2015Four-term Gloucester mayor Carolyn Kirk resigned.Events & Anniversaries, Government and Public Service, State Events, City Government

The Mayor resigned effective January 6, 2015. She accepted a job as the Deputy Secretary of Housing and Economic Development in the administration of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. Seven-term City Councilor Sefatia Romeo Theken was chosen as Gloucester’s new interim mayor with a pledge that she would not seek re-election to the postion.