I have never seen heavy surf last as long as it has. It has been truly beautiful.
Month: March 2018
Gloucester Smiles-852 AB
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Thanks to Pier 23 and Next Generation Cape Ann!
I was fortunate to be able to attend the Next Generation Cape Ann’s Young Professionals Event at Pier 23 last night. Much thanks to the Markos family for opening Pier 23’s doors (on Nick’s birthday nonetheless) to this crowd of young and passionate Cape Ann enthusiasts. It was a wonderful opportunity to network and meet likeminded young professionals who were eager to share their ideas, careers, passions, and goals for Cape Ann. I was happy to be there as both a contributor to Good Morning Gloucester and the Direction of Communication for Harborlight Montessori. I enjoyed a night out with friends and definitely met some contacts whom I look forward to contacting in the near future.
I look forward to Next Generation Cape Ann’s next gathering and will surely keep you all in the loop.
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Aging Gracefully
“Weathered” is a descriptive term I would rather not be used on me, BUT for a wide variety of other aged relics, it is perfect. Weathered beauty:
Not all beautiful weathered paraphernalia is rusted iron or red, however. I will post others in the future. May we all weather as well as these.
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The Power of Play Festival is Coming Up!
Gloucester Education Foundation is proud to host our third annual Power of Play Festival!
What: The Power of Play Festival: a day of play for ALL AGES. 
When: Sunday, March 18, 2018 11am-2pm
Where: Gloucester High School Field House, 32 Leslie O. Johnson Road, Gloucester
Who: Gloucester families and kids. Admission $5 per family at the door.
Gloucester Education Foundation’s Power of Play Festival will feature fun family activities like: an obstacle course, art projects, lego building challenges, hula-hooping, games, music, dance, fort-building, goop-making, sand and water play, and LOTS more.
This year, each student who attends the Power of Play will receive a “homework 
pass” good for replacing one school homework assignment with some at-home playtime. All Gloucester Public Schools, K-12 will honor the pass.
Play promotes creativity and innovation, and helps kids develop skills that are a foundation for life-long success, including critical thinking, communication, problem solving, and…
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Cape Ann Community Foundation Announces Grant Opportunity
The Board of Directors of the Cape Ann Community Foundation (CACF) recently announced that they are inviting proposals for the Foundation’s
second annual round of grants. CACF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable
organization established in 2015 by the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce to manage funds and award grants from the proceeds from the Cape Ann License Plate. CACF will make grants ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 for projects that support the Foundation’s mission to improve the economy and overall quality of life for the residents of Cape Ann in the following areas:
• Regional promotion: projects that support and enhance the quality of life for the Cape Ann region and the communities of Essex, Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea and Rockport; and promote Cape Ann as a desirable place to live, work, recreate and vacation.
• Economic Development: projects that expand employment opportunities and enhance the economic vitality of Cape Ann, including but not limited to projects that facilitate the…
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Upcoming Events at Backyard Growers
Backyard Growers is excited to join Rose Baker Senior Center for another awesome party! We’ll be there from 10am-12 with a fun seed planting activity; hope to see you there!
Join us on March 24th for our annual FREE SEED SWAP! Stop by our office anytime between 12-3PM to swap seeds, connect with other gardeners, and learn more about indoor seed starting. Want to be trained in our square foot gardening method? Join us beforehand at 10AM. Call 978-281-0480 for more details.
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Riverdale Rockets Softball FUNdraiser
LET’S BOWL!!!!
Date: March 25, 2018
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Cape Ann Lanes (53 Gloucester Ave, Gloucester MA. 01930. Phone 978-283-9753)
This FUNdraiser will support the Riverdale Rockets Softball program & its’ athletes!
Cost is $20 per person for 3 strings & shoes (remember to bring socks)
Prizes will be awarded for TOP SCORING TEAM, HIGHEST SCORE & MOST GUTTER BALLS — Raffles will also be held
Sign-up as an individual or a team (teams consist of 4-6 bowlers)
To sign-up or if you have any questions, please contact Nicole Tucker https://www.facebook.com/events/423371291417245/or email nct1031@gmail.com
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TIME LAPSE VIDEO: SNOW MOON DESCENDING OVER BEAUTIFUL GLOUCESTER HARBOR -By Kim Smith
The full moon of February is most often called the Snow Moon, but some Native American tribes called it the Hunger Moon or the Storm Moon. After this past week’s nor’easter, I think perhaps Storm Moon is most apt. The full moon actually took place over the cusp of February 28th and March 1st, and just as it occurred in the month of January 2018 when we had two full moons, the end of March will bring a Blue Moon.
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Beautiful fish: Hook-eared sculpin and Mailed sculpin -By Al Bezanson
Meet the sculpins
The several members of the sculpin and sea raven tribe that are known from the Gulf of Maine are a homogeneous group, characterized by large spiny heads; very wide gill openings; very broad mouths; slender bodies; separate spiny and soft-rayed dorsal fins (united in some rare species); large fanlike pectorals but small caudals; and by ventrals that are reduced to three long rays. All of them, too, have a fashion of spreading the gill covers and of flattening the head when taken in the hand. They likewise produce grunting sounds, and some of them have the power of inflating themselves with air or water when they are molested.
From Fishes of the Gulf of Maine by Bigelow and Schroeder (1953) courtesy of MBL/WHOI
http://www.gma.org/fogm/Artediellus_uncinatus.htm
http://www.gma.org/fogm/Triglops_ommatistius.htm
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Len Burgess Wave Photos
Wave Photos from Len Burgess
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Waves three days after the storm
New obsession, the huge waves in Gloucester. It makes you wonder how something so beautiful can also be very destructive. Took some photos on Monday from The Back Shore and Shore Road.
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Paws for Celebration
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Music Around Town ~ March 5 -11, 2018
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around town #21
Sunday surf..just a couple.
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Friends on Stacy Boulevard
Father and Daughter
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Job opening at Gloucester Downtown Association
“The Gloucester Downtown Association‘s Sidewalk Bazaar Coordinator has moved to Salem; Danielle Capalbo did a great job for us for the Bazaar and our Christmas promotion. I am sure we all wish her well in settling into her new home. The Glouceser Downtown Association (GDA) is now looking for a new Bazaar Coordinator which is a paid contract position. So if you know of anyone who you think might be interested, please have them send a resume to Patty Gates (Premier Imprints) or myself ( The Weathervane) for consideration.”
Thanks,
Joe Ciolino, Director GDA”
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Gearing Up
We were away for the weekend and missed the entire storm. I was feeling a little out of the loop and have been missing the waterfront so we took a quick drive down to Pigeon Cove Harbor this morning on the way to school/work.
Dreary and drab today….but, always pretty.
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Footbridge Rebuilt Feb 2013 – Time for another Fix
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Old Time Minstrel Show
I found this program in a downtown Gloucester shop. It states: “We, the members of the Gloucester Service Chest welcome you to our entertainment, an Old Time Minstrel Show, which is given for the benefit of all our own boys in the Armed Forces.” It was held on January 20 1944. I was tickled to see my dad listed (“Patty Ryan” though he was generally known as Paddy) as a performer. My childhood memories of his many performances are full of End Man/ Host duties at variety shows for various charities, so this was perfect.
He must have been only about 16 at this time and it’s gratifying to see that his End Man experiences had a long history. Another cousin, Edna Handran, is listed on the ticket committee so it was a bonus. Some of the other names include Virginia Friend, Priscilla Cahoon, Theresa Sylvester, Buzzy McKinnon, Norman Ball and Lester Bragg. There are others but perhaps some of you recognize these. Presumably the ladies were members of the Junior Women’s Club at the time.
Performances included songs like My Shining Hour, My Heart Tells Me and Pistol Packin’ Mama; and, of course, Yankee Doodle Dandy. You’re humming right now, aren’t you?
Good Morning Gloucester 