July 1st, 2014 By Ray Lamont Read on Gloucester Times When Gloucester’s average monthly unemployment rate fell in April to 7.2 percent, it marked the city’s lowest jobless rate in 18 months. Now, state figures show that Gloucester’s unemployment rate…
June 2nd, 2014 By Times Staff Read on Gloucester Times The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce each year names a business person from each of the four Cape Ann communities and honors each winner in conjunction with its celebration of Small…
July 7th, 2014 By Ray Lamont Read on Gloucester Times The state’s latest labor and workforce statistics show that 472 more Cape Ann residents were holding down jobs when the current summer tourism season began than had been working at…
June 14th, 2014 By Ray Lamont Read on Gloucester Times The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce has received another key green light for its Cape Ann license plate benefit project, thanks to the state’s Registry of Motor Vehicles. The RMV…
August 11th, 2014 By Times Staff Read on the Gloucester Times After months of planning, seven top-flight blues acts took the stage at Stage Fort Park Saturday — and more than 1,200 music fans turned out to dance, sing along…
August 12th, 2014 By Gloucester Times Staff Read on Gloucester Times Two of Cape Ann’s newest “traditions” proved to be glowing successes again this past weekend. First, the third annual Gloucester Blues Festival drew more than 1,200 music lovers to…