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Viva Feva! St. Peter’s Fiesta 2026 is here!! #GloucesterMA hyped in the Boston Globe 2x this week: Billy Baker crowns St. Peter’s Fiesta as the best community festival bar none, and Cape Ann Museum reopening with a banger exhibition, Avery Rothko & Gottlieb not to miss!

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photos: 2026 June 26

“…So herein is my guide to a day trip to Fiesta (and my urging to do it once in your life; there really is nothing like it).
... The tide will be low all three days, which means you’ll have more room on the beach and the pole walkers will have more distance to fall. Both of these are good for you, because there will be thousands of people down there. Again, part of the charm. I’ve been taking my children since they were toddlers, and I’ve never felt any stress on the beach…”
Billy Baker “How and Why to go to St. Peter’s Festival” Boston Globe 2026 June 25

“The Cape Ann Museum Starts a New Chapter next week” Boston Globe

st.Peter’s Fiesta 2026 schedule and venmo– next year the 100th!— details for the sports, fair and entertainment, and the special Sunday mass and parade

What a hoot-as in the Peacock and the Officer! Billy Baker at The Farm Bar & Grill in Essex. Boston Globe

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A good smile read, for sure. article here.

Besides The Farm, Essex Shipbuilding Museum is mentioned, too.

Billy Baker article 12/13/2024

“And she has tried. And tried. This was her second attempt of the day, and the previous one — when the bird was perched on the railing of an apartment complex, staring in a window at a woman trying to get dressed — ended as many others have. The bird took one look at Reilly and her net and turned into Usain Bolt, sprinting off before flying up into a tree…

Ahoy Schooner Swooners! Billy Baker profiles Harold Burnham! Boston Globe feature is terrific and oh so deserving! Gloucester Schooner Festival 2024

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Right and beautiful spotlight!

Boston Globe article

Baker, Billy. “Schooner-building was a part of Essex history. Then Harold Burnham came along. After an audacious career building massive wooden sailboats the old-fashioned way, Harold Burnham looks back to his accomplishments, and ahead to his boldest idea yet.” Boston Globe. 2024 August 29.

Burnham Boat Building link here

Contribute to the Sch. Sylvina W. Beal fundraising here

Gloucester in the news |Heath Ellis Schooner Thomas E. Lannon front page Boston Globe

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Great article by Billy Baker front page Boston Globe July 20, 2019 here

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