MVM

Speaking of Merrimack Valley Magazine, the cover on the March/April issue (available now at Fowle's) features a photograph by a local, nature photographer Jim Fenton. There's also a nice photo spread inside the issue.

There is also a personal essay by Port writer Aine Greaney, an Irish transplant to our region, and a review of resident Elisabeth Brink's novel, "Save Your Own," penned by another local, Michelle Xiarhos Curran, who was once, as was I, a freelancer with the Current.

Michelle, who also has a piece in the issue about shopping in Newburyport and Amesbury, has been a constant contributer since the first issue, again as have I and Lowell resident Andy Smith.