Day: October 1, 2012
More Gran Prix Of Gloucester Coverage
If you haven’t got enough of this weekend’s cyclocross action at Stage Fort we have MORE pics for you, this time from Lowell Peabody.
Check out Lowell’s 2012 Gran Prix of Gloucester Set Below-
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Community Photos 10/1/12
Parade of Sail Photos From Mark Lombard
Gazebo, Manchester By The Sea. photo by Anthony Marks
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Schooner Ardelle Arrives In Washington!!! Photos from Janice Rathjen
Hi Joey,
I thought I’d pass along a few pictures my wife (Janice Rathjen) took this afternoon of the schooner Ardelle arriving in Washington DC. We were out for an afternoon sail, and met up with the Ardelle as it was coming up the Potomac River. The picture below shows her approaching the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (aka the Capital Beltway) from the south, with the Washington Monument visible under the bridge.
Cheers, from a former Gloucester resident.
Lars Rathjen
Ardelle escorted by the Chesapeake oyster Skipjack Minnie V.
Ardelle and Minnie V.
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Community Stuff 10/1/12
Virginia MCKinnon writes-
Do you have any information on the dedication of Pole Hill to
Dr. Heberle on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd?. I would like to know what time the
event is set to start.
“Bullying: What’s a Parent to Do?”
Diane Vella, M.A., Certified Olweus Bullying Prevention Trainer, will offer a timely and important presentation on bullying prevention and intervention for all interested parents, school teachers and administrators, and community members. She will offer professional guidance and practical tips for responding effectively to all types of bullying from sibling rivalry to verbal abuse, physical aggression, and cyber-bullying.
Thursday, October 4, 2012 7:00 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Society of Rockport
4 Cleaves Street, Rockport
Appleton Farms Announces
Farmstead Cheese & Butter Now For Sale in the Dairy Store
Photo-Appleton Farms cheese maker John Miller coordinating the first batch of milk being piped from the milk room into the 100-gallon vat pasteurized in the new dairy plant. He used this batch to make a pub cheese and ricotta.
The Trustees of Reservations announced today that Appleton Farms, the nation’s oldest working farm, is producing and selling their own cheeses and butter made from the milk of their registered jersey herd. The new dairy products are for sale in the dairy store, along with the farms milk, beef and eggs and other locally sourced products. The farm completed the construction and permitting process for their on-site dairy plant, located in the old bull barn behind the dairy barn, in mid-September.
Inspired by the lush pastures and historic buildings at the farm, new dairy products include: Great Pasture Pub Cheese - a simple yet delicious spreadable cheese, Briar Hill Butter – barrel churned and hand packed, so good you’ll want to spread the butter on butter, and Jimmy’s Barn Ricotta – fresh, light and creamy, not just for lasagna! Yogurt will follow in the coming weeks, along with two ripened cheeses: a triple-cream St. Andre-style cheese and an aged cheddar.
Founded in 1636, Appleton Farms was, for generations, at the forefront of the New England dairy industry, introducing dairy breeds from England to the United States, including Jersey and Guernsey. The farm was donated to the Trustees of Reservations by the Appleton family in 1998, with a primary goal of educating and engaging the public through sustainable, local agriculture. The sale of the dairy products marks an important milestone towards achieving that goal while also revitalizing the unparalleled dairy legacy at Appleton Farms.
Director David Beardsley reports, “After more than a year of dairy plant construction, planning and permitting, we are excited to have a fully functioning retail dairy operation that offers more locally produced food to the North Shore community. What lies ahead promises to be one of our best stories ever at the farm – local dairy products made at the farm, for sale at the farm, from the milk of cows raised and grazed at the farm. For years, staff and volunteers have worked hard to deliver on this promise of farmstead dairy products. We think you’ll find our cheeses and butter worth the wait. And, just in time for the holiday season!”
To visit the farm, enter the farm off of Route 1A (219 County Road) in Ipswich. For more information call 978.356.3825 (dairy store) or 978.356.5728 (office), or email appletonfarms@ttor.org. To learn more about the dairy operation visit the website at www.thetrustees.org/dairy or join us on Saturday’s at 3pm for our Meet the Cows program. (The program meets at the Visitor Center. Trustees Members: $4; Nonmembers: $5.)
FALL DAIRY STORE HOURS:
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday: 2pm – 7pm
Tuesday & Friday: 11am – 6pm
Saturday: 11am – 3pm
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Blue Runner Jack????? Who knew? I never see these come across my dock.
Rich Simmers submits-
Joey
These fish arrived in schools yesterday in the inner harbor…
Similar to not as flat or deep bodied as the American butterfish … much beefier too
American Butterfish
Blue Runner
Notice the distinctive pectoral fin and the vertical bands of the BRJ
Wiki says they’re common to these waters – who knew?!
Joey comments-
I’ve never seen them come across my dock I guessed that it was a butterfish but Rich says it’s much thicker. Interesting.
I asked Pete Mondello about them and he says that they game fish from down south and have been around all summer. They are up here because of the abnormally warm water we had this spring and will not make it back down south and will die because the water will get cold too fast.
Good Morning Gloucester 