The Latest North Shore Business News

Have you noticed a new store while driving around the North Shore recently? Patch loves small businesses and we try to cover every new opening.

Here is a look at some recent business openings and happenings on the North Shore.

Have you noticed a new shop and have been wondering what it is? Leave us a note in the comment section and we will check it out.

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Marblehead

If you happen to spot what looks like a , you're not seeing things - and no, those aren't state-of-the-art aquatic yoga mats.

They're stand up paddle boards.

SUP East Coast Style owners Leah Beth Goodman and Christos Douroudis began offering open-water pilates and yoga classes earlier this summer and the response from the local community, they said, has been tremendous.

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Danvers

When the building where was sold, many wondered if owner Margaret Melanson would just close up shop.

But as the first ever consignment shop to open in Danvers over twenty eight years ago, Melanson at 75, was not nearly ready to throw in the towel on the business she has loved from the day she bought it from the original owner in 1984.

With a lot of help from her daughters, and some additional little luck finding the perfect space to relocate to, Margarets Place is back on track, and better than ever.

With gleaming wood floors, exposed brick walls, high ceilings with exposed natural wood beams, and an antique beehive fireplace, the new space is like a "dream come true." According to Melanson, "It's 110% better, honest to God. I just love it, you can see out of the windows, and the light comes in all day. I've only been here for about five weeks, and I went on vacation and I couldn't wait to get back."

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Peabody

It’s allowed under state law, but Frank Martino may have an uphill battle in front of him now that for a tidy profit and hoping to get a beer and wine license from the city to replace it.

Martino, who owns on Route 1, has an agreement with to . While asking the Peabody Licensing Board to approve that transfer, he’s simultaneously asking for the lesser package store license. Both points have raised some eyebrows on the board.

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has agreed to

The supermarket, which is located on Route 114, is purchasing the all-alcohol package store license from Frank Martino, who owns on Route 1 South. Martino is then planning to seek one of the beer and wine package store licenses the city holds, according to Licensing Board Clerk Julie Rydzewski.

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Peabody Patch recently chatted with Amanda Bavaro, who recently opened up Mind and Body Integration Therapies. The new health and wellness spa is located at 1 Roosevelt Ave.

She said: “Mind and Body Integration Therapies was opened in April 2012. My goal was to maximize one’s own potential mentally, physically and spiritually by using different bodywork modalities.

These modalities include deep tissue massage, Swedish massage, crystal healing, crystal massage, Reiki, meditation, magnified healing and more.”

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Swampscott

The shop offers 10 flavors of frozen yogurt, an 18-foot-long toppings bar with 30 toppings ranging from fresh fruit and nuts to cereals and candy, an outdoor seating area, and its signature feature wall with changing colors.

This store, unlike any other, has a private party room which will enable Swizzles of Swampscott to provide fun birthday parties.