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New England Town Of The Day: Sandwich, Ma

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Article together with photograph past times Eric H. Sandwich, MA, pleasantly combines 2 of the best elements of New England: the quaint white steeple church, tree-lined, Colonial abode downtown await together with the seaside charm of New England. Proving that you lot don't convey to motility also far through Cape Cod to larn the truthful nub of this legendary opor-garai destination, Sandwich, the oldest town on Cape Cod incorporated inwards 1639, is simply minutes from the Sagamore Bridge -- connecting mainland Massachusetts amongst Cape Cod. Sandwich offers a groovy bargain of scenery together with attractions for its residents together with vacationers: sea beaches, a pretty harbor, a wheel together with walking trail along the Cape Cod Canal, together with quintessential inns together with restaurants including the renowned Daniel Webster Inn together with Restaurant , golf, boating opportunities together with gift shops. Developed without existence overdeveloped, Sandwich is ...

A Genuinely Bad Fine Art Museum Inwards Dedham, Ma

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Article together with photos past times Eric H. The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) inward Dedham, MA, sure enough doesn't do whatsoever imitation advertising when stating its mission: "Art also bad to endure ignored." Located inward a muddied basement inward the Dedham Community Theater only exterior the restroom, this community-based, individual establishment founded inward 1993 is "dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition together with celebration of bad fine art inward all its forms together with inward all its glory," every bit stated on the MOBA Web Site. MOBA fifty-fifty sells a mass of its bad art, every bit good every bit producing a newsletter! Most of the fine art work, created past times unknown amateurs, has been retrieved from dusty attics, thrift stores, yard sales together with trash cans. I late took a real brief tour of the museum, silently gasping inward horror at unopen to of the horrific fine art work. With no staff introduce for my ...

Life Is A Merry-Go-Round At Nantasket Beach, Ma

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Article in addition to Photo past times Eric H. I constitute no "amusement" when Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach inward Hull, MA, closed inward 1984 to give means for mutual frigidness in addition to clinical condo development. This once-magnificent entertainment common landmark -- bringing thrills to locals since the early on 1900s -- brought a festive character of life to this coastal community, merely twenty miles due south of Boston in addition to easily accessible from our suburban locations. While Nantasket Beach has made a flake of a comeback amongst a growing expose of restaurants in addition to hotels, the feeling merely isn't the same for some of us traditional New Englanders. There are, however, 3 saving graces for the Nantasket visitor who wanted things to remain the same, forever: an master clock tower, i of the best body of body of water beaches on the northeast Atlantic coast, in addition to the Paragon Carousel from 1928. Largely restored inside its mast...