Gloucester Daily Current, Monday, October 19

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Good morning, Gloucester. It's Monday, October 19. From the Cape Ann Current, I'm Kerry Jane, with your Gloucester Daily Current, free public information for Gloucester. Today we look at final warnings for unregistered rental properties.

At its October 8 meeting, the Board of Health voted to send a final warning to landlords who missed the rental registry deadline. About 32 properties remained unregistered. The final letters were set to go out on Tuesday, October 13. They warn that the city will go to court and seek fines of up to 500 dollars a day. The health department also reported nearly all tobacco shops complied with a request to remove kratom from their shelves. And Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Rose Baker Senior Center.

The Shellfish Advisory Commission meets tomorrow at 6 p.m. in the Harbormaster Conference Room and on Zoom. The agenda includes shellfish constable updates, a discussion with the University of Massachusetts Amherst Gloucester Marine Station, and a review of the commercial daily catch limit.

Today at 6 p.m., the City Council Ordinances and Administration Committee meets at 19 Harbor Loop, and the Community Preservation Committee meets at 6 Manuel F. Lewis Street.

Tomorrow, the Beauport Hotel hosts free live music from 6 to 9 p.m. Laneside Pub and Brewery hosts free music video bingo from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Gloucester had no new high school finals over the weekend. Today, 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. Tomorrow, boys golf is at Bradford Country Club at 9:30 a.m., and field hockey hosts Swampscott at 4:30 p.m.

The National Weather Service expects a sunny Monday near 56. A small craft advisory takes effect this evening. Tomorrow is expected to bring northeast winds gusting to 29 miles per hour and seas building to 5 to 7 feet. Today's high tides in Gloucester Harbor are at 6:17 a.m. and 6:29 p.m.

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That's the Gloucester Daily Current for Monday. 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

• Gloucester landlords who skip rental registry face court, $500 a day
• Tuesday on Cape Ann: Manchester Essex school board takes up the Essex Elementary budget and borrowing, Gloucester weighs a higher shellfish catch limit
• Sunny Monday near 56, then a windy northeast stretch: small craft advisory on the bays from tonight to Wednesday evening
• Scoreboard: five varsity games Monday, six more on Tuesday's MIAA schedule

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