Gloucester: Sophia Pomeroy, 8, slides by on some milk crates as she waited for her friends to skate over during the Harvest Hoedown Skating Party at Dorothy Talbot Rink Saturday afternoon. The Harvest Hoedown was sponsored by the Cape Ann Skating Club, which offers "learn to skate programs" for hockey and figure skaters year-round. Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times

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