Gloucester Times

Harbor Advisory Committee set for reorgization

The Rockport Harbor Advisory Committee, citing decreasing enrollment, will still continue to meet with just five members ...
Gloucester Times

Pharmacy eyed for Rockport's Main Street site

Pending approval from the Board of Appeals, a new pharmacy is set to open up in Rockport ...
Gloucester Times

Rockport on the agenda

These municipal meetings, open to the public, are scheduled this week in Rockport ...
Vintage Rockport

High-Res View of Rockport Granite Fountains in D.C., 1917

Coincidentally, just a week after I posted an image of one of the two Rockport Granite fountains at Union Station in Washington, D ...
Boston Globe

It's all in the names

Not many people know that Rockport and Gloucester were once called Tragabigzanda ...
Vintage Rockport

Rockport Granite Fountain at Union Station, Washington, D.C., circa 1911

For the Rockport Granite Company, perhaps its proudest achievement was the installation of two massive granite fountains in the plaza at Union Station in Washington, D ...
Vintage Rockport

Memorial Day Parade, Pigeon Cove, circa 1912

I meant to post this on Memorial Day, but better late than never ...
Vintage Rockport

The Shore Path to Marmion Way, Rockport, circa 1925

This is a view of the shore path that runs from Old Garden Beach to Marmion Way ...
Boston Globe

Boston's newest shoe startup, Category 5, finds a promotional opportunity at Figawi Race Weekend

Massachusetts is home to a closet full of big name shoe brands, from New Balance to Reebok to Converse to Rockport ...
Vintage Rockport

Front Beach, Rockport, Mass., circa 1910

Here is another postcard published by J. Sidney Poole ...
Boston Globe

Pilot program lets bikes board rush-hour commuter trains between some Newburyport-Rockport stations

The MBTA launched a pilot program this month that allows passengers to bring bikes aboard commuter rail trains between certain stations on the Newburyport-Rockport line during morning and afternoon rush hour travel times.
Boston Globe

Rockport National Bank and MassDevelopment partner up to fund repairs on Gloucester Railway

Rockport National Bank and MassDevelopment have partnered up to provide a hefty loan to help repair Gloucester Marine Railways, the oldest continuously operating marine ship repair site in the country ...
Vintage Rockport

Granite Pier, Rockport, Mass., circa 1907

This is the first early-1900s postcard I’ve seen that refers to the Rockport Granite Company pier by the name Granite Pier ...
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