Rough water at Singing Beach on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. Jesse Poole/Gloucester Daily Times May 1, 2012
First-grader Jonah Stevens reads a book, which he authored and illustrated, to Jennifer Roberts, the principal of Essex Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon. He was awarded a certificate in recognition for his good work. Jesse Poole/Gloucester Daily Times May 1, 2012
With raindrops dripping from its beak, a lone seagull displays its wings at Masconomo Park in Manchester on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. Jesse Poole/Gloucester Daily Times May 1, 2012
With raindrops dripping from its beak, a lone seagull displays its wings at Masconomo Park in Manchester on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. Jesse Poole/Gloucester Daily Times May 1, 2012
A wet landscape in Essex on Tuesday afternoon. Jesse Poole/Gloucester Daily Times May 1, 2012
Rain falls on a coloful Essex salt marsh on Tuesday afternoon. Jesse Poole/Gloucester Daily Times May 1, 2012
Joshua Dobson, fourth grader at Essex Elementary School, plays a rather large drum Tuesday afternoon, practicing with the rest of the band for the regional elementary spring concert that night. Jesse Poole/Gloucester Daily Time May 1, 2012
Fourth-grader Elizabeth Staid plays the clarinet in band practice Tuesday afternoon. Jesse Poole/Gloucester Daily Times May 1, 2012
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