GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA Local News 2012-05-28T09:06:26-04:00 urn:uuid:b87ad9bb-a619-485c-93bf-5257e3a950a6 City gets state funds to assess Fort sites By Times Staff urn:uuid:d308e3c7-fac0-450f-b014-9e78ebc0d70b 2012-05-27T22:31:33-04:00 The city of Gloucester has landed a total of $49,400 from the public MassDevelopment Corp. to carry out "brownfield" assessments for a pair of city-owned properties on Commercial Street &#8212; including the 110 Commercial property at the end of the street that city officials are openly looking to sell for redevelopment. Collapsed culvert project pegged at $250k By Times Staff urn:uuid:2694deb7-0eb8-4c00-8cf8-55c96c53a7ba 2012-05-27T22:29:45-04:00 MANCHESTER &#8212; The project that will cost the town up to $250,000 and block access for a week along a major road between Manchester and Essex beginning Tuesday comes after a collapsing culvert had begun to trigger a sink hole along School Street, the town's public works director said over the weekend. Senate budge adds $5M for CPA work From Wire and Staff Reports urn:uuid:d72739e9-dde7-4989-8c96-664a88e51b1a 2012-05-27T22:30:16-04:00 BOSTON &#8212; The state Senate has approved extending $5 million for the state's community preservation trust fund to go along with reforms to the law that provides matching grants for cities and towns to preserve open space and restore historic properties. New auction format seeks stable fish price By Richard Gaines urn:uuid:2e4c8cbe-fcfb-4d3a-9dc4-37f0d8730828 2012-05-27T22:29:15-04:00 New England groundfishermen have been invited to participate in a new business and model for selling part or all of their catch through a system similar to commodity market contract sales.<br /> The term used by the founders of Open Ocean Trading is "forward market contracts." Cape Ann Memorial Day ceremonies Compiled By Gail McCarthy urn:uuid:14aaf095-cf48-4c12-9f36-66cdf8de92b8 2012-05-27T22:28:05-04:00 All of Cape Ann's communities are holding events this morning to commemorate Memorial Day. Here is today's schedule:<br /> GLOUCESTER<br /> The Memorial Day parade begins at 9 a.m., stepping off from Harbor Loop, a new starting point. From there, participants will march up Manuel F. Lewis Street, then along Main Street and to Western Avenue to the World War II Memorial at Kent Circle. Gloucester on the agenda urn:uuid:589e19da-3358-4f12-acc8-e45042c0bae7 2012-05-27T22:27:36-04:00 Municipal meetings scheduled this week Manchester on the agenda urn:uuid:98d1eabc-a2e7-4bde-a4dd-29e862ed9a98 2012-05-27T22:27:23-04:00 Municipal meetings scheduled this week. Rockport on the agenda urn:uuid:8a4a0f8d-fa38-49b9-8195-ef082f067bd7 2012-05-27T22:27:18-04:00 Municipal meetings scheduled this week. Essex on the agenda urn:uuid:c8570524-8d82-4b9d-8d6e-2dd7bc15e386 2012-05-27T22:27:15-04:00 Municipal meetings scheduled this week. Where cats and dogs will reign By Joann Mackenzie urn:uuid:ddb99417-ed49-489a-959f-1f79201c82dd 2012-05-25T23:17:23-04:00 <p> Cape Ann Animal Aid is hosting an open house Sunday at is new shelter in Gloucester.</p>