Maria Uminski/Gloucester Daily Times. Jack Sperry of the Gloucester National Team leaps to first base  in early July in hopes of avoiding the tag from Manchester-Essex first baseman Jackson Levendusky. Manchester-Essex went on to win the game 6-2. 

"If there is one thing I look forward to shooting in the summer, it’s Little League games. Baseball is one of those sports where you sometimes have to wait around for a good shot, but when you get one, it’s worth the wait."
MARIA UMINSKI/Gloucester Daily Times. Resident Mary Ann Camp relaxes in her home at Rockport High School Apartments in August.

"The one thing I loved about taking pictures of the residents who live in the Rockport High School Apartments was not only seeing their lovely living spaces but hearing their stories. Whether they had lived in Rockport all their lives and attended school in that very building or if they had moved there, it all fascinated me. Also the fact that it was once a high school is still pretty cool to me."
Maria Uminski/Gloucester Daily Times. Siblings Jack and Charoltte Nicastro, 4 and 3 respectively, pose in front of the Statue of St. Peter before the start of the Fiesta parade in July. 

"This was my first year covering Fiesta and I could not have had more fun. One of the things I enjoyed most about it is how the traditions behind the festival are passed down from generation to generation."
MARIA UMINSKI/GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES Olivia Danjou, as Clarafied, takes the hand of the Lobstah Crackah Prince, as played by Richard Crowell, during the dress rehearsal of Henry Allen's North Shore Folklore Theatre Company's production of The Lobstah Crackah Ballet at the American Legion on Wednesday.
MARIA UMINSKI/GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES Alicia Gibney stretches with Richard Crowell and Timothy "Cowboy" Edwards before their dress rehearsal for The Lobstah Crackah Ballet on Wednesday at the American Legion.
MARIA UMINSKI/GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES Alicia Gibney holds onto her prop lobster during a dress rehearsal for The Lobstah Crackah at the American Legion on Wednesday. Gibney plays the Lobstah Pot Fairy in the production.
MARIA UMINSKI/GLOCESTER DAILY TIMES Director Henry Allen fits Sean Brown for one of his costume crab claws during a dress rehearsal for The Lobstah Crackah Ballet at the American Legion on Wednesday.
MARIA UMINSKI/GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES Members of the Henry Allen's North Shore Folklore Theatre Company pose at the end of their first number during their dress rehearsal for the Lobstah Crackah Ballet at the American Legion on Wednesday.
MARIA UMINSKI/GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES First graders Jayden Toppan, Adam Bazel and Michael Toppan play their Kazoos during the Veterans Memorial Elementary School Holiday Sing-a-Long on Thursday.
Maria Uminski/Gloucester Daily Times. Jack Sperry of the Gloucester National Team leaps to first base in early July in hopes of avoiding the tag from Manchester-Essex first baseman Jackson Levendusky. Manchester-Essex went on to win the game 6-2.

"If there is one thing I look forward to shooting in the summer, it’s Little League games. Baseball is one of those sports where you sometimes have to wait around for a good shot, but when you get one, it’s worth the wait."
Maria Uminski/Gloucester Daily Times. Jack Sperry of the Gloucester National Team leaps to first base  in early July in hopes of avoiding the tag from Manchester-Essex first baseman Jackson Levendusky. Manchester-Essex went on to win the game 6-2. 

"If there is one thing I look forward to shooting in the summer, it’s Little League games. Baseball is one of those sports where you sometimes have to wait around for a good shot, but when you get one, it’s worth the wait."
Maria Uminski/Gloucester Daily Times. Jack Sperry of the Gloucester National Team leaps to first base in early July in hopes of avoiding the tag from Manchester-Essex first baseman Jackson Levendusky. Manchester-Essex went on to win the game 6-2.

"If there is one thing I look forward to shooting in the summer, it’s Little League games. Baseball is one of those sports where you sometimes have to wait around for a good shot, but when you get one, it’s worth the wait."
See photo in original gallery.