Day: June 17, 2023

The GloucesterCast Will Be Streaming 9AM Sunday 6/18/23 Link to join here- www.facebook.com/goodmorninggloucester

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The GloucesterCast Will Be Streaming 9AM Sunday 6/18/23

Link to join here- www.facebook.com/goodmorninggloucester

If you subscribe to the GloucesterCast Podcast it will be emailed to you so if you miss it you can still access it through the free email! Link to subscribe here

Beauport Hotel For Lunch Was Spectacular!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Calimari

Out on the deck overlooking the boats coming and going- just beautiful!

Pizza
Hush Puppies
Caesar Salad

Summer Kick-off on adventure

Posted on by gregbover

Schooner Adventure is thrilled to launch sailing for the Gloucester 400+ season with sails beginning during St. Peter’s Fiesta.  Adventure is inaugurating Gloucester Sails!  funded in part by Beauport Financial Services and an official event of the Gloucester 400+, over the Fiesta weekend, June 23-25. During these three days, with help from Wellspring House, Gloucester Housing Authority, Open Door, and Pathways for Children, Adventure will give free sails to 350 passengers who have never sailed before!

In her 97 years sailing, this is the first time Adventure is helmed by a woman, Captain Christa Miller-Shelley. With the help of a new crew of 8 plus seasoned Mate Natalie Warren, Captain Miller-Shelley has been bending on sail, running safety drills and inspections as well as leading many a shake-down cruise in preparation for sailing in service to the community. This capable Captain impresses with her skill, tenacity, and good humor. She has been overheard saying ““I can’t wait to get the water in the scuppers!”

Adventure also offers ticketed sails to the general public for St. Peter’s Fiesta weekend:

FRIDAY JUNE 23, 10 AM – 12:30 PM – Be the First to Sail on Adventure this Season!

SATURDAY JUNE 24, 4:30 PM – 7 PM – Greasy Pole Sail! We’ll try to get a glimpse of the greasy pole challenge, one of the highlights of Saint Peter’s Fiesta.

SUNDAY JUNE 25, 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM – Blessing of the Fleet Day! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE

Sunset Sail on the Thomas E. Lannon

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

A great sunset sail with Captain Heath Ellis and his crew on the Schooner Thomas E. Lannon.

Also try to catch the seagulls fly in murmuration at sunset.

“Birds fly around at sunset because they exchange information on feeding sites found in the day while flying in a murmuration. Seagulls like starlings tend to fly in murmurations in circles at sunset to provide protection against predators and to keep warm before roosting when night falls.”

Cemetery Stroll Old First Parish Burying Ground Rockport

Posted on by Pat D

I have covered most of the Gloucester cemeteries in this Cemetery Stroll series so we will move on the local burying grounds including Old First Parish Burying Ground on Beach St in Rockport. According to Find A Grave, this is also known as Sandy Bay Cemetery. It’s on a rather steep hill directly facing the ocean. There are many many very old stones there, including several of my favorite slate markers. There’s a side area along the street that runs behind the cemetery (Mill Lane) with a few stones in it too which appear to be family markers. I am uncertain if these are part of this cemetery or not but they appear to be a separate plot. You see them here as well. This location draws curious tourists on a regular basis. Maybe I will see you there sometime!

SFL COMMUNITY SURVEY: Let us know what you think!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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