If you live in Old Town, you already know the waterfront rhythm. Saturday market at Market Square, a walk down King, maybe a drink at the pier. This summer breaks the rhythm. For a stretch of about ten weeks between mid-June and late August, the half mile of shoreline between Oronoco Bay Park and Point Lumley is running a program of tall ships, fireworks, sculpture, and food festivals that most neighborhoods experience once a generation, if at all. And thanks to a quiet zoning change last fall, the walk from your front door to the water has never been shorter.
Here is what is actually happening, when, and how to plan around it.
The change that reframes the whole summer
Start with the piece of news that doesn't come with a fireworks poster.
