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Who cuts the symmetrical lines in the marshes?  It’s obviously done to provide salt water with nutrients and keep the marsh healthy (that didn’t sound very scientific did it?) Can someone clue us in as to what they are about … Continue reading

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While taking some photos of the Burnham House a bank of clouds came up from behind me and proceeded over the house and within a few minutes they completely evaporated while heading out to sea. –Len Burgess

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Essex Clam Chowder Festival – and the winner is….

Tidal estuaries thread the village of Essex, famous for a strip of road that meets the Essex River with antiques and fried clams.  For a quarter mile, every other building on the salt marsh-banked road offers either some of the world’s best old furn…

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Cooperage at Babson Farm-

Marshes in the Jones River Essex, MA

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Squam Creative Services Freelance Copywriting, Fiction and Photography The Doll’s Head: A Mystery for Girls Discover the story and rea…

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Wares in Window, Main Street Antiques, Essex

Heading for Ice, Gloucester

Still Green, Red Rocks trail, Gloucester

Closing Day, Down River Ice Cream, Essex

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Sir W.E. Night Speaks.  “Come on down to the White Elephant.  The road closed us down for 8 weeks but we are back in action.  Essex is open for business and some serious jousting.

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Dragger Newton, Essex, 1930 Anonymous/ © Fredrik D. Bodin In view of the arrival of our newest Essex-built Schooner Ardelle, I thought it appropriate to show you another arrival in her time. The 116 feet long by 23 feet wide … Continue reading

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Essex Sanctuary

Sharon Lowe Photography
You can see this incredible lily-filled sanctuary right on Rte. 133. Beautiful!

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My Column this week: Harvesting Wheat in Essex

Last Saturday it took nine people about six hours to reap one tenth of an acre of wheat on Alprilla Farm in Essex.  Scythes in hand, we cut the wheat and tied armfuls into sheafs, just like Millet’s “Reapers.”  The only thing we didn’t do was…

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Our Friend Daisy Nell Has Written a book about The Essex Schooner Ardelle. Read the story here Here is a video we did a couple of years back in which Daisy explains the term “Schooner”

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2 skiffs reflecting at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum shore. Len Burgess

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Nice to have some contributions from Essex!  Thanks Mike

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Tick Talk

Joey, Here is a community, public service announcement for you to please post for your viewers, re:  Tick Talk & Mosquito Questions.  Date:  5/25/11 @ 6:30 pm. Experts Alfred DeMaria, Jr., M.D. & Esteban Cuebas-Incles, Ph.D, will speak on these … Continue reading

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On Saturday I had the opportunity, along with over a dozen others, to tap into the expertise of 4 photographers at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum. By using the museum environment, Barry, Dave, Tony, and Lenny presented a day-long workshop on camera … Continue reading

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