A benefit Bananas Fashion Show to get the hot air out of City Hall.

Richard Leonard, the owner of the iconic Main Street vintage clothing store, Bananas, is staging one of his rare fashion extravaganzas on Saturday April 23 and Sunday April 24. The production will benefit the Gloucester City Hall restoration fund with the proceeds being used to restore the auditorium’s ventilation system. As Maggie Rosa, Chair of the City Hall Restoration Commission says with a smile, “we are aiming to get the hot air out of City Hall!”

This show, Leonard’s third held to benefit City Hall restoration, will include his Bananarettes, a group of both women and men, some of whom travel from New York City to participate.

The creative black tie Saturday gala starts at 7:00 p.m. and will include live & silent auctions, champagne & dessert – tickets are $75 each. On Sunday the doors open at 2:30 p.m. and the show will include a pick-a-prize auction and light refreshments – tickets are $35 each for adults and $15 for people 18 years and under.

“This being Gloucester, you can dress however you want to, but it’s a lot of fun to wear something different. If you have nothing to wear, go to Bananas and you will find something” says Jan Bell, Co-chair of the event.

Tickets are on sale at Bananas (78 Main St., Gloucester,) Alexandra’s Bread (265 Main St., Gloucester,) and online at Eventbrite. For more information, please contact BananasFashionShow@gmail.com.

City Council President Announces the Retirement of City Clerk
Gloucester City Clerk to Retire

Today, Gloucester City Council President Joe Ciolino and Council Vice President Steve LeBlanc announced that Linda Lowe will be retiring as Gloucester’s City Clerk after six and a half years of service.  In addition, Linda has also served as the City Legal Council for a number of years, for Mayors Bruce Tobey and John Bell.

“Linda has done a great job serving Gloucester and its residents as City Clerk.” said City Council President Joe Ciolino.  “We have been lucky to have her experience and institutional history. Linda always put Gloucester first in administrating the office in charge of all of Gloucester’s vital records and elections.”

Linda’s last day of work will be Friday April 29, 2016.

The Gloucester City Council’s Ordinance and Administration committee will begin interviewing candidates for a new City Clerk in the coming months.  

Warm winds were blowing hard during high tide yesterday.  Stopped down the Boulevard after work and got my exercise running out of the way of the waves coming over the railings. (try to keep the camera dry at all costs!)  One of the great things about this island is the ever changing scenes!