Gloucester News

Bruce P. Nichols, 21, of 76 North St., Georgetown, had assault and battery charges continued without a finding for six months in Gloucester District Court yesterday.

Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, who lived in Gloucester in the early 1970s, is one of 12 acts nominated for the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame for 2010.

Intershell International Corp.'s attractive, modern one-acre seafood complex at 52 Commercial St.

More clinics are opening up for Massachusetts residents to get the H1N1 vaccine.

The Gloucester skipper of the power boat involved in a fatal 2008 collision in Buzzards Bay pleaded guilty yesterday to negligent operation of a vessel, death involved, and was given a one-year suspended sentence and 10 years probation.

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Gov. Deval Patrick appears to be starting to get it: Massachusetts taxpayers, from Gloucester to Great Barrington, Rockport to Rehoboth, are tapped out.

Former Gloucester firefighters' union president Clinton Carroll was cleared of indecent child assault charges in court today, then vowed to fight the City Hall forces he says are trying to keep him from returning to the Fire Department.

For the first time since 1997, Gloucester's sitting mayor does not have an opponent on the ballot in a local general election.

Tuesday's at-large City Council election will see the departure from city government - at least for a while - of one well-known and long-serving public servant.

A Salisbury woman was sentenced to jail time by Judge Joseph Jennings in Gloucester District Court for breaking into two Gloucester homes on Oct.

Hundreds of fishermen are expected to gather in Gloucester to rally against what they say are "unrealistic" regulations and "dysfunctional" management.

Catholic churches on Cape Ann, along with other parishes in Archdiocese of Boston, will be making some changes to traditional rituals this flu season.

A Rockport man who police say frequently dressed as a ninja was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to a pair of weapons charges.

People items should be sent to the Gloucester Daily Times, Whittemore Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, via e-mail to gdt@gloucestertimes.com or faxed to 978-282-4397. Episcopal Divinity School recently celebrated its 2009 fall matriculation ceremony, welcoming 21 newly matriculating students into the seminary community.

Spending quality time with your child is important, but one mom in Gloucester, Massachusetts is in trouble for allegedly taking her son on trips to buy and sell heroin.

A Gloucester man is facing a charge of assault with a knife following an altercation outside of Pratty's on Parker Street on Thursday evening.

Ninety-three-year-old Louis Vesprini of Peabody was looking for a parking space when he stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake, driving through two red posts into the store's exit doors, police reported.

This is a week of sevens and shorts with today's North End Film Festival and tomorrow's "Fall Shorts .

Retired Marblehead High School Principal John Ziergiebel, a long time Gloucester High School English teacher, has lost his battle with cancer, dying yesterday morning.