Gloucester

Darth Lobster

Sith Lobster landed in Gloucester.

Seagrams 7 is very popular in Gloucester

Muffy White reports she and her family decided to clean up the side of the road near their home. Among the crap they found in just a third of a mile: "161 small bottles of Seagrams 7."

GLAD Summer Party

Join Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders at our annual Summer Party held outside in the heart of Provincetown, MA on Saturday, July 27 from 4:00-7:00PM. Enjoy the view of the harbor, mingle with other GLAD supporters and learn more about our ground-breaking cases.

Tickets are $75 online | $85 on site | $30 student
Purchase at www.glad.org/events.

Don't miss our amazing auction and celebrity auctioneer Kate Clinton. You don't have to be present to win. Travel packages, restaurants, massages, and much more - something for everyone!

Children are welcome to attend (at no charge) and will enjoy a range of fun activities.

Delicious summer fare and refreshing cocktails provided.

More information, tickets and sponsorships are available at www.glad.org/events.

Blade sitter

Good Morning Gloucester posts photos and video of a a guy perched on the edge of a blade at a new wind turbine yesterday to make some finishing touches. With winds gusting to 35 m.p.h.

Only in New England: Which town has the best Christmas tree made out of lobster traps?

Good Morning Gloucester posts a completely unbiased poll on the efforts of Gloucester and two other ports.

Dusk on the water

Gloucester sunset

Joey Ciaramitaro watched the sun go down over Gloucester Harbor last night. You want to see the large version.

Copyright Joey Ciaramitaro. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Some assembly required

Gloucester got its big-ass wind turbine today. In pieces.

Small earthquake offshore

A 2.5-magnitude quake struck about 41 miles east of Rockport around 10:30 p.m. yesterday. At least one Boston-area resident reports feeling his building shake and saw his houseplants sway.

Cat surrenders second of nine lives to coyote

A report on a cat on Cape Ann that survived getting chomped by a coyote. Complete with photo of the tooth hole the coyote left behind in the cat's head.

Albino lobster landed at Gloucester today

Good Morning Gloucester has the photos and video to prove it.

Daybreak

Gloucester sunrise

Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, 4:45 a.m. today. Photo by Joey Ciaramitaro.

Copyright Joey Ciaramitaro. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Gloucester Harbor, 4:35 this morning

Gloucester Harbor, pre-dawn

Joey Ciaramitaro gets up early for his job on the waterfront.

Copyright, Joey Ciarmitaro. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Gloucester High students face penalties for racist tweets after Bruins loss

The Gloucester Daily Times reports at least four students are facing suspension from extracurricular activities because of anti-black tweets linked to them over the way Joel Ward scored the winning goal against the Bruins on April 18.

Tea-party ship leaves Gloucester; to arrive in Boston in time for real Patriots Day

Good Morning Gloucester has photos of the Beaver, the first of three ships meant for the Tea Party Museum, leaving Gloucester on its way to Fort Point Channel.

It's scheduled to arrive in the channel tomorrow morning, on the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord.

Light dawns over Gloucester

Gloucester harbor at sunrise

First light over Gloucester Harbor.

Joey Ciaramitaro at Good Morning Gloucester photographed the South Channel at 5:12 a.m. today.

Copyright Joe Ciaramitaro. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Gloucester shuts woods due to fire risk

Good Morning Gloucester reports.

Miss Farrell and Capt. Louis Thebaud on board the fishing schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud at Gloucester

Miss Farrell and Capt. Louis Thebaud

Didn't we see him in a Tin Tin strip?

In 1930, Louis A. Thebaud had a fishing and racing schooner commissioned and named for his wife. The Boston Public Library this week posted a bunch of photos of the schooner, including some of its celebrated first races against the Bluenose, before which Thebaud posed with Miss Ferrell. You can watch part of a later race, filmed from the deck of the Bluenose.

Posted under this Creative Commons license.

Suspicious white powder at Gloucester train station

Gloucester in the, um, snow

Tom Bruno arrived at the Gloucester commuter-rail stop this morning to find it coated in all this white powder and wonders what in the world it could be.