Gloucester News

May 23--Films by Gloucester's Sarah Green, an Oscar-nominated producer, are now showing both in her hometown and at a nearby cineplex.

Tacking on special commissions and bumping up spending in areas across the nearly $33.9 billion budget proposal, the Senate on Wednesday charged through more than half the 725 amendments before it during its first day of annual budget deliberations.

Stratford and Duralie Coal general manager Doug Gordon a Sjoined representatives from 19 community groups for the presentation of funds from its community grants program.

A Danvers man was killed early Saturday morning after an incident outside a Gloucester apartment complex.

A Republican lawmaker is pushing for a law allowing Massachusetts to recoup public benefits given to anyone later convicted of using of a weapon of mass destruction.

The City of Gloucester says preserving New England's fishing industry is in the nation's best interest, but they'll need federal dollars to save it.

The Massachusetts State Senate Ways & Means Committee released a budget proposal Wednesday just shy of $34 billion for fiscal year 2014 that falls short of several of Gov.

GLOUCESTER families haven't been forgotten in the 2013 Federal Budget with $45,000 allocated to a long-running P&C campaign to buy a school bus.

When fisheries regulation gets a makeover in the next year or two, the New England fishery intends to get into the debate early to impress on regulators how badly served the region has been under existing rules.

Police Memorial Sunday will be observed this weekend in Hamilton. The Hamilton Police Relief Association is organizing the event as part of Police Memorial Week.

Twenty-eight firefighters converged on Riverhead Beach Wednesday running a network of lines through fire trucks and sending streams of water arcing into the harbor.

Many products from famous and up-and-coming companies are made in Massachusetts including toys, drugs, and robots.

The Mackerel-Squid-Butterfish Monitoring Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council plans two meetings to develop specifications for next year.

Today is Tuesday, May 7. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Clearing: Tuesday is expected to start out much the way Monday started, with some fog before eventual clearing with the temperature getting into the 60s.

Enjoy some of the nature that Plum Island has to offer via bike when you ride through this 6-mile barrier beach that extends south of Newburyport.

Police today identified the two people who drowned when they were swept into the Atlantic Ocean while walking along the rocky shores of Brace Cove in this North Shore city on Sunday.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. - Officials say two people are dead after being pulled from the water off Gloucester's Eastern Point.

This is no small feat of memory, given that she wore this gown to a ball in Truro, Nova Scotia, on New Year's Eve, 1942.

This diary is partly a response to Stephen Wolf's amazing diary about nonpartisan redistricting.

West wind 9 to 16 mph. Sunrise: 5:46 a.m. High tide: 11:33 a.m. Low tide: 5:35 p.m. Sunset: 7:36 p.m. 2. Civic Meetings I: Town business gets addressed in several meetings today, among them the Municipal Light Board set for 4 p.m. at 80 Commercial St.