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Hanover Town Meeting approves CPA funding for Sylvester Field COURTESY OF WILDLAND'S TRUST On May 4, at Hanover’s annual Town Meeting, residents unanimously voted to approve the use of $250,000 in Community Preservation Act funds to help save Sylvester Field.  Open Space Committee co-chair Hal Thomas shared a presentation of the project at the Town Meeting. Hanover Historical Commission chair Peter Johnson also shared an informative presentation evoking the field’s rich history.   The town of Hanover, as project partner, will purchase the Conservation Restriction on the Field with the ...

All Over The Map: Vanished shipyards connect Pacific Northwest and Boston February 19, 2021 at 7:21 am The Helen Foster was one of the last vessels built along the North River near Boston; this photo of the June 1871 launch is one of the only known images of such an event. (James H. Williams photo/public domain) Thousands of miles from the Pacific Northwest, a quiet, rural river near Boston was once home to bustling shipyards with a direct connection to the Columbia River. The North River is about 40 minutes south of Boston by car. It’s narrow, marshy in stretches, and m...