(Photographs by Jack Reynolds)
Downtown Tuckerton has a new storefront that’s getting a lot of attention. Across from the Emporium is the new Seaport Tattoo Parlour, with its telltale red and gold sign, beckoning to all who are attracted to the culture and tradition of the ancient form of body art.
From a very young age, shop owner Desmond Mooney was fascinated by tattoos and tattooing, a line of work to which he felt not just drawn, but destined.
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