Year: 2012

Tom writes-

The final stage of reconstruction of the large pier at Maritime Gloucester at 23 Harbor Loop has begun. The main pier already offers extraordinary views of Gloucester Harbor.  Completion of the project, scheduled for late winter, will enhance public access and improve Maritime Gloucester’s capacity to host visitors, students and vessels for events and special programs. The pier will be named in honor of Harriet Webster, the longstanding executive director of Maritime Gloucester, who passed away this past summer.

This project involves removing and replacing approximately 62 piles and demolishing and reconstructing approximately 4,600 square feet of pier. Folks can also track the crane activity on our harbor webcam, on your website, if they can’t make it over to the site.
The Maritime Gloucester pier is publicly accessible during the day and is used day and night by the organization for educational programming, boating activities and member events. A schedule of summer events and programming will soon be available, and we welcome ideas for music, educational programming and events on the pier. The Schooner Ardelle, built by Harold Burnham, will also be berthed at the pier and available for educational field trips and charter sails.

The mission of Maritime Gloucester is to inspire students and visitors to value marine science, our maritime heritage and environmental stewardship through hands-on education and experiences.

For more information about Maritime Gloucester contact Tom Balf at 978-281-0470 or tbalf@gloucestermaritimecenter.org

Pier Reconstruction At Maritime Gloucester From Tom Balf VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

This beautifully captured photo of flying geese was taken by Charlie Carroll of Gloucester. Charlie uses a Canon 60D and a Canon G-12.  He attended several Art Schools in Boston, ending up at the Museum School, concentrating solely on drawing, for the first 7 years and then moved onto Etching, Engraving and Stone Lithography for the last 2 years of formal schooling. Over the years he has shown at and has work in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, the DeCordiva, The Danforth, City of Boston Permanent Print Collection, The Republic of Ireland Permanent Collection and the Vatican Permanent Collection, as well as many Public and Private Collections.  About a year ago his work was included in the Permanent Collection of the Cape Ann Museum and is featured in the Rule of Four exhibit at the Cape Ann Museum through Spring 2012.   A couple of years ago he started concentrating solely on photography and became obsessed with it. To see more of Charlie’s photography, visit http://seasquared.viewbook.com/

E.J. Lefavour

01/22/2012

Fan Says He’ll Give Up Game-Winning Football In Exchange For Donations To Scholarship Fund

January 25, 2012|By AMANDA FALCONE, afalcone@courant.com, The Hartford Courant

Terry Oder says he’s willing to give the Patriots their football back.

If, he said Wednesday, Patriots fans can help him raise $50,000 for a scholarship fund before the Super Bowl on Feb. 5.

And if the football team wants to make a contribution, he said he’d accept.

"I’m not asking for any money from the Patriots," Oder said Wednesday, "but if they offered, I would take it."

Oder was in the stands for the AFC Championship Game Sunday when Baltimore Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff’s field goal attempt went wide left, sending the Pats to the Super Bowl. Oder, watching the game with some of his childhood friends, grabbed the errant ball.

It was a heart-warming end to a bittersweet story. Oder, a physician with a Hartford medical group, said he brought his buddies to the game for some fun after weeks of sadness associated with the death of one of their friends, who had died unexpectedly from a heart infection. The scholarship fund is for his friend Aran Patrican’s 1-year-old son.

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Thanks Ed Sawicki  for forwarding the story