1954The adoption of the Plan E charter provided for the appointment of a City Manager.Government and Public Service, City Government

Babson, John James, and Samuel Chandler. History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Anne, Including the Town of Rockport. Gloucester [Mass.] Procter brothers, 1860, http://archive.org/details/historytownglou00changoog

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1954
The Paint Factory, the Hydaway Bar on Duncan Street, the sail loft on Wharf Street, and Marine Railways were burned in a fire.
1954
The schooner Adventure was bought by Donald Hurd, Dayton Newton, and Herbert Beizer and was converted into a passenger schooner.
1954
Cape Ann Festival of the Arts presented The Witch of Dogtown.
1954
The Hawthorne Inn burned in a fire.

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