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Good evening. This is Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken with an important message from the City of Gloucester’s Code Red Emergency Messaging System.

Effective at 11:00 pm today, Sunday, February 1, 2015, the city has declared a snow emergency and parking ban on all city streets due to the arriving snow storm.

From 11:00 pm on Sunday, February 1st, until 6:00 am on Tuesday, February 3rd, all vehicles are banned from parking on city streets.

Violators of this emergency declaration are subject to ticketing and towing at the owners expense. Residents may park in all municipal and school parking lots.

All residents are reminded that they are responsible for clearing snow from sidewalks adjacent to their property. Your cooperation during this parking ban is necessary for efficient and safe snow removal efforts. Please make every effort to shovel out hydrants at or near your homes.

During times of high tide, expect coastal flooding on various streets along the coast. In addition, bitterly cold wind chills of 15 to 25 below zero are expected making it extremely dangerous to be outside. Please make every effort to check on your elderly neighbors.

Gloucester Public Schools will be closed on Monday, February 2nd.

City offices will be closed on Monday, February 2nd.

At this time, it is anticipated that trash collection will be on a regular schedule.

Tax payments and abatement applications can be filed at a drop box at City Hall and further instructions regarding this matter are available on the City of Gloucester website at www.gloucester-ma.gov

To repeat, the City of Gloucester has issued a parking ban on all city streets as of11:00 pm on Sunday, February 1st. The ban shall be in effect until 6:00 am on Tuesday, February 3rd.

Updates will be forthcoming as the storm progresses. Please check the City of Gloucester website for further updates at www.gloucester-ma.gov

This concludes this message. Thank you for listening.

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“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”

John Irving (1942-    )

A fellow New Hampshire native, Irving spent most of his early life on the campus of Phillips Exeter Academy where his step-father was a faculty member. He studied writing with Kurt Vonnegut, among others, at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop and taught English at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Although his early novels were well received, it was not until the 1979 publication of The World According to Garp that he attained best-seller status. He has written 13 novels including Cider House Rules, one of several made into motion pictures, and A Prayer for Owen Meany, my personal favorite. He has won an Academy Award for screenwriting and has been nominated for the National Book Award several times. Reportedly at work on a 14^th novel, Irving divides his time between homes in Vermont and Canada.

Greg Bover