Essex: Maria Burnham and her husband Charles, right, load up the back of their truck with mums with the help of Robbie Coviello at Joshua's Corner Antiques Thursday afternoon. 2000 mums were delivered to Joshua's Corner Antiques for business owners and residents to come pick up so the plants can be displayed around downtown Essex as part of the Essex Merchants Group's "Mums the Word" campaign to beautify downtown. The Burnham's were picking up mums for the Essex Ship Building Museum and belived they had 37 plants in their truck and were coming back for more. Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times

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