Day: June 11, 2015

Gloucester’s Middle Street – An ever evolving neighborhood

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Guided walking tour offers historic perspective

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (June 9, 2015) – The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to presentHistoric Middle Street, a guided walking tour of one of Gloucester’s many historically rich streets, on Saturday, June 20 at 10:00 a.m. The tour meets at the Cape Ann Museum at 27 Pleasant Street and lasts about 1 1/2 hours. Tours are held rain or shine. Cost is $10 for Cape Ann Museum members; $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited, reservations required. Email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455, x16 for more information or to reserve a spot. Additional walking tours are offered throughout the summer – please visit capeannmuseum.org/events for more.

Did you know that a resident of Middle Street, Gloucester, saved the town from a British attack by sea during the Revolution? Or that a leading feminist and religious free thinker lived halfway down Middle Street? Or, that the 1764 Saunders House that forms part of the Sawyer Free Library has undergone at least three radical architectural changes including a massive Victorian tower? Four centuries of Gloucester’s social, economic, and architectural history are packed into this one short street in the heart of downtown Gloucester. Join us for a docent-led tour of an ever-evolving neighborhood where you will see surviving evidence of the past and will learn about structures and people now gone.

Image credit: The Saunders House, now part of the Sawyer Free Library, in the early 1880s. Photo by Edward Corliss & J. F. Ryan House Photographs, c. 1882-85. 4″ x 6″ cabinet cards. From the collection of the Cape Ann Museum Library and Archives.

Community Stuff 6/11/15

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
2nd annual Cape Ann Kids PMC ride for cancer

Hello,

I am hoping you will consider posting our flyer on your Facebook page. We are looking for local support to help get the word out about our ride to fight cancer. 

We are the kids branch of the Pan Mass Challenge and every thing we earn goes directly to Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund.

We started last year after my daughter, Alexis Morris age 13 then, wanted to find a way to channel her mourning over the loss of her grandfather and subsequently her uncle 6 weeks later, to lung cancer. It was unexpected and left a gaping hole on her life. It was her idea to start our own kids PMC event, as one did not yet exist on the North Shore. Last year, our flagship event of 12 kids raised over $6000.00! We’re hoping to sign up 20 kids to ride this year and surpass last year’s money earned. Alexis, now 14, has already raised over $1000.00 on her own.

In order to do this, we need to reach more people; kids who want to ride, adults who want to volunteer and donate and businesses to sponsor us. 

We’re hoping a post or two from you before our event might reach just one more family interested in helping in the fight and perhaps, empower their child(ren) as it has done for ours. Here is our website for more information: http://www.kids.pmc.org/capeann.aspx and our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Capeannkidspmc

Thank you for your consideration.

All my best,

Jen Morris

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Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Thursday June 11th
11am-2pm
Come join us for a free cookout on Rogers Street across from Police Station
Made possible by donations from;
Gloucester Police Patrolman Assoc.
Gloucester Police Relief Assoc.
Gloucester Superior Officers
Building Center
Ace Hardware
Cape Pond Ice
Stop n Shop
Bank Gloucester
Cape Ann Savings Bank
Gloucester Rental

Virgilios’ Italian Bakery

Souvenirs of Pigeon Cove

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Local authors discuss their latest book, a history of the Rockport neighborhood of Pigeon Cove

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (June 10, 2015) – The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to welcome John and Betty Erkkila for an illustrated presentation and book signing on Saturday, June 20 at 10:30 a.m. The Erkkilas will present a selection of images from their new book, Souvenirs of Pigeon Cove. Copies of the book will be available for purchase in the Museum Shop and the authors will be available to sign copies following the presentation.

John and Betty Erkkila collaborated to create a picture book entitled Souvenirs of Pigeon Cove, circa 1850s – 1950s, with over 250 vintage photos, ephemera, postcards and newspaper accounts sourced from the Sandy Bay Historical Museum, various family photo albums, and the authors’ own scrapbooks. At one time this “North Village” was the premier tourist destination in Rockport. Recalled are the granite enterprises and fishing trades, historical buildings and architecture, the iconic tool company, churches, hotels, schools, family life, fire apparatus and more!

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