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Northshore October 2025
You can go into a big-box shop, fork over some money and buy one of thousands of cookie-cutter machine-made items this holiday season. Or you can pay a visit to Doug Park at Redd’s Pond Boatworks in Marblehead and buy one of the coolest looking sleds, wagons, or toboggans anyone within miles will own. Since no one is actually boating in these parts during the winter, Park’s boatbuilding and restoration work slows down. So he and his wife, Liza, put their heads together to come up with a winter-themed project. While in Germany on business, Liza saw outdoor Christmas markets where handmade wooden toys were hot sellers. “
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