We just got word from Bob Ryan at CATA that, since the Blynman Bridge weight restriction has been lifted, he was able to scramble and get the Stage Fort Park Trolley Shuttle up and running starting on June 21! See the trolley schedule here. This is excellent news for everyone who drives in Gloucester during summer weekends because it means fewer cars — as well as anyone who benefits from tourists coming to Gloucester (which is just about everybody who lives and/or works here as I explain in this post).
Way to go Bob!
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Richard Rosenfeld is a great and generous friend and neighbor to all on Rocky Neck – an author, historian, benefactor of the Cultural Center and patron of the arts, fun loving Mug Up competition judge and winner, and all around good guy.
Happy Birthday Richard from all of us here on Rocky Neck and beyond who know and love you. We hope your day is filled with wonderful surprises and well wishes.
Purchase Your Membership Before June 12 and Be Entered to Win!
You may already be aware of all the great benefits of a GSC Season Membership: savings of up to $7.50 per ticket, guarantee of the best seats available, free ticket exchange, and a StageSource Circle of Friends Card (2-for-1 tickets to other participating theaters!)
Now, as an extra benefit, anyone who purchases a Membership before our season kick-off on June 12, will be entered to win one of the prizes below! Memberships purchased prior to the start of this promotion will be automatically entered into the drawing.*
2 (two) complimentary Memberships for the 2015 Season. Productions and dates to be announced!
2 (two) Memberships for 2014 – bring more friends to the show(s), or give as gifts!
My name is Ashley and I am a four-month-old Retriever mix. I will be medium in size when I am fully grown. I am smart eager to learn and looking for a forever home. I am here at the Cape Ann Animal Aid (CapeAnnAnimalAid.com), located at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter, Four Paws Lane in Gloucester. I have been asked to tell you about the Sato Reunion to take place on Saturday, June 7 at Stage For Park in Gloucester, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. (rain or shine). I hope it doesn’t rain, I can’t do anything with my hair when it gets wet.
Maybe I will be adopted in time to attend the reunion!
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I shot this dory photo with a Nikon 500mm mirror lens. The heavy 500mm beast is known for recording reflected points of light as circles, or “doughnuts.” Measuring almost 12 inches long, a tripod is required for sharp photos. Doughnuts do not a great lens make, and I was happy to unload it a couple of years ago.
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BIG NEWS! Backyard Growers has hit the big time! We were just awarded a 3-year $100,000 grant from the Cummings Foundation for the Schoolyard Garden Program in the Gloucester Schools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy Cannoli Batman!!! Huge!!!
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Burnham’s Field renovation update from John McElhenny
Cousin!
Since you asked, here’s this week’s video update on the renovation of Burnham’s Field with project manager Steve Winslow.
Appreciate your interest,
JMc
Hi Joey,
Sorry to miss you the other day.
Tonight night is my Scotch N Swatch Event at The Marketplace in Lynnfield.
From 5-8pm free scotch tasting’s (single malt), J.Hilburn Clothing all at
Roosters, Men’s Grooming Center.
Promotions in honor of Father’s Day too!
Feel free to broadcast! I left you an invite, but it’s attached again just in case.
The Marketplace is off Walnut St (Exit 43 off 128). Easy to get to if you’re on the way home.
Best,
Caroline
Caroline Carlson – Style Advisor
Greenbelt – 25th Anniversary Art in the Barn Exhibit & Sale
On June 13-15, Greenbelt’s Cox Reservation will come alive with music, sculpture, fine art, handcrafted jewelry, ceramics and pottery at 82 Eastern Avenue in Essex. From the white farmhouse headquarters to the rustic barn, to the rolling grasslands and walkwaysoverlooking the Essex River, art will transform the grounds as the annual Art in the Barn exhibition and sale returns for its 25th year. Proceeds from the event support Greenbelt’sland conservation mission. The more than 140 participating artists include renowned local sculptors George Sherwood, Chris William and, Dale Rogers; potters Daphne Borden and Marty Morgan; painters Julia Purinton and Bruce Turner; photographer Dorothy Monnelly, and jeweler Beth Williams. Sale proceeds directly support Greenbelt’s land conservation mission. The opening reception from 6-8:30 pm Friday, June 13 will feature the music of string wizard and songsmith E.J. Ouellette & his band Crazy Maggy, with refreshments from the famous Ipswich Ale Tapmobile, Flatbread Mobile Pizza Oven, and the Whoo(pie) Wagon
Rockport’s Hidden Garden Tour – Summer 2014
The Rockport Garden Club’s Hidden Gardens tour will take place on Friday, June 20 and Saturday, June 21 – 10:00 a.m –
4:00 p.m. Ticket price is $20. per ticket before June 1 and $25. after June 1. To purchase tickets, please contact
Lynn Bird at 508-981-6698, or purchase tickets online by going to:
It’s time again to celebrate the Phyllis A. with our first Saturday of each month “Maritime Saturdays” at the Gloucester Marine Railways, Rocky Neck.
The first of 2014 will be this Saturday, June 7th from 10AM to 2PM.
Would you please post this poster on goodmorninggloucester? I have attached a Jpeg and a PDF.
Thank you for your help!!!
Gloria Parsons
Hi Joey! I have attached a poster for a small exhibit of photographs
opening at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum this Saturday in case there
is room this week. We were given an album of photographs taken in the
early 1920’s by David E. Burnham and have enlarged some of them.
Although the photographer died in 1943, were he alive today I think he
would have been an enthusiastic GMG contributor. Thanks. Nancy Dudley
ESM
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This is the inaugural episode of my new series that showcases anything I’m really diggin’ at the moment. And right now, I’m feeling me some SURFRIDER PIZZA. You may know that they have great subs on fresh baked bread, but do you know how awesome the pie is there? This place churns out some amazing specialty pies, one of my favorites being the Pollo Pesto, trust. But in this episode, I go in deep for the classic: pepperoni and cheese. For me, it’s all about hand tossed, freshly made thin crust. I’m not about some sweet sauce either, that’s just wrong. Some call in New York style, I call it proper. Whether it’s a white garlic pizza, pesto, red sauce, you name it, SURFRIDER has something for ya!
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GMG Reader Denise Penta writes in the comment section of a previous GMG post “Exterminate All Swans” by 2015:
June 2, 2014
“In Rockport, MA across from Pebble Beach I enjoyed a male and female mute swan along with their 4 pens. Two days later, I returned to take more photographs and they were gone. I have asked the regular walkers in that area if they have seen them and to my dismay, they disappeared. At the same time, the ducks has 5 babies and now there are only 4. I also noticed many round indentures in the sandy water near the shore and wonder if an animal frolicked about consuming some ducks. I miss the swans terribly. I also drove around the waters where they are found throughout the summer, but to no avail.
Then after reading several articles, including this one, I learned what is occurring more frequently is that of hunting and removal by state and federal wildlife officials. State and Federal wildlife officials are removing Mute Swans and killing them so that they can open new habitats to introduce the larger Trumpeter Swan species which will in the next few years be used as a Trophy Waterfowl for hunting purposes. Wildlife budgets are experiencing huge deficits and now wildlife officials are trying to enhance these budgets by enticing hunters through Trophy Waterfowl which will greatly increase hunting and the cost of hunting permits.
We have been fighting with other entities to stop this killing and have successfully worked with legislators in New York to introduce legislation to stop the killing of Mute Swans in New York until wildlife officials can present true research instead of the false basis for killing the swans that have been perpetuated upon the taxpayer. Yes, the taxpayer is funding this killing and reintroduction of the Trumpeter Swans so that a few of the population can enjoy them by killing them.
I would like to know who in God’s name gave these people permission to plan the killings and replacements? The government does not have an all-rights to nature and without votes from the public, there should be great protests to such an elimination. I would be the first one with a sign if I find the government removed our beloved swans.”
Good Morning Gloucester 