Lindsey Byman

Evanston, Ipswich

Reporter at Ipswich Local News

Assistant Features Editor at North by Northwestern

journalism, political science, anthropology student @MedillSchool // Northshore, MA native

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Articles

Your sourdough starter isn't your child

Sep 19, 2024 | northbynorthwestern.com | Lindsey Byman

When Rhonda Flatberg died in 2018, her best friend passed Flatberg’s sourdough starter to a mutual friend, Melissa Griffiths. Flatberg and her friends had shared the fermented culture of flour and water for some 27 years, so the novice kneader felt she needed to keep it alive. “I couldn't let it die because it was like a little piece of her,” Griffiths says. The starter, which filled half a pint jar, sat untended in Griffiths’ refrigerator for almost 18 months.
Meet the Astrobrew Inventor: Coffee is a drink best served cold

Aug 2, 2024 | thelocalnews.news | Lindsey Byman

- Advertisement -Please Support Local Advertisers BOXFORD — Joe Damigella set his iPhone stopwatch for five minutes as a coffee maker on the granite countertop in front of him whirred. When his phone pinged, the white and stainless-steel appliance was ready to pour out a caramel-colored brew that normally steeps over eight to 24 hours. Last week, the Boxford-based engineer released the machine for purchase under the brand name AstroBrew — the word stitched into his black polo shirt.
From owning a few suitcases to buying a home: An Iraqi refugee story

Jul 31, 2024 | thelocalnews.news | Lindsey Byman

- Advertisement -Please Support Local Advertisers Hind Alazzawi was greeted in the United States with flowers … and snow. It was January of 2017. Hind, her husband, Saif, and their two-year-old son, Layth, arrived weeks before former President Donald Trump suspended immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iraq — their home.
Change is brewing: Alfalfa Farm Winery gets new ownership

Jul 24, 2024 | thelocalnews.news | Lindsey Byman

- Advertisement -Please Support Local Advertisers The Essex County Brewing Company recently signed a purchase-and-sale agreement to take over Topsfield’s Alfalfa Farm Winery, the metal-signed landmark off Route 95.
Nothing is free … except lunch in Ipswich

Jul 24, 2024 | thelocalnews.news | Lindsey Byman

- Advertisement -Please Support Local Advertisers IPSWICH — Blonde heads popped over the window of a navy-blue minivan as it approached a four-post tent beside the utilities department. Food service employees for Triton Regional School District handed the car’s occupants plastic bags that included bagels, fruit, pizza, and milk. The workers chatted with the children, then the car left a minute after arriving.
Ipswich provides relief for Boston’s overloaded immigrant support system

Jul 19, 2024 | thelocalnews.news | Lindsey Byman

- Advertisement -Please Support Local Advertisers IPSWICH — From January to April, Bob Marley, spiced okra and chicken, and dancing feet enlivened the house of resident Glenn Gibbs. For 10 weeks, Gibbs hosted a family of Haitian immigrants. He said sharing his home with Farah, Israel, and their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Shinay, was a “wonderful experience.” For the young family, it was respite from Boston’s overcrowded shelters.
Discover the Deliciousness of Amore Pasta Topsfield

Jul 18, 2024 | thelocalnews.news | Lindsey Byman

- Advertisement -Please Support Local Advertisers Wearing an apron and a smile, Angelo Cerminara steps outside to give an Italian welcome to his Topsfield home, which is also the site of his business, L’Amore Della Pasta. He shuts the door quickly to keep the kitchen sanitary. Stacked wooden racks hold rows of drying fettuccine colored with vegetable powder: black-flecked yellow, green, orange, with purple soon to come.
Something old, something new, something homegrown

Jul 11, 2024 | thelocalnews.news | Lindsey Byman

- Advertisement -Please Support Local Advertisers TOPSFIELD — From an antique car show to a pet parade, this year’s Homegrown Markets will pair with activities designed to bring people of all ages to the town common. The third annual summer series will fall on the four Wednesdays in July, starting July 10, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.Jocelyn Almy-Testa, the town’s recreation director, said she hopes the new schedule, previously the third Thursday of each summer month, draws a steady crowd.
Boxford landmark West Village Provisions hits the market

Jul 10, 2024 | thelocalnews.news | Lindsey Byman

- Advertisement -Please Support Local Advertisers BOXFORD — In the brick-red building where locals get chai lattes, reubens, sugar, Boxford t-shirts, and bumblebee umbrellas, resident Ellie Dennison found a “divine moment.”It was 2021. Dennison was new to town, her youngest just started walking, and she planned to continue homeschooling her daughter into first grade.
Lessons from steel: Understanding ourselves through sculptures

Jul 3, 2024 | thelocalnews.news | Lindsey Byman

- Advertisement -Please Support Local Advertisers IPSWICH — Overlooking a rolling hill behind his Argilla Road home, George Sherwood listened to the trees. In a humid 95 degrees, the artist explained how he strives to mimic the shuffling layers of leaves with lightweight materials in his sculptures. “In the natural world, things hit each other. There’s collisions, like all the trees and the leaves,” Sherwood, 70, said.