Year: 2012

Community Stuff 9/29/12

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

 

 

Going on for the Rockport Senior Center

Laughing Yoga October 4th 11AM Free

Bingo Monday 1-3:30

Quilting & Hand work Group meets Thursdays 1-3:30

Scrabble Wednesday 1-3PM

Belly Dancing, this is fun and great exercise. Wednesdays 11AM  4weeks/$16.00

Art Classes, Mondays Oct 15- Dec 1st  1-3PM Drawing, Painting & Collage

6 classes/$30.00

Water Colors Class Oct 9th-Nov. 13th 1-3PM

6 weeks series of wet-in-wet watercolor and chalk pastel drawing exercises

Elder Planning & Reverse Mortgage Workshop Wednesday, October 17th at 11AM

Workshop on the importance of Elder Planning such as Medicaid Planning, wills,

trusts, accessing benefits and the pros & cons of Reverse Mortgage. Coffee & Donuts will be served.

RSVP 978-546-2573

Continental Breakfast, Tuesday, October 16th at 9AM. Free RSVP 978-546-2573

October 11th, Traveling Chef 11:30 Mongolian Grill, Beef, Snow peas, carrots, Broccoli, Celery,

Lo Mein Noodles, French Bread & Brownie $3.00  RSVPl 978-546-5027

October 18th Glazed Sirloin, baked sweet potato, corn & roasted pepper & bread pudding $2.00

RSVP

Pigeon Cove “Then & Now” Slide Show by Gilbert McCarthy. November  16th at 7PM Rockport Senior Center 58 Broadway Rockport, Call ahead reserved seating 978-546-2573

Daytrips, Call for more information & reservation 978-546-2573

Foxwood Oct 9th  $25.00

Merrimac N.H. Premium Outlet Mall Nov. 29th for a day of shopping $10.00

Marble House, Lunch & LaSalette for a Christmas Concert & Festival of Lights$67.00

GMG Health and Wellness Week

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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COME SEE WHAT’S NEW AT THE BEST GYM ON THE NORTH SHORE

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Older Adult Open House at Cape Ann YMCA

The Cape Ann YMCA, 71 Middle Street, Gloucester, will host a free Older Adult Open House on Wednesday, October 17 from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
There is no fee or pre-registration required.   Free health screenings, free flu shots provided by the Gloucester Health Department,
lectures on arthritis, learn more about MA Health, exercise in pool and fitness center, healthy buffet, over 20 exhibits with lots of giveaways.
Addison Gilbert Hospital, PACE at Elder Service Plan of the North Shore, Inc., will also be available for questions.
You do not have to be a member in order to attend, all are welcome!

Start a membership before November 1st and joiner fee will be waived (a $77 value).  For further information,

please contact Chris Erbland at 978-283-0470 or erblandc@northshoreymca.org

Don’t miss this healthy and fun event!

Just In- 16×24 Canvas Wrap Update:Sold!!!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Just in.  If you would like it for a present for you or the Gloucester lover in your life let me know.

All mounted with hardware to hang and no need for expensive framing this 16×24 canvas wrap is $120 or $135 shipped within the continental US.

The last three sold within a day, let me know if you would like it at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com

Waldo Howland Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

From Greensboro, North Carolina

September 27, 2012

“If you can’t make what you are doing fun, something is wrong with what you are doing.”

Waldo Howland (1909-1998)

As owners of the Concordia Company of Padanarum, Massachusetts, Howland and designer Ray Hunt created many of the great yachts of the twentieth century including the 39 and 41 foot Concordia yawls, of which more than one hundred were built, and which was considered by many to be the best cruiser ever made. Howland’s autobiographical trilogy, A Life in Boats, gives essential insight into the practice and recent history of American boatbuilding, and also covers his later years as a board member of Mystic Seaport, one of the best collections of historic boats anywhere. Full disclosure: my wife’s niece is married to Waldo Howland’s grandson.

Greg Bover

Ardelle Report

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Friday report from Mike Dyer aboard the Ardelle… They are lazily making their way down the Chesapeake and are eating like kings! It turns out Harold has some moves in the kitchen and likes to cook. He’s been whipping up pies in his woodstove. Bob Brophy brought all sorts of goose meat and they’ve had goose stew, goose sausage and even goose benedict this morning! For lunch today Harold came up with a goose shepherd’s pie. Mike says this is the calm part of the trip and their making up caloric intake from when they were in rough seas and nobody had time or desire to eat. It was pretty hairy but the Ardelle was solid and he wouldn’t have missed that part of the trip for the world. –Sarah Willwerth-Dyer Photos by Pierre Erhard

Follow along on the Facebook Page-

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Essex-Shipbuilding-Museum/174653662579160?closeTheater=1

Friday night, Ardelle is safely tied up at Schooner Heron Charters dock, Solomon, MD. after making great progress down the Chesapeake Bay all day. -Len Burgess

Friday night, Ardelle is safely tied up at Schooner Heron Charters dock, Solomon, MD. after making great progress down the Chesapeake Bay all day. -LB

Great surfing lately at Good Harbor Beach

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Photos © Kathy Chapman 2012

Surf Blog: http://kathychapmanphotography.blogspot.com/

Photoscopyrightkathychapman2012

Magnolia Pier

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

In the late afternoon Rick and I like to walk to Magnolia Pier and down to the raft.  Here are a couple of pictures from last week.

The After Thought

The Ramp

Securing the Boats

Important Information

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

9/28/2012 2:49:45 PM EST – Good afternoon. This is Mayor Carolyn Kirk with an important message from the City of Gloucester’s code red emergency messaging system. Please listen carefully to the following message.

The City Administration, School Department, and Board of Health are monitoring the growing number of animal and human cases of West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis or Triple E. Effective immediately, we are instituting two precautionary measures:

1) ) All outside youth sports programs, the use of city playing fields, and city sponsored activities between the hours of 5pm and 8am will be restricted or rescheduled. The School Department and individual youth programs will be contacting families directly.

2) The second precautionary measure we are taking is to request that restaurants with outdoor eating areas post information about the threat of mosquito-borne illness during dusk and evening hours.

You are also urged to take precautionary measures such as:

• Repair screens to keep mosquitos out of the house.
• Eliminate areas of standing water.
• Wear mosquito repellant when outdoors.
• Wear long sleeves and long pants during peak mosquito hours from dusk until dawn.
• Use mosquito netting on baby carriages.

For more detailed information, please call 978-282-8025 and listen to a recorded message, or visit the Gloucester Public Health Department’s website at http://www.gloucester-ma.gov.

To repeat, the city of Gloucester is taking precautionary measures to prevent mosquito borne illnesses and we are encouraging all residents to do the same.
Thank you for listening, and this concludes this message.

Meike from Geo Saison Magazine Germany Represents! at Captain Joe and Sons

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Linn Parisi from Discover Gloucester Snapped this iPhone photo of Meike from Geo Saison Magazine- while on her visit to the dock.  GEO Saison is Germany’s #1 Travel Magazine and Linn is guiding her around.

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From Germany to Logan to Gloucester, for Butterflies!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

I sent the following to the Boss this morning: Thought you would like to know–Last night at sunset I was filming B roll at the EP Lighthouse. A German couple was there, with binoculars, and they had just arrived from Germany. I asked what they were looking for and they said, “Monarchs,” because they had seen all the butterfly postings on GMG, not only mine, Donna’s, too, and all the comments. Sometimes I think I am posting TMI about butterflies, but I thought you would think this pretty funny, and amazing; straight away from Germany to Logan to Gloucester, for butterflies!

To the lovely couple from Germany that was at the Lighthouse yesterday: Come on down to the dock to get your GMG sticker and meet Joey C, the creator of Good Morning Gloucester. He’d love to meet you!  Captain Joe and Sons is located at 95 East Main Street.

Dogbar Breakwater Eastern Point, Gloucester

Over 3000 people from all over the world coming to Gloucester this weekend

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

This is their 14th year.  Can you believe it?  The Gran Prix of Gloucester is a major, international sporting event — and this year Paul Boudreau and his gang are bringing over 3000 people from all over the world to Gloucester (950 riders each day plus a couple thousand spectators), including international superstars of this 150-year-old sport.

“If you talk to anyone who knows Cyclocross all over the world, they know Gloucester,” says Paul Boudreau.  Now it’s time for Gloucester to get to know him — and the sport of Cyclocross.  What is Cyclocross?  Think of it as crazy bike racing.  I call it psycho-cross.  As Paul says  in the video, racers prefer “crappy” weather.  They race through crazy difficult terrain, have to get off their bikes and carry them over obstacles and often get covered with mud, sand, snow — almost always ending up wet and filthy.  AND THEY LOVE IT!  You gotta come out and experience this spectacle for yourself.  These racers are the strongest, fastest, best fit, toughest sporting contestants you will ever see.  You’ve gotta be to compete.

Plus there’s plenty of food and beer.  Kid biking (5 and up) and much more.  It’s a two-day, family, international, world-class sporting extravaganza right here in our own backyard.  AND IT’S FREE!  Don’t miss it.

Oh, and these people LOVE Gloucester nearly as much as we do.  Look at what they say on their website Home Page:
Known nationally as “the New England Nationals” – unfolds at one of the most beautiful race venues in the country: wind-swept ocean side park. Winners are a veritable who’s who of cyclocross: Johnson, Vervecken, Trebon, Anthony, Powers, Bessette, Dunlap, Knapp and more. Gloucester is one of the oldest UCI races in North America and attracts hundreds of racers and thousands of spectators.  … The Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester is two days of international races where competitors from all over the US, Canada & Europe converge to race in the most beautiful race course in North America.

FOR ALL YOU RACERS AND FANS:  From Paul’s description of you in the video, I get the feeling you like to party — well folks you’ve come to the right town.  You’ve got over 28 live music choices at 15 warm, dry venues.  And lots of them are on the water, so if you really want to sit out on the deck in the rain, just ask.  The owners will probably accommodate you.  We’re nearly as psycho as you are!

See the complete schedule for all Live music in Gloucester and Cape Ann here.

Yellow Lobster Landed By The F/V Orin C 9/28/12 At Captain Joe and Sons Lobster Company

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I added these photos to our largest documented photo set of mutant lobsters ever documented at one dock in the entire universe– you can view the slideshow of all the crazy lobster landed here by clicking the set at the bottom of this post.

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Tom Ring holds a normally colored lobster next to the yellow one landed today.

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Dad, Three Years Before I Was Born (Thanks Carlo)

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Hi Joe,

Found this photo of your father and cousin Lisa from Detroit and myself at the Taormina/Ciaramitaro wedding in 1964.

Hope you enjoy…..

Carlo Moceri

Thanks to a few Gloucester Gentlemen…

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa

We live in a wonderful community with wonderful people but, you probably already know this! I would like to say Thanks to a few Gloucester Gentlemen…

I had some car problems last night and had my car towed home by New Beverly Auto Clinic . The tow driver was a real gentleman and made a bad situation not so bad.

This morning, I used Lighthouse Taxi  to get to Enterprise to pick up a rental. Lighthouse Taxi was very fast at picking me up and my cab driver was very friendly. I could tell he loved his job and helping others.  He told me about helping the elderly community get to Dr. Appointments and such and its nice to know they’re in good hands.

When I was dropped off at Enterprise this morning, I received another friendly welcome by the two gentlemen working there. They helped me by working with my dealership and another Enterprise and made sure I got the best rate for a rental.

It’s really nice to know we live in a community with great people that are willing to help others.  I’m very frustrated with my car situation, as I just picked it up from the shop on Wednesday after spending $1500 and it died again last night. These gentlemen really made my day a lot better. They made it so easy to do business with them and seemed genuinely happy to help.

~Alicia

 

 

 

 

 

NOR’EASTERMEN On the History Channel

Posted on by capeannpainter

The F\V Lily Jean out of Gloucester one of the stars of the new Reality Series “Nor’Eastermen” on the History Channel October 4th.

Gloucester house premier party,of history channels show, Nor’eastermen.Oct 4th at 7.30 pm.

Another encounter with the orange cat

Posted on by Matthew Green

Apparently, he has been around for years, and probably belongs to our neighbors on Smith Street.

Those are quite some paws!

– Fr. Matthew Green