Month: October 2015

The Taste of Cape Ann Call to Action for Restaurants and Foodies

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Cape Ann Dining News-
http://www.capeanneats.com

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The most delicious fundraiser of the year is nearly here – it’s time to get your restaurant registered or your event ticket ordered. Last year’s event included nearly three dozen food and beverage purveyors and nearly 300 guests!

The Cape Ann YMCA’s 7th Annual “Taste of Cape Ann” returns to Cruiseport Gloucester on Thursday, November 12, from 6-9PM. The event features the best of Cape Ann eateries offering food, wine and spirits for one $25 ticket price with the proceeds of ticket sales going to support Cape Ann YMCA Teen Service Initiatives.

The service trips enable local youth to spend a week working in communities hit by environmental and economic devastation. Teens participate in learning modules before and after traveling on school break to offer hands-on aid in areas of great need. The New Orleans Mission, now in its 5th year, originated as a Cape Ann trip but…

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Early Riser Rewards!!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Cape Ann Health, Fitness and Wellness News-
http://www.capeannwellness.com

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amnoonpmfinalCape Ann Power Yoga – 6:15AM          Wall Street – 1:45pm                   Lanesville – 7:15pm

Power Yoga works, and it works best when you do it a lot. David and Elizabeth DeAngelis have seen lives transformed from this practice and know that it works for everyone who is willing to unroll their mat.

Cape Ann Power Yoga is rolling out a new incentive program – Early Riser Rewards. We’ll make this winter your best yet! From Fall Back to Spring Ahead your dedication will earn you even more opportunity.

Take three early morning classes in a week and earn a free class! 

The incentive runs from November 2 to March 13 and the week is counted from Monday to Sunday. Our EXCELLENT team is at the studio seven early mornings a week, ready to support your growth.

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday – 5:30-6:30 with Johnna Huntsman

Tuesday and Thursday – 6:00-7:00 with Kim Lorden

Saturday and Sunday – 7:00-8:30…

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PLOVERS AND SANDERLINGS!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Semipalmated plover ©Kim Smith 2015Semipalmated Plover and Sanderling

Last week after presenting my Pollinator Garden program in Orleans and visiting the Nauset lighthouses, the next stopover was to my grandparent’s beach in Dennis, or I should say, the beach where my family summered as our grandparents are no longer living. It was close to sunset and I had the overwhelming wish to watch the sun go down from the same place where we perched atop the bluff and had watched the sunset thousands of times as children. It was more than a little dismaying upon arriving to see my Grandmother’s glorious seaside garden gone, replaced by grass, but even more so, to see that the great stairwell and wild rose-lined path to the beach, once enjoyed by all the neighbors, had been privatized. Despite all that and feeling very melancholy, I had a lovely walk along the shore, watched the spectacular sunset from the cliff’s edge, and came upon a gorgeous mixed flock of shore birds. They stayed awhile resting and feeding in the surf at the high tide line and none-too-shy, allowed for both filming and photographing in the fading rosy light.

 Black-bellied Plover ©Kim Smith 2015JPGI believe these are Black-bellied Plovers in their winter plumage. Not only were they standing on one leg, they also run, or hop, along the beach at top speed, on one leg!

Sanderling Dennis Cape Cod ©Kim Smith 2015Sanderling

Dennis MA Cape Cod sunset -2 ©Kim Smith 2015You can read an excerpt about my Grandmother’s Cape Cod garden in my book Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities in the chapter titled “My Grandmother’s Garden.”

Plover cape Cod ©kim Smith 2015,Camouflaged!

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Red Sky at Morning, Sailors take Warning

Posted on by God's Morning

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It may rain later, but this morning’s sky was so magnificent, with the special treat of seeing that morning full moon over Wonson Cove.

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Brisket Flat Is What’s For Lunch @CaptJoeLobster #GloucesterMA

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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After three hours she’s ready for the tin foil wrap and an hours rest.
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Fascinating Look into Famous Art Heists

Posted on by Nichole S.

I attended this free event last year and was so glad that I did.  I’ll most likely make certain to go this year too.  Anthony Amore was totally engaging as he gave “the who, what, where, why – and perhaps most importantly – the how, behind some of the most incredible tales of fakes, forgeries, thefts, and art-related ponzi schemes ever committed.”  His inside view as Director of Security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum gives him an insight like non other.

Simply RSVP to the email below to attend this free and open to the public event.

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Dry Ice for Spooky Halloween Special Effects

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joey – we’re helping make Halloween a Spooking Celebration:
Halloween Special – 5# of dry ice for $25.00!  Creating eerie fog!
Just – Fill a container with hot water and drop 3 to 4 pellets of dry
ice every 10 to 15 minutes!
Happy Halloween from the Coolest Guys & Gals !
Open Weekdays 8 am – 4 pm.  Saturday, Halloween, October 31st, from 9 am
– 1 pm.
Cape Pond Ice Company, 104 Commercial Street, Fort Wharf, Gloucester
http://www.capepondice.com
tel. 978-283-0174
http://www.dryiceandgases.com/dry-ice-halloween.htm
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Scott Memhard
Cape Pond Ice Company

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GLOUCESTER INNER HARBOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PROJECT IS UNDERWAY

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CRANE Gloucester Harbor Environmental Clean up -3 ©Kim Smith 2015The scheduled clean up by National Grid has begun at the site of the former Gloucester Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP). An area has been cordoned off however, Maritime Gloucester is fully operational and accessible and there is a crew working onboard the Schooner Adventure.

Geoff DeckebachGeoff Deckebach, Schooner Adventure’s lead shipwright, works unfazed on ship’s improvements.

CRANE Gloucester Harbor Environmental Clean up ©Kim Smith 2015

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National Grid has created a website to provide the public with information about the environmental remediation project in and adjacent to Gloucester’s Inner Harbor.

“From 1854 until 1952, the former Gloucester Gas Light Company (GGLC) operated a facility along the Gloucester waterfront to convert coal and oil into manufactured gas. Compounds from this Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) operation are present below the ground surface along portions of Harbor Loop and Rogers Street and in the harbor. This area is referred to as the former MGP Site and includes both upland and marine areas in and along Gloucester’s Inner Harbor.Aerialslider_cropped

Portions of the United States Coast Guard Gloucester Station, Solomon Jacobs Park, a commercial property owned by National Grid, commercial properties associated with fish processing, cold storage, retail operations, and portions of city streets are located within the upland areas of the Site. The marine area of the Site includes piers, floating docks, and other structures associated with some of the waterfront properties along Harbor Loop, as well as portions of the Federal Navigation Channel. Studies have confirmed the MGP Site does not pose a risk to current occupants on any of these properties or to members of the public.

As required by state environmental cleanup regulations (i.e., the Massachusetts Contingency Plan), National Grid is proposing to conduct cleanup (“remediation”) activities in both the upland and marine portions of the former MGP Site. Various state agencies, including the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office, have or will review and approve the remediation approach.” READ MORE HERE

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GHS Cheerleaders

Posted on by David B. Cox

The cheerleaders at last Saturday’s game.

Upcoming Events at Floating Lotus Gloucester

Posted on by James Eves

12038591_159461744405198_6120879996027991486_oThursday, October 29th at 7 – 8pm

The Relaxed Awareness Program with Mari Minkel. This a free mindfulness and stress management class. Free Gift from Floating Lotus Gloucester, 169 Main St. Get your free tickets to register for this event online http://www.floatinglotus.net or at Floating Lotus locations.

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Halloween Dance Party
Saturday, October 31 at 8:00pm

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Come celebrate Haloween here at the Floating Lotus Gloucester! Put on your costume and your dancing shoes to groove to the sounds of Funk Du Jour. The festivities commence at 8:00 p.m. $10 tickets at the door which will be raffled for a chance to win a $50 Floating Lotus gift certificate. There will also be a $50 gift certificate for best costume! Can’t wait to see you all there!