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Letter to editor: Taxpayer owed answers for plans to raise $11M for new costs
In the last month - and without any vote or meaningful consensus from city residents - Gloucester taxpayers have been committed to covering more than $11.5 million worth of capital construction costs, with more than $5 million of it to be spent in Danvers. Comment?
... police reports, this is the third vandalism incident at the home in less than a week. Police have no suspects. A Gloucester woman was transported to Addison Gilbert Hospital by rescue squad at 11:45 a.m. yesterday after she fell on Eastern Avenue. ... Comment?
... play "Silent Night" at the lighting of the Memory Tree in front of Essex Town Hall last night. Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times Marilyn Klypka-Simpson hangs an ornament at the lighting of the Memory Tree in front of Essex Town Hall last ... Comment?
Stop & Shop maps plans for wind turbine to power store
Supermarket chain Stop & Shop is placing a big bet on wind power at its Bass Avenue shopping center, even as the store faces stiff new competition from Gloucester Crossing. Comment?
Rockport squabbling over displays
Rockport political and business leaders are squabbling over whether store-owners should be allowed to display merchandise outside their stores, the Gloucester Daily Times reports. Comment?
Fishing sectors 'set up to fail,' coalition says
... small boat fleet based here is given no chance of surviving by a fleet owner and the executive director of the Gloucester-based Northeast Seafood Coalition, where the vast majority of the cooperatives are being organized. "Federal law has set ... Comment?
Comeau and Evans are driving force of Magicians' defense
... only 14.1 points per game - second in the Northeastern Conference to Divison 1A unbeaten Super Bowl participant Gloucester (9.3). Senior Matt O'Neill was also a key cog in the defense until he was lost to injury earlier this season. "They are ... Comment?
Division 1: Everett vs. Xaverian, 6 p.m. Division 1A: Gloucester vs. Bridgewater-Raynham, 8 p.m. Division 2: Reading vs. Comment?
Councilors vote to join megavoke district
... Tech and Peabody's high school vocational program. The unanimous vote means that Salem joins Peabody, Danvers, Gloucester and other communities to opt into the proposed district. "It's an opportunity I think we can't pass up," Ward 1 Councilor ... Comment?
Mayor formally backs Capuano for Senate seat
Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk said last weekend she was "leaning" toward backing Congressman Michael Capuano to take the U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Edward M. Kennedy. Comment?
State fines city, cites water woes
The state has ordered Gloucester to pay $15,000 for clean water violations during this summer's drinking water crisis, with another $67,000 in potential penalties if the city does not adequately fix the Babson drinking water treatment plant. Comment?
Rain, winds, record heat hit Northeast on same day
... coast of New Hampshire recorded a 61 mph gust. In New Jersey, wind speeds topped out at 45 mph. Brandon Jenko of Gloucester, Mass. frames a photo on a windy, balmy day in Gloucester Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 as waves break over the railing along the ... Comment?
... Division 3: Marblehead vs. Bishop Feehan (11 a.m.); Division 2A: Masconomet vs. Marshfield (1:30); Division 1A: Gloucester vs. Bridgewater-Raynham (8). Boys hockey - Berwick at Pingree (4). Girls basketball - Pingree at Brooks (4:30). COLLEGE Track ... Comment?
... supplied the pies for the winners and six people whose names were drawn at random. Jake Hennessey, 20, of Gloucester was the first to cross the finish line in the 2.8-mile run with a time of 15:22. That also made him the top runner among men ages 20 ... Comment?
Dirty Water: Gloucester fined $82,000 for violations
The state Department of Environmental Protection fined the City of Gloucester more than $82,000 for violations of Massachusetts drinking water guidelines stemming from operational and oversight issues during a 20-day boil water ordinance last August. Comment?
Mews leaves a memory that calls diners back
... potato cake filled with Huntsman cheese - a layered combination of the English varieties, Stilton and double Gloucester. It was a breath-taking, edible landscape resting on a large potato cake. Small puffy green beans, fried with transfat-free oil, ... Comment?
Insights and Outbursts: Spirituality woven by women
... Marie, an outspoken advocate of clergy abuse victims, I met when she spoke at a Voice of the Faithful meeting in Gloucester. With a vision to "create together what we need based on new models of inclusion, collaboration and empowerment," Sacred ... Comment?
... to report her carbon monoxide detector activated. Rescuers transported the woman to Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester to be checked out. Firefighters were unable to detect any carbon monoxide. Rescuers transported a Seaview Street woman to ... Comment?
Salvation Army finds fundraising slow in tough times
... to the following donors from Cape Ann: Anonymous, $10 Ellen H. Goll of Rockport, $50 Sherrill A. Beaulieu of Gloucester, $20 Florence R. Williams of Gloucester, $25 Frances Hines of Magnolia, $10 Elizabeth Graham of Rockport, $10 Anonymous of ... Comment?
Tunes on the Town: Dec. 3 - Dec. 6
... rolls in The harmony specialty band, The Tide will bring their Baird Bros. lunacy to the Rhumbline again. These Gloucester Beatles featuring guitar virtouso Dr. David Keen, will charm the smiles and dancing feet out of their audience, singing ... Comment?