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Curious Traveler : C.J. Fitzwater Jan 25, 2024  Editor’s note: The following is Part 3 of “The Saga of Harold Congdon” The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. In the emerging beach resort town of Salisbury, Harold Congdon stood as a towering figure — a shepherd of his community, its…

Curious Traveler: CJ Fitzwater Editor’s note: The following is Part 2 of “The Saga of Harold Congdon”. Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall, a proverb vividly illustrated by Harold Congdon’s story. After a four-month sentence for liquor crimes and conspiracy, Congdon, with his clever legal maneuvering, reclaimed his political positions as…

Editor’s note: The following is Part 1 of “The Saga of Harold Congdon”. Civilizations aren’t solely constructed by the virtuous, nor do laws benefit only the innocent. On March 4, 1919, the 66th United States Congress convened in a historical moment as the last congress without female members in the House of Representatives. Dominated by…

Originally published November 2nd 2023 As you step into Linda’s Alpha Omega, you’re immediately enveloped in a warm atmosphere of joy. It’s not just a place to get your hair done; it’s a hub of community activity. The salon buzzes with life from morning until night, at least five days a week. It’s here that…

“Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, there’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.“ With our usual Tuesday auction canceled due to the timing of the Christmas holiday (my primary job is running an auto auction in Kittery, Maine), I took the opportunity for an impromptu adventure. My wife, Nina, stayed…

Dinner Date: CJ Fitzwater If you walk across the trestle-board-patterned marble floor of the Custom House in Newburyport designed by Robert Mills, the same architect responsible for the Washington Monument, you’ll encounter the anti-gravity cantilever staircase, a signature of Mills’ architectural style, with support on only one side, while the other side floats. Ascending this…

Dinner Date: CJ Fitzwater “Everything dies, baby, that’s a fact. But maybe everything that dies someday comes back“ -Bruce Springsteen, “Atlantic City” I met newly inducted Amesbury Hall-of-Famer, and hockey legend George Dodier a year ago after winning a hand sander at the inaugural Support Our Stadium brunch. When I stopped by his home on…

On Sunday, March 10, the United States, with the exception of Arizona, parts of Alaska and Hawaii, engages in the practice of daylight saving time (DST). This biannual adjustment, occurring on the second Sunday of March and the first Sunday of November, leads to widespread disruption, affecting our mental and physical well-being. I went down…

Dinner Date C.J. Fitzwater When I introduce my hometown, the first thing people mention is usually the beach, the river, or that one wild bachelor party that ended up at Ten’s, often accompanied by a crazy story. But there’s another side to Salisbury that is often overlooked. Some of the oldest family farms in the country…

Dinner Date: A night out in Salem I ran into Jen Roketenetz, the Salisbury Parks and Recreation administrator, at Stop & Shop while buying pizza ingredients, I was looking for a “dinner date.”I was hoping for company that week at Salem Willows Park in Salem. Jen, with her typical wisdom, suggested I invite Salisbury Town…