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Gloucester Council Approves Applied Materials Height Variance, School Advocates Demand Budget Action

Gloucester council approves Applied Materials expansion permit as school advocates pack public comment.

Townbrief reporting · May 12

Government · Select Board

Gloucester City Council Unanimously Accepts $178.7 Million FY2027 Budget for Review

Gloucester City Council votes 9-0 to accept Mayor Lundberg's $178.7 million FY2027 budget and open a 45-day review. The council convened a special meeting May 6 solely to receive the balanced spending plan, which totals exactly $178,690,650 in both revenues and expenditures.

Townbrief reporting · May 6

Government · Select Board

Gloucester City Council Votes 9-0 to Accept $178.7 Million FY27 Budget

Gloucester City Council unanimously accepts $178.7 million FY27 budget for 45-day review.

Townbrief reporting · May 5

Government · Select Board

Gloucester City Council Approves Tax Title Fund, Hears $218 Million Sewer Financing Plan

Gloucester City Council hears $218 million wastewater plant financing plan and votes to create a tax title collection fund.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 28

Government · Select Board

Gloucester City Council Hears $218 Million Sewer Plant Financing Plan, Confirms New Board Member

Gloucester City Council gets first look at $218 million wastewater plant financing as debt service projected to peak at $10 million annually by 2031.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 14

Government · Select Board

Gloucester City Council Rejects Stillington Drive Public Way Petition 7-1

Gloucester City Council rejects Stillington Drive public way petition 7-1, approves Hammond Castle parking restrictions.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 24

Government · Select Board

Gloucester City Council authorizes $3.32 million loan to rebuild St. Peter's Landing Marina

Gloucester City Council unanimously approved a $3.32 million loan order to reconstruct St. Peter's Landing and Marina, backed by a $2.6 million Seaport Economic Council grant awarded in January 2026.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 10

Government · Select Board

Gloucester Council Rejects East Gloucester Marine Industrial Rezoning, 6-0

Gloucester City Council unanimously rejected a proposal to rezone 25 East Gloucester marine industrial properties to neighborhood business and confirmed nine new board appointments at its February 10 meeting.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 10

Government · Select Board

Gloucester City Council Votes 9-0 to Ban Cryptocurrency Kiosks Citywide

Gloucester City Council votes 9-0 to ban cryptocurrency kiosks, citing elder fraud.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 9

Government · Select Board

Gloucester Council Votes 9-0 to Pursue Private Road Repair Authority From State

Gloucester City Council unanimously backed a home rule petition Tuesday seeking state authority to make permanent repairs to private roads, while confirming a new interim city administrator and approving a downtown housing conversion.

Townbrief reporting · Aug 26