Celebrating 40 Years of Teaching Music

  Prior to becoming the band director at the Glen Urquhart School (GUS) in Beverly, Ray Novak spent 35 years as the curriculum coordinator of...

The Toast of Salem

  Ask around in Salem and folks will tell you he’s the ultimate organizer of social gatherings, the Pied Piper, a great cook, a true co...

Arc Angel

  “Your baby has Down syndrome.”  These are the words Jo Ann Simons heard four hours after giving birth to her first chil...

Competitive Edge

  There are times durning a teenager’s school years when they have to choose which path to take. Will they take honors courses, join th...

Hawthorne’s Secret

Writers, like the rest of us, keep secrets — and Nathaniel Hawthorne was no exception. He burned his wife Sofia’s love letters to him and...

"The Clover House" Author Leads Immigration Discussion in Salem

Henriette Lazaridis, author of the acclaimed debut novel, "The Clover House," will delve into immigration-related themes of exile and nostalgia, belo...

Tendercrop Farm: Everything You Need to Know

Tendercrop farm is keeping food local in their three locations; Newbury, Dover, and Wenham. They accomplish this through an ever-expanding selection o...

Privateer Rum Pairs with Ipswich PTO

Chicken-fried foie gras, grilled quail, and striped bass with smoked strawberry gazpacho. The five-course Privateer Rum dinner at Salt Kitchen & ...

J Barrett & Company

Now’s a great time for home buying and selling on the North Shore. “The market has been robust since spring,” says Jon B. Gray, pre...

Local Designer Darby Scott

When Darby Scott was a preteen in Harvard, Massachusetts, she bought a Vogue pattern and, with a little guidance from her mother, sewed a finely deta...