My View of Life on the Dock
I stumbled upon this throne carved out of a tree in Annisquam. Has anyone ever seen this before, know who carved it, or how long it has been there? I envision a forest gnome king holding court there at night surrounded by tree nymphs.
E.J. Lefavour
“A voice of remarkable power and control with a joyous soul. Brave and bright, Chelsea Berry is the real thing.” -Livingston Taylor
Click the picture to hear Chelsea talk with Peter about her plans for 2012 and the kind of shows she truly loves to play. Â Check out Chelsea’s gimmesound profile.
Chelsea’s not playing tonight but you can go see some of the other great musicians in town. See the full list here.
Happy New Year everyone!Â
We’ll be kicking off 2012 with Cape Ann’s premier blues artist, the great Bill Gleason. It’s the real deal, folks. No one does it like Bill.Â
 Be there! ~ Fly
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
Wednesdays at the Rhumb Line – Prime Rib Specials!
Wednesdays Only!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
 Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Prime Rib Dinner –Â $9.95 (while they last)
 Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
On January 3, 2009 the F\V Patriot was lost at Sea with both crewmen. Here is the story from the Gloucester Daily Times and a few photos I took of the Patriot in 2008.  Also, Joey has some great pictures and video of inside the Patriots wheelhouse and engine room.Â
From the Gloucester Daily Times;
“By Richard Gaines The Gloucester Daily Times Sun Jan 04, 2009, 10:52 PM EST
As president of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association, Angela Sanfilippo has dealt many times with tragedy at sea. It never gets easier.
“This is a shocker,” she said Saturday, referring to the loss of the Patriot and the lives of two local fishermen. “This was the perfect boat. Gloucester has one more time been stricken.”Â
The two members of a Gloucester fishing family — the husband and father of Josephine Russo — were lost at sea early Saturday when the family-owned Patriot, a modern, 54-foot, steel-hulled trawler fishing alone on Middle Bank, about 15 miles from port, sank after an apparent catastrophic failure.
CLICK THE LINK FOR THE REST OF THE STORY; http://www.gloucestertimes.com/Patriot/x645317002/Mourning-the-Patriot
Here are Links to the USCG Final Action Report and the USCG Timeline chart on the F/V Patriot sinking.
 Coast Guard Final Action Memo FV PATRIOT.pdf
 Enclosure 3 – FV PATRIOT Timeline Graphic.pdf
Here are the links to Joey’s Videos;
https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/lost-screencast-from-patriot-engineroom/Â Â Â Â Â
https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/matteo-russos-patriot-wheelhouse-video-2/
 The Danielle Marie before the Name Change to the Patriot
The Patriot docked at the State Fish Pier
Matteo Russo Gets ready to Board his Boat The F\V Patriot
F\V Patriot viewed from Gorton’s Wharf 2008
The Patriot gets ready to Dock 2008
Where the old Moose lodge used to be…
Panorama from multiple photos, stitched with the excellent free and open-source program “Hugin”.
Happy New Year hope it’s not as cold as January 2010
–Len Burgess
North Coast Angler www.northcoastangler.com
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Kristin Michel forwards-
Congratulations to the team, Head Coach Kevin Vieira, Assistant Coach Stu Mellen, and assistant Bill Donald for a great WIN!
The final score of the championship game (Thomas Division) against the Top Gun team from Salem, NH was 3-2!
Hi Joey,
My family and I spend a couple of weeks on the Mill River every August, but during the time I’m on the other side of the cut, I look forward to reading your no bull, honest and upfront blog. I grew up in Pigeon Cove and now live in the Boston area, not too far from Gtown, but far enough that I can’t take a walk along the back shore everyday.
Happy New Year and looking forward to more Gloucester news in 2012.
Sincerely,
Amy
Arlington MA
The Greasy Pole is really coming along
Happy New Year
It was such a perfect day, and a good time was had by all – plungers and nonplungers alike. What a great way to start the New Year, especially if you said Rabbit, Rabbit first.
Chelsea Berry begins 2012 as gimmesound’s artist of the week.  She talks about 2011 highlights and what is in store for 2012.  Chelsea reveals local artist that will be preforming with  her at Shalin Liu on January 27, 2012.
Check out Chelsea’s gimmesound profile.
Click photo for music info
Heading Out
Good Morning Gloucester 