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Click here for the Riverfest Seaside Music Festival Headliner Announcement!!!!-

For all the details check out the dedicated website- https://theriverboston.com/attend/riverfest/

NEW VENUE & NEW DATE FOR 2019!

Riverfest Seaside Music Festival
Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, MA
Saturday, August 24, 2019, 12-6pm

We heard you when you told us we’d outgrown the venue in Newburyport. So, we’re excited to share that Riverfest is moving to a new, larger venue — beautiful Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, overlooking Gloucester Harbor.

And we’ve also moved the event up one week from its traditional Labor Day weekend. The event will be held Saturday, August 24, 2019, 12-6pm.

But something that definitely hasn’t changed — Riverfest will continue to be free and open to the public, as it’s always been.

We’re stoked about the future for this popular, annual event, and we hope you’ll join us on August 24th for an awesome day of live music and great vibes!

“The Big Reveal is coming! Join us Wednesday afternoon at five as we announce the new location and line-up for this year’s Riverfest Seaside Music Festival.   We’ll announce who’s playing, share interview clips and play rare River Music Hall performances from all 4 bands.  The Big Reveal on Wednesday July 10th at 5pm is presented by Bud Light, America’s Favorite Light Lager and 92-5 the River, Boston’s Independent Radio.”

What: Northeast Coastal Coalition: Regional Dredge Purchase Feasibility Study

Who: Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, Senator DiZoglio, Representatives Mirra, Hill, Kelcourse, Ferrante, Parisella, the Woods Hole Group, the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, representatives of the Federal legislative delegation, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Coastal Zone Management, municipal officials, the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, the University of New Hampshire, and other non-governmental organizations.

When: Friday July 12, 10 AM to Noon

Where: Essex Town Hall, Third Floor, 30 Martin Street, Essex, MA

Press: Open

Boston- Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, Chairman of the Northeast Coastal Coalition, has scheduled a public meeting to discuss the preliminary findings of a Regional Dredge Feasibility Study that has been ongoing for the past several months.

The study is being conducted by the Woods Hole Group, an international environmental services organization commissioned to assess the feasibility of a regional collaborative among North Shore communities to maintain navigable depths in places such channels and mooring areas.

Regional lawmakers succeeded in securing $50,000 in last year’s budget to fund the study; Peter Phippen, Coastal Coordinator at the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission is administering the state grant and the study project.

Representative Lenny Mirra and Senator Tarr filed budget amendments in their respective legislative branches to examine long-term strategies, permitting, best practices, and cost effectiveness for dredging options. The study project is being addressed by the Coalition’s Regional Dredge Subcommittee Chaired by Representative Mirra, with Representative Brad Hill, Representative Jim Kelcourse, and Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante assisting.

Senator Tarr has encouraged the participation of the general public and engagement from local, state and Federal officials. The Coalition has attracted the participation of representatives from North Shore communities from Cape Ann to the New Hampshire state border.

register here- www.bankgloucester.com/current_events

Lobster prizes in each category

Chris figures he has $450 into traps, buoys, rope, tape and other miscellaneous stuff to get his 10 pots ready to go lobstering.

First haul he caught 2 keepers out of his 10 traps.

On a per lobster cost basis he’s at $225 per lobster.

We’ll keep you updated.