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Northshore October 2025
Upon returning from living abroad for 20 years Gretchen Parker and her husband, Tim, who hails from England, purchased the rambling bed and breakfast that Gretchen grew up in from her father. Gretchen continued the tradition, serving as a seasonal innkeeper until 2018 when she and Tim sold it, ready to downsize and push back from the sea. The new empty nesters—they have two daughters—didn’t stray far. The following year, the couple closed on a Cape Cod–style home just down the street. The originally 1,962-square-foot home, built in 1960, sits on a deep lot bounded by conservation land on two sides and graced with mature trees behin
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