Gloucester News

A 9-month old baby locked itself in a car with its mother outside calling for help Thursday at 6:13 p.m. in the parking lot of Stop & Shop on Thatcher Road.

Tonight's Fishtown Horribles Parade and the fireworks that will follow will kick off a busy weekend of Fourth of July holiday celebrations.

Gloucester's Rocky Neck is an artistic haven full of quaint galleries, exquisite views, and funky shops and restaurants.

A long shower landed an Atlantic Road man in hot water with his former wife, and then police.

When 47-year-old Barney Cashman decides he doesn't want to be left behind in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, he delves into adultery, three times.

Three Gloucester men were placed on pretrial probation for one year stemming from a March incident where a man was beaten in the Walgreen's parking lot.

The Coast Guard is on the lookout for a 32-foot sailboat stolen from Rockport Harbor earlier this week.

Gloucester police reported several arrests and incidents yesterday related to St.

Donald K. Shatford Jr., 50, of 10 Dalton Ave., Gloucester, was handed a two-year suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges of heroin possession stemming from an August 2008 incident, and on charges of possession of Class B and Class E substances stemming from a September 2008 incident.

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Ronald Gravel, 61, of 38 Summer St., was arrested Monday on an outstanding warrant for a restraining order violation in Lynn District Court.

The owners of Gloucester's fish auction have challenged the federal government's plans to close the auction for 10 days for allegedly keeping a false record about illegally caught cod.

A Gloucester man was sentenced to probation on multiple charges stemming from two motor vehicle theft incidents.

Bruce E. Salley, 37, of 8 Shore Ave., Beverly, was sentenced to 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to charges of driving without a license.

One of New England's best-known clam shacks is shutting its doors for a few days to accommodate Hollywood.

Two weeks into its landmark final season at the Rockport Art Association, the Rockport Chamber Music Festival is drawing some big-time attention.

A Fort Square resident who police say has been canvassing the North Shore for women and girls willing to enter his pornographic video "contest" is behind bars on charges of harassment and soliciting children to pose nude or in sexual conduct.

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A Gloucester High 10th-grader was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, previously known as swine flu, and school officials urged parents to keep sick kids at home.

A Gloucester couple had assault and battery charges filed against one another dismissed yesterday in Gloucester District Court.