Newburyport: Officials look over Fish and Game staff as they ready the bottom of the Joppa Boat Slip on Water Street in Newburyport which is being repaired with cement this morning. From left, Jack Shepppard, boat access director; city councilor Alison Heartquist; Paul Hogg, harbormaster; Fish and Game Commisionner Mary Griffin; Mayor Donna Holaday and Rep. Michael Costello. Bryan Eaton/Staff Photo

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