Month: June 2013

Mayor Kirk presents award to Jan Bordinaro @ Lobsta Land last night

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Mayor Kirk presents award to Jan Bordinaro
Mayor Kirk presents City of Gloucester award to Jan Bordinaro at Lobsta Land 6/4

Our Boy Ed with Gloucester’s Small Business Person of the Year, Jan Bordinaro

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Jan Bordinaro with Ed Collard
Jan Bordinaro, owner of Atlantis Oceanfront Inn and Cape Ann Chamber’s Small Business Person of the Year for Gloucester with Chamber President, Ed Collard at Lobsta Land 6/4

St. Ann School group photo

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Everyone is sad to see St. Ann’s School go.  Last week I took a series of final group photos.  The children were squirmy in the hot sun, so there’s no one photo where they all are smiling and looking at the camera. I hopped into one of photos, since it was my last week at St. Ann’s too (albeit the church in my case, not the school)!

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Special thanks to all the people who kept the school alive for so many years – the parents, teachers, administration, donors, etc.

Please comment if you have good memories of this school that you’d like to share! But let’s not get into the “blame game” about why it is closing. The school board, the principal (Michele Butler), and everyone involved have done whatever they could to avoid this situation. Let’s focus on the positive, and on thanking the hard work of all the people who made the school the special place it was.

– Matthew Green

 

Community Photos 6/5/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,

Plum Cove Saturday night with Marianne Spencer.

Michael Miller

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A couple of shots at sunset on Monday evening May 27th at Winter Island, Salem. –Len Burgess

Kayak fisherman and Fort Pickering Light (which needs some TLC).

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Community Stuff 6/5/13

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Interpreting the Moment, a exhibition of oils by Priscilla Serafin

Time & Tide at Post Road Framers

225 Newburyport Turnpike (Rt 1) in the Market Basket center June 1-30

Opening Party Saturday, June 8 5-7pm

Refreshments

For more information contact Kristina Brendel 978 238 8848 or kristina@timeandtidefineart.com

Schooner Adventure’s History Sharing Program – June 14, 2013 (10am) Come see images of old Gloucester and share your own memories during these free monthly presentations at the Rose Baker Senior Center. This month – Working Waterfront 1880’s-1930’s Part 2 See images and hear about the various businesses that once lined our waterfront. (Program supported by New England Biolabs Foundation and Applied Materials). For more information – call Schooner Adventure @978-281-8079.

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Hi Joey,
I am writing on behalf of the Magnolia Library and Community Center. Could you let your readers know that we are currently taking registrations for our our 36th annual art show to be held on July 12th-14th. We take paintings, photography, sculpture and mixed media. This is a well attended event and a great way for artists to display their work. More information can be found here: http://www.magnolialibrary.org/. 100% of the proceeds from the show go into community events and building upkeep.
Thank You,
Krista Queeney
Art Committee

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Bobbi and Bob Lemay

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‘June Artist Gallery at Lone Gull Coffee House Wings & Waves . Photo Art by Gloucester photographer, Michael Chamness features birds and scenery from beautiful Cape Ann.

My personal favorites are the baby swan- ‘Swannabe’ and Eastern Point Light and Breakwater!

Swan Symbolism: Animals were thought to be ‘power totems’ and messengers in Native American Folklore and Greek/Egyptian Mythology. The swan is thought to bear messages of love and relationships. They pair for a lifetime. When the swan glides upon the waters of our awareness, it might be a symbol of love, and a reminder of the blessings found in our relationships. ‘Swanabee’ was photographed in the pond across from Pebble Beach Rockport, MA. E.J. or Joey- I think this is Henry’s Pond. Can you confirm?

These photos will be on display the month of June. Let me know your favorite! Stop by for a cup of tea or iced coffee or one of Mary Ellen’s delicious pastries while enjoying the familiar and beautiful scenes of Cape Ann!’

Thanks  Joey!

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

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Cape Ann Adaptive Lacrosse would like to thank the following Student Athlete/Mentors for their support of the CAYL Adaptive Lacrosse Program.  These Student Athletes volunteered their time for 8 consecutive Sundays to teach the game of Lacrosse.   Without these young women and men this program would have never been a success.   Each week consisted Stretching, Lacrosse and then a scrimmage.  The Season closed with a mentor’s game, where it was girls vs boys, with a twist they had to exchange lacrosse sticks, yup you guessed it the GIRLS won.

CAYL Adaptive Lacrosse Mentors 2013

Gloucester High School: Kerri Colby, Caylee DaSilva, Tess Destino/Revolution Lacrosse, Thomas Donahue/Middlesex Bears, Mike Falzarano/3d Lacrosse, Marcus Falzarano/NESLL, Charlie Gillon, Jack Goss,Patrick Goss, Jesse Glidden, Ian Kennedy/Home Grown Lacrosse, Nina Lougrande, Jaclyn Lowe, Caity O’Leary/Home Grown Lacrosse, Kenna O’Maley, Melodie Orrell , Lindsey Parrish, Ariana Puoplo, Katie Sirois

School Not Listed: Benjamin Alger, Patrick Guineau, Sasha Ross, Bradley Rautio, Quinn Sprenger

Newburyport High School: Drew Bourdeau/Top Gun Lacrosse, Henry Francis, Sebastian Harden, Nicholas Mombellow, George Patelis, Coach Todd Francis

Georgetown High School: Alex Brannon, Jacskon Fritz, Scott Perry

Swampscott High School: Dante Ceccarelli, Danny Hingston

Manchester Essex High School: Connor Coale/NESLL, Taylor Meek/Revolution Lacrosse, Abbey Roundy, Sally Pulver, Larson Tolo/3d Lacrosse

St. Johns Prep: Jack Curley, Seth Murry, Drew O’Connell/Top Gun Lacrosse, Eamon O’Leary/Top Gun Lacrosse, Anthony Quatieri, Shawn Waldron/Top Gun Lacrosse

Bishop Fenwick: Hannah Deltorchio, Emily Rocker/Revolution Lacrosse

O’Maley Middle School, Gloucester: Maggie Destino, Brendan O’Brien/3d Lacrosse, James Nelson/NESLL

Pingree School: Sarah Hoefner/Revolution Lacrosse

North Shore Tech High School: Anthony Santo

Ipswich High School:William Wallace

Sponsors: Lanesville Preschool Center, US Lacrosse & Brine/Warrior Factory Store

A huge thanks goes out to Mara Destino & Karen Bell for all of their time & dedication to the program, making every week a success.

It was amazing to watch each week!

Listening To The Voice…

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

and there’s a female country singer (Holly Tucker).

She’s banging out her country song and I swear to god if you put a blindfold on me and rolled out 10 different country music female singers to sing songs there is no way I could differentiate one from another.

They all sound exactly alike.

Am I alone on this?

RUNA At Old Sloop Coffeehouse June 7

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Have you ever heard a Celtic version of our national anthem?  Phildelphia-based contemporary Celtic ensemble RUNA recently performed their unique rendition to open a Phllies game.  You can see a video of the performance at http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=27218189&c_id=mlb.

RUNA will appear at Old Sloop Coffeehouse this Friday, June 7, at 7:30PM, with local Celtic favorites Bob and Jen Strom opening.  RUNA draws on the diverse musical backgrounds of its band members and offers a contemporary and refreshing approach to traditional and more recently composed Celtic material. Through their repertoire of both highly energetic and graceful, acoustic melodies, along with their fusion of music from Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and the United States, this vocal and instrumental ensemble gives its arrangements of traditional songs and tunes a fresh sound.  RUNA consists of vocalist and step-dancer, Shannon Lambert-Ryan of Philadelphia, Dublin-born guitarist Fionán de Barra, Cheryl Prashker of Montreal, Quebec on percussion, Dave Curley of Galway, Ireland on mandolin, vocals, bodhrán, and step-dancing, and Maggie Estes of Louisville, Kentucky on the fiddle. The band often performs with world-renowned guest musicians, including Isaac Alderson on the uilleann pipes, flutes, and whistles. Members of RUNA have played with Solas, Riverdance, Slide, Clannad, Fiddlers’sBid, Moya Brennan, Eileen Ivers, Hazel O’Conner, Full Frontal Folk, Keith & Kristyn Getty, Barcó, Téada, and the Guy Mendilow Band.

Bob and Jen Strom are active session players on the North Shore and have played at the First Saturday Contra Dance in Salem, the Irish Connections Festival, New Year’s Rockport Eve, The Boston Celtic Music Festival, the Salem Maritime Festival, and the Salem Arts Festival. Bob and Jen organized a benefit concert, Shamrock for HAWC, in support of HAWC (Healing Abuse Working for Change) for four years running, featuring some of the North Shore’s finest Celtic musicians.

The performance will be in the handicap-accessible Fellowship Hall of the First Congregational Church of Rockport at 12 School Street.  Tickets can be purchased in advance for $12 from the coffeehouse web site at oldsloopcoffeehouse.org, at Gloucester Music, and at Toad Hall Bookstore in Rockport.  The suggested donation at the door is $14 for adults, $9 for those 65 and older, $5 for those younger than 18, and $28 for a family.

Baby Chipping Sparrow

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Butterfly Courtyard Willowdale Estate©Kim Smith 2013

Notice the two gardenia trees in the large planters in the background. Weren’t we startled  several weeks ago to find a nest tucked in the crook of the gardenia branches, with an egg!! The planters are moved often enough to accommodate wedding ceremonies, but that didn’t deter in the least the highly adaptable Chipping Sparrow from building its nest.

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Chipping SparrowParent Chipping Sparrow. The mom/pop waited anxiously, with a fat green caterpillar dangling from its mouth, for me to stop photographing. As soon as I moved away, it  flew to the nest to deposit the worm into the hungry baby’s wide-open mouth. The entire time I was there delivering plants Sunday afternoon, the baby never closed its mouth!

The song of the Chipping Sparrow is a lovely trill and you can hear it well on this video. They also make a piercing flight call, a characteristic sound of the evening sky during their annual spring and fall migration.

Lecture Tonight for the Southboro Open Land Foundation

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Pollinators: the Birds, Butterflies and Bees (7:00 – 8:45 pm): Southborough Open Land Foundation welcomes Kim Smith, a specialist on pollinators, such as butterflies and other insects, and their important role in sustaining the earth. She will share a stunning slide show and informative lecture, The Pollinator Garden. Presentation includes “BomBom Butterfly” video demonstrating the life cycle of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly. A list of possible plants for your property will be provided. Event is free and open to the public – will be held in main reading room of the Southboro Library, 25 Main Street.

Newly emerged black swallowtail butterfly wedgewood blue lilac ©Kim Smith 2013Newly Emerged Male Black Swallowtail Butterfly