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🌱 How much Gloucester castle adventure can you get for under $20?
Good morning Gloucester! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How much Gloucester castle adventure can you get for under $20?
- How Gloucester fishermen are quietly reshaping New England’s fish quotas
Also on today's calendar: Dead to the Core - Not Just a Grateful Dead Tribute and 10 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 55 and low of 46 degrees.
- Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 49, low: 42.
- Sunday: Showers; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 54 and low of 37 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 10 Amazing Massachusetts Adventures You Can Enjoy Without Spending More Than $20 (takingthekids.com) — Gloucester residents can rediscover Hammond Castle Museum as a budget-friendly way to explore a genuine “medieval” castle perched on the city’s rocky shoreline, with sweeping ocean views and historic artifacts. The roundup also highlights nine other under-$20 adventures across Massachusetts, from waterfalls and mountains to museums and gardens, for easy day trips beyond Cape Ann. 
• Scientists and the Fishing Industry Join Forces for Better Data and Management (Part 2) (noaa.gov) — Gloucester fish dealers and fishermen are key partners in a NOAA cooperative research project updating how cod, haddock, pollock, and flounder catches are measured for stock assessments. Their data, alongside work from other New England ports, is helping refine quotas, improve fishery management, and strengthen relationships between scientists and both commercial and recreational fleets.
📸 Around Gloucester
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Dead to the Core - Not Just a Grateful Dead Tribute
The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
8:00 pm -
Draw The Line
Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis St, Beverly
8:00 pm -
The Samples
The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
8:00 pm -
K-POP DEMON HUNTERS Dance Party & Sing-Along April Show
The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
1:00 pm -
The Cements Brothers
The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
6:03 pm -
Spring Open Studio Event
Porter Mill Studios, 95 Rantoul St, Beverly, MA, 01915,
12:00 pm -
Learning To Love Your Enemies
First Church of Christ, Scientist - Christian Science Church, 19 Hale St, Beverly
7:30 pm
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
Thursday April 23
Saturday April 25
Thursday May 14
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Other local events
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Bring Joy Back Into Poetry
Gloucester Writers Center , 126 E Main St , Gloucester
2:00 pm -
The Warped Tour Band with All The Blink Things and Fake Out Boy
The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar , 177 Main St , Gloucester
8:00 pm -
Miranda Russell
Larcom Theatre , 13 Wallis St , Beverly
8:00 pm -
The Jungle Book
Larcom Theatre , 13 Wallis St , Beverly
1:30 pm -
A Screening of Life on the Other Planet + Live Performance from Nervous Eaters
The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar , 177 Main St , Gloucester
5:00 pm -
A Night of Comedy with Steve Sweeney + Guests
The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar , 177 Main St , Gloucester
7:30 pm
Saturday April 25
Sunday April 26
Saturday May 2
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Is it legal to take a left hand turn off Wheeler Street onto Washington?
I have been confronted by two different people on two separate occasions (one not so nice man and a young woman) recently telling me I am not… (Nextdoor Riverdale/Bay View)
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Gloucester. Apply here.
- Endicott College posted a job opening for Assistant Professor, School of Education: Social Emotional Learning Faculty in Beverly. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gloucester here.
🗞 Nearby News
Rockport
- 13 Enjoyable Day Trips To Take Around Massachusetts This Spring (takingthekids.com)
Essex
- Essex board sets district's fiscal '27 budget (kmaland.com)
- Essex in Bloom: Discover the Beauty and Heritage of This Rural North Shore Town (nshoremag.com)
- ‘We're Not Scared Of Competition': Team White Abarrio Ready For Oaklawn Handicap (paulickreport.com)
Ipswich
- Author Crocker Snow Jr. to headline Ipswich Museum lecture April 22 (thelocalnews.news)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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