Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. About 64 fishermen took part in a free, daylong safety and survival training program held at the GloucesterCoast Guard Station on Friday. They were divided into six groups and spent one hour at each of six hands-on stations covering topics including damage control, emergent suits, first aid, life rafts and flares, distress signals and firefighting, and man overboard and helicopter hoist-offs.The Massachusetts fishing partnership and Coast Guard teamed up for the daylong program. From left, in the damage control presentation, learning how to repair a burst pipe  onboard a vessel are Nicolas Armienti, Rodney Hoverson and Chad Gleason.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. Manchester Essex Regional High School first singles player Mike Fuca in action against Pentucket in Manchester on Friday afternoon.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. Manchester Essex Regional High School second doubles players Colin Babikian, left, a senior, and Jake Rich, a freshman, celebrate their win against Pentucket during their game in Manchester on Friday afternoon.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. Manchester Essex Regional High School third singles player Sam Girian, a seventh grader, in action against Pentucket on Friday afternoon in Manchester.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. Manchester Essex Regional High School senior and second singles player Calvin Lamothe in action against Pentucket on Friday afternoon in Manchester.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. A Canada goose watches an egret as it hunts for food in a pond at Bothways Farm in Essex on Friday morning.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. certified arborist and landscape consultant Marc Bolcome, left, and landscaper Jonathan Short, both of Wolf Hill Home & Garden, created a garden next to the Grant Circle rotary and the Welcome to Gloucester sign on Wednesday during the first annual "Plant Something" day in Massachusetts. They planted 11 plants there, trimmed the pines, will tend and mow the grounds, and will maintain the area going forward, at no charge.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. Landscaper Jonathan Short, and certified arborist and landscape consultant Marc Bolcome, both of Wolf Hill Home & Garden, created a garden next to the Grant Circle rotary and the Welcome to Gloucester sign on Wednesday during the first annual "Plant Something" day in Massachusetts. They planted 11 plants there, trimmed the pines, will tend and mow the grounds, and will maintain the area going forward, at no charge.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. certified arborist and landscape consultant Marc Bolcome, right, and landscaper Jonathan Short, both of Wolf Hill Home & Garden, created a garden next to the Grant Circle rotary and the Welcome to Gloucester sign on Wednesday during the first annual "Plant Something" day in Massachusetts. They planted 11 plants there, trimmed the pines, will tend and mow the grounds, and will maintain the area going forward, at no charge.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. About 64 fishermen took part in a free, daylong safety and survival training program held at the GloucesterCoast Guard Station on Friday. They were divided into six groups and spent one hour at each of six hands-on stations covering topics including damage control, emergent suits, first aid, life rafts and flares, distress signals and firefighting, and man overboard and helicopter hoist-offs.The Massachusetts fishing partnership and Coast Guard teamed up for the daylong program. From left, in the damage control presentation, learning how to repair a burst pipe onboard a vessel are Nicolas Armienti, Rodney Hoverson and Chad Gleason.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. About 64 fishermen took part in a free, daylong safety and survival training program held at the GloucesterCoast Guard Station on Friday. They were divided into six groups and spent one hour at each of six hands-on stations covering topics including damage control, emergent suits, first aid, life rafts and flares, distress signals and firefighting, and man overboard and helicopter hoist-offs.The Massachusetts fishing partnership and Coast Guard teamed up for the daylong program. From left, in the damage control presentation, learning how to repair a burst pipe  onboard a vessel are Nicolas Armienti, Rodney Hoverson and Chad Gleason.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. About 64 fishermen took part in a free, daylong safety and survival training program held at the GloucesterCoast Guard Station on Friday. They were divided into six groups and spent one hour at each of six hands-on stations covering topics including damage control, emergent suits, first aid, life rafts and flares, distress signals and firefighting, and man overboard and helicopter hoist-offs.The Massachusetts fishing partnership and Coast Guard teamed up for the daylong program. From left, in the damage control presentation, learning how to repair a burst pipe onboard a vessel are Nicolas Armienti, Rodney Hoverson and Chad Gleason.
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