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Ten to be honored for making Gloucester a better placeTen individuals have been chosen to receive the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church’s “Gloucester Citizenship Awards” for 2012, for the contributions they make to their community and their neighbors through volunteer efforts, carried out quietly and persistently, without thought of remuneration or recognition. The awards will be presented at a public ceremony at the church on Sunday, May 20, at 7 p.m. — Wicked Local Essex North Shore Book Notes: Life of Gloucester's Clarence BirdseyeThe first thing I see when I open Mark Kurlansky’s entertaining new biography, “Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man,” is a portrait of Clarence Frank Birdseye II sitting at his desk in September 1943. By the end of the book you have to wonder when he ever sat down. The small, wiry genius didn’t stop till his heart gave out. — Wicked Local Essex
Noaa awash with acting leadership rolesAfter three-plus years with Jane Lubchenco at the helm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, its National Marine Fisheries Service and its Northeast regional office in Gloucester, the organizations are in flux — if not transition, transformation or relocation. — Gloucester Times Groups reach out to raise money for Gloucester family with sick babyAt this point of her life, Annabell Hammond has endured 10 surgeries, including open-heart surgery, surgery to both widen the esophagus and connect it with the trachea and surgery to correct an imperforate anus. And she hasn’t yet celebrated her second birthday. “She’s 18 months old,” explains Annabell’s mother, Amy Hammond. “She spent the first eight months of her life entirely in the hospital. Overall, she’s probably been home for close to four months.” — Wicked Local Essex
Gloucester Police/Fire: Woman treated at Becker Lane fireNews taken from the logs of the Gloucester Police and Fire departments. — Gloucester Times LaFontaine to be honored at May 17 breakfast for her work at Open DoorJulie LaFontaine’s commitment to serving Gloucester and the rest of the Cape Ann communities is well-known at this point, and will be recognized on May 17 when the Executive Director of the Open Door will be honored with the Second Annual Community Health Activist Award, given by the North Shore Health Project. — Wicked Local Essex Gloucester Rotary honors Ruth Pino, Julie Geary as Paul Harris FellowsThe Gloucester Rotary Club has named Ruth Pino and Julie Geary as Paul Harris Fellows, the prestigious award named after the Chicago lawyer who founded Rotary in 1905. Pino and Geary will be honored at a special dinner on Wednesday, May 16, at Cruiseport Gloucester. — Wicked Local Essex Retiring Lane stays on until OctoberMichael Lane's retirement Friday won't mark his last day with, or at the helm of, the Gloucester Police Department. With the search for a new chief just getting in gear, he's agreed to stay until October when the city hopes it will select a new one. — Gloucester Times Boston Tea Party ships renovated in GloucesterLeon Poindexter has been the driving force behind bringing a number of ships on the National Register of Historic Places back to life, including the U.S.S. Constitution, Battleship Massachusetts, and the H.M.S. Bounty. His current project is restoring and rebuilding the three original ships involved in the Boston Tea Party, at the Gloucester Marine Railways. — Wicked Local Essex Gloucester woods reopened to publicThe Gloucester woods have been reopened as of noon Monday, after being closed for several weeks due to dry weather. — Wicked Local Essex Mass. rape suspect indicted for alleged threatA Martha's Vineyard man already facing child rape charges has been indicted for allegedly trying to hire someone to kill a prosecutor and his alleged victim. — The Boston Globe Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:38 AM
Mass. Unemployment Rate Drops To 6.3%New figures on Thursday show the state's jobless rate stood at 6.3 percent in April, down from 6.5 percent in March. — CBS Boston Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:58 AM
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