Kathleen M. Downey, the former features editor for Newburyport Today, moved to Newburyport in 1992. She was drawn to the city�s charming downtown, the quietude of Plum Island�s Par...view moreKathleen M. Downey, the former features editor for Newburyport Today, moved to Newburyport in 1992. She was drawn to the city�s charming downtown, the quietude of Plum Island�s Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, the stately woods of Maudslay State Park, and the city�s colorful citizens�many of whom she had the pleasure of interviewing for inclusion in this volume.view less