Westport

Westport is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts. This town is known as “a fishing gold mine” and is rich in both fishing history and farming. Westport is popular among […]

Truro

Truro is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, comprising two villages: Truro and North Truro. Located slightly more than 100 miles by road from Boston, it is a […]

Swampscott

Swampscott is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, located 15 miles up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. From its fishing interests, Swampscott reached […]

Yarmouth

Yarmouth is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The town is made up of three major villages: South Yarmouth, West Yarmouth and Yarmouth Port. Although agriculture was a prominent part […]

Wellfleet

Wellfleet is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, located halfway between the “tip” and “elbow” of Cape Cod. Wellfleet is famous for its oyster beds which drove the early economy, […]

Weymouth

Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. For almost 200 years the town was mostly fishing and an agricultural community, evolving into a manufacturing hub for shoes in the […]

Oak Bluffs-Tisbury

Oak Bluffs and Tisbury are small towns on “The Islands” the collective name for the set of large islands south of Cape Cod in the southeast corner of Massachusetts: Nantucket, […]

Newburyport

Newburyport is a small coastal, scenic, and historic city in Essex County, Massachusetts. A historic seaport with a vibrant tourism industry, Newburyport includes part of Plum Island. The mooring, winter […]

Marion

Marion is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, mostly known for its many local sea captains and sailors whose homes were in town, although there were also some small shipbuilding […]

Marshfield

Marshfield is a town located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Commercial fishing has been historically happening in Marshfield since 1627. The town of Marshfield is rich in history and in 1906; […]

New Bedford

New Bedford is a city on the Southern Coast located in Bristol County. New Bedford’s excellent harbor made it a hub for commercial fishing and whaling. It was the world’s […]

Orleans

Orleans is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts situated along Cape Cod. Early history, like much of the Cape, revolved around fishing, whaling and agriculture. Orleans is home to 18 […]