Snowstorm photos: Daybreak like a dreamy Maxfield Parrish two days out and shoveled #GloucesterMA back shore
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Snowstorm videos photos: Wind swirls heavy snow drifts taller than a toddler and icy coated surfaces where bare. Big surf off Long Beach #GloucesterMA What’s it like by you?
photos & video January 26, 2026: Ventured out for a walk about 4 hours after high tide and was surprised by the rollers. Road plowed. Sand whipped wind near Long Beach.
Yesterday it came down steadily and looked like this at 10:30AM when it began.
Saturday was stunning.
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Winter sale at Jane Deering Gallery. New Year New Exhibition featuring paintings by Maria Malatesta and ceramics by Paige Farrell opens Saturday!
Stop by this Saturday, January 3, 2026! News from Jane Deering Gallery:
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Houses Aglow! Photos and videos 2025 Map & Bedecked Top Twinkling List! Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives #GloucesterMA
The 2025 Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives Gloucester map is LIVE! Wishing you and yours the magic and joys of the season! And to all those who share their festive gifts of creativity and illumination: merry, merry thanks!
2025 MAD MERRY HIGHLIGHTS TOUR
Top twinkling list as in deck the halls, doors, windows, roofs and yards with boughs of holly-holidays!
- 6 Abbott Road (Annual whimsy)
- 12 Concord St (Dazzler next to West Parish)
- 2 Crestview Terrace (Ho Ho Ho. off Harrison)
- 12 Elizabeth Road (Festive Storyland)
- 326 Essex Ave (Have yourself a merry)
- 71 Friendship Ct. (Cheery two way vista)
- 8 Green Street (Jolly jingle off Perkins)
- 29 High Popples (Santa Village)
- 8 Lendall Street (Gem off Harrison Ave)
- 79 Perkins Street (Magic of the season)
- 15 Reservoir Road (Sparkling Blue)
- 11 Reservoir Road (Magical Trees)
- 22 Reynard (Dreaming of White Christmas)
- 42 Reynard (Enchanting Blue)
- 37 Reynard (Shimmering Red)
- 12 Starknaught Road (Up on the Rooftop)
2025 Bedecked Neighborhood Blocks: Crestview Ter.-Skywood Ter. (Head Up Harrison–hill across from Jeff’s Variety); Elizabeth Road (walk); Essex Ave-Rt. 133; Finch Lane; Glouc. Ave &Riverside Ave (can view from Washington, too); Hartz; High Popples Road; Marina Dr.; Perkins St; Reservoir Road; Reynard Street
Prior year annual favorites now dim: Frosty House 8 Elizabeth; 8 Spruce Road; 2 Edgewood Road; 18 Reynard Street
Photos and Videos
Video: Reynard St.
Archive here https://www.cryanaid.com/public-art-maps/holiday-lights-and-cocoa-drives
Throwback: PRINTABLE | Seek & Find sheet Mad Merry Highlights 2023 here
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Happy 30 years Seaside Graphics! Celebrating this weekend with staff and family, and still took time to help me change a tire :)
Congratulations Seaside Graphics! https://www.seasidegraphics.com/
After 5pm, I had only got about this far changing the tire when Bill circled back to offer to help–even though he was on his way home and gearing up for a milestone weekend celebration. Thank you ! Congratulations to you and the staff over so many, many years. That’s a long successful run for a local business that is clutch for so many.
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Happy 4th of July
Gorgeous firework display in Gloucester last night. Looking forward to tonight’s!
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Topper’s back! Inn at Good Harbor Beach Construction Spring 2025. New England Cupola and Architectural Details Rising.
photos: The Inn at Good Harbor Beach (formerly dba Good Harbor Beach Inn) in March and April 2025. The stepped silhouette on Salt Island Road was retained. The Main building was raised on pylons due to flood mitigation.
April 2025
MARCH
renderings look great! https://innatgoodharborbeach.com/
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Nichols looks so festive! extended Valentine’s week hours
Valentine’s Week Hours
- Monday, Feb. 10 – 9:00am to 3:00pm
- Tuesday, Feb. 11 – Closed
- Wednesday, Feb. 12 – 9:00am to 3:00pm
- Thursday, Feb. 13 – 9:00am to 3:00pm (yes, we will be open!)
- Friday, Feb. 14 – 9:00am to 3:00pm
- Saturday, Feb.15 – 9:00am to 3:00pm
- Sunday Feb. 16- 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
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Good Harbor Beach Inn construction progress January 2025.
photos: Winter construction. Good Harbor Beach Inn progress, January 19, 23, 31, 2025. Now called Inn at Good Harbor Beach.
renderings look great! https://innatgoodharborbeach.com/
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3.9 Earthquake! Did you feel it?
3.9 earthquake on Jan 27, 2025. 10:22 AM. Off York Harbor, ME., felt in Gloucester.
I was driving and did not feel it, but multiple neighbors said their house shook. For updates see: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes
Author’s note:
Years recorded with earthquake in Gloucester, Mass. (as of 1989): 1717, 1722, 1727-1730, 1737, 1755, 1757, 1761, 1763, 1805, 1874, 1925, 1889 (expected), and 1998. See index. Gloucester, Massachusetts: Historical Timeline, 1000-1999. Mary Ray. Editors, Sarah R. Dunlap, Gloucester Archives Committee (Gloucester, Mass.), 2002.
On April 30, 1722: “There was an earthquake in the town continued about a minute.”
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Congratulations to Powers Family Dental: 2024 expansion, a new location, and on being 4th-gen local legacy business right here in #GloucesterMA!
What an impressive family affair! Congratulations Dr. Powers and Dr. Powers 🙂 !
Powers Family Dental has moved from 26 Dale Avenue to 18 Dale Avenue. Dr. Conor Powers, Dr. Michael Power’s eldest child, has joined the practice and is as congenial, warm and fastidious as his father. What hasn’t changed? The wonderful staff and dental hygienists! Michael’s sister Gina Muniz and niece Candace Balboa also work at the office. The expanded practice features six gleaming exam rooms outfitted in comfort and style with the latest and innovative equipment, efficient dental chair tech, custom sound system, and imaging–the x-ray being the sole carry over from the prior digs.
The new headquarters is closer to Central Grammar, directly across from the post office, with plenty of windows and views. Parking is available on Dale Avenue plus there are a few spaces on the building lot. From Dale Avenue, the accessibility entrance integrates a classic New England architectural detail into its design: a sweet and safe bridge crossing walkway to the front door. More Power To You 🙂
“Walter Powers Sr. started the business in 1926 on Middle St. In 1957 Walter Powers Jr. joined and they moved to 26 Dale Ave. In 1999, Michael Powers joined at 26 Dale Avenue. On September 16, 2024 Conor Powers joined and the practice moved to 18 Dale Avenue.” – Candace Balbo
Michael Powers maternal grandfather, Reginald Courant, was also a dentist- on Middle Street!
Moved from “there to here” 26 Dale Ave to 18 Dale Ave | Reno/Before/walkway
Powers Family Dental RIBBON CUTTING OPENING!
Courtesy images. September, 2024
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Red tulips, trees and skyline photos | Stacy Boulevard Sunrises. Springtime in Gloucester.
photos: Spring in Gloucester, Ma. Different mood sunrises April 18 and May 10, 2024
APRIL 18
May 10
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Winter storm flooding photos Long Beach
photos Jan. 13, 2024, about 4pm–four hours after high tide–when the ocean receded: some views and condition of the Long Beach seawall, front row cottages, and behind the cottages.
Note: The packed and tamped soft surface atop the seawall walkway was stripped away and a narrow gully was carved along its length. The path is entirely clear and walkable (albeit one front cottage deck which was lifted and traveled some) although a bit uneven and raw. The concrete hard stretch fared better. There was 1 debris chunk and two damaged spots on the concrete section. On the beach, the rip rap is entirely exposed (which happens every winter). The popple berm between Long Beach and Cape Hedge is shorter, but still standing. Four hours after high tide the road out back was more dry than not. Every storm is different.
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Winter storm flooding photos #GloucesterMA
The marshes work wonders during extreme storms
photos January 13, 2024, two hours after high tide: At the back of Good Harbor Beach over to Cape Hedge (roughly Thatcher Road between Stop & Shop, Good Harbor Beach, Long Beach, and Cape Hedge). Streets were impassable for about two hours–flooded by feet of water not inches. Barriers, DPW crews, utility and emergency crews are repairing, clearing, and pushing cars. The last time the floods breached the berm at Cape Hedge was the March 2012 storms. I was away for the prior flooding this week, and have not seen other neighborhoods today.
GMG readers shared video and photos from their views
Courtesy photos shared with GMG: Good Harbor Beach; Greasy Pole
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Homes for Profit: Speculation and Investment | research Map from Metropolitan Area Planning Council #MAPC
Earlier this month, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) announced the release of a new interactive map, MAPC’s Homes for Profit: Speculation and Investment, showcasing some of their multi year research specific to housing and investment in Greater Boston.
Check out MAPC Homes for Profit map here https://homesforprofit.mapc.org/
Check out MAPC Housing Submarkets here
(You can zoom in to Gloucester and greater Cape Ann or all of the North Shore.)
Today, to mark the public release, MAPC hosted a panel featuring Angie Liou, Executive Dir. Asian Community Development Corp; Brian An, Dir. Public Policy Georgia Tech; Katie MCann, Rent Control Campaign Coordinator, City Life/Vida Urbana; and Tim Reardon, Chief of Data & Research, Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, a newly established cabinet level area in Gov. Healy administration. Prior to taking that position, Reardon had led the data and research for MAPC.
Moderators announced at the outset that there were 168 participants on the Zoom meeting including elected city officials– Sue Moran, Falmouth; Steve Owens, Watertown; Rita Mendes, Brockton; and Liz Breadon Alston-Brighton, Boston City Council–, city staff from multiple towns too many to name, and partner/organizations.
Before introducing the panelists and moderator, MAPC’s Jessie Partridge Guerrero gave a quick overview about the report findings and how MAPC wanted to focus solely on the speculation challenge in this particular report. The panelists spoke briefly about their own areas of expertise and to a one confirmed “not surprised” regarding the report findings. As they engaged in a guided discussion centered on the report, the panelists’ approaches and experiences were not all the same, nor were the comments by attendees.
Closer to home, the city of Gloucester has worked with MAPC on several projects. Some dating back to 2011 involved research that is relevant to the housing discussions since 2017–a series I wrote about and shared on GMG. You may have participated in some of the meetings 10+ years ago held at City Hall. I’ll add in some of those links below and one to the MAPC zoom meeting today. I still have notes from all the feedback received when I served on some panels.
It’s great to see some of that MAPC data and mapping available to the public in a format similar to MEMA- MA power outage map.
resources from MAPC Zoom meeting 11/30/2023
Who Owns America? A Methodology for Identifying Landlords’ Ownership Scale and the Implications for Targeted Code Enforcement
Abstract
Brian An touched on AI tools to help with research. One GT paper he cited ,https://repository.gatech.edu/entities/publication/472788f9-a5e6-4d9b-8238-422d20333bcb
Scholars and practitioners are increasingly interested in understanding who owns real estate in communities and resultant implications for targeted planning approaches. Yet, practitioners lack an efficient and comprehensive methodology to assess landlords’ ownership scale, namely how many properties they own in a given geographic area.
MAPC moderators mentioned the Boston Globe spotlight series and the Boston Globe articles on Somerville, https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/25/metro/somerville-tenants-rally-over-soaring-rents-gentrification-green-line-extension-corridor
PDF from the new MAPC research site
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Wowza! Kent Circle Gloucester Tree Lighting 2023
Nov. 26, 2023 – in this 400+ anniversary year the Kent Circle tree lighting is lit
Added to Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives 2023 🙂 which is just getting going with a few early elves. 350+ homes were featured in 2022. Compare Kent Circle lighting through the years. Link to archive maps here.
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Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives 2023 #GloucesterMA 🚗☕🎄🌟⛄🕎
Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives is just getting going. This gem was spotted November 15th, the first of the season. Will Barbie pink be among the 2023 trends? Maybe. More homes and neighborhoods will be added, so be sure to check back. Photos will be posted on Good Morning Gloucester in separate batches.
photo caption (pinch and zoom to enlarge): For the 7th year in a row—and the 4th accompanied by a map with photos—enjoy snapshots of Gloucester’s decorated homes. Scroll down to see the first batch of twinkling houses that have been added to the Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives 2023 map edition as of November 25. Also, scroll down to a list of area ‘Mark Your Calendar’, not-to-miss, seasonal events.
2023 Map Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives
For prior year maps, see here
Mark your calendars!
In addition to the area’s rewarding drives past cheery homes, beautiful seasonal tree lightings and festive sparkling downtowns are bustling with activities.
2023. Annual events (days and times differ year to year)
- Nov. 25-January CAPE ANN: Cape Ann business store fronts are decked out. check out Winter Lights on Cape Ann
- Nov. 26 GLOUCESTER: Gloucester tree lighting in Kent Circle and Santa parade
- Dec. 1 ESSEX: A Very Essex Christmas Celebration. Santa arrives by boat.
- Dec. 1, 2 MANCHESTER: Holiday Stroll; Christmas by the Sea and Santa by boat
- Dec 2 ESSEX: Holiday market
- Dec. 2 ROCKPORT: Christmas in Rockport. Santa’s arrival by lobster boat and Tree in Dock Square lighting
- Dec. 2 & 3 GLOUCESTER: 2nd Annual Parade of Trees (fundraiser for Horribles Parade)
- Dec. 3 GLOUCESTER (9am): Half Merry-thon & 5K race. Good Harbor Beach
- Dec. 7 GLOUCESTER: Annual Ladies Night shopping
- Dec. 8 ROCKPORT: Holiday shopping night
- Dec. 9 IPSWICH: Jingle Bell walk
- Dec. 9 ROCKPORT: Holiday wagon rides
- Dec. 9 GLOUCESTER: extravaganza all day: Historic Middle Street Walk incredible program https://middlestreetwalk.org; Deck the Dock at Maritime Gloucester; Stacy Boulevard Chris Williams bronze planters dedication; Lobster Trap Tree lighting (4:30PM); and all in Gloucester’s 400+ anniversary year
- Dec. 10 GLOUCESTER: Santa at sea Beauport cruiselines
- Dec. 10 IPSWICH: Menorah lighting
- Dec. 12 GLOUCESTER: Temple Ahavat Achim Lobster Trap Menorah Lighting
- Dec. 14 GLOUCESTER: Men’s Night Shopping
- Dec. 16 ROCKPORT: 78th annual Rockport Christmas pageant
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Gold and Copper. Late Autumn in Gloucester.
photos: Fall vistas and Thanksgiving decorations in Gloucester, Mass., November 2023.
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Building inspector Form | If you call, don’t forget to fill out the form. #GloucesterMA
Helpful tip! Did you know if you have a question or concern about a property in Gloucester (construction, zoning, demo, abutter, safety, compliance, etc.) and you call the building department, there is no record until you fill out a form? Any concern is noted when this form is filled out, dropped off, and emailed.
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Dressing up? Check out Pink ‘Barbie’ at Bananas! #GloucesterMA
What to wear? Bananas Gloucester has options. Barbie is a regular there.
Bananas. 78 Main St. Gloucester, MA (978) 283-8806
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