Back to square one

By Marc Levy

Published: August 17, 2004

There is progress, however small, on the plan to revamp the blighted Lafayette Square, named in honor of a French nobleman who probably thought he’d get a little more than a shuttered gas station as an emblem for risking his life in the the colonies’ Revolutionary War. There will be work on the project within [...]

Ipswich off

By Marc Levy

Published: June 25, 2004

The First National Bank of Ipswich is expanding rapidly. It has 12 branches, having opened one in Beverly this month, less than two months after opening its sole Cambridge branch here in Galvin Square. Next up is Portsmouth, N.H. How is this possible, if the people running the bank — and handling calls at its [...]