Free Online Mapping Tool for Salem

Salem has just launched a new online mapping tool, which offers diverse, multi-layered data to which the city will continue to add. The new platfo...

Northshore Profile: Chris Rossetti

  Photo by Lauren Poussard Q: How did you get into the restaurant business? A: I’ve been around restaurants my whole li...

Jet off to Jerusalem

In Israel, they measure history in millennia, not in centuries. “This is just a baby wall,” says Yehuda Ben Baruch, senior tour guide wit...

Diving for Delicacies

Ray Bates is very protective of his best spots. A lifelong scallop diver and lobsterman, he never shucks near his dive site. And before talking to No...

Destination: Stoneham

Imagine a small, close-knit town that’s got an abundance of open space, a town where you could get happily lost on miles of hiking trails or en...

Help The Essex Heritage Commission Fundraise for Bakers Island

Bakers Island Located in Salem Harbor on a small private island, Bakers Island Lighthouse is a rich part of the harbor’s history. Built in 1816...

North Shore Scuba Diving

From the beach at Folly Cove in Gloucester, there are two viewpoints. Look left and there’s a sheer rock wall that plunges into the sea; to the...

Herb Hill Micro-Dairy

Standing on just one acre in Andover, Herb Hill Micro-Dairy doesn’t look like a typical farm. Owner and operator Lucy McKain explains, “P...

North Shore Conservation Lands

Julia Bird Reservation Part of Greenbelt, Essex County's Land Trust, the 59-acre Julia Bird Reservation sits adjacent to Appleton Farms in Ipswich...

A Nature Lover's Dream: Pettengill Farm

Of all the people hungrily searching for their roots, few could reach as far back as Liana Webb, manager of Pettengill Farm in Salisbury. When Webb&r...