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In addition to the many
free services that Sharon Cronin provides to both buyers and sellers,
she also makes available the following community profiles and helpful
links so that you may learn as much as possible about the community you
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Amesbury
As with most New England towns,
the main economy of Amesbury in its early years was agriculture. Farm
families grew their own food, raised their own livestock and made their
own clothing on foot-powered spinning wheels.
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Newburyport
Newburyport had the good fortune to be located at the mouth of the
Merrimack River as it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Because of this,
industries in Newburyport were plentiful in the 18th century, which was
the time when it would reach its peak as a prospering seaport center.
Shipbuilding was one of the most important and profitable trades making
Newburyport known as the home of the Clipper Ship. Trade was another key
occupation because of Newburyport's accessible port.
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West Newbury
Located 40 miles north of Boston, West Newbury is a delightful community
characterized by rolling hills with broad valleys and an unspoiled rural
charm. The Merrimack River, which flows along the northern border,
provides scenic beauty and recreational boating.
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Newbury
Home to the Pawtucket Indian tribe, the
area of Newbury once included what is now Newburyport, West Newbury and
Newbury. By 1635 Europeans had arrived to establish the plantation of
Newbury, with the small port becoming a major fishing and trading sport.
Further inland, the area was given over to farming. Some of the historic
homes survive today.
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Hampton
"The Atlantic
City of New England" ...Among the many charming spots with which New
England abounds, spots whose delightful vistas of seashore, lake or
mountain have won for her the titles of the "Vacation Land', none is
more attractive or more satisfying than Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.
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Merrimac
Merrimac separated from Amesbury as a new
town in 1876. The reasons for the split are many and complex. During the
debate over division William P. Sargeant offered the gift of a
commodious new Town Hall as a gesture of good will to the town residents
of the village where he had been born and where he continued to have
extensive business dealings in the carriage trade.
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Rowley
Settled in the Spring of 1639 and laid out so that all houses bordered
the "Town Brook" or one of its tributaries, Rowley has played an
important part in this country's growth.
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Salisbury
A fishing, trading and navigational route since the Pawtucket Indian
tribes occupied its lower banks, the 177-mile-long Merrimac River is the
focal point of Salibury and its neighbor across the harbor, Newburyport.
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