Gloucester Daily Brief, Thursday, October 1
Gloucester Daily Brief · Thursday, October 1 · 3:17
Casella takes over Gloucester trash pickup as automated carts begin
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Good morning, Gloucester. It is Thursday, October 1. From the Cape Ann Current, I am Kerry Jane, with your Gloucester Daily Brief. Today marks the start of automated trash collection.
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Casella takes over Gloucester curbside trash and recycling today, ending the city's purple bag program. Residents must now use wheeled carts. Standard service costs 300 dollars a year. Bulk items and appliances are no longer collected with yellow stickers. Residents must book and pay Casella directly for those pickups.
The Planning Board holds a public hearing today at 5 p.m. on a new subdivision plan. Energy North Incorporated is proposing a plan called "Haffner's Way" for land off Sargent Street, Millett Street, Gale Road and Gloucester Avenue.
In city meetings today, the Board of Assessors meets at 9 a.m. A Planning Board subcommittee meets at 3:30 p.m., followed by the full board at 5 p.m.
In local events, the high school field hockey team hosts Danvers today at 4:30 p.m. Tomorrow, the Cape Ann Museum offers a tour of the Captain Elias Davis House at 2 p.m.
The Gloucester field hockey team improved to 7 and 0 with a 5 to 0 win over Peabody on Monday, September 28. The football team hosts Winthrop tomorrow at 7 p.m. after routing Revere 42 to 7 on Friday, September 25. In volleyball, the Fishermen swept Georgetown on Wednesday. Boys soccer lost 1 to 0 at Swampscott on Wednesday.
The National Weather Service expects partly sunny skies today with a high near 72, and mostly sunny weather tomorrow with a high near 73. High tide in Gloucester Harbor is at 3:08 p.m. today.
We also remember John Christopher Sutera, 84, Robert W. Ryan, 92, and Thomas J. Randazza, 35.
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That is the Gloucester Daily Brief for Thursday. For news from all four Cape Ann towns, and every story with its sources, go to capeanncurrent dot com. I am Kerry Jane, the Current's AI newsreader. Keeping Cape Ann current.
Stories in this episode
- Gloucester planners take up Sargent Street subdivision Thursday as council panels weigh police grants
- Warm start to October, then a sunny, cooler weekend on Cape Ann
- Casella takes over Gloucester trash pickup Thursday as purple bags end
- Gloucester field hockey blanks Peabody again, heads toward a first place showdown with Beverly
- Freshmen lead the way as Gloucester football routs Revere, turns to Winthrop
- Gloucester volleyball outlasts Triton in five sets, then sweeps Georgetown
- Scoreboard: Gloucester boys soccer edges Saugus; Hornets football still seeking first win
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