Gloucester Daily Times

Mayor Carolyn Kirk today vetoed City Council's decision to join a planned North Shore regional vocational school, throwing the city's place in the new state-of-the-art institution back into doubt. The veto returns the issue to the Council, which voted 5-3 last week to commit Gloucester to the new school, and could override the veto with a two-thirds majority. Full Story »

AmeriCold Logistics Inc. has been fined $35,000 by the state for a series of pollution violations, including gas leaks, at its three giant grey cold storage freezers on the Gloucester waterfront. The violations, announced yesterday, were discovered during routine inspections by the Department of Environmental Protection in 2007 and 2008 of the three Gloucester freezers and mdash; on Rowe Square ... Full Story »

Investment capital is almost certain to find a role in the conversion of America's fisheries from essentially common resources to privately managed fishermen's cooperatives through a system known as catch shares. Full Story »

The University of Massachusetts has received inquiries from at least four institutions interested in an oceanside laboratory at the now vacant and decaying Hodgkins Cove marine research station in Bay View. Full Story »

The Salvation Army Holiday Fund has raised $5,975.50 so far to help Essex County families during this holiday season. Many thanks to the following donors from Cape Ann and the North Shore: $1,062.50: Total contributions received today. Full Story »

Arrests A Gloucester man was arrested yesterday after police say he confessed to a break-in at Eastern Avenue Storage over the weekend. Christopher N. McCollum, 41, of 8 Elwell St., is facing charges of felony breaking and entering, malicious destruction of property and larceny after being arrested yesterday afternoon. Full Story »

ROCKPORT and mdash; The Fire Department responded to Summer Street Court at 7:51 Tuesday night on a report of a smoke detector alarm. Firefighters determined the false alarm was triggered by a faulty detector. Full Story »

ESSEX and mdash; A Main Street resident reported seeing what he says was a 50-pound, black wild cat sunning itself in a field off of Spring Street at 2:36 p.m. yesterday afternoon before it ran off into the woods. Although no officers saw it, police suspect it was a fisher because the resident said the animal had a long tail. Full Story »

MANCHESTER and mdash; From 6:31 until 8:20 on Tuesday night the Manchester Fire Department provided mutual aid to the Gloucester Fire Department. Manchester firefighters provided station coverage while Gloucester firefighters responded to a house fire. Full Story »

The Gloucester Daily Times aims to be accurate. If you are aware of a factual error in a story, please call Times Editor Ray Lamont at 978-283-7000, ext. 3438. Roland Parsons, the 35-year-old man sent Full Story »

It was 10 years ago, about this time of year, that Jeff Worthley made it his goal to build Gloucester and rsquo;s first lobster trap tree. The idea was actually suggested by Janice Lufkin Shea, the owner of the Cormorant Shop on Main Street who had seen a similar and quot;tree and quot; in another town, Worthley recalled yesterday. Seeing there was no tree-lighting ceremonies that brought people ... Full Story »

It's holiday gift giving time, and for those book lovers on your list, there are several options with Cape Ann ties to consider, ranging from a coffee table book of Gloucester photographs to a mystery. Full Story »

Cape Ann joined the rest of the state in a special primary election for U.S. Senate last night, overwhelmingly choosing Attorney General Martha Coakley out of four Democrats and Wrentham state Sen. Scott Brown over his Republican opponent. Full Story »

MANCHESTER and mdash; Neighbors of the new Manchester Essex Regional High and Middle School will begin to see some relief when it comes to on-street parking in front of their houses. The parking lot in front of the school was paved last Friday and the parking spaces are expected to be painted by the end of this week. Full Story »

The Salvation Army Holiday Fund has raised $4,913 so far to help Essex County families during this holiday season. Many thanks to the following donors from Cape Ann and the North Shore: $450: Total contributions received today. Full Story »

BEVERLY and mdash; The plan to build a $133 million high school that proponents say will transform vocational education on the North Shore has become a reality. The Beverly City Council voted 8-0 Monday night to join the merged and expanded vocational school district, with a new school on the current Essex Aggie site in Danvers. Full Story »

A Byfield man was sentenced to jail time by Judge Ellen Flatley after pleading guilty to heroin possession charges in Gloucester District Court yesterday. Evan Kinlock, 20, of 27 Central St., Byfield, was sentenced to 30 days in jail on the drug charge. Charges of driving without a license and disturbing the peace brought against Kinlock were dismissed. Full Story »

Arrest Justin P. Steele, 21, of 3 Pirate's Lane, was arrested early yesterday morning on drunken driving charges. Steele was arrested at 1:15 a.m. yesterday after being pulled over on Route 128 south for a marked lanes violation. Full Story »

ROCKPORT and mdash; The Fire Department provided mutual aid station coverage to the Gloucester Fire Department shortly after 4 p.m. Monday. Firefighters investigated a carbon monoxide detector activation at a Stockholm Avenue home at 3:35 Monday afternoon. Full Story »

ESSEX and mdash; An ambulance responded to Western Avenue at 5:08 p.m. Monday and transported a female to Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester. At 3:25 p.m. Monday, a female was transported by ambulance to Beverly Hospital from Chebacco Terrace. Full Story »

The Gloucester Daily Times aims to be accurate. If you are aware of a factual error in a story, please call Times Editor Ray Lamont at 978-283-7000, ext. 3438. Yesterday's Page 1 story about the fire Full Story »

Bill Lee, who built his own boat and, in 37 years of fishing, became the unofficial ombudsman for the Gloucester fleet, has sold his permit to settle a $19,800 claim for illegal landings and is exiting the industry and mdash; with bitterness toward federal fishery law enforcers and the regulatory system. Full Story »

A fire on the top floor of an unoccupied Lanesville house burned through the roof and into the sky last night before being put out by Gloucester firefighters. The house, at 21 Coggeshall Road off Langsford Street, was under renovation and virtually empty when the fire started in foam insulation just after 6 p.m., Deputy Fire Chief Miles Schlichte said. Full Story »

ROCKPORT and mdash; The part-time emergency medical technician facing charges for storing an anti-tank rocket launcher among a cache of other weapons, has been cited by Forbes.com,, Business Week and other publications as a telecommunications expert focused on global intelligence and and quot;surveillance countermeasures. and quot; Full Story »

State Attorney General Martha Coakley and state Sen. Scott Brown have breezed through their special primaries tonight to earn the chance to face off next month for the U.S. Senate seat held for more than four decades by Edward M. Kennedy. Full Story »