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Northshore October 2025
His Spirit Keeps Fishing Heritage Aliveby REGINA COLEWhen Geoffrey Richon and a small group of people started up the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center in 1999, he said it was a practical thing: in a city full of historical and art museums, none were dedicated to Gloucester's industrial marine heritage. What's more, the oldest continuously operating marine railway in the country, a historical landmark that hauls fishing boats and other deep-draft vessels, was in danger of demolition. To jump-start what is now one of the best tourist destinations on Gloucester's waterfront, he mobilized the citizenry, bought the marine railway, and raised mon
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