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Gloucester City Council Hears Budget Pleas, Will Vote on FY2027 Spending June 16

GLOUCESTER — June 9, 2026 — Gloucester City Council faces budget vote after flood of school funding testimony. More than 40 teachers, students, and parents addressed the council at a June 9 public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget, with nearly every speaker urging a level-service or higher school

Gloucester Planning Board Advances Applied Materials Expansion Toward June 18 Decision

GLOUCESTER — June 4, 2026 — Gloucester Planning Board hears first presentation on Applied Materials' largest-ever campus expansion. The board held a public hearing June 4 on a Watershed Protection Overlay Special Permit and site plan review for a proposed three-story, roughly 130,000-square-foot addition to the

Gloucester ZBA Approves All Eight Applications at Packed May Meeting

GLOUCESTER — May 28, 2026 — Gloucester's Zoning Board of Appeals granted all eight special permits and variances on its May 28 docket, with no applications denied or continued. Chair Joe Parisi led the board through applications spanning a waterfront soaking pool at 50 Raleigh Shore Road, a full demolition

Gloucester Council Votes 8-1 to Adopt Nine-Month Historic Demolition Delay Ordinance

GLOUCESTER — May 26, 2026 — Gloucester City Council adopts demolition delay ordinance, votes 8-1 to protect historic buildings. The council Monday approved a new Article 6 to the city's building ordinance requiring the Gloucester Historical Commission to review demolition permit applications for any of the roughly 1,100

Gloucester Planning Board Continues All Three Agenda Items, Sets June and August Hearings

GLOUCESTER — May 21, 2026 — Gloucester Planning Board votes unanimously to continue all active items at May 21 session. The board voted 7-0 on three separate continuances: a Major Project Special Permit for a 40-unit mixed-use development at 150 Main Street submitted by Gloucester Maine, LLC, pushed to

Gloucester Council Approves Applied Materials Expansion, Eyes 800 New Jobs

Gloucester City Council voted 9-0 to approve a building-height special permit for an Applied Materials logistics expansion at 11 Dory Road that company officials say could grow the firm's local workforce from 1,200 to 2,000 employees within 10 years.

Gloucester ZBA Approves Eight Permits, Splits on Washington Street Variance

GLOUCESTER — May 14, 2026 — Gloucester Zoning Board approves eight applications and splits 4-1 on a contested Washington Street variance at its May meeting. The board's most debated item pitted architect Joseph Taramina, representing 970 Washington Street owners Josh and Ann Marie Palmer, against attorney Bill Heaney of

Gloucester School Committee Hears Public Pleas to Close $1.35 Million Budget Gap

GLOUCESTER — May 13, 2026 — Gloucester school supporters pack committee meeting to oppose a $1.35 million funding gap threatening 22.5 positions. More than two dozen speakers testified during a formal public hearing Tuesday as Superintendent Ben Lummis presented a $56.8 million level-service budget request — a $2.6

Gloucester Council Approves Applied Materials Height Variance, School Advocates Demand Budget Action

GLOUCESTER — May 12, 2026 — Gloucester council approves Applied Materials expansion permit as school advocates pack public comment. The Gloucester City Council voted 7-0 at its May 12 meeting to grant a special permit allowing Applied Materials Incorporated to build a three-story manufacturing and engineering addition at 35 Dory

Gloucester Planning Board Continues 40-Unit Main Street Project Review to May 21

GLOUCESTER — May 7, 2026 — Gloucester Planning Board unanimously delays review of 40-unit mixed-use project at 150 Main Street. The board voted 6-0 at its May 7 meeting to continue the major project special permit application filed by Gloucester, Maine, LLC — covering Assessor's Map 8, Lot

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