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Northshore October 2025
Looking at a panorama that encompasses everything from the mouth of the Ipswich River to the west end of Crane Beach, it’s no secret why a husband and wife would buy a timeworn cottage on Little Neck. “We bought it for the view,” the wife says. “We didn’t buy it for the cottage itself.”  After purchasing the early 20th-century fishing shack in 1999, she and her husband—whose family has summered in the Ipswich enclave for several generations—tinkered with the home, never satisfied with how the awkward roofline, absence of insulation, and ancient plumbing and electrical systems meshed with their family of five. “At
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