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June 25, 2008

Anonymous The Gloucester Daily Times Wed Jun 25, 2008, 05:10 AM EDT

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Thomas Durkin graduated from the Governor's Academy in Byfield on May 25 and received the Moody Kent Prize in Foreign Language awarded for outstanding achievement in that field of study. Durkin will attend Middlebury College.

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Vincent Orlando, son of Vincent and Kathleen Orlando of Manchester, has earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Endicott College in Beverly.

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Francesca Falzone, Julia Kennelly, Madison Kramer, Anne Melden and Emily Melden have been named to the second semester honor roll at Pingree School in South Hamilton.

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Peter Hanscom has received a master's degree in book arts and printmaking from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Penn.

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Kirk asks for new cod study

Speaking to a group of New England fishery leaders Friday in Portsmouth, N.H., Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk joined a call for the federal government to carry out a new assessment of Gulf of Maine cod stocks before ratcheting down catch limits that would have a dire effect on the fishing industry.
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Talk of the Times: Whale watching comes to harbor, Rocky Neck

Whale watching isn't a regular activity around Rocky Neck and the Inner Harbor.
But a handful or two of local residents and visitors were able to do just that for a few hours Thursday afternoon.
Donna Marchant and her husband Dick were the first to call the Times to report that one or possibly two right whales — obviously lost, not visibly in distress — could be seen first around the area off Smith's Cove, and then across the harbor off Cruiseport Gloucester and the Americold building, behind Gorton's and then off Harbor Loop.
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Manchester's Kehoe leads salute to Eagle Scouts

When the Yankee Clipper Scout Council hosted close to 400 people last week at a gathering to honor the 177 Boy Scouts who earned their Eagle badge last year, an Eagle Scout from more than four decades ago served as featured honoree, and could talk firsthand about scouting leading to community leadership.
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