Eat + Drink

4 North Shore Wine Experts’ Spring Rosé Picks

There’s a certain skip in our step as the first shades of spring take hold, and everywhere a spectacle of color comes to life. The purple crocuse...

Arts + Culture

Experience the “Perfect Breath” at PEM’s New Exhibit

Three years ago, artist Zarah Hussain could hardly breathe.  “I was coughing, I was having trouble walking uphill, and I just wasn’t getting enoug...

Faces + Places

How to Spend a Day in Haverhill, MA

Too often, urban redevelopment projects polish places to such a shine that one neighborhood is indistinguishable from the next. But that’s not happen...

Arts + Culture

Artisans at Essex’s Bubble Factory Turn Sand Into Glass

Glass is a fickle medium, as anyone who has watched the hit Netflix reality show Blown Away can attest. In an instant, even an expert artisan can...

Eat + Drink

Personal Chef Jenn Hanley Knight Creates Healthy, Custom Meals

For Chef Jenn Hanley Knight, “home” has been a variety of places over the years, from the West Coast to Amsterdam to her North Shore hometown of Merr...

Eat + Drink

Night Shift Brewing Kitchen & Tap Comes to Everett’s Encore

Last Thursday, April 15, Night Shift brewing joined forces with Encore to open a kitchen and taproom inside the Everett casino. Night Shift’s brewery...

Faces + Places

A Peek Into the Lives of 6 Local Broadcast Journalists

Whether you are an early riser or like to get your news a bit later in the day, there is a good chance that when you turn on the local news the perso...

Shop + Renew

Boxford Native Brings Homemade Crafts to the North Shore

Laura Lee Imhoff grew up in Boxford, Massachusetts. After a thirteen-year stint in Austin, Texas, playing music, farming, crafting, and cooking, ...

Arts + Culture

The Creative Mind Helping Keep North Shore Arts Alive

When we connected during the first few days of 2021, John Andrews of Creative Collective was taking his first break since the rest of the world s...

Faces + Places

On Set with George Clooney and Ben Affleck

Hollywood hit the streets of Ipswich with George Clooney and Ben Affleck while filming Amazon’s The Tender Bar. Outside Marcorelle’s Liquor Shop...