Gloucester

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Gloucester at the Crossroads

Our ongoing series on the nation’s oldest fishing port continues with a story of pollock and politics. Producer Sandy Tolan describes what happened when a Russian freighter came to port, and an anonymous tip to customs officials scuttled Gloucester’s plans to make fish fillets for McDonald’s.

Listener Letters

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Gloucester’s Legacy of Loss

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Gloucester at the Crossroads

Gloucester at the Crossroads Series: Part 3 – A Port Shaped by of Loss

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“GLOUCESTER AT THE CROSSROADS”

In the next installment of his occasional series, Living on Earth’s Sandy Tolan spends time with the town mothers and fathers as they prepare for their annual ritual, the St. Peter’s Fiesta in this depressed fishing community.