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Northshore October 2025
The house at 9 Beacon Street in Gloucester clearly belongs to creative types, with its jumble of raised planter beds out front and offbeat belongings inside. Home to Lara Lepionka’s family, it has also served as headquarters to Backyard Growers for the past five years. As of January 1, however, it reverted back to a private residence. Today, 269 Main Street houses all of the activity spawned by the program’s executive director. Lepionka started growing some of her own food as a way to save money during the 2008 recession. Before long her husband and two daughters had trowels in hand, too. “It just kind of took off and bec
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