BRYAN EATON/Staff photo. Charlene Walsh, right, is turning the Finest Kind cafe on Merrimac Street in Newburyport into Mama Dukes which is still under construction for the next few weeks. Helping with the transition is her dad, Jim Dennis, left, and husband Tom Walsh. Also planning to help out sweeping the floor or taking out the trash are two of her grandchildren Taylor Rejniak, 8, and brother Johnny, 5.

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