BRYAN EATON/Staff photo. The Custom House Maritime Museum in Newburyport passed a milestone by welcoming its 500th member Mike Parkin, left. Receiving a gift bag at a meeting, from left, Parkin; Ken Jackman, chairman of the board of dirctors; Peter Tybinkowski, docent; Mike Mroz, executive director and Jason Roberts, gift shop manager.

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