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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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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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Rockport’s July 4th Bonfire: A Search for Origins

Turns Out, It’s Not So Simple It started with curiosity. With the annual Rockport July 4th parade and bonfire approaching,

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History of Rockport (Abridged)

Note: This is an abbreviated version of the history of Rockport, MA. Over upcoming posts we will start to take

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