Betty & Barney Hill – A UFO Alien Astronaut Abduction A Little Further Out Of Town
Up the road 30 minutes North of Newburyport lived a couple in the seacoast town of Portsmouth, NH. If you lived in the New England area during the 1960s, you may have heard about the Betty and Barney UFO abduction incident that allegedly took place on September 19, 1961. You may have learned about the […]
Glen Fowler, Artist
Born at Newburyport, MA on September 27, 1934, Glen Fowler was an artist who painted local scenes of the Salisbury, Newburyport and New England area. What separates Glen from the hundreds of other artists this area has produced is that he paints while holding his brush between his teeth. As a 16 year old student […]
Katherine Godet Merrimac, MA Scenic Painter 1963
For the last 48 years that I have been alive, there has been this painting from Katherine Godet of Merrimac, Ma in my home. Does anyone know of her. Even though she is from Merrimac, her painting of Acadia Schoodic Peninsula in Maine has always been a part of my life in Newburyport and recently Middlesex, […]
Madame Jean, Salisbury Beach, MA
Coming soon. She read my fortune back in 1989 and actually got some huge things correct. This is my death sentence, but according to Madame Jean I have a long life line on the palm of my hand…wow! That translates into updating and fighting hacks and spam on this site for a hell of a […]
Market Square
I grew up in the square, top floor over the wine and checks, had the best spot to see it all, the roof was my yard, my dad played with his band, at the hotel, across from the fire house, and the moose and at the peppermint lounge, at the beach, i also lived over […]
Mr. Grocer’s
Does anyone have a picture of Mr. Grocer’s or an old bag with the logo? I wanted to scan it for an art project. But either way… That was a strange food store, I just remember there being a basement were you could drop things (cans or bottles I’m assuming) down…let me tell you, for […]
A Little Further Out Of Town
A Little Further Out of Town As a Newburyporter you probably remember… Amesbury, Ma Merrill’s Car Wash – Located at the split of Main St and Merrill St. This was an all wooden structure coin operated do it yourself car wash. I think it was called Merrill’s Car Wash. Locate It Salisbury Beach, Ma Frolics […]
Duncan Chase Old Hill Burying Ground 
Father Gerard Darcia French Church. Federal St.
Hand Tubs / Firemen Musters/
Built: 1878 Manufacture: Button Cylinders: 10 Reg #: 650 Fire Department: Newburyport, Ma Class: A Neptune 8 – is owned by the Neptune Veteran Firemen’s Association of Newburyport Ma. ————————————————————————————————————- Ould Newbury Protection #1 -This pump’s hometown is Newbury, Ma. Built: 1865 Manufacture: J Cylinders: 10 Reg #: ?? Fire Department: Newbury, Ma Class: A […]