The Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce strives to educate and inform the community surrounding our local elections. The Chamber recently invited each Gloucester City Council candidate to submit responses to the following questions developed by our Government Affairs Council. Below are the five questions asked: Please click the links below to view candidate responses […]
2025 Mayoral Candidates Answer GCACC Government Affairs Council Questions
Click the questions below to see the responses from each candidate. Responses from each candidate are available for download at the bottom of this page. Download Responses from Individual Candidates
Letter to the Editor: Support Local Restaurants, Vote no on Question 5
As Massachusetts voters head to the polls on November 5th, a key ballot question asks whether the tipped minimum wage should be eliminated, gradually raising pay for tipped employees to match the state minimum wage. This proposal might sound beneficial at first glance, but for the locally owned restaurants, bars, and small businesses that are […]
Tarr Takes Steps for Senior Tax Relief
Major Steps Include Hosting Seminars on Senior Circuit Breaker Tax Credit and Adoption of Successful Amendment Increasing the Amount of Work-Off Program Boston – State Senator Bruce Tarr is taking steps to ensure seniors get the maximum benefit from the recently passed tax relief bill An Act to Improve the Commonwealth’s Competitiveness, Affordability, and Equity, which […]
We are thrilled to announce Stephen Buckley as incoming CEO of the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce.
The Board and I are very excited to announce that Gloucester resident and Boston area business executive Stephen Buckley will succeed Ken Riehl as the organization’s chief executive officer. Steve was selected following a four-month search that attracted more than 50 candidates from across the U.S. The search committee presented its recommendation to the Chamber’s […]
Cape Ann YMCA Announces New Executive Director, Erina McWilliam-Lopez
I’m excited to announce that we have completed our four-month-long Executive Search process. We were thrilled with the caliber of applicants we interviewed from our local area as well as across the country. It is my great pleasure to share with you that Erina McWilliam-Lopez has accepted the role of Executive Director of the Cape […]