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The storm off the Northeast coast on Oct. 30, 1991, in a NOAA satellite image. File photo: NOAA, via the National Park Service

Harbor and Environment

35 years later, remembering the six men of the Andrea Gail

Six men left Gloucester for the Grand Banks in September 1991 and never came home. The city still remembers them.

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Ballot questions, Nov. 3

Facts on each question. We take no position.

  1. Q1 Public records for the Legislature and the GovernorShort summary read by Kerry Jane · Read the full explainer
  2. Q2 A union for public defendersPosts Sun., Nov. 1
  3. Q3 One all-party primaryShort summary read by Kerry Jane · Read the full explainer
  4. Q4 Registering to vote on Election DayPosts Thu., Oct. 29
  5. Q5 The state tax capPosts Thu., Oct. 29
  6. Q6 The Nature for All FundPosts Fri., Oct. 30
  7. Q7 Homes on 5,000 square foot lotsShort summary read by Kerry Jane · Read the full explainer
  8. Q8 Ending recreational marijuana salesPosts Fri., Oct. 30
  9. Q9 The 2024 firearms lawPosts Sat., Oct. 31

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Schools

School meetings this week

Wed Oct 28Gloucester School Committee Meeting, 6:00 PM

Wed Oct 28Gloucester schools: School Committee Meeting, 6:00 PM

Thu Oct 29Manchester Essex schools: Essex School Building Committee: Community Meeting, 6:00 PM

Fri Oct 30Manchester Essex schools: ESBC - Communications Working Group, 11:30 AM

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Coming up

Thu Oct 29Artful Conversations: “Morning, Gloucester Harbor,” by Frederick J. Mulhaupt, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Gloucester

Thu Oct 29Sawyer Sounds: Residency Demonstrations, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Gloucester

Sat Oct 31Film: Hotel Transylvania, 11 a.m., Rockport

Sat Oct 31YES! Year End Show: Rocky Neck Art Colony Members, noon to 5 p.m., Gloucester

Sat Oct 31Manchester Essex Girls Field Hockey vs. Triton, 1 to 2 p.m., Manchester

Sun Nov 1Create Together!, 2 to 4 p.m., Rockport

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Obituaries

Salvatore R. Scola, Gloucester, 67
Scott A. Wonkka, Gloucester, 55
Marguerite H. Fears, Rockport, 91

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