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Bass Rocks Golf Club
EntertainmentClassic seaside challenge: Bass Rocks Golf Club is a classic 1896 Herbert Leeds seaside links with Atlantic views on nearly every hole, mischievous winds, chocolate drop mounds, and fast, firm bent/poa greens where staying below the pin is gospel...
The Maud / Olson Library at CAM Green
Arts & CultureFor Gloucester poetry nerds: The Maud / Olson Library at CAM Green, a project of the Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, is a non-circulating trove of over 4,000 volumes Ralph Maud assembled to map Charles Olson’s reading, ideal for locals who want to chase Gloucester’s favorite poet down the most…
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Most read in Gloucester
The five stories Gloucester readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.
Mass. voters to decide on future of recreational marijuana laws
Massachusetts voters are set to vote on Ballot Initiative 8, which would criminalize the retail sale of recreational marijuana and allow people over the age of 21 to possess up to one ounce without criminal penalties.
Full story at tuftsdaily.com ↗
New acting police chief in charge in Gloucester
Lt. Michael Gossom has been appointed as acting interim police chief in Gloucester, Massachusetts, replacing Edward Conley III, the previous permanent police chief.
Full story at nbcboston.com ↗
Healey pressures utilities to issue refunds before winter bills hit
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has urged utilities to fast-track refunds that are not legally due to ratepayers until late spring due to a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that reduced profits that New England transmission utilities can earn on their investments and…
Full story at nbcboston.com ↗
Marblehead community mourns loss of star high school athlete who died suddenly
Owen Coyne, a three-sport athlete and co-captain of the Marblehead High School football team, died suddenly from a brain hemmorhage.
Full story at whdh.com ↗
PFAS chemicals are in most Mass. rivers and waterways tested in new report
A report by MASSPIRG Education Fund, Environment Massachusetts Research and Policy Center, and Frontier Group has revealed that most of Massachusetts rivers, ponds, and other waterways detected contamination from PFAS chemicals.
Full story at wgbh.org ↗
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