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Northshore October 2025
  By all definitions, Newburyport is a close-knit community. Not only are the residents chummy, but also the houses hunker cheek by jowl with their neighbors. The Cushing House is no exception. Tucked into a tight grid of side streets, the staid three-story brick building could easily escape your notice as you whiz past. Even on foot, you would probably pass the fenced yard unaware of what lies within, except when the roses are in full blossom. Then the redolence wafting from hundreds of full-blown blooms gives away the 150-year-old garden’s breathtaking blowsy presence. Remarkably, the perfume that floats from the g
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