Thank you Awesome Gloucester for providing funds to help get these new banners installed around the Harbor Loop to celebrate the annual Labor Day Schooner Festival. Thank you also Melissa Cox for coming up with the idea and following through! We look forward to seeing you all Labor Day Weekend for Schooner Festival.

August 17, 2026 ~ capeannanimalaid01930 ~ 

For the remainder of August, Cape Ann Animal Aid (CAAA) is joining NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters™ nationwide effort with a special promotion designed to help more deserving animals find loving homes!

Throughout the month, more than 30 adult, special-needs, and extended-stay animals at CAAA will be featured in a “Name Your Price” adoption promotion. For select animals, adopters can choose what they are able to pay for the adoption fee, and CAAA will honor it.

CAAA is going a step further by providing additional resources with select adoptions:

• Dogs in the promotion will receive a $200 professional training reimbursement and six months of flea, tick, and heartworm preventative to help set them up for success.
• London, a diabetic cat, will go home with one year of insulin provided by CAAA, along with a $200 reimbursement toward veterinary care related to his diabetes.

The “Name Your Price” animals represent just a portion of the pets currently available for adoption at Cape Ann Animal Aid. Each participating animal’s bio will include information about their eligibility for the promotion and any additional resources available with their adoption.

Interested adopters can visit capeannanimalaid.org to view the animals currently participating in the promotion and learn more about their individual needs and personalities.

Hi Everyone,

We are still creating wonderful bouquets, going out every Thursday through September.  Would love to deliver to those in need of a happy day!

Easterly…

ENCORES!

Sunday August 23, 2026, 7:00 to 8:00
At the bandstand at the Back Beach American Legion Hall
Beach St., Rockport.

Program:

National Anthem 

Composed and arranged by Henry Fillmore

Each band member voted for the favorite pieces we have played this summer.  You will hear the winners.

God Bless America 

Composed by Irving Berlin, and arranged by John Edmondson

The best popcorn in Massachusetts is here!  Children are especially welcome.  Folding chairs and blankets are good. 

Logan LaRue, Conductor and Music Director

Visit our website for more information and future events  rockportlegionband.org

Tuesday just got even better! Stop in and take advantage of TWO great specials today:

🦞 $13.99 + tax Lobster Roll
Served with chips & pickles

🍕 BONUS SPECIAL:
Buy any 16” pizza and get a 2nd 16” pizza HALF PRICE!
*Limit of 2 per customer

Grab lunch, dinner, or both and enjoy a delicious Tuesday deal! 😋

*Excludes gluten free
*Excludes online orders

The dories look especially regal under the night lights along Harbor Cove. I am considering making one of these images into a print or notecard for Pat D’s Photos. What’s your favorite?

Machaca is looking to add a Barback to our team! 🌮🍹

Applicants must be 18 years or older.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Reliable and hardworking
• Fast-paced and able to work with urgency
• Organized and attentive
• Comfortable working in a busy environment
• A strong team player
• Available nights and weekends
• Restaurant or bar experience is a plus, but we’re willing to train the right person

Responsibilities include:

• Keeping the bar stocked and organized
• Restocking beer, liquor, ice and bar supplies
• Washing and putting away glassware
• Maintaining a clean and organized bar area
• Supporting bartenders throughout service
• Running food and assisting the FOH team as needed

This is a fast-paced, hands-on position and a great opportunity to gain experience working behind a busy bar.

📍 Machaca | 14 Rogers St Gloucester, MA
📩 Interested? Send us an Email with your name, availability, and any previous work experience.

Info@themachaca.com

Stop by, introduce yourself and ask to speak with a manager!

Know someone who would be a great fit? Send this post their way!

Everyone is going about their business.

Jim was out of town and I decided to celebrate Margarita Monday with my very favorite “everyday” margarita at Minglewood on Rogers St. Hands down, my favorite. While I was there I also had the steak bomb done perfectly with yummy Virgilio’s roll. Perfection. Thanks to bartender/bar manager Ryan for the great drink and good company.

Out From Under…

How Teaching Outside Produces Better Students

What: Author and educator, David Sobel, Professor Emeritus, Antioch University New England, will present: Bringing the Classroom Outdoors: How Nature-Based Education Improves Student Performance and Resilience
When: 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026
Where: Annisquam Village Hall, 34 Leonard St., Gloucester
Admission: Free

Registration Required: https://luma.com/wgn9jsv6.

Discover the magic when individual objects, no matter how similar or different, are joined into an entirely new work at the Cove Gallery in Rocky Neck, August 27, 2026 – September 20, 2026 Cove Gallery. The opening reception is Thursday, August 27 from 5 to 8pm.

The act of assembly reveals, to the artist, new forms, new relationships of color and shape. Perhaps another unit can be placed over here, or a new piece added there, giving a fresh and unexpected whole.  These works by five Rocky Neck members explore assemblage, in its broadest sense. Using materials ranging from wire, corrugated cardboard, reclaimed wood and hardware, to toy figures, rocks, and recycled flameworked glass the pieces become, in the hands of the contributing artists, surprising and delightful 3-D works.

The artists in this show include:

David Covert has been involved in art making for nearly fifty years. Basically self-taught, by virtue of continuing to draw, paint, and occasionally sculpt since the late sixties. Much of his work has been in the two-dimensional arts, dominated by drawing and painting and printmaking. His training has been mostly informal, interspersed with individual classes at Boston area art schools including the Museum School of the MFA, Mass College of Art, and the late DeCordova Museum school. For more information seehttps://www.davidcovert.art/.

Brian Murphy graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, then off to NYC honing agency skills. He settled in Beverly, Massachusetts, where he continues to work with ad agencies and individual clients. In-between he still finds time to create original artwork made from scrap materials. To learn more, visit https://brianmurphyartanddesign.com/.

Marion Powers is a mixed media artist and a painter who lives and works in Manchester-by-the-Sea. Her studio practice draws upon a lifetime of travel from the streets of Paris to the jungles of Borneo with her work inspired by the colors, landscapes and visual impressions of places she has experienced. Her assemblages incorporate objects collected during her travels. She earned her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work is held in private collections in New York City, Cape Ann and beyond.

Judy Robinson-Cox creates miniature shadowboxes, collages and small assembled sculptures using a variety of found objects and tiny plastic people. She creates these light-hearted artworks to make people smile and appreciate the world in which we live. She attended NYU School of Fine Arts and earned a BFA from the University of Connecticut and additional classes at Montserrat College of Art.  For more information, seehttps://judy.robinson-cox.com/ .

Beth Williams explores the qualities of glass and color. Using light and transparency in surprising ways along with layering color on color helps her to create unusual contemporary beads, jewelry and small sculptures. She gleans inspiration from her gardens, the ever-changing light on the ocean, the seascapes that surround her…anywhere colors collide in nature. To learn more, seehttps://www.bethwilliams.com/