It’s Saturday, October 24th, and we’ve got some AMAZING deals happening at Surfside & Long Beach Dairy Maid! 🤩

🍕 SURFSIDE SPECIALS 🦞

🦞 $13.99 + tax Lobster Roll served with chips & pickles!

🍕 Buy ANY 18” Pizza, get a 2nd 18” Pizza HALF PRICE! (Limit 2 per customer)

🍕 16” Pizzas HALF PRICE! (Limit 3 per customer)

🍔 $3.99 Cheeseburger served with chips & pickles!

🥪 $6.99 Any Turkey Sub

🥪 $6.99 Any Meatball Sub

🥪 $6.99 Italian Sub

🍦 LONG BEACH DAIRY MAID SPECIAL! 🍦

🍂 Buy ONE ice cream and get your SECOND ice cream HALF PRICE! 🍨😍

Perfect excuse to treat yourself AND someone else! ❤️

📍 TODAY’S HOURS:

🌊 Surfside: 11 AM – 9 PM

🍦 Long Beach Dairy Maid: 12 PM – 9 PM

Come grab lunch, dinner, and a sweet treat! We’ve got something for everyone! 🍕🦞🍦

Ice cream offer applies to an item of equal or lesser value.

Pizza specials exclude gluten-free and online orders. Pizza specials cannot be combined.

🍁 See you today! 🍁

Beautiful fall Saturday — and there’s plenty happening around Cape Ann today beyond the big ones. A few more worth knowing about:

WILDLIFE: Natural World Immersion — 1 to 3 PM

Literary Cape Ann hosts a free afternoon all about the natural world at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport. The Bookstore of Gloucester will be there with related titles for sale. Details: https://www.thebookstoreofgloucester.com/new-events/2026/10/24/lca-presents-wildlifenatural-world-immersion

Magnolia’s Grand Hotels — 2 to 3 PM

The Sawyer Free Library’s Local History Sharing looks back at Magnolia’s grand hotels — the Hesperus and the Oceanside — with old photos and maps, and the audience is invited to share what they know. Community Room, 2 Dale Ave.

CAM Talk: From Clay to Bronze — 2 to 3:30 PM

Sculptor Robert Shure talks about the making of the Seated Cat, the new bronze in the Cape Ann Museum’s courtyard, enlarged from Katharine Lane Weems’ 1941 work. Cape Ann Museum Downtown Campus, 27 Pleasant St. Registration required: https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/cam-talk-from-clay-to-bronze-the-making-of-the-seated-cat-by-robert-shure/

Elizabeth Bish Open Studio — 2 to 4 PM

Step into the studio of Elizabeth Bish, the 2026 Gloucester Invitational Artist, and see the work up close. Details on the Discover Gloucester fall events page: https://discovergloucester.com/blog/fall-events-cape-ann/

Hidden Gems Opens in Rockport — today

The Rockport Art Association & Museum opens “Hidden Gems,” lesser-seen works from its own collection, in the Wengenroth Gallery at 12 Main St, Rockport. Runs through December 31.

Guy Ford Band at The Rhumb Line — 8:30 PM tonight

Live music tonight at The Rhumb Line, 40 Railroad Ave. Free.

One change to tonight’s plans: the Beaux Arts Ball at Rocky Neck has been cancelled.

Get out there and enjoy the day.

Got old or unused meds sitting in the cabinet? Clean them out today.

The city’s running Drug Takeback Day today — Saturday, October 24, 10 AM to 1 PM at the Rose Baker Center back lot. Drive through, drop them off, done.

Can’t make it? There’s a 24/7 dropbox at the police station, 197 Main St.

Get them out of the house.

Today’s marine forecast for the coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, from the National Weather Service.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING

TODAY N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW this afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NE 5 ft at 10 seconds and N 1 foot at 3 seconds.

TONIGHT SW winds around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 12 seconds and NW 2 ft at 4 seconds.

SUN SW winds around 5 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 13 seconds.

SUN NIGHT SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 3 seconds and E 2 ft at 12 seconds.

MON SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 3 seconds and E 2 ft at 10 seconds.

MON NIGHT W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 4 seconds and E 3 ft at 9 seconds.

TUE THROUGH WED NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

WED NIGHT S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.

Source: National Weather Service, Boston/Norton.

I see it all behind the scenes. She’s working her butt of on behalf of her clients. Who’s next?

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AnimalID61276938 

SpeciesDog BreedTerrier/Mix Age10 months 24 days GenderMale SizeLarge ColorBlue Spayed/NeuteredDeclawedNo HousetrainedYes No Small KidsAdoption Price$200.00 

Meet King! King was surrendered to us through no fault of his own when his previous family was no longer able to care for him. This big love bug has spent the last month in a foster home, which has given us the chance to learn so much more about what he’s like outside of the shelter!

King is 9 months old, fully house trained, very food motivated, and loves to learn. He’s an energetic, playful young guy who loves running around and chewing on his toys, but one of the things his foster loves about him is how well he’s able to settle down in the house. He’s incredibly sweet, loyal, and loves being close to his people.

His foster has also been working hard with him on his leash skills. King can get very excited and focused on other dogs and people while out on walks, but he’s made great progress with consistency and training. He’s a big, strong boy, so he’s looking for someone comfortable handling him and excited to continue working on everything he’s learned.

After getting to know King better and introducing him to several dogs, we’ve decided he’ll be happiest as the only dog in his future home. King is a big, enthusiastic puppy with a very rough-and-tumble play style that can be overwhelming for other dogs. Being the only pup will allow his family to focus on King and continue building his skills without having to manage those interactions at home!

King has come such a long way during his time in foster, and underneath all that big puppy energy is an incredibly loving boy with so much potential. He’s looking for someone willing to keep putting in the work-and in return, you’ll get one very devoted best friend. 

King is part of our Extended Stay program so his adoption fee is lower and adopters will receive a post-adoption training reimbursement plus six months of heartworm and flea & tick prevention to help get their new best friend off to a great start. Adopt King today at: capeannanimalaid.org/dogapp

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GLOUCESTER, MA – The City of Gloucester’s Harbortown Cultural District invites residents and visitors to experience From the Deep: A Downtown Gloucester Arts Party on Saturday, November 7, from 11AM to 5PM. This free celebration was made possible by funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and will bring artists, cultural organizations, local businesses and community members together to explore Gloucester’s creative community. 

Following its successful debut in May 2026, which welcomed more than 500 attendees and featured over 30 free cultural offerings from 45 artists and cultural organizations, From the Deep returns with more than 25 unique cultural experiences taking place at venues throughout downtown Gloucester. Attendees can explore art installations, watch live demonstrations, participate in hands-on creative activities, enjoy performances and discover the diverse cultural offerings found throughout the Harbortown Cultural District.

Highlights include “Building the Town,” an interactive art installation with artist Bruce Orr, and “From the Deep: Gloucester in Motion – Live Painting and Art Giveaway” with Jennifer Loiselle, both at Kyrouz Auditorium in Gloucester City Hall. Families can participate in a free sea-themed children’s sketching contest at Good Morning Gloucester, while visitors can join a walking tour of the last weekend of Imagining Gloucester’s Future window murals on Main Street, led by the City’s Arts, Culture, and Events Coordinator Miranda Aisling Hynes.

The event is free and open to the public. Activities take place at participating cultural and business locations throughout downtown Gloucester. Visitors can find the event schedule and additional information at harbortownculturaldistrict.org/from-the-deep.

The Halloween Toddler Trick-or-Treat Parade is marching down Main Street today — it starts at 12:30 PM from the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce parking lot.

Parade details here: https://goodmorninggloucester.com/2026/10/15/downtown-gloucester-halloween-toddler-trick-or-treat-october-23rd/

If your toddler is in the parade, stop by Gloucester Apparel and Pat D’s Photos at 44 Main St — we’re giving away small toys to the little ones participating in the toddler walk today, while they last.

See you on Main Street!

It’s Friday, and we’ve got the perfect way to kick off your weekend! Delicious food, sweet treats, and some AMAZING deals at Surfside & Long Beach Dairy Maid! 🍁😍

🍕 SURFSIDE SPECIALS 🍕

🔥 Buy ANY 18” Pizza and get a 2nd 18” Pizza HALF PRICE! (Limit 2 per customer)

🦞 $13.99 + tax Lobster Rolls served with chips & pickles!

🍕 16” Pizzas HALF PRICE! (Limit 3 per customer)

🥖 $6.99 Any Meatball Sub

🥪 $6.99 Any Turkey Sub

🍦 LONG BEACH DAIRY MAID SPECIAL 🍦

🍨 Buy ONE ice cream and get your SECOND ice cream HALF PRICE! 😍

Because who says ice cream season has to end when fall arrives?! 🍂🍦

⏰ TODAY’S HOURS

🍕 Surfside: 11 AM – 9 PM

🍦 Long Beach Dairy Maid: 2 PM – 9 PM

🍁 Grab some dinner, treat yourself to dessert, and enjoy these SWEET savings!

⚠️ Please note:

• Pizza specials exclude gluten-free and online orders.

• Pizza specials cannot be combined.

• Half-price ice cream must be of equal or lesser value.

🍕🦞🍦 Great food, sweet treats & unbeatable Friday deals!

Tomorrow, October 23rd, the City of Gloucester will be opening a 30-day public review period for the revised aggregation plan for Gloucester Community Electricity Aggregation, the City’s official electricity supply program, which has been active since December 2018. This does not change the existing rates of the program; just how it is administered. Rates are locked until December 2027.

Residents are encouraged to review the revised plan and share their feedback during the public comment period. Residents can provide written comments through the comment form on the website, or by email to support_ma@goodenergy.com subject line “Gloucester Plan Comments.” Both the revised plan and the current plan are available on the program website at Gloucester-CEA.com.

We hope to hear from you soon! The public review period will close November 23rd, 2026.

We are open FRI/SAT/SUN from 8:00 AM until sellout. Whistlestop Mall, Rockport!

Sunday at the The Hive Public Market
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Pre-order at http://www.saltysbagels.com

BAGEL OF THE WEEK: Maple S&P Bagel – Glazed with 100% pure maple syrup, sprinkled with pink Himalayan salt and freshly cracked pepper. Served with whipped maple butter for the perfect sweet–savory bite. 😊

Today’s marine forecast for the coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, from the National Weather Service.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

TODAY N winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: NE 9 ft at 9 seconds and N 6 ft at 7 seconds.

TONIGHT N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt, diminishing to around 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NE 7 ft at 9 seconds and NW 3 ft at 6 seconds.

SAT N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NE 5 ft at 11 seconds and N 1 foot at 5 seconds.

SAT NIGHT W winds around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at 12 seconds and N 1 foot at 4 seconds.

SUN AND SUN NIGHT SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 13 seconds and S 2 ft at 3 seconds.

MON THROUGH TUE NIGHT NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 4 ft at 5 seconds. Seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.

Source: National Weather Service, Boston/Norton.