On the Massachusetts North Shore
The following article was written in 2013 by Beverly Perna for the Ipswich Chronicle. Reprinted with permission. It is true—when you become “of an age,” you start to scan the obituaries. Sadly, with each passing year, I see more familiar names. If I didn’t know them, I knew of them. I looked at the paper last week, and one… Continue reading Remembering John Dolan
Howard R."Taffy Hill "was a familiar sight at his iconic store on Market Street, in operation since 1929 when it was opened by his father as Hill’s Men’s Store.
by Beverly Perna (reprinted from 2016) Sue Boice died on July 16, 2013, but word got around town slowly that she had passed. I didn’t know until August 24th when a friend called and asked me to go to a Native American memorial for Sue, hosted that morning at Wolf Hollow by her longtime friend Joni… Continue reading Remembering Susan Howard Boice
It had to be a tough decision for Tom Pappas to hang up the clamming fork after a lifetime of use.
Historic Ipswich 