Jessica (Stygles) Murray, worked as a part-time photographer for the Gloucester Daily Times from 2003 to 2005. A graduate of Merrimack College where she studied fine arts in a co-op program, Murray was fortunate to work two semesters for The Boston Globe. Up to this point in her career, Murray had never had to take feature photographs, much less create entire photo stories, but at the GDT she learned to do both from her boss and mentor, Mike Dean. Murray looks back fondly at her time with the GDT: “My memories are very similar to the pictures I have kept of my assignments during my time there. Snippets of a moment I was able to be a part of and document. I grew to love the area."

Gloucester, MA 2003. Kasey Walkinshaw, 11 of Rockport, dribbles with the ball at the Major League Soccer Camp at Magnolia Fields.

Manchester, MA 2003. Steve Holt, 17, of Manchester, does a flip off his wakeboard at Singing Beach in Manchester.

Gloucester, MA 2003. Gloucester High School field hockey player, Brittney Lukegord, fights for the ball during first half action against Saugus. 

Gloucester, MA 2003. Ultrasonographers, like Debbie Hazelbaker, examine and measure sonograms of the uterus of a pregnant woman.

Gloucester, MA 2003. Kelly Bierwiler, far left, with daughter Sophia Bierwiler, both of Sea Cliff, NY, and nephew William Gleckner, of Gloucester, check of the tide pool dwellers at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center during the Tied by the Tides festival.

Gloucester, MA 2004. Jeannie Sudbay, co-owner of the Cape Ann Lanes, explains the rules of the game to the group of kids who have gathered to bowl Thursday afternoon.

Gloucester, MA 2004. Large waves crash against the rocks at Good Harbor Beach as a result of the storm out at sea Thursday afternoon.

Rockport, MA 2004. The view from Evans Field is similar every night, where the MBTA commuter rail parks its trains at the Rockport train station. The train makes it hard for people to get to the field and in some cases people will sneak under to shorten the trip.

Gloucester, MA 2004. Sherman Marchan, a Trinidad native planning to attend Northeastern University this summer, works on the potters wheel at the Empty Bowl Dinner at the Elks Lodge in Gloucester Thursday afternoon.

Gloucester, MA 2005. The Senior League baseball teams, NATGUN and Hampden Hill, met under the lights for the first night game in O'Maley School Field history, Thursday night.

Gloucester, MA 2005. Fred Blatchford of Gloucester, hangs a sign welcoming home his stepson and the rest of the Gloucester Senior Little League team from their trip to West Deptford, New Jersey, Wednesday afternoon.