Gloucester Daily Times

12/19/2025

The special election will take place Tuesday, March 31, according to Ana Karina Vivas, communications director for Speaker Ronald Mariano, D-Quincy. The House called for the election Thursday and it was confirmed by Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, who said nomination papers are available for would-be candidates. The special primaries will be held March 3.

On the day the Massachusetts House of Representatives agreed to hold a special election fill the seat of the late Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, D-Gloucester, a Republican announced her entry into

12/18/2025

🚧 Attention Residents: We want to inform you that due to valve repairs at the intersection of Magnolia Ave and Essex Ave, there will be a water disruption on Essex Ave from Magnolia Ave to Concord Street. This may also impact surrounding sidestreets. You might experience low or no water pressure during this time. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused and are working diligently to restore your water service as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding! 💧🙏

12/18/2025

The North Shore Regional 911 Center has already taken an “action step,” state State Senator Bruce Tarr said, establishing a policy and priorities for wrong-way driving incidents for telecommunication purposes.

ESSEX — On the heels of the death of a New Hampshire man in a crash involving a wrong-way driver on Route 128 in Danvers, area legislators and local and

12/16/2025

On Wednesday, Dec. 17, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., residents are invited to the Sawyer Free Library Community Room for Imagining a Downtown Gloucester Community Center and Grocery Store: Lessons from the Melrose Plaza in Roanoke, Virginia, to learn about how the project came together.

Some called it ghetto Shaw’s.

12/15/2025

Warming center info

12/15/2025

Gloucester Police Department (Official) offers tips on preventing package theft 📦

As the holidays approach, residents should be aware that the number of package thefts will increase. Residents should consider the following tips from the Better Business Bureau to help safeguard …

12/14/2025

It was an emotional opening night at Talbot Rink on Saturday as the Gloucester boys hockey team celebrated the life of Christopher Dailey with a jersey retirement and ceremony

Life is fragile.

12/14/2025

A reader brought this in last week. It’s the Aug. 23, 1923, edition - all about the city’s 300th anniversary!

12/11/2025

Presenting our annual Gloucester Daily Times winter sports Female All-Stars and Player of the Year

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

12/11/2025

Donors needed!

12/10/2025

Presenting our annual Gloucester Daily Times fall sports Male All-Star Team:

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

12/08/2025

School officials plan to meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, on the status of the Essex Elementary School project. The Dec. 10 budget meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. virtually and in person at the Learning Commons at the Manchester Essex Regional Middle High School, 36 Lincoln St. in Manchester.

MANCHESTER-BY-THE SEA — The public may weigh in this week on Manchester Essex Regional School District’s Essex Elementary School building project and its tentative $35 milion budget for fiscal year