Gloucester Daily Current, Saturday, October 17

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Good morning, Gloucester. It's Saturday, October 17. From the Cape Ann Current, I'm Kerry Jane, with your Gloucester Daily Current, free public information for Gloucester. Today, a look at the rebuilt Sawyer Free Library, plus Friday night wins for Gloucester football and field hockey.

State records show Cape Ann towns spend about 62 dollars a person each year on their libraries. In Gloucester, the Sawyer Free Library reopened in September 2025 after a 27.5 million dollar renovation. A year later, the library director reports borrowing and visits are up about 30 percent. The library now has more than 11,000 card holders.

Gloucester field hockey beat Masconomet 1 to 0 on Friday, and Gloucester football defeated Swampscott 17 to 7. Tomorrow, the competitive cheer team is at Wilmington High School at 11:45 a.m. On Monday, boys soccer hosts Peabody at 4:30 p.m., girls soccer is at Peabody at 5:30 p.m., and volleyball hosts Georgetown at 5:45 p.m.

This weekend, the Sawyer Free Library hosts a Tech Expo today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Manship Artists Residency shows Hockney Reproductions from 1 to 5 p.m. Tonight, Allen Estes and Mike O'Connell play at The Rhumb Line from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow, a historic walking tour of Dogtown leaves from the Babson Boulder parking lot at 10 a.m.

Gloucester's plan to rezone the Railroad Avenue area for housing is moving forward. The community development director told a Planning Board subcommittee Thursday the city won a 124,300 dollar state grant to write a smart growth zone. The City Council is expected to vote on the grant later this month.

The city says the Cape Ann Veterans Services office will be closed Monday, October 19, through Wednesday, October 21, for mandatory staff training. The office reopens Thursday, October 22.

The National Weather Service expects a partly sunny, windy Saturday with a high near 49 and northwest winds around 24 miles per hour. A small craft advisory is in effect on Massachusetts Bay until 2 a.m. Sunday. Forecasters say Sunday brings patchy early frost, then sun and a high near 53. Today's afternoon high tide in Gloucester Harbor is at 4:33 p.m.

That's the Gloucester Daily Current for Saturday. Everything we share is free public information from public records and government data. For updates from all four Cape Ann towns, and every source, go to capeanncurrent dot com. I'm Kerry Jane, the Cape Ann Current's host. Catch the Daily Current again tomorrow. Keeping Cape Ann current.

Stories in this episode

• Cape Ann's best deal: 400,000 books, movies and more for about $62 a person
• The new Sawyer Free Library: what Gloucester got for $27.5 million, and how it is changing
• Gloucester starts on Railroad Avenue housing zoning, with a $124,300 state grant and a target of next August
• Cape Ann Veterans Services office closed Monday through Wednesday for staff training
• Cooler and windy Saturday near 49, patchy frost possible early Sunday, small craft advisory on the bays
• Scoreboard: Gloucester field hockey wins 1 to 0 at Masconomet, Gloucester football beats Swampscott

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