Local Top 10s & Recommendations for The Mercer Family!
Here are links to everything that St Paul's folks shared!
Where are best outdoor places to hang out and play, physically distantly, of course!

  1. Maudslay State Park: "through the fields, over the bridge, around the pond, up to the old house foundation, through the flower garden (look for the fabulous espalier) and back along the rhododendrons!"
  2. Moseley Woods (The Pines) (site of pic, above)
  3. Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
  4. Joppa Flats MA Audobon Education Center
  5. All the beaches! Locally, Plum Island and the Salisbury MA State Reservation.
  6. Hand-feeding birds at the Audubon Center in Ipswich
  7. Apple and pumpkin picking at Cider Hill farm in Amesbury
  8. Visiting the sunflowers at Colby Farm in Newbury
  9. the Rail Trail!

Double-check websites to learn about each places' latest news/opening/restrictions. Enjoy!

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W hat are your favorite things to do IRL (once we are able to be out and about) - where are the places you like best?

  1. Newburyport Public Library
  2. Theater in the Open
  3. Indoor rock climbing at Metrorock
  4. Laserquest
  5. Escape rooms!
  6. Newburyport Youth Services (NYS)
  7. Movies: Cinemagic and Vision Max
  8. Graf Ice Skating Rink
  9. Bowling and video game arcade: Gametime Lanes
  10. surfing lessons at Summer Sessions in Rye, NH
  11. Skateboarding at Rye Airfield in Rye
  12. Summer 2021: Barbara C Harris Episcopal Camp!
  13. Go to the New England Aquarium or Museum of Science or the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with passes from the Newburyport Public Library
  14. The Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum
  15. The Peabody-Essex Museum, in Salem
  16. Visit Faneuil Hall in Boston
  17. Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH
What takeout and stores are the best for supper, groceries, treats?

Just about every local restaurant is good! Especially:
Chinese food: Family’s in Salisbury
Mexican: Metzy’s in Newburyport, Casa Tequila in Seabrook
Bagels: Abraham's
Pizza: Flatbread in Amesbury, or Anchor or Port City in Newburyport.
Hodgie's Ice Cream in Newburyport & Amesbury
Groceries:
  1. Market Basket/Demoula's grocery store has best prices.
  2. Shaw's grocery store is right next door.
  3. Stop & Shop, in Amesbury.
  4. Tendercrop Farm.
2011 Pride Parade

Welcome!

On behalf of everyone at St Paul's,
here's a warm welcome to you!


(Let me know how I can be helpful to you! Linda)