Interesting topic for this site. I've grown many veggies and herbs thru-out the years. Herbs, as you might have experienced are easy to grow. Many like to be on a window sill in direct or indirect sunlight. I'm in Fl. so our growing season is a bit different than yours. However, it shouldn't matter if grown indoors. Be careful with the rosemary as it can get out of hand fairly quickly. I planted one twig and it took over a 4x4 plot in no time.
BTW, spent many a summer in my youth, 1950s, at my G-parents beach house in Westport right on the beach a stones through from the RI line. Great times I will never forget. Unfortunately, my cousin got the property after the death of my G-mother and tore the cottage down.