Month: December 2017

Bruce Tarr and Ann Margaret Ferrante welcomed all to Gloucester High School

Mayor Romeo Theken introducing Senator Warren

Are you in need of a last minute present, Yankee Swap gift or Secret Santa Gift? I got a dozen GMG caps in and will deliver them anywhere in Gloucester/Magnolia/Rockport today if you order by 1PM. $25 each – they will not last the day so just message me here at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com and I’ll bring them right to your house. Buy 5 get one free, buy 4 get a free GMG Tshirt. Get to it! I’ll be on the road delivering at 1PM today so get your order in ASAP!

Not the Amazon Show, by the way……. this tin star is awarded to our captain Joey Ciaramitaro along with congratulations for a VERY successful decade of posting his views of life on the dock.

I am not sure when I first became aware of Good Morning Gloucester, but it was pretty early in its history.  Immediately it became a favorite in my Bookmarks.  It was humorous, irreverent and timely and it kept me up-to-date from afar.  It seemed to reflect the Gloucester I’d come to know.

As time went on, the blog grew and adjusted to the readers.  Not as irreverent but still humorous and timely.  Contributors were added; some have come and gone.  The technology has advanced and the posts right along with these developments.  Like the tin that marks 10 year anniversaries, it is durable and reliable.

I  would like to thank Joey for his hours and hours of investment into the blog and the city’s promotion.  I am very pleased to be a contributor to the blog, which emphasizes the good news that needs to be shared.  When I described this to a non-FOB sister, she said “So he’s Ellen for Gloucester.”  I nodded.

Thank you and congratulations.  Here’s to 10 more!

Listen Please don’t think you’re not invited if you didn’t get a Facebook invite or personal invitation.  YOU’RE INVITED!

I/We don’t have the time top dig through to try to remember each and every GMG FOB to tag on Facebook and some of you don’t even have Facebook.

But the fact is that GMG wouldn’t be what it is without our awesome readers and friends.

we want you there.

Good Morning Gloucester Holiday Party

Hosted by Cape Ann Giclee

Saturday, December 16 at 6 PM – 9 PM

Show Map

Are You A FOB?

Then you better get your sexy ass down to Cape Ann Giclee For The GMG XMAS Party December 16th! 6PM Til We Burn Down The Neighborhood!

I’m just gonna put this out there that if you consider yourself a FOB you had better show up for our killer OFFICIAL GMG CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!!!!

We’re gonna celebrate it all, Kwanza, spinnin the dradel, all that fun shit!

Saturday, December 16, 2015 – 6 to 9pm (ish)

Location:
Cape Ann Giclée
20 Maplewood Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930

It’s pot-luck and byob

One of the many fantastic guests for the NORTH SHORE 104.9 Holiday Toy Drive was the talented and cheerful group of young women from the Academy at Penguin Hall.

Enjoy!

https://vimeo.com/247520581

for more info on the toy drive go to : NorthShore1049.com

for more info on the Academy at Penguin Hall go to: PenguinHall.org

Rockport Christmas Tree and mini trees on street lamps December 1 2017

December 13

Pick #1: Appleton Farm Gingerbread Farmer Decorating

The morning session is sold out but there is some availability in the afternoon session from 1:30-2:30!
Saturday, December 16
Afternoon Session: 1:30-2:30PM
Member Child: $15 Nonmember Child: $25

Contact Information
978.356.5728 x4118
crouillard@thetrustees.org

READ MORE HERE

Join us for some holiday fun on the farm and learn about the origin of this favorite Scandinavian tradition. We’ll start by decorating some delicious gingerbread farmers and cows with a variety of candy and homemade icing. After our creations are complete we’ll snuggle in for gingerbread man story. Finish the experience with a traditional German holiday craft to decorate your own home with. Hot chocolate will be served. Please register one ticket per child.

Pick #2    Winter Solstice Lantern Walk at Ipswich River

READ MORE HERE

Pick #3  Candlelight Stroll at Strawbery Banke

CANDLELIGHT STROLL  – Anchoring “Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth”
December 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 & 17, 2017
Saturdays, 5-9 pm. Sundays, 4-8 pm.

For tickets, click here. $5 off per ticket purchased before December 1, 2017.

READ ALL ABOUT THIS EVENT HERE

Candlelight Stroll, an annual holiday tradition at Strawbery Banke since 1979 showcases 350 years of seasonal and holiday traditions against the backdrop of the Museum’s furnished historic houses. On these weekend evenings, the Museum grounds glow with hundreds of lighted candle lanterns, the houses are adorned with thousands of hand-made decorations crafted from live greens and dried flowers and herbs collected from the Museum gardens, and the air is filled with the sound of holiday music and scent of woodsmoke from the bonfire. Its authenticity is the foundation for the claim that the Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth holiday celebration, echoed by Travel + Leisure magazine, makes Portsmouth ‘the Christmas capital of North America.’

Visitors stroll from house to historic house, greeted by costumed role players and performers who recreate the traditions of times past, rediscovering the joys of simpler times. Mrs. Shapiro prepares a Hanukah celebration her 1919 Russian Jewish kitchen. Mrs. Goodwin, her family and servants prepare a Victorian Christmas. Father Christmas, the night watchman, “Mayor Frank Jones” and other role-players make their rounds along the dirt lanes; and the Abbotts await news of their soldier fighting in Europe in the Second World War. Carolers, chestnuts and holiday crafts bring all the sounds, scents and moments for family ‘stopfulness’ to this event that is a cherished New Hampshire tradition.  Complimentary refreshments and hot apple cider are offered at the Cider Shed. Traditional hearth-cooking demonstrations, crafts demonstrations, and winter projects for kids provide interactive fun for multiple generations.

Add-on features:

Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond, provides seasonal outdoor ice skating at the heart of the 10-acre living history museum. The rink operates seven days a week, 9 am to 9 pm throughout December and on New Year’s Day, and the months of January and February.

Figtree Kitchen at Strawbery Banke café offers seasonal food and beverages during Candlelight Stroll in the TYCO Visitors Center.

Pickwick’s at the Banke, complements the museum with a shopping experience reflecting Portsmouth’s colonial maritime heritage. Pickwick’s also presents a ticketed, costumed holiday dining experience in Pitt Tavern — visited by George Washington, John Hancock, and the Marquis de Lafayette.

As always, for a comprehensive list of family activities, please visit our friends at North Shore Kid

In my collection of Gloucester material, I am fortunate to have two city directories–one from 1917 and another from 1937.  City directories are a treasure trove of interesting information and trivia.  Back in the day, they were a bit like phone books as we remember them.  City directories listed residents by name, with spouse if available along with address and occupation. It might also list a death date or a “removed to _____(city or state)” date.  They also contain various statistics and general information about the area covered, as well as advertisements from area merchants.

These statistics are from the 1917 Gloucester City Directory published by Sampson & Murdock Co. of Boston Massachusetts.  The cost was $4.00.

The statistic that caught my eye was the 423 Registered Female Voters in 1915, well before the 19th amendment was approved in 1920.  Some research showed that Massachusetts women were allowed to register to vote for school committee members after the poll tax was abolished in 1892.  

The 1937 Gloucester City Directory was published by the same Sampson and Murdock Co and sold for $8.00.  Here are the statistics published for the city at that time and take note of the tenfold increase in the number of Registered Women Voters in 1936!  Well done, Gloucester Women of the day!

At this time in our social history, women (and women voters) are having a major impact on the news cycle.  I can imagine that though only 16 years had passed since women were guaranteed the right to vote, these 5008 women also had a major impact on the city’s business.

**Not sure yet how the square area changed over these 20 or so years. Perhaps someone out there knows?**

2017 Christmas Concert Series

GLORIA!

will feature original compositions and arrangements by

LAURIDSEN
PÄRT
PAULUS
GJEILO &
CHILCOTT

as well as others.

GLOUCESTER, MA

Friday, December 15, 2017
7:30 p.m.

Annisquam Village Church
820 Washington St.

Listen Please don’t think you’re not invited if you didn’t get a Facebook invite or personal invitation.  YOU’RE INVITED!

I/We don’t have the time top dig through to try to remember each and every GMG FOB to tag on Facebook and some of you don’t even have Facebook.

But the fact is that GMG wouldn’t be what it is without our awesome readers and friends.

we want you there.

Good Morning Gloucester Holiday Party

Hosted by Cape Ann Giclee

Saturday, December 16 at 6 PM – 9 PM

Show Map

Are You A FOB?

Then you better get your sexy ass down to Cape Ann Giclee For The GMG XMAS Party December 16th! 6PM Til We Burn Down The Neighborhood!

I’m just gonna put this out there that if you consider yourself a FOB you had better show up for our killer OFFICIAL GMG CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!!!!

We’re gonna celebrate it all, Kwanza, spinnin the dradel, all that fun shit!

Saturday, December 16, 2015 – 6 to 9pm (ish)

Location:
Cape Ann Giclée
20 Maplewood Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930

It’s pot-luck and byob