Video by Bryan Eaton/Staff Photographer
A year ago, only eight teams of racers came to Federal Street to test their creative and architectural skills in the annual Lions Club Bed Race.
Last night, 14 teams showed up to brave the 90-degree heat.
Watchers from throughout the area crowded the street from top to bottom, equipped with water bottles and portable fans to beat the unrelenting heat.
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Veteran of World II, Korea recalls war's losses
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Gloucester Daily Times. Francis Bruni, now of Rockport, originally of Gloucester, talking about his Navy service, including aboard the destroyer USS William D. Porter, on which he was serving when it sank, though no one was hurt or killed.
Francis Bruni is among the few remaining World War II veterans who escaped unharmed from a sinking destroyer damaged by a kamikaze pilot during the Battle of Okinawa on June 10, 1945, some two months before the end of the war. "I didn't even get my f
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Cape Ann's Memorial Day — 2013
When it comes to service to one's country, all veterans stand in one circle. In the case of Cape Ann's Memorial Day services Monday morning, there will be a blending of all sorts of ceremonies, with a special Gloucester focus this Monday holiday on
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City, town road funds await governor's OK
BOSTON -- Gloucester is targeted to receive more than $1 million in so-called Chapter 90 funding for local road improvements, paving and repair projects -- and Cape Ann is in line to receive more than $1.7 milion overall -- but much of the summer rep
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