300 Miles to Glory: In July, Winchester Native Sean Bannon Became the Youngest Person Ever to Compete in the “World’s Hardest Triathlon”

As he biked through the French countryside in the middle of the night—his eyelids trying to close, his tendons still screaming from an 80-mile run th...

Becoming Widow’s Bay: Gloucester and Rockport Provide a Quintessentially New England Setting for the Emmy-winning Comedy Horror Series

In early December of 2024, Greg Chiodo, the location manager for what would become the hit Emmy-winning Apple TV series Widow’s Bay, piled into a van...

Passing the Torch: How Three North Shore Entrepreneurs are Preparing the Next Generation to Carry on Their Legacy

The children of Sal Lupoli, Joe Faro, and Ginny Eramo are all stepping into ready-made businesses. But in a way, the odds are stacked against them: A...

With the Acquisition of Buitoni Food Company Tuscan Brands Develops a Future That Embraces the Past

Joe Faro, founder and CEO of Tuscan Brands, was at a conference in Chicago when he overheard a group of investors talking about a potential acquisiti...

Find Your Sea Legs: A Landlubber’s Guide to Becoming a Boat Person this Summer

Drive around the North Shore for a while, and it can seem like everybody has a boat in their yard—everybody but you. But even if you’ve never been...

Burgeoning Boot Renaissance Provides One Writer With a Whole New Style Identity

My obsessions sneak up on me. One day, I’m tracking the price of gold; the next, I’m geeking out over the water resistance specs of automatic watc...

Ipswich is Transformed Into a Set for Ed Sheeran’s Newest Music Video With the Help of North Shore Vendors

Peter Nikolakopoulos, owner of the Newburyport-based food truck Beefie Boys, had never served smiley fries before.But in the scramble to prepare a sp...

Six Men’s Boots That Merge Fashion and Function for Wintry Weather

Baby, it’s cold outside. But that doesn’t mean your feet need to look like plastic-wrapped marshmallows. Instead of clunky winter clodhoppers, consid...

Sebastian Junger’s Latest Book Tackles the Mysteries of Life and Death

Sebastian Junger has made a career out of exploring questions he’ll never be able to fully answer: What happened to the crew of the Gloucester swordf...