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Northshore October 2025
  When Susanne Clermont was a child in Texas, her grandfather had a sweet tooth. So whenever his granddaughter had something to celebrate or needed cheering up—any excuse, really—he’d take her out for ice cream. Or pancakes. Or pastry.  “We’d sit and we’d eat and we’d talk,” she says. “It was just great.”      Today, it is that same feeling of connection over delicious food that Clermont strives to achieve at Sandpiper Bakery, the treats-and-coffee shop she opened in downtown Gloucester in June. The white marble counter is stacked with sugar-sprinkled
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