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Northshore October 2025
Perhaps it’s the striking scenery, overlooking the vista where the Merrimack River empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Or maybe it is the city’s international identity as a shipbuilding destination. Or the craftspeople who once worked for Towle Silver Manufacturing or at the renowned decorative comb factory. Whatever the reason, Newburyport has been a magnet for creative types for centuries, says local historian and author Ghlee Woodworth, noting that a young John Quincy Adams likely attended concerts and poetry readings while studying law in Newburyport in the 1780s, when many grand salons in the Port City’s mansions were said
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