Month: March 2020

Live GloucesterCast 388 Chris and Connor McCarthy, Pat & Jimmy Dalpiaz and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/17/20

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GloucesterCast 388 Chris and Connor McCarthy, Pat & Jimmy Dalpiaz and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/17/20

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Topics Include:
Been Nice Getting Outside Doing Yard Work- Seeing Kids Outside Playing
Shopping experiences

City Of Gloucester Coronvirus Information Page click here

. Duckworth’s Gift Cards

Where will Tom Brady Take His First Football Snap Next Year?

List of Restaurants offering Takeout-

Mom’s Kitchen, Sugar Mags, The Farm Bar and Grill, 525, Sherry’s Corner, Yellow Sub, Cove Cafe, Duckworth’s working on it, Cafe Bishco will also do curbside and delivery, Zeke’s Place, George’s coffee shop, Willow Rest,Charlie’s Place, Oliver’s Harbor, Rhumb Line, Hooks, Destinos, Two sister’s Tacos Lupita, Hale Street, 15 Walnut, The Spot andMaggie’s Farm will remain open for takeout only, starting Wednesday March 18th., Machaca, Causeway, Essex Seafood, The Mill, Windward Grille, Cape Ann Pizza, Woodman’s of Essex, C.K. pearl *currently closed for kitchen reno until end of week/stay tuned, Great Marsh Brewing *growlers only, no food, Village Market, Chebacco Market, Essex Pizza, Blue Marlin Grille.

Baby Boomlet coming up “Quarantines” thirteen years from now

Kim’s Butterfly movie premiere has been postponed

Drinking On St Patrick’s Day While Everyone Is Working From Home

Connor McCarthy (the silent assasin) has a dating app

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Gloucester Irish Story for St. Patrick’s Day 2020

Posted on by Pat D

Mary Ryan Brotherton 1866 – 1943

I was tickled to find a picture from the Gloucester Daily Times (Oct 6 1943) to accompany this obituary for Mary (Ryan) Brotherton.  It seems appropriate to share her story today especially since many of you have a little extra time to do some reading these days!
Mary was my Irish immigrant Timothy Ryan’s daughter–she was born in 1866 and died 1943.  Her story is a very typical one of my Gloucester Irish fishing families. She lived her whole life in Gloucester, Massachusetts. This Mary appears to have been named after a sister Mary who died when she was 2 a few years before this Mary was born.  It may also have been a tribute to her mother Mary Squires Ryan.  This picture was obviously from later in her life but I see a little resemblance here to her brother William, my direct Ryan ancestor.

I recently obtained some new information about Mary after one of those “dope-slap” moments that often occur in life.  The Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters was originally based in Boston after its founding in 1879 by Irish immigrants to provide life insurance for its members.  It soon spread to other cities, so Gloucester Irish were among its target demographic.  In the past, I have found a couple of our ancestor’s files in this collection (now being housed at the University of Massachusetts).  Their applications for membership have been scanned and made available.  They are several pages long and provide intimate details of their lives at the time of the application.  They are especially helpful because applications were often made in a range of life span that often lacks detail in normal research.  Often, the applicants are heads of young families with living siblings and parents.  These details are extraordinarily helpful in pinning down the lives of the applicant as well as the life of their families.

And I made the CLASSIC mistake of only seeking the males in these files.  Since the files were recently transferred to UMass, more have become available and it finally dawned on me that I should look for some of the females (cue the dope-slap).  And Mary was my first discovery!

This is one page of the file showing the status of Mary’s parents and siblings as of 1913 when this application was made.  This helps establish her life circumstance in a period that is sometimes hard to research: “mid” life.  These policies paid $1000 upon the death of the member.  Mary’s Foresters file contains 16 pages all together and they are extraordinarily valuable and interesting.  You can bet I’ll be looking for others.

Special St. Patrick’s Day wishes to other Gloucester Irish families on this special day for remembrance.

Gloucester UK Adventure With Adventureman, Don, Rabbit and Chris Nyland

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

What a great time.  What great people.  Gloucester UK very similar to our Gloucester.  Lots of texture.  A bit gritty in all the right ways.  From humble gin joints to posh dining and everything in between.  Regular folk just like here.  🙂

@FishermenGHS: Spring sports start date is now April 27th. Please continue to practice social distancing and note that all GHS athletic facilities are closed until further notice

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Get a Garden and Give a Garden with Backyard Growers & Black Earth Compost

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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We’ve partnered with the crew at Black Earth Compost, a local company with a mission to collect food waste, process it into nutrient-rich raised bed soil, and return it to the community. Through this partnership and our Get-a-Garden, Give-a-Garden program, you get a garden of your own and give a garden to a local low- to moderate-income family or senior in need.

As our joint thank you, in addition to a raised bed full of powerful soil, you will receive a Garden Welcome Pack, access to Backyard Growers’ garden resources, and reduced price workshops, all while providing the same benefits to a local family or senior in need.  Backyard Growers will acknowledge your tax deductible $500 donation.

Click here for more information and to order a garden for you AND a family or senior in need.

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TWO UNRELATED BUT JOYFUL SIGNS OF SPRING!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

I look forward to the appearance of these beautiful lavender crocus, a patch that blooms without fail every spring. It has naturalized from a garden probably planted long ago and now springs up along the road’s edge at Niles Pond.

And we had our first sighting of plovers, not Piping Plovers mind you, but Kildeers!

DUCKWORTH’S GIFT CARDS- HERE’S AN EXAMPLE OF A WAY TO HELP OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES

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Many share our worries in regard to local small businesses. Our restaurants and the friends who work in these establishments, downtown Main Street retail shops, Cape Ann’s fishermen and lobstermen, the nonprofits that serve our community, artists, writers, photographers, musicians, designers, the list goes on and on. We are all going to be hit hard by this devastating turn of events.

One way in which we can help each other stay afloat is to buy gift cards. It may sound inconsequential, but every purchase will help. Our friends at Duckworth’s have a link to purchase gift cards and it is a great example of one small way we can help. Duckworth’s Gift Cards

Any local business that wants to communicate with their customers and the public about special offerings during these extremely challenging times please feel free to email me (kimsmithdesigns@hotmail.com) or email any of our contributors and we will post here. Thank you!

Statement from the Cape Ann Symphony REGARDING UPCOMING CONCERTS 

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To Our Patrons, Supporters and Friends of the Cape Ann Symphony:
Out of an abundance of caution for the safety and well-being of our patrons, the musicians and our staff, and heeding the advice provided by Massachusetts and Federal authorities about the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Board of Directors of the Cape Ann Symphony announces the cancellation of the upcoming concerts scheduled for Sunday March 22nd and for the Musicians Unleashed on April 26.
 We will make a decision as to the status of the concerts scheduled for May 16th and 17th and will notify the public as to the status of these concerts early in April.
We are suspending all ticket sales for all concerts effective immediately. We will be in touch with all ticket holders as soon as possible.
 
Thank you for your patience and understanding. 
       Fran White                                                                        Yoichi Udagawa
       President                                                                          Music Director  & Conductor
       Cape Ann Symphony                                                      Cape Ann Symphony

CAPE ANN COFFEES IS OPEN FOR TAKE-OUT!

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Cape Ann Coffees is open for take-out!

 

City of Gloucester Coronavirus Update 3/16/2020

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Earlier today Mayor Romeo Theken met with her senior managers to discuss the evolving coronavirus situation.  Due to ongoing coronavirus public health concerns the City of Gloucester is moving forward with unprecedented precautionary measures to help slow the spread of the virus.  Beginning Tuesday March 17, Gloucester municipal buildings will be closed to the public for at least two weeks.  For a detailed list of those closures please see attached notice.
Should you have any questions or need any other information please let me know.  

Regards,Vanessa
—
Vanessa KrawczykAssistant to the Chief Administrative OfficerGloucester City Hall
9 Dale AvenueGloucester, MA 01930

WOODMAN’S IS OPEN FOR TAKE OUT MENU!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Woodman’s is open for take out!  Click here to see the menu.

 

PASTAIO VIA CORTA – ONLINE IS UP AND READY TO ORDER!

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MESSAGE FROM DANIELLE AT PASTAIO:

ONLINE IS UP. We are now accepting online orders. You can visit my website to not only have my dried pasta shipped to you but also some really really amazing specialty pantry items. As usual we still plan to open on March 25th, Wednesday, with the intention of servicing good food for our community here taking the most serious precautions. Your health and ours in the most important and we want to make sure everything goes smoothly. My need now here in my community is to make sure everyone has access to good food, whether it’s local or imported from small farmers, we plan on being fully stocked and providing the best food possible. Stay tuned!

Using my new lens on Sunday

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Ricky is so good to me, very early birthday present, a Tamron lens, 18 to 400 mm.  Very excited.  Also getting some fresh air.

 

 

RNAC-Being Safe.

Posted on by James Eves

Dear friends and members of The Rocky Neck Art Colony,

As a result of the health concerns and restrictions brought on by the Covid-19 virus, The Rocky Neck Art Colony has determined that the safest course of action for the protection of our members and our staff is to close the Cultural Center to the public for a time.

The following events at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck are canceled or postponed:

  • Closed – The Cultural Center until it becomes advisable to reopen.
    • Rocky Neck Now 2020 will be extended after the Center reopens.
    • Beyond Likeness will be scheduled to follow Rocky Neck Now 2020.
    • Elements: Nature in Art has been removed for the schedule this year but we hope to include that topic in the future.
  • Cancelled-  The BigTiny art making workshops scheduled for March 15th and 21st.
  • Postponed- The April 16th Big Tiny event until the fall, when things will be looking brighter.
  • Cancelled-  The Eric Coville concert scheduled for Friday night March 13th.
  • Postponed- The March 18 Pastels with Susan Ellis workshop.
  • Cancelled-  Monday afternoon Life Drawing sessions for the time being.
  • Postponed- The Run/Walk & Team Challenge 5k on May 3rd.
  • Cancelled-  Mahjong at The Cultural Center until the Center reopens.

Recognizing that the arts are an essential outlet and emotional comfort for many of us, we have already begun the work of providing art, entertainment and visibility for our members through on-line resources.

We welcome your comments and suggestions for unique and wonderful ways to help with this effort.

If you’d like to be involved or help us from the comfort of your home, please let us know by contacting our Operations Manager, Loren Doucette at rnac.operationsmanager@gmail.com

Our thanks for your continued support and enthusiasm.

Sincerely,
Kathy Archer
Kristie Bernard
Co-Presidents

Let’s keep Cape Ann COVID-19 free. Part 2

Posted on by paultmorrison

Let’s keep Cape Ann COVID-19 free. Part 2

Word of the day: Fomite, something that is carrying something infectious like a coronavirus.
Getting gas this morning and a quart of oil I was thinking of the word. Fomite. This virus is not magical. It does not spontaneously appear. It has to move from point A to point B then get up your nose or in your mouth. So how can it do that?

This morning the obvious one is my credit card. It’s a fomite. I handed it over, I stuck it in two slots that have seen hundreds of credit cards, probably quite a few this morning. I picked up a pen that had been held by the same number of people. If you know about Patient 31 in Korea you know it only takes one person to randomly infect a thousand people.

It just takes a little thought. Go wash your credit card. Maybe put a pen in your top pocket. Wash your hands after you come back from the gas station.

The Oatmeal, one of my favorite cartoonists also has a handy chart of advice on how not to touch your face. I now carry a rugby ball to remind myself to keep my fingers off my face. (Wear a Stupid Thing. Hold a Toy.) A rubber band around your wrist might be enough for you.touchyourfaceoatmeal

I posted this in Rockport Facebook and boom.

Holy cow my messaging just lit up. The answer is no, the Rubber Duck has holes in it and is too hard to clean but you are right. I am swapping out the rugby ball and am now carrying a brand new rubber duck.

The original RD is on my dash for the duration.kiwiduck

Thanks Minglewood

Posted on by Pat D

I guess if we won’t be sitting down for meals in local restaurants for a while, I am happy Minglewood was one of our last stops. Pu Pu Platter and garlic Parmesan wings. Stay well.