Gloucester: State Representative elect Ann-Margaret Ferrante, local fishing activist, spoke at the press conference at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Gloucester about the sinking of the fishing vessel Patriot Saturday afternoon. Ferrante, who grew up with Matt Russo, one of the men lost at sea, remembers Russo as a compassionate man who always had a smile on his face. Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times

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