A man prepared to skate on a frozen pond in Gloucester, a deer was rescued from the ice in Waltham, and more of the week’s best images. View the photo gallery here.
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A chair on the ice provided a convenient place for Laurie Hawkins of Rockport to change out of his skates at Gloucester’s Niles Pond.
A man prepared to skate on a frozen pond in Gloucester, a deer was rescued from the ice in Waltham, and more of the week’s best images. View the photo gallery here.