Summer Place…

Happy 2026 Cape Ann 🥯🥯🥯 ❤️❤️❤️!!!
We’ll be reopening this Sunday at 8:00 am – to sellout at 1 Whistlestop Mall in Rockport.

Kicking off the new year with . . . Jalapeño Cheddar (Bagel of the Week)!

Salty’s Bagels will also be @dtlfarmersmarket @hivepublicmarket from 11am–2pm this Sunday (01/04) with our small-batch, artisan bagels and freshly whipped schmears. Downtown Lowell Farmer’s Market 101 Paige Street, Lowell, Massachusetts

Bagels: Plain, Poppy, Sesame, Salt, Rosemary Salt and EVERYTHING!
Schmears: Plain, Scallion.
Nova Lox: 4 oz
☕️☕️☕️: Motif Roasters

The City of Gloucester is seeking sealed bids, Bid #26100, for Fixed Vendor Locations for Hawkers, Peddlers & Transient Licenses at eleven (11) sites across the City.

📍 Available locations include:

• Washington St./Poplar St.
• Washington St. at Plum Cove Beach
• Western Ave./Public Landing
• Hough Ave. (four spaces in the southern parking lot)
• Visitor Center parking lot at Stage Fort Park
• Rogers St. in front of the Fitz H. Lane parking lot and the east entrance to Harbor Loop
• Rogers St., 25 feet from the intersection with Harbor Loop at the west entrance
• Solomon Jacobs Landing Floats (water taxi/shuttle operation only)

💵 Minimum bid: $200 (no maximum, as set by City Council)

📄 Bid documents available beginning January 5, 2026, from the Purchasing Department at City Hall, 9 Dale Avenue, or by emailing purchasing@gloucester-ma.gov.

⏰ Bids will be opened January 30, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. in the Office of the Purchasing Agent.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids or accept the bid deemed in the City’s best interest. Late bids will not be accepted.

Good morning, Joey,

Do you think we can get a shout out for tomorrow’s super quad in the field house at GHS? We will be facing Haverhill, Scituate, Excel Academy, Pentucket and Tyngsburough. Wrestling starts at 10 AM. We would love to get a good hometown crowd.
– Geoff Thomas

2026 Tournament Dates: July 21st -23rd  

Location: Cape Ann Marina, 75 Essex Ave, Gloucester, MA 01930  

Presented by: Lyon-Waugh Auto Group 

We started our New Year’s Eve at the Talbot Rink watching our very own JV Boys Ice Hockey team. A couple of our favorite GHS students play for this team and we wanted to cheer them on and show our pride. The team came away with a decisive win 5-1 over Beverly. Though these photos aren’t great largely due to the wonky lighting at the rink, I thought some of you might enjoy this photo dump. Great job team! We look forward to watching the development of your team.

BREAKING GOOD NEWS

We are now opening for lunches seven days a week as well as dinner! Hopefully you all will be as excited as I am to be returning full-time for lunches starting this coming Monday, January 5th, 2026. I am so looking forward to being there with all of our Stones Pub staff and of course our customers who make Stones the Cheers of Cape Ann.

We are starting a new era here at Stones or should I say going back to the beginning! This year marks 15 years of Stones Pub serving our amazing community which has been incredible and so special to me. I have been part of it for many years 15 plus years at Jalapeños with Alex, Jaime, Luis and Steve, Il Porto which was above the Rhumbline with Georgie DeAngelis, Paulie & Mikey, Outrigger/Madfish, Blackburn Tavern with Bob Vallis (now owner of Brown Dog in Ipswich) way back to the Rock-a-Way which most of you probably don’t remember! Gloucester and all of Cape Ann is truly blessed with a restaurant community which is incredible and supportive of each other as well as Cape Ann in so many ways. I have been a part of it for so many years and want to make sure I thank every single restaurant person who supports not just Stones but our entire community and each other as we move forward.

These can be trying times and we are here to provide a place to take a breath. I am here baking macaroons to be handed out to anyone who just wants a little something sweet as I first did when we opened along with our fantastic carrot cake. Come on by to say hi. If you have time please feel free to just relax, unwind and hang out with me chatting or enjoy the hockey/football/basketball/polo game or play a round of cribbage/scrabble/pass the pig or whatever makes you happy.

I feel this is me coming full circle to be able to be there to take care of my people on every Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday!

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