The Daily Brief

Your town's edition

About two minutes of news for one town.

• Gloucester · 3:12: Cape Ann Votes election guide launches, plus a look at the city budget
• Rockport · 3:10: Cape Ann Votes guide launches and Select Board meets
• Essex · 3:03: The Cape Ann Current's voter guide is live
• Manchester-by-the-Sea · 3:17: Coast Guard suspends search for missing boater

Earlier episodes

• Sunday, October 4: Fatal boating accident off Manchester by the Sea, and the week ahead (4:07)
• Saturday, October 3: Gloucester football wins homecoming, and Essex shares its downtown vision (4:42)
• Friday, October 2: License plate readers and Cape Ann, and a strong year for ospreys (4:17)
• Thursday, October 1: Gloucester starts new trash pickup system as Casella takes over (5:53)

Listen anywhere

• Any podcast app. Copy this address into Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts or any app that takes a show by its feed: https://capeanncurrent.com/listen/podcast.xml. Listings in the Apple Podcasts and Spotify directories are on the way.
• Siri, in the car or at home. Once the show is listed on Apple Podcasts, say "Hey Siri, play the Cape Ann Current Daily Brief." Today you can make a one tap Siri Shortcut: in the Shortcuts app, add the action Play URL with https://capeanncurrent.com/listen/latest.mp3, give it a name such as "Cape Ann news," and say "Hey Siri," then the name.
• Alexa. A Cape Ann Current Flash Briefing for Alexa, with a feed for each town, is in the works.
• The latest episode, always at the same address: https://capeanncurrent.com/listen/latest.mp3

About The Cape Ann Current Daily Brief

Five minutes of local news for Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea, every morning, seven days a week. Keeping Cape Ann current. New episodes post each morning once our editor approves them. On weekends, Saturday leads with sports and things to do, and Sunday with Crosscurrents and the week ahead in public meetings. Questions or corrections: [email protected].