When their son was in the third grade, Teri Canelle Eramo and her husband, Michael, moved from Beverly to the Byfield section of Newbury. Thirteen years later, their son is taking a gap year after graduating from Triton High School. An accomplished musician, Ben has been earning a living singing Billy Joel songs.

One reason Canelle Eramo said she loves Triton — the regional high school that educates students from Newbury, Salisbury, and Rowley — “is because of their support for Ben. Their music program is wonderful.’’

She knows a bit about pursuing your creative passion. She’s a painter who specializes in landscapes in the 19th-century tonalist style, many of them featuring the fields and marshes of the town. “There are so many beautiful views so close to home,’’ she said.

She and her husband, a lawyer, left his native Beverly when Teri decided it was beginning to feel congested. “I wanted something more rural, something quieter,’’ she said.

With a population of nearly 7,000, the small town spreads across three distinct districts: a waterfront stretch of Plum Island, the village of Byfield, and Newbury Center, sometimes called “Old Town.’’ Wedged between Newburyport and West Newbury to the north and Rowley to the south, the town includes large swaths of protected land.

Though she was born and raised in Pennsylvania, Canelle Eramo says she wouldn’t live anywhere else.

“There isn’t anything about it I would change,’’ she said.

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