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Gloucester, Massachusetts

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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.

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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”

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about Cooper Hills Cheese Roll. Almost every year, thousands gather in Gloucestshire, England to watch the reckless run and roll after a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese.

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The Perfect Story

“The Perfect Storm”, the movie based on Sebastian Junger’s novel about the deaths of six Gloucester, Massachusetts fishermen, opens nation-wide on June 30th. In another installment of our series, “Gloucester at the Crossroads,” Sandy Tolan reports as the city braces for an expected tourist boom in the wake of all the Hollywood hype, some old […]