Day: February 23, 2026

Storm Update from the City Of Gloucester

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey there, friends!

* Just a friendly

reminder that we’re still under a state of emergency. For your safety and the safety of our amazing plow crews, National Grid and emergency service vehicles, please stay off the roads. (

) Remember, the parking ban is still in

effect until 8 AM on Tuesday morning.

Also, schools and City Offices will be closed on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Stay safe and warm out there!

Monday

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Fun day on Monday. I know people will wonder why I like the snow, but since I find it pretty and cleansing, had to go out and play. Thank you, Rick, for photo taking. Snow blowing is not as easy as it looks. Then decided to get my beach chair out to get ready for the summer.

Do you want a brain freeze?

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Walking Stacy Boulevard on Saturday noticed the ice around the binoculars.   Fun times are coming

National Grid Outage Map. This was at 9:14AM. If you click the link you can zoom in on your neighborhood

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Link to latest National Grid Outage Map
This was at 9:14AM. If you click the link you can zoom in on your neighborhood

Swing Dance! at the Legion #GloucesterMA

Posted on by Catherine

Save the date!

Gloucester Dance Lovers’ Monthly Dances Every 2nd Sunday

Artist Deborah Quinan Solo Exhibition Where Color Breathes at Jane Deering Gallery

Posted on by Catherine

Mark your calendars, news from the artist and Jane Deering Gallery-

‘deborah quinan | where color breathes’

from March 6-29

with an Opening Reception on Saturday March 7th 2026 from 2:00-4:00pm.

Quinan writes:

“I paint loosely from intuition, finding joy in the discovery of
layers of color coming together to form a cohesive whole. I enjoy the freedom to explore
paints, color and composition without having to worry about incorporating objects in the
painting; and if I do, abstraction gives me permission to render those objects in a new
and unique way.”

The artist has exhibited extensively in both Boston and the North Shore and is a
affiliated with several established art organizations. Recent travels include a painting
retreat in Provence, France. Quinan maintains studios in Swampscott, MA and North
Sandwich NH. Contact dquinanart@gmail.com .

Jane Deering Gallery 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester MA. Gallery hours: Fri & Sat 1-5pm; Sun 1-
4pm and by appointment

Author Susan Wadia-Ells on cancer as a metabolic disease and why more younger women are developing breast cancer | author talk at Sawyer Free Library

Posted on by Catherine

Print and share flyer! Wadia Ells and SFL present a reminder about the upcoming talk Thursday Feb 26, 2026

Cancer as a Metabolic Disease
Why More Younger Women Are Developing Breast Cancer

Thursday Feb 26, 2026   5- 6:30 pm
Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester, MA  

Is cancer a haphazard genetic disease that still appears to be poorly understood by the cancer industry? Or is cancer actually a metabolic disease, created by logical biological conditions?  If so, what is causing so much more breast cancer in younger women today?

Dr. Susan Wadia-Ells, author of Busting Breast Cancer: Five Simple Steps to Keep Breast Cancer out of Your Body, will discuss this critical question at the Sawyer Free Library on Thursday February 26, 5-6:30pm.  

Wadia-Ells, a Manchester, by the Sea resident, is an investigative journalist with a background in political economy and women’s studies. In 2008, continuing to lose too many friends to metastatic breast cancer, she founded the National Breast Cancer Prevention Project to fund her research, while also writing the “Honest Health” column for the Gloucester Daily Times.

Not ideal- Ken Tashjy submits these photos of a 65 foot pine down on his dad’s cottage during our 2/23/26 Snowmageddon event.

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Ken writes- “65 foot pine on my Dad’s cottage! Wires all down. National Grid said they will be on site by May!”

Fierce wind and whiteout. blizzard videos #gloucesterMA. coastal power outages in Mass. climb to 128181 by 7:20AM

Posted on by Catherine

Videos Feb. 23, 2026

Power outages climbing

  • 18,991 at 4:45AM
  • 27,442 at 5:00AM
  • 128,181 at 7:20AM
  • at 7:30 interactive Ma MEMA site is down but the 8AM stats town by town are shown

windows coated