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Upcoming Cape Ann public meetings

A list of public meetings coming up in the next 60 days, for one town or all four, with the time and place, the agenda when it is posted, an add to calendar file and a link to the meeting's page in plain words. Made for town, school, library and community group websites.

Type
Widget (embeddable tool)
Towns
Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea
Topics
Government, Meetings, Schools
Data
Cape Ann public meetings
Version
Data release 1.0.20261008; widget 1.0.0
Last released
2026-10-08
Expected updates
With each data release
Rights
Widget code and text by Cape Ann Current; underlying public sources listed.
Policy
Cape Ann Current Free Access and Attribution Policy, version 1.0

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Reads the latest daily release of the Cape Ann public meetings dataset and lists meetings from today through the next 60 days, soonest first, in Eastern Time. Cancelled meetings stay on the list, marked cancelled.

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External sources. This resource includes data from external sources. Reusers must comply with all applicable source licenses, terms of use, policies, attribution requirements, and redistribution restrictions. Cape Ann Current's reuse policy does not override those requirements or grant rights held by others.

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Sources, rights and required credits
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Agenda center, minutes and meeting calendar
City of Gloucester, Mass.
public record
Public meeting notices and records under the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. We publish facts and link to the city's own copies.
City of GloucesterOur policy does not cover the city's documents themselves; link to the city's copies.2026-10-08
2026-10-08
Agendas, minutes and meeting calendar
Town of Rockport, Mass.
public record
Public meeting notices and records under the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. We publish facts and link to the town's own copies.
Town of RockportOur policy does not cover the town's documents themselves; link to the town's copies.2026-10-08
2026-10-08
Agendas, minutes and meeting calendar
Town of Essex, Mass.
public record
Public meeting notices and records under the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. We publish facts and link to the town's own copies.
Town of EssexOur policy does not cover the town's documents themselves; link to the town's copies.2026-10-08
2026-10-08
Agenda center, minutes and meeting calendar
Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass.
public record
Public meeting notices and records under the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. We publish facts and link to the town's own copies.
Town of Manchester-by-the-SeaOur policy does not cover the town's documents themselves; link to the town's copies.2026-10-08
2026-10-08
School committee and district meeting calendars
Gloucester Public Schools, Rockport Public Schools, Manchester Essex Regional School District
public record
Public meeting notices of school committees and district boards. We publish facts and link to the district's own calendar.
The school district named on each meetingOur policy does not cover the districts' documents themselves; link to their copies.2026-10-08
2026-10-08
Board of Trustees and committee meeting calendar
Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester
public record
Posted public meeting notices of the library's trustees and committees. We publish facts and link to the library's own calendar.
Sawyer Free LibraryOur policy does not cover the library's documents themselves; link to its copies.2026-10-08
2026-10-08

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