A tulip in the rain on Tuesday in Gloucester. Allegra Boverman
A lilac blossom in the rain on Tuesday in Rockport. Allegra Boverman
A tulip in the rain on Tuesday in Gloucester. Allegra Boverman
A daffodil in the rain on Tuesday in at the library in Rockport. Allegra Boverman
Bleeding hearts in the rain on Tuesday in Gloucester. Allegra Boverman
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Croci popped up in February, bulbs followed in March and April — all weeks ahead of time.
But the real surprise in Nature's show of colors this spring has been a rare early bloom of lilacs, which are a classic May treasure.
Lilacs all over Cape Ann popped out at least a week ahead of time in late April and are now in full bloom. Many seemed to relish their own treat Tuesday, taking in a soaking rain.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Gloucester Daily Times. Newly opened Essex River Dogs in downtown Essex is ready for the season.
Memorial Day Weekend means the start of the summer tourism and beach season on Cape Ann, and businesses are ready to throw open their doors and pull in customers, despite a stormy winter that wreaked havoc on Rockport's Bearskin Neck, sloshed flood w
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U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez Thursday lent a sympathetic ear to the unfolding life crises of Gloucester fishermen, battered and beaten down by federal dictates that have limited landings to half --or in some cases less than a quarter-- of what
Continued ...BOSTON -- The Massachusetts Senate has adopted a proposal allowing Massachusetts to recoup public benefits given to anyone later convicted of using of a weapon of mass destruction. Gloucester Republican and state Senate Minority Leader Sen. Bruce Tar
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