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STORY SELLER

Tucked down a little alleyway near the waterfront in Newburyport, New England Sketchbook feels less like a retail store and more like a museum. And Corey Prince, who owns the shop with his wife, Tammy, is more like a historian than a shopkeeper.

“I want people to walk away with a story and a piece of history,” says Prince, who is deeply invested in every single item in the store. There’s even a story behind Penny, the shop’s French sheepherding dog. She is

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