GAIL MCCARTHY/Staff photographer. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Florian Roell of Rockport.
Gail McCarthy/Staff photographer. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: A family of history buffs here on vacation attended the reading of the  Declaration of Independence on July 4 in Rockport. Diane and Bob Mogan, who now reside in Tennessee, used to live in Annisquam and had a shop onBearskin Neck. They are standing with their two daughters, Genevieve Braun, 30, and her sister, Rebecca Mogan, 29. The third generation of the family is represented by Braun's two daughters, Evangeline, 4, and 18-month old Cecily.
Gail McCarthy/Staff photographer. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: A crowd of residents and visitors gathered at Dock Square for a reading of the Declaration of Independence, sponsored by the Rockport Rotary Club.
Gail McCarthy/Staff photographer. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Chuck Francis, the town crier, reads the historic document that led to the celebration of July 4 as the nation's Independence Day.
Gail McCarthy/Staff photographer. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Chuck Francis, the town crier, reads the historic document that led to the celebration of July 4 as the nation's Independence Day.
Gail McCarthy/Staff photographer. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Chuck Francis, the town crier, reads the historic document that led to the celebration of July 4 as the nation's Independence Day.
Gail McCarthy/Staff photographer. Gloucester Daily Times.  David Curley -- also known as Mr. Curley and Coach Curley --  retires after 35 years at Rockport Middle and High Schools. He is pictured with his  wife, Christine Curley. He was bestowed with many gifts, and his wife also was given a medal at a recent retirement sendoff because her husband worked far more than a "9 to 5" job.
Gail McCarthy/Staff photographer/Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: A Rockport public works crew went out to Front Beach on June 6 to help clean up the downtown beach that was fully blanketed from one end to the other with red seaweed that prompted many passers-by to stop and take a glimpse. Also Carolyn McWilliams, center, a Rockport Middle School eighth grade science teacher, was helping because she was holding a research workshop for her students there later that morning.
Gail McCarthy/Staff photographer/Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: A Rockport public works crew went out to Front Beach on June 6 to help clean up the downtown beach that was fully blanketed from one end to the other with red seaweed that prompted many passers-by to stop and take a glimpse. Also Carolyn McWilliams, a Rockport Middle School eighth grade science teacher, lower left, was helping because she was holding a research workshop for her students there later that morning.
GAIL MCCARTHY/Staff photographer. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Florian Roell of Rockport.
GAIL MCCARTHY/Staff photographer. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Florian Roell of Rockport.
GAIL MCCARTHY/Staff photographer. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Florian Roell of Rockport.
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