Gloucester Daily Current, Thursday, October 22

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Good morning, Gloucester. It's Thursday, October 22. From the Cape Ann Current, I'm Kerry Jane, with your Gloucester Daily Current, free public information for Gloucester. Today we look at a cable television survey and a city budget vote.

The regional committee negotiating a new Comcast cable agreement met Wednesday. It reviewed a survey of 202 residents, including 94 from Gloucester. According to the presentation, more people watch local programs on YouTube than on cable. The Gloucester member said the committee needs more technical detail on high definition support for the talks.

On Tuesday, October 13, the City Council approved about 234,000 dollars in spending requests. The Budget and Finance Committee backed the money on Thursday, October 8. The total includes state grants for the 911 center and 12,000 dollars from savings for new wayfinding signs. During the committee review, one councilor said the signs cost far too much.

The City Council Budget and Finance Committee meets today at 5:30 p.m. at 19 Harbor Loop.

Tomorrow, the Cape Ann Museum hosts a free tour of the Captain Elias Davis House at 2 p.m. On Saturday, the Rose Baker Senior Center holds a free Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

On Wednesday, Gloucester volleyball beat Whittier 3 to 0. Salem beat Gloucester girls soccer 4 to 0 and boys soccer 2 to 1. Tomorrow, Gloucester boys soccer plays at Malden at 4:15 p.m. Girls soccer is at Whittier at 4:30 p.m. Field hockey hosts Saugus at 5 p.m., and volleyball plays at Salem at 5 p.m. The football game at Saugus is canceled.

The National Weather Service expects a mostly cloudy Thursday with a high near 58 and wind gusts up to 32 miles per hour. A gale warning is in effect on the water until 2 p.m. Friday. Tomorrow is expected to be sunny near 52. Today's high tides in Gloucester Harbor are at 8:57 a.m. and 9:14 p.m.

That's the Gloucester Daily Current for Thursday. 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 four towns start the Comcast cable renewal with a survey of 202 residents
• Gloucester's new wayfinding signs cost $28,000 each, councilor says
• Gale warning on the bays through Friday afternoon; cloudy, windy Thursday near 58
• Scoreboard: Gloucester volleyball and Manchester Essex field hockey win Wednesday; four soccer games Thursday

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