Gloucester issues storm closure alert as nor'easter threatens weekend events. Also in today's brief (12 items): Town issues storm closure alert ahead of nor'easter; Licensing Board calls special meeting Monday; Human Rights Commission meets Monday at City Hall; Historical Commission mee…
Gloucester Zoning Board of Appeals denies Angle Street deck permit, 3-1, over fire-safety objections.
Gloucester's Planning Board debated a Jebica Lane land split as a mistakenly noticed hearing shifts to October 1. From our own coverage: Planning board weighs Jebica Lane land split. Also in today's brief (7 items): Gottlieb Foundation gives painting to Cape Ann Museum; Open Door names …
Five Gloucester-resident obituaries were published this week: Brophy, Robert Vincent; Byron, Deanna M. (Amaral); Downey, Helen I.; Noonan, David Paul Jr.; and Ruta, Stephanie Marie. Notable among them, Robert Vincent Brophy, 94, served in the Army as an Infantry Weapons Instructor at Fo…
Gloucester's registry recorded 14 property transfers between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, but only four carried a sale price so far, ranging from $103,855 to $859,000 with a median of $590,000. The period's top recorded sale was 13 Riverside Rd at $859,000, sold by Barbara J. Ouimette to Krist…
Gloucester's switch from trash bags to wheeled carts stretched into the weekend as delivery crews worked to catch up on backlogged routes. A town News Flash alert posted Saturday, Sept. 19, said crews were still finishing Thursday's delivery route and were "deep into" Friday's, the seco…
Gloucester Planning Board approves three-lot consolidation off Jebica Lane into two parcels. The board voted 4-0, with Member Beverly Bookin abstaining, to endorse an approval-not-required plan filed by trustees Deborah C.
Two Gloucester, MA obituaries were published this week: Verga, Kim M., 68, of Gloucester, who died August 27, 2026, and Watt, Thomas Joseph, 86, of Exeter, NH and Gloucester, MA, who died September 6, 2026, after a 35-year career in real estate finance and investment. Verga's notice was…
Gloucester recorded 15 property transfers between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12. Of those, five carried disclosed sale prices ranging from $299,000 to $1,300,000, with a median of $860,000. The month's top sale was 115 Leonard St. Lot A3 at $1,300,000, sold by Beatrice K. Nelson to Lois Goodell.…
Gloucester recorded 15 property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only four listed a sale price. Disclosed prices ranged from $700,000 to $4,805,000, with a median of $1,243,000 among those four. The month's top sale was 77 Norwood Heights, which sold for $4,805,000 to Chatham H…
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