LATE OCTOBER ON THE IPSWICH RIVER
Water Closet for November 3, 2017 [pullquote]”One of the delights this fall are the female winterberry bushes loaded with shiny Chinese-red clusters of blueberry-sized fruits which seems redder and more numerous this year”[/pullquote] The...
FALL FOLIAGE SHOW IS LATE THIS YEAR
Water Closet for October 27, 2017 Just northwest up the road from Middleton in North Andover are Boston Hill and Holt Hill. These glacially deposited and sculpted drumlins at 380 and 420 feet are the highest hills in Essex County. ...
THE OREGON TRAIL BY BOOK
Water Closet for October 20, 2017 The old saw “The devils are in the details.” is carried to a high level by dreamers Rinker and Nicholas Buck. Unlike many dreamers their dreams don’t get in the way of practicality and can-do attitudes....
GARDENS AND BIRDS ALONG THE RIVER IN THE RAIN
Water Closet for October 13, 2017 It was raining the morning of a recent Ipswich River Water Association’s bird walk. [pullquote]” Several coopers hawks, a sharp-shinned hawk, a Merlin, a peregrine falcon, two harriers, a red...
BAPTISMAL MAIDEN VOYAGE
Water Closet for October 6, 2017 Middleton Stream Teamer Leon Rubchinuk’s raffle ticket drawn at the Ipswich River Watershed Association 40th birthday celebration won him a new canoe. Generous Leon offered its use to fellow members....
Bay Circuit trail presentation
Dan & Marilyn Brielmann along with Alan French will be your guides taking you along the Bay Circuit Trail, a 200 mile natural wonder that arcs around the city of Boston from Newburyport to Kingston
PARKER RIVER PADDLE
Water Closet for September 29, 2017 The Parker River flows between the Merrimack and Ipswich rivers as it meanders fifteen miles from Groveland to Plum Island Sound. [pullquote]”Humans have paddled these waters for 10,000 years. They’ll...
PISCATAQUA RIVER – GREAT BAY CRUISE
Water Closet for September 22, 2017 Historic Portsmouth, a small city with a great seaport, is less than an hour north of Middleton via an asphalt river that flows from the now suffering Keyes up into Maine. [pullquote]”Beneath the water...