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Murder in Rockport: The Unsolved Killings That Haunted a Town

A Saturday on Main Street On the morning of May 21, 1932, Arthur Oker opened his tailor shop at 77

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The Blacksmith Shop: A Rockport Story Being Written Again

There are buildings in Rockport that you pass every day without necessarily thinking about all the lives that have passed

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Following Ansel Adams — In Infrared: Skip Montello’s New Show at the Rockport Art Association

Skip Montello spent nearly 40 years as a photographic scientist and technology leader at Polaroid — and it’s that career,

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Lace and Lee on Rockport, Penn Station Strawberries and Writing Their Own Myth

It’s a duo that arguably started with a single paragraph in a book. Caroline Lace McPherson was reading a fantasy

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The Long Haul: Rockport’s Lobstering Story, from Colonial Shores to Roy Moore’s Kitchen

Walk down Bearskin Neck on a summer afternoon and it’s easy to see Rockport as a postcard town — galleries,

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Josh Ritter on Rockport, Painting, Storytelling, Boston and the “Same Juice” Behind It All

For Josh Ritter, songwriting has never been simply about writing songs. Over a career spanning more than two decades, the

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Five for Fighting’s John Ondrasik on Rockport, “100 Years,” Following Your Gut—and Why He Still Has Another Record in Him

(Cover image credited to Nikolai Puc Photography) When John Ondrasik arrives in Rockport this October, he won’t just be bringing

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Hiss Golden Messenger on Rockport, Finding Inspiration and Why Reinvention Isn’t Everything

When Hiss Golden Messenger arrives at Rockport’s Shalin Liu Performance Center, MC Taylor won’t just be bringing a guitar and

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A Conversation with Jamie Day: Summer Suspense, Bearskin Neck, and the Art of Collaboration

Fans of summer suspense novels know the name Jamie Day for stories filled with secrets, family drama, and just enough

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The Art of Making It Work: What It Takes to Own a Gallery in Rockport, Massachusetts

In September 2023, The New York Times published an article titled How to Start an Art Gallery, examining the realities

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