 1 of The Best of Bernie’s Beat was published in 2019 and includes stories and essays on various North Country people and events. For example, this first book includes stories about Betty Gray, Bob and Kim Gray’s 4 Corners Farm, Al Sponheimer, Dan Brady, and Bill White. Also, Ruth Wellington, Mister Black Spidey, Russell Page, Helga Mueller, Bagonzi’s Restaurant, Mike Dannehy, Russell Gould, Ray Burton and more.

Also included in this interesting first book by Bernie are stories on animals that stop by his house for a visit at all times of the year, a vice presidential visit to Woodsville many years ago, Maura Murray’s mysterious disappearance in 2004 (she is still missing) and his attempt at butchering his family-raised animals at Marvins Gardens in Haverhill Corner back in the 1980s. There are many more great stories in Volume 1. The book is available for $10.00.

Volume 2 of The Best of Bernie’s Beat was published in 2021 and features an exciting selection of military stories and profiles of many local folks who served in a variety of wars and combat situations.

The book, which features a cover photo of a Marine Bernie was with while on patrol in Beirut, Lebanon, also includes local people who served in Lebanon, Vietnam, Romania, Okinawa,
Korea, and Pearl Harbor, to name just a few.
Some of the subjects appearing in Volume 2 include Dr. Harry Rowe, Ted Aust, Ken Uline, John O’Brien, David Moore, Steve Seminerio, Bud Otterman, John Roden, Earl Aremburg and his
brothers, Rick Ladd and Mal Kircher. Volume 2 is available for $10.00.

Volume 3 has just been recently published and the cover has attracted quite a bit of interest from the public because it shows the faces of many local people as they go about their daily
adventures.

On the cover are Woodsville High School Principal Hayden Coon, Earl Aremburg, Polly Marvin, Paul Tetreault plus Tim and Chris Cate of the Parker Hill Road Band doing a gig at the Robert Clifford Memorial Building in Woodsville, a group of students in the Blue Mountain School and Newbury After School Program. Also seen on the cover of Volume 3 are several members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5245 from North Haverhill.

Also appearing in this volume are stories about Fred Derosier, Ebenezer Mackintosh, John Metcalf, John O’Brien, Jay Holden, Elizabeth “Sisty” Morrill, Steve Ward, Steenburgh’s Auctions, Shirley Cobb, Paul Tetreault, Steve Savage, Gerry Lyons MD, VFW Post 5245. Also, the West Newbury Turkey Supper, Warm syrup at the Glencliff Home sugaring off party, the Blizzard of ’78, September 11 observance, Warren’s Sarah Whitcher and many more.