If it weren't for the cell phones, foreign cars and other reminders of 21st century American life, it's not hard to imagine that Keyport is much the same as it was in the 1950s. It's a cozy, waterfront town with sidewalks, shops galore, fire companies, an American Legion and rows and rows of houses.
Kids grow up with their grandparents and then watch their grandchildren do the same.
Then, as now, there was downtown, a Pedersen's marina, a small high school, a Keyport Yacht Club and a Green Grove Cemetery. Antique shops punctuate West Front Street and environs now, but it's a downtown where you shop for most anything. That day, you could almost hear that Happy Days music.