The Gloucester Fire Department extinguished a closet fire in a two-family home on Green Street early Sunday morning, Aug. 25. (Photo courtesy Gloucester Fire Department) GLOUCESTER — Chief Eric Smith reports that the Gloucester Fire Department extinguished a fire inside…

GLOUCESTER – Conor MacCorkle, CFO/Treasurer/Collector, announced that the City of Gloucester received competitive bids from bond and note underwriters on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, for a $49,140,000, 25-year general obligation bond issue and a $10,259,588 380-day bond anticipation note issue. …

GLOUCESTER – On Wednesday, August 21, the Gloucester Health Department closed Plum Cove, Cressy’s, and Half Moon beaches due to enterococci exceedances.  The department also kept Good Harbor Creek closed following a second day of enterococci exceedances.  The beaches will…

WINTHROP — Police Chief John Goodwin and the Winthrop Police Department have noticed an increasing amount of scooters and mopeds on the roads of Winthrop and would like to remind residents of the following laws and safety guidelines for operating…

BOSTON – A Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to conspiring to illegally traffic and straw purchase firearms. Cory Daigle, 29, of Revere, pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking in firearms; one count…

NORTH ANDOVER – The Office of the Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker and North Andover Police Chief Charles Gray announce that two deaths yesterday at a North Andover home are being viewed by investigators as an apparent murder-suicide. The…