The Gloucester Rotary Club has named Patrick Thorpe and Danny Williamson as Paul Harris Fellows, the prestigious award named after the Chicago lawyer who founded the Rotary movement in 1905. Thorpe was selected by a club committee of previous recipients…
By Joann Mackenzie Staff Writer MANCHESTER — This Saturday, Manchester-by-the-Sea once again shows the world why it is not like “Manchester-by-the-Sea,” the movie: its annual Festival by the Sea. The charm of Manchester-by-the-Sea, a town that had its beginnings in…
By Kathy Shiels Tully HANG AROUND THE BLOCK Gloucester is about so much more than fish sticks. The city’s string of Summer Block Parties continue on Aug 12, and Sept. 1 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Main Street. Party-goers of…
by Joann Mackenzie Staff Writer It’s the second year Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the city in planning downtown’s summer block parties, and “what we learned from last year,” says chamber events planner Kerry McKenna, “is that…
Around 175 people braved the 30-degree cold, some in bikinis and swim shorts, to jump into the ocean and fight against polio at Long Beach on Saturday. Luckily the tide was low and the sea was calm for the sixth…
The North of Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau held their Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony on Nov. 2 at the Beauport Hotel, 47 Commercial St., Gloucester. North of Boston CVB leadership presented the 2016 Essex County Tourism Awards, recognized 2016…