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Month: August 2010
Monday Night Cookouts at Stage Fort Park
Pastor Jack Brown of the North Shore Bible Church hosts a cookout every Monday through out the summer.
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Local Twitteratti You Should Follow- The City of Gloucester Gets It!
Congratulations to The City Of Gloucester For Joining The Twitter Universe and Providing and Easy Way To Get Your Message About Upcoming Meetings Out!
Gotta Love When You see Forward Progressive Thinking Out Of Your Government!
They’ve also updated the City of Gloucester Website and added Facebook integration.
click the picture to Go To the Gloucester_Ma Twitter Page
Here is the Link- http://twitter.com/Gloucester_MA
I’ll feature the latest five announcements from the City Of Gloucester In the right hand column of GMG’s sidebar just under the Flickr photos so you can keep up with their announcements in real time as they get posted to their site they will be posted here as well. Because that’s what we do. When there is an opportunity to bring you more information faster, we do it. We don’t have to sit around board meetings and discuss how we are going to handle our communications and if we are going to ignore other media outlets because we perceive them as competition.
The decision process is very simple. It goes like this.
Will this benefit our viewership?
If the answer is yes, boom we make it happen. We don’t worry about sending people to other blogs, hell we encourage people to go to other local blogs and highlight the great work that they do. Why is that? Because ultimately we all win.
I’ve encouraged this type of cross promotion from day one on GMG.
I’d like to think that we are like Google.
I’m not sure exactly when it happened but when it did happen it was like lightening. Before Google there were other search engines like Yahoo and Microsoft’s search engine in which Yahoo and Microsoft had a huge portion of the market share for searches. They were not true to the end user though and returned results that more often than not were based upon ad revenue and not about giving the best search result.
Then came Google. Google developed a search engine that just flat out gave you the best results right off the bat. In a very short period of time Yahoo and Microsoft’s search engines were completely overpowered and overshadowed by Google. Does anyone ever say to “Yahoo it”? And despite the great strides Microsoft has made with it’s recently launched Bing search engine, they lost so much of people’s trust that even though it’s a great search engine I don’t hear anyone going around saying “Just Bing it”. No, the term is so popular now that it’s become a verb- You Google it.
Google stayed true to delivering the best search results possible much like we try to do here at GMG- we try to bring you the very best content possible.
Whether it be by linking to a story that The Times did or the Beacon or a great piece by Jay Albert or Kat Valentine ,Steve Borichevsky or Heather Atwood. We are not afraid to send you to other places and link and promote these other fine folks and organizations because ultimately that makes our readership winners and by them knowing that we are going to the very last mile to bring them the very best we can bring them we know we won’t be losing them but instead we will gain their trust knowing that we want the very best for them.
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The Definitive Kelp Krunch Review With Ed Collard
The other day at Pleasant Street Tea and Coffee Company on the counter there was a package with a whale popping out of the ocean saying Kelp Krunch.
I took a picture of the item, posted about it and now we have the definitive taste test with our boy Ed Collard who never met a food challenge he didn’t like.
Here is the video review-
There you go
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Ed Boynton- Ex Fisherman- Double Handicapped- Paraplegic- Sailor
Ed Boynton Writes-
Can you imagine..an ex fisherman who is now a double handicapped person, (a paraplegic, T 8 9 and 10 plus an above the knee amputee) is now sailing his schooner Sugar Babe out in Gloucester harbor. Its been over 3.5 years since my fall resulting in my being a paraplegic person. Many months were spent lying in hospital and rehab beds dreaming of this day. A special thanks to all who have helped me regain enough of myself to do this. You certainly deserve to sail with me and more.
Way To Go Ed!
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Gloucester Artist Interview With Paul Ciaramitaro From Dave Sullivan
Dave’s site Is
GloucesterArtists.com
Dave writes-
Paul Ciaramitaro has been a roofer, a mover, a fisherman, and – at the same time – an artist.
Dave is producing videos for Good Morning Gloucester and Cape Ann TV
His work can be seen in the Cape Ann Historical Museum, the Seacoast Nursing Home, the Rockport Art Association, and the North Shore Arts Association… and you can see Paul and some of his art in this interview we did for Cape Ann TV
Thanks for watching
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Greasin’ the Bearing
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see that rubber disk mat that Matt Ring is fixing back into place on the deck of The Stanley Thomas?
That rubber disk mat covers the hatch which Mark just climbed down into to grease the shaft bearing. The shaft is what connects the transmission to the propeller. The easier the shaft turns the smoother the boat runs. Simple right? The sucky part is climbing down into the bilge with only about 3 feet of clearance to get to said bearing where the grease fitting resides. You can see Mark with the paper towel wiping off the sludge from down in the bilge- Good Times.
Video coming tomorrow.
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Terry Weber Represents!
You can read Terry’s work as a columnist at The Cape Ann Beacon.
Here’s an article she did about the albino lobster that Mike Tupper landed at our dock last week-
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Kat Valentine Wants You To Celebrate the Flavors of Massachusetts with Tinky Weisblat
Kat asked me to forward this along-
Celebrating the Flavors of Massachusetts with Tinky Weisblat
Our good friend Tinky Weisblat from In Our Grandmother’s Kitchens is planning a celebration of locally grown produce to raise funds for Mass Farmers Markets. See below:
To my fellow bloggers (and would-be bloggers):
You are cordially invited to a pot-luck feast! Please participate in an upcoming farm-fresh blogathon.
Loving Local: Celebrating the Flavors of Massachusettswill take place from Sunday, August 22, through Saturday, August 28—in other words, during Massachusetts Farmers Market Week.
The blogathon will be hosted by In Our Grandmothers’ Kitchens, with a little help from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and Mass Farmers Markets.
We hope non-bloggers will participate as well, of course! If you are interested in food (well, who isn’t?), please consider liking our Facebook page. We’ll keep you abreast of upcoming posts in the blogathon so you can read and comment.
And when it begins you’ll have lots of yummy posts to savor!
Funds raised during the blogathon (bloggers who participate will be encouraged to place a donation link in their posts) will go to Mass Farmers Markets, a non-profit charitable organization that helps farmers markets throughout the Commonwealth.
Please think about writing a post that week if you live or work in Massachusetts. Or if you used to live or work in Massachusetts. Or if you once spent a weekend on Cape Cod. Or if you have a particular fondness for New England clam chowder, Hadley asparagus, or Boston baked beans.
Posts should focus to some extent on locally grown food in Massachusetts. You don’t have to be a food writer to participate, however.
Gardeners can write about herb or vegetable growing. Architects can write about the design of barns or farm stands. Watchers of the statehouse or even the federal Capitol can discuss the politics of agriculture and/or local food. And so forth.
Posts can be recipes, critiques, short stories, reminiscences … whatever you feel like writing. Let the flavors of the Bay State inspire you.
Here’s how you can get involved: Sometime during the week of August 22-28, put your post on the internet.
Please make sure your post mentions the blogathon, includes a link to In Our Grandmothers’ Kitchens, and encourages readers to donate to Mass Farmers Markets. The organization’s donation link is http://www.massfarmersmarkets.org/FMFM_Main.aspx.
(If you have another local-food cause you’d like to encourage folks to support, that’s fine by us!)
Of course, we’d love to have bloggers show off our gorgeous logo, designed by the talented Leon Peters. You may also display a PDF poster in 8-1/2-by-11-inch format. 
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Green Meadows Farm Series: Summer Harvest Festival
We had a blast at the Summer Harvest Festival on Sunday and took so many great photos that I decided to so a series. I plan on featuring many great local farms more formally in my posting slot (once I get the time to go and visit them with camera in hand)! For now, enjoy the Summer Harvest Festival at Green Meadows Farm…
Raffle quilt and kids art made throughout the day
Farmer Andrews Dad driving the hayride tractor
Hayrides and Pony rides!
Ipswich Clambake, Appleton Farms burgers, great music, and people!
Sneaking up into the tree, which is exactly what I would have done as a girl
The Dixie Cookbook Band was splendid and I loved the costumes!
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Unloading Old Fishing Cable Off The Trawler Jocka Video
File Under: Beautiful Industry
The Jocka Offloads Old Wire Onto A Mobile Net Reel
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Jenny Dee will rock Fenway Park on August 14th supporting The J. Geils Band and Aerosmith!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=132792763423820&ref=ts
If you do not have tickets to this show don’t worry because, you see, Jenny Dee and The Deelinquents will also be appearing at The Harbor Loop Concert series on the 12 of August. Imagine that, not having to go over the bridge, even.
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Gloucester Featured On Bert The Conqueror On the Travel Channel Wednesday Night at 10PM
Don’t forget to set your DVRs or tune in Wednesday night on the Travel Channel when Bert The Conqueror takes on the Greasy Pole
Here is the video I took of Bert walking when it happened live-
You should be alerted to this soon other places
You saw it here first on Good Morning Gloucester.
But of course you knew that
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ART for Sale! from Deb Clarke
My Friend and “Mentor” Deb Clarke is making some room and Raising Funds to fix the “White Wind” Her Dodge Truck. She will be having some ArtWork Available for Purchase. Here is an example and one that is for Sale. It’s a great deal for such a Beautiful and Large Painting.
From Deb,
This painting was a demonstration for a painting class I held at the Magnolia landing a few summers ago. It is oil on canvas, 32×40″. I turned the canvas over last night and scrawled on the back is my copyright and next to that $850. I like numbers that add up to 13 and reduce to 4.
I will be posting work that is available for purchase. what would you like to see? oils? landscapes? figures? mixed media? reverse glass?
For More Information on Available Paintings you can contact me at the Links below;
email;
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Gill Net Fisheries Event August 14th
We had the privilege to offload the Phyllis a at our dock in East Gloucester. The Arnold brothers are among the classiest men the fishing industry has ever seen.
On Saturday, August 14th from 10AM to 2PM at the Gloucester Marine Railways, Rocky Neck, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of a group of fishermen from Charleviox, Michigan bringing gill net fishing to Gloucester and the whole East Coast.
They were called "the Michigan Bears" and the man who built the fishing vessel Phyllis A. was their leader.
The Phyllis A. is the oldest fishing boat in Gloucester Harbor (1 year older then Adventure) and she fished for the Arnold Family, out of Gloucester, for 75 years before becoming a museum ship over seen by the Phyllis A. Marine Association, a non-profit organization.
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Barrence Whitfield Jamming With Willie Loco Alexander at GMHC August 7th
This is sure to be a fantastic event.
What I would like to point out and this banner is a classic example of graphic designers who design banners for poster flyers to go full page in coffee shops but not for the web. Just a few days ago I had this intraweb conversation about the frustration of posting flyers with tiny font with Jo Castano from http://www.artsgloucester.com/ and Kat Valentine from http://parlezmoiblog.blogspot.com/ who also will forward along community event fliers on their respective websites.
Maybe some graphc designers will read this and probably it should go into another post which I’ll get around to at some time. But for any people that design banners that will be viewed on the web please understand that the banner that you make to print out and go on walls of coffee shops with tiny font- that doesn’t translate too well to most blogs and web pages that are working with 500 pixels wide. Once your full sized poster gets shrunk down to 500 pixels wide it’s pretty much illegible. If your intent is to get your message across to other mediums- you might want to think about using a little larger font size-just sayin.
For more info about how to attend- http://northshorejazzproject.org/blog/2010/06/aug-7th-barrence-whitfield-the-monkey-hips/
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The Dragger Jocka Working Out Of Gloucester Offloads Wire Cable At The State Fish Pier
Clay Kallman Talks About His Adventure And What Brought Him To Gloucester
Click the Link below to View Clay’s Second Entry From Gloucester In His Travel Blog
Two Drink Max Is A Guidline In Gloucester
The plan was to go kayaking today, but it was Sunday in Gloucester and either I had to pay $25.00 to park at a beach or fight the crowds to launch it. I decided to run, bike and work out at the park again instead. I love this town. …
Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States kaleyoday click the link above to read his entire entry including a video with Frankie at the dock
Good Luck Clay
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Coffee, Cones and Carwash
Johnny Carwash that is! What a great Saturday Evening over on RockyNeck, Sat with a cocoanut Ice Cream & a Camera waiting to capture the fun taking place over at Amy’s. I found myself listening to the music and not taking a photo. Ice Cream never tasted so good as the music played and folks listened and enjoyed a great evening. Thanks to Amy’s Coffee & Cones and Johnny Carwash for making Ice Cream even more enjoyable!
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GMG Adopt A Pet Of The Week
Good Morning Gloucester!!
My name is Chance and I am an 11-week-old male
pup with a handsome reddish brown coat. I am at the Cape Ann
Animal Aid (CAAA) in Gloucester with my siblings. I have been
told that I am part Retriever, Hound, Whippet and Terror… I mean
Terrier.
Our Dog Parade will be Aug. 7th at 10 a.m. during Sidewalk Days!
$10. per dog. To pre-register, please call 978-283-6055
or e-mail us at info@capeannanimalaid.com
This year’s theme is ALL THINGS GREEN! Dress in the color green,
dress as green creatures, dress in an earth-friendly theme costume.
Costumes should be safe and keep the heat of summer in mind!
Parade begins at our booth on Main Street (near Mystery
Train Music Store). If you are considering adopting a pup,
please bring me, I look great in green!!
Good Morning Gloucester 