2013-05-26T01:56:13-04:00 urn:uuid:720afabb-a9f7-4eb3-8a8e-ec60d37ccfd4 urn:newsml:GLOU986095:s 2013-05-25T00:07:00-04:00

Week of May 27-31 Elementary, Middle schools Monday -- No school Tuesday -- Popcorn chicken, confetti spaghetti, vegetable sticks, chilled pears Wednesday -- Beef nachos with vegetarian chili, vegetable sticks, mini Rice Krispie Treat Thursday -- Ov

Dear Abby urn:newsml:GLOU955523:s 2013-05-25T00:00:39-04:00

:Dear Abby: I'm a 21-year-old nursing student in college. I'm a "people person" and everyone says I'm easy to talk to. According to my friends, I am pretty, smart, funny, etc., but I have never had a boyfriend. I was extremely sick throughout high sc

Horoscope | Bernice Bede Osol urn:newsml:GLOU990726:s 2013-05-25T00:00:30-04:00

You are likely to make some of your greatest gains just when it looks like everything is grinding to an abrupt halt. It will prove that you should never give up. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Unusual benefits are likely to be derived from a rare part

Horoscope | Bernice Bede Osol urn:newsml:GLOU946577:s 2013-05-25T00:00:30-04:00

You are likely to make some of your greatest gains just when it looks like everything is grinding to an abrupt halt. It will prove that you should never give up. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Unusual benefits are likely to be derived from a rare part

urn:newsml:GLOU986114:s 2013-05-25T00:00:30-04:00

Week of May 27-31 ELEMENTARY school Monday -- No school Tuesday -- Hamburger on bun, oven fries, carrot and red pepper sticks with hummus Wednesday -- Teriyaki chicken dippers, pineapple rice, broccoli Thursday -- Pasta with sauce, mozzarella cheese

By Times Staff urn:newsml:GLOU990986:s 2013-05-24T21:21:00-04:00

FRIDAY, May 24 Linda Amero's Menage a Trio, 7 to 10 p.m, Downstairs @ Franklin Cafe, 118 Main St., Gloucester. Amero on vocals, Steve Heck on piano, and Bronek Suchanek on bass. Freevolt, 8 p.m., Mile Marker One, Cape Ann Marina, 75 Essex Ave., Glouc

Senior Lookout urn:newsml:GLOU983093:s 2013-05-24T00:00:39-04:00

Disaster has been in the news this week, with the string of damaging tornadoes in Oklahoma. We used to think of tornadoes as an event that rarely struck here in New England, but after the destruction in Munson in June 2011, and after confirmation tha

By Times Staff urn:newsml:GLOU986656:s 2013-05-24T00:00:38-04:00

You could call it a fashionable evening. The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce hosted a show Wednesday night featuring local women modeling the latest fashions in clothing, shoes, jewelry and beauty products as part of this month's "Ladies Night Out." The

North Shore Gardener urn:newsml:GLOU986814:s 2013-05-24T00:00:37-04:00

This month celebrates the 30th anniversary of North Shore Gardener. Thirty years have gone by in a flash; now we're dealing with a few changes. We have genetically modified seeds and grafted tomato plants. In the garden, we have seen sweet corn devel

Dear Abby urn:newsml:GLOU955514:s 2013-05-24T00:00:35-04:00

:Dear Abby: My husband and I attended the wedding of the son of some old friends in another state. Rather than buy the young couple a gift, we instead gave them a check for $1,000. Imagine our astonishment when a month later the following arrived in