Fine Fettle – Rowley

Staff writer Jack Shea covered both openings on July 2, 2020 for The Daily News of Newburyport and the Salem News. His reporting says Cape Ann Cannabis opened June 19, 2020 in the Rowley Crossing Plaza at 300 Newburyport Turnpike, and that Fine Fettle Dispensary opened June 22, 2020; the article printed its address as 117 Newburyport Turnpike, while a Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission record dated April 10, 2019 gives the business address as 116 Newburyport Turnpike. Shea also revisited a 2018 disagreement during Cape Ann's local approval process, when upstairs tenant Northeast Counseling Associates worried a marijuana shop below could disrupt its practice; owner Spencer Kalker told the paper he later worked things out with his neighbors. A separate commission filing dated July 9, 2020 states that FFD Enterprises MA, Inc. was approved for provisional licensure that day and had paid all applicable license fees.

The supplied route data measures a few named destinations from the store. Bradley Palmer State Park is 4.69 miles and about 8 minutes by car, or 4.86 miles and roughly 106 minutes on foot. Mass Audubon's Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary is 5.51 miles and about 10 minutes by car, or 5.48 miles and roughly 120 minutes walking. Newburyport is 7.36 miles and about 12 minutes by car. The driving figures are traffic-unaware estimates and do not account for live conditions.