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I-4, C-2: Moving Forward
Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times
A review of potentially game-changing proposals for a prime piece of land along Gloucester Harbor is moving into a new phase. “In some ways,” Mayor Carolyn Kirk says of the I-4, C-2 site, “as goes this parcel, so goes the Gloucester waterfront.” Now, for probably two weeks at the beginning of March, city officials are expected to host talks with a five-member citizen advisory panel about what standards to set in soliciting formal applications from developers. The dream stage may be over — with developers presenting the last of nearly two dozen plans for the property — but possibilities for 65 Rogers St. remain as broad as the horizon. Click here to read more.
Editorial: City bond for Newell Stadium a true investment in Gloucester pride
Gloucester Daily Times
Monday, January 10th
Anyone who has taken in a game at Newell Stadium over the last few years, anyone with a son or daughter involved in Gloucester High School sports, anyone who has tried to run on the woebegone track — heck, anyone who viewed the photos of the wavy stands in Monday’s Times — knows that it’s long past time for the Newell to be renewed…and Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk deserves credit for launching the new year with a proposal to have the city bond $1.5 million toward renovating what can become a showcase venue for high school football, field hockey, soccer, lacrosse, track — and other school and civic events. Click here to read more.
City eyes $1.5M bond for Newell Stadium project
Gloucester Daily Times
Monday, January 10th
Mayor Carolyn Kirk wants the city to use a $1.5 million bond issue that would match projected community and private donations of the same amount to help finance the major renovation planned for Gloucester High School’s Newell Stadium. Click here to read more.
Kirk says she’s in
Boston Globe
Sunday, January 9th
Peabody Mayor Michael J. Bonfanti said he was out. Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk said she was in. Last week’s announcements, by Bonfanti that he would not seek a sixth term as Peabody’s mayor, and by Kirk that she plans to run for a third term in Gloucester, combined to sound an opening bell to mayoral elections in the region. Click here to read more.
City steps up push for back taxes
Gloucester Daily Times
Monday, January 8th
By the end of next month, Gloucester’s chief tax collector hopes to have accomplished a challenging task he prefers not to champion. After starting two years behind when he began his job in the fall of 2008, Treasurer Jeff Towne believes he will have city collections of past taxes current by March. Click here to read more.
Interview with Mayor Kirk, Part 2
Cape Ann Beacon
Friday, January 7th
Gloucester — This is Part 2 of Terry Weber’s interview with Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk, who has announced she will be running for re-election this year. This is the portion of the interview that was not printed in the Cape Ann Beacon. Click here to read more.
Interview with Mayor Kirk, Part 1
Cape Ann Beacon
Friday, January 7th
Gloucester — This is Part 1 of Terry Weber’s interview with Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk, who has announced she will be running for re-election this year. This is the portion of the interview that was printed in the Cape Ann Beacon. Click here to read more.
Mayors see 2011 as year of challenge
Boston Globe
Thursday, January 6th
Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk says a top priority in 2011 will be advancing the city’s efforts to bring growth to its waterfront. Click here to read more.
Cape Ann brew pub moves into new waterfront home
Gloucester Daily Times
Tuesday, January 4th
On a dazzling, blue sky morning on Gloucester Harbor, Jeremy Goldberg sat inside his newly opened 5,000 square-foot Cape Ann Brewing Company brew pub Monday at one of several plain plank pine “community dining tables” he and his team have hand-crafted. Click here to read more.
Kirk Jumps in early; she’ll seek third term
Gloucester Daily Times
Monday, January 3rd
Carolyn Kirk, just two days into her fourth year as Gloucester’s mayor, but less than a month after checking into Addison Gilbert Hospital for a bout with hypertension that led her to turn over the reins to an acting mayor for 10 days, officially declared Sunday that she will be running for a third term, with even a potential primary election still eight months away. Click here to read more.
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