Gloucester Mayoral Election – MSO News Interviews with Mayor Greg Verga and Challenger Dr. Mary Ellen Rose
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Housing4All: Gloucester Mayoral Candidate Forum | October 16, 2023
League of Women Voters
Mayoral Debate 10/18/23
1623 Studios Mayoral Candidate Statements
Senior Center Gets a Makeover
“These enhancements will add to the incredible work done by our Council on Aging staff and safeguard this building for years to come,” Mayor Greg Verga said in a news release. “I want to thank the Council on Aging Board of Directors for their support in these projects and for their advocacy for Gloucester’s seniors.”
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Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga discusses farmers' market, online beach reservations, and more
Letter: More to the road repair issue than meets the eye
With the upcoming mayoral race nearing I think it is important to share some research I have done on the topic of potholes. This is an attempt to simplify a convoluted set of somewhat archaic Massachusetts laws. In a nutshell, there are two types of roads in Gloucester (and most, if not all, cities and towns in Massachusetts) — municipal and private.
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Mayor Verga’s Gloucester Story
League of Women Voters Interviews with Candidates for Mayor
1623 Studios Candidate Statement
Tablet Rock finally gets its makeover
Verga said when he took office in 2022, he reinvigorated the membership of the Committee for the Arts. The city then hired an arts coordinator over the summer, he said, and Community Development Director David Fields has also been involved in the committee.
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Farmers market to sprout up at Burnham's Field
“We are thrilled that the Verga administration approached Backyard Growers to lead the new farmers market,” said Alison DiFiore, Backyard Growers executive director, in a statement. “The team who built the original Cape Ann Farmers Market created an amazing community resource and we’re honored to carry on the tradition of connecting Cape Ann through food.”
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Gloucester Family Health Center provides one-stop care
The Gloucester Family Health Center at 302 Washington St. marked National Health Center Week with a visit by Mayor Greg Verga, who got a first-hand look at what the center has to offer.
The mayor viewed the dental suite downstairs and the patient exam rooms upstairs, and heard about the health center’s various services. He then presented the center’s officials with a proclamation declaring National Health Center Week, from Aug. 6 to 12, in the city.
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Mayor Greg Verga on MSONEWSport
Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga discusses tonight’s Good Harbor Creek meeting & More
Mayor Kickoffs Re-Election Campaign
“Mayor Greg Verga held a campaign strum-off, if you will, at the Gloucester House restaurant on Rogers Street.
He spoke to more than 100 supporters, then sat in and played bass with the Gloucester-based band Millie & the Half Nelsons during a campaign kickoff party Sunday night that also featured a ringing endorsement by the former Salem Mayor and present Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll.”
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Mayor Verga Speaks at Vietnam Memorial Rededication Ceremony
Gloucester enters into consent decree to build $150M secondary treatment facility
“U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins, Mayor Greg Verga and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have announced the city has entered into the consent decree with the EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in federal court for the city to clean up its act.”
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Mayor Verga Announces Run for Re-election
More than 400 days into his first term, Mayor Greg Verga announced this February that he plans to seek a second term this fall.
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Looking Back: Mayor Verga Completes One Year in Office
The Gloucester Daily Times reports on Mayor Verga's first year in office. “For the next 729 days, I will wake up with just one mandate, to make Gloucester a better place tomorrow than it is today," says Verga to Staff Writer Ethan Forman.
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2022 Inauguration
Greg Verga was sworn in as
Mayor of Gloucester on January 1, 2022
“Powered by partnerships and operating as a team, we can begin a journey toward a more perfect Gloucester. My goal is to reset Gloucester in a form and fashion that we’ll all recognize. A City reborn in its own image. An even better place to live, to work and to visit. A place I’ll always be immensely proud to call my home.”
Full Transcript of Greg’s Inaugural Address
2021 Election
On November 2, 2021, Greg Verga was elected Mayor of Gloucester with 58.78% of the vote
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