Gloucester News

The Shakespearean character Shylock - the Jewish money lender whose role has been a focal point of debate for centuries - is coming alive this weekend.

The Manchester Athletic Club is building more than just its members' muscles these days.

"Nuanced" - I am the first to admit - has never been the word that came immediately to mind when I thought of vodka, gin or rum.

A Gloucester man who pleaded guilty to charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, assault, resisting arrest and three counts of threatening to commit a crime received a one year suspended sentence and was put on probation for two years by Judge Joseph Jennings in Gloucester District Court yesterday.

The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education this morning voted not to revoke its approval of the Gloucester Community Arts Charter School despite a now active investigation by the Massachusetts Inspector General into whether the charter was improperly granted last winter.

Crews from National Grid responded to Rockport several times this weekend to repair utility poles damaged in Saturday's coastal storm.

Nicolette Tirri, 51, of 378 Mill St., Hamilton, was arrested Friday night and charged with trespassing.

The men and woman who marched to Legion Square yesterday for the annual Veterans Day laying of wreathes and playing of taps, had new names to remember, new acts of sacrifice for which to pay tribute.

School Committee member Beverley Dunne knew her fight was in vain, but she made her case anyway: Too few Peabody kids would benefit from a regional vocational program and its very existence could spell disaster for the city's current vocational programs.

A 35-year-old Gloucester woman was arrested on drug charges Monday after a police officer reportedly witnessed her participation in a drug deal on East Main Street at 4:44 p.m. Alisha M. York, of 90 East Main St., was charged with illegal possession of heroin, intent to distribute heroin, and sale of drugs in a school zone.

The man police believe was the knife-wielding robber who made off with cash from Gloucester's White Hen Pantry early Monday morning was taken into custody today.

A convicted felon who had been deported, then re-entered the country illegally, was arrested by Gloucester and Peabody police as part of a month-long drug sweep in Essex County.

A knife-wielding robber hit The White Hen Pantry on Bass Avenue this morning, and police say they suspect the assailant is a man involved in three other recent armed robberies.

Ray Lamont I had a few "happy thought" dollars to offer at our Gloucester Rotary meeting this past Tuesday.

Thursday: Taco salad, meatball sub on whole wheat roll, cheese with lettuce and tomato, chef's choice, apple, milk Friday: Chef's special, cheese pizza, tossed salad, chef's choice, milk O'Maley Middle School Monday: Bacon cheeseburger, tossed salad, potato puffs, fruit Tuesday: Chicken Parmesan sub, carrots and celery, fresh fruit Wednesday: ...

Bruce P. Nichols, 21, of 76 North St., Georgetown, had assault and battery charges continued without a finding for six months in Gloucester District Court yesterday.

Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, who lived in Gloucester in the early 1970s, is one of 12 acts nominated for the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame for 2010.

Intershell International Corp.'s attractive, modern one-acre seafood complex at 52 Commercial St.

More clinics are opening up for Massachusetts residents to get the H1N1 vaccine.

The Gloucester skipper of the power boat involved in a fatal 2008 collision in Buzzards Bay pleaded guilty yesterday to negligent operation of a vessel, death involved, and was given a one-year suspended sentence and 10 years probation.