Merrimack Valley Magazine is a publication for
and about the people, places, and life in the Valley,
from Manchester through Lowell,
Lawrence, and Haverhill, and out to the sea in
Newburyport. Our goal is to uncover the Valley’s
“hidden gems”, be they a person, a business, a
physical structure, a memory, or anything else that
is unique to the place we call home.
In The Current Issue:
Building the House of Hope
For Tshibamba Mbiye and his family, refugees from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, the dream of owning a home in the United States was a long time coming. To them, the United States represented survival and safety. That bright future seemed to be out of reach when the Jan. 21 fire that devastated a city block in Lawrence destroyed their new Habitat for Humanity home only weeks before they were planning to move in.
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Inside the Squared Corner of Chaotic Wrestling
Walter "Killer" Kowalski once told a reporter that he honed his oratorical skills by picking fights with his car radio. Driving alone from match to match, he'd taunt weathermen and disc jockeys with the same bombast he used to rev up ringside crowds.
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Room with a View: Life at Home on the Merrimack
"One of the key elements of any water house is to vary the exposures to capture different lights and different views," says Newburyport architect Andrew Sidford. "This is a very, very critical aspect of a house on the water." Thus, when he designed a home on the Merrimack River in Amesbury for John and Jo-Ann Grossi, he incorporated a Great Room that extends from the rest of the house towards the water—a room with three walls of nearly solid window—and windows in the master bedroom and bath with slightly different angles.
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The Currier Museum of Art: Welcoming a New Era
After two years and $21.4 million in construction and renovation, Manchester's Currier Museum of Art has reopened. Designed by Ann Beha Architects, the new addition increases exhibition space, expands the auditorium and adds a handsome indoor courtyard for community events. While it's difficult to overstate the project's success, its triumph is, paradoxically, one of understatement. Subscribe »
A Seasonal Cornucopia
For those of us living in New England, spring means renewed energy, bright beginnings, and new opportunities to appreciate the vitality, variety and freshness of the season's unique food choices. The cold days and heavier foods of winter are behind us as we anticipate eating green again with the arrival of the first spring herbs and
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