The Life of a Fisherman, On the Small Screen: Gloucester’s Famous TV Stars

America's oldest seaport, Gloucester, Massachusetts is 31 miles north of Boston. Settled in 1623 as an English colony, its charter predates both those of Salem and Boston (1626 and 1630, respectively). Because it was deemed too rocky to sustain a farming village most early settlers abandoned Gloucester and moved to more fertile grounds nearby. The seaport's identity as a fishing community was realized in 1713 when the area was reestablished as an important destination for schooner building.…