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MILESTONESThe board of directors of Axcelis Technologies Inc. in Beverly named James Coogan to succeed retiring Kevin Brewer as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

New trail will help tourists make the South Shore’s Irish connection By Robert Knox Globe Correspondent,Updated March 12, 2021, 4:35 p.m. Email to a Friend A 1930s era Mossing Dory at the Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum in ScituateJonathan Wiggs Scituate town committees are planning a new tourism trail that will lead visitors to sites that highlight Irish heritage on the South Shore. In addition to preserving local knowledge, planners expect the trail will prove a boon to the regionâ€�...

Wicked Local Massachusetts is the most Irish state in the country, and the South Shore is the most Irish area in the country, said Brenda O’Connor, a member of the Scituate/West Cork Sister City Committee and a resident of Scituate, long believed to be the most Irish town in the country. “If anyone needs an Irish Heritage Trail it is us, and that is what we’re trying to do,” she said during a virtual meeting with members of the Sister City Committee and the South Shore Irish Heritage Tr...