Day: June 28, 2023

When someone invites you to something lame during boating season- Sorry. Can’t. Boat. Bye. Caps Are Back In Stock At the Gloucester Apparel Store. Here’s the link to purchase

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LINK TO PURCHASE- https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/

Dear ______________

Please accept my sincere apologies for not being able to attend your ____________. As you know, my passion is boating and spending as much time aboard as we can. The short boating season and the high costs associated with the boat to sit idle (unused for a weekend) requires me to say no to all non boating events planned during this boating season. Please don?t take this personally, but I hope you understand my formal summer weekend policy. If you would like to move your special event after November 15th and before April 15th, I would be happy to attend. I hope you respect my position, as I respect yours selecting a date that ruins everyone?s summer weekend plans which everyone is dreading going to anyways.

Knowing that you will not change the date to accommodate my schedule, please accept this sweet cap as a gift.

Good Morning Gloucester Ladies Golf Championship At Blue Collar Lobster Informational Video Saturday July 1st- Come Join the Fun- Spectators welcome! Please Play The Video for info!

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Crazy Golf Outfit prize Category just announced. Please play the video for all the details. PLEASE!

@bluecollarlobsterco Behind the Gloucester House at 9am Saturday July 1st for sign in. Let me know if you plan on entering. There will be a cash bar and Bloody Mary’s and Mimosas will be flowing!!! We encourage drinking to loosen up your play. We will have prizes including GMG Merch and a new previously unreleased Gloucester golf Quarter Zip! Zero cost entry fee. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. We encourage you to bring friends and take
Good care of your bartenders. We will be live-streaming the event for those that can’t attend. Can’t wait to see you all there. Invite friends and let me know if you will be competing!!!!LFG!!!!!!

Thanks to Lyon Waugh Auto Group for providing the putting green.

Mens Hex Gloucester Golf Logo Four Way Stretch Quarter Zips Available For Pre-Order-

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Music on The Gloucester Meetinghouse Green

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

From our friend Kathleen Williams at the Gloucester Meetinghouse:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 21, 2023

MUSIC ON MEETINGHOUSE GREEN KICKS OFF EIGHTH SEASON WITH JOHN BABOIAN ENSEMBLE FRIDAY, JULY 7 AT 6:00
The eighth season of Music on Meetinghouse Green returns with a performance by the John Baboian Ensemble in a free Friday evening concert at the corner of Middle and Church Streets, July 7 at 6:00 p.m.

Free-will donations will support the concert’s featured local non-profit partner Pathways for Children. Pathways for Children nurtures children and supports families impacted by economic and social inequity through programs that educate, enrich, empower, and motivate. The evening’s food vendor is the Causeway offering up their popular seafood favorites.

The concert features the John Baboian Ensemble with vocalist Sandi Bedrosian. Bedrosian is well known as a lead vocalist and director in a wide range of musical styles and has opened for some of today’s hottest stars. She has performed coast to coast and throughout Europe and her repertoire includes musical productions, theater, and opera.

Well known as an accomplished guitarist and composer in jazz and swing circles, John Baboian is equally at home in the classical, blues, rock, R&B, Latin, and world music traditions. He has performed all over the world and has shared the stage with a who’s who of music industry legends. His work has been featured on a number of popular television series and more than 20 recordings. As an educator for more than 40 years, Baboian has inspired and trained a generation of aspiring musicians. An audience favorite, Baboian and his ensemble, several of whom are fellow faculty members from the Berklee College of Music, have traditionally opened the Music on Meetinghouse Green series.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Now entering its eighth season, Music on Meetinghouse Green features nine free Friday evening concerts from July 7 to September 8. Performances are held on the Green and feature great music, favorite foods from local vendors, and a different North Shore non-profit organization featured each week through free-will donations from the audience. Concerts begin at 6:00 p.m. and conclude at 8:30 p.m. Some chairs will be provided and audience members are welcome to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets. Picnic with delicious local food from our vendors or bring your own. Performances are handicapped accessible and parking on the Green is limited to persons with disabilities.

ABOUT THE GLOUCESTER MEETINGHOUSE FOUNDATION
Founded in 2015, the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation is dedicated to preserving the landmark building as a civic hub, entertainment venue, and community center, offering family-friendly programming not available elsewhere on Cape Ann for the enjoyment of the whole community. In addition to its work to preserve the historic 1806 Meetinghouse, GMF is currently raising funds to restore Meetinghouse Green. The GMF has received a $130,000 grant from the Community Preservation Act and a $2,000 grant from the Essex Heritage Partnership Grant Program towards a total project goal of $340,000. Construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2023.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Thanks to our sponsors, many of whom have contributed since the series’ first year, all of the season’s expenses for musicians and logistics are fully paid making it possible for 100% of audience donations to go directly to our non-profit partners.

PLATINUM: John & Janis Bell, J.J. & Jackie Bell, Scobie Ward, Cape Ann Savings Bank, Massachusetts Cultural Council, anonymous Lanesvillan Friends
GOLD: BOMCO, Michael Bresnan & Mary-Ann Sherry, Linzee Coolidge, anonymous Appreciative Neighbors
SILVER: Fred Cowan & Dick Gardner, JoeAnn Hart & Gordon Baird, Charles Nazarian, John & Sandra Ronan, Karen Bell, Beverly & Addison-Gilbert Hospitals, Dick Prouty
BRONZE: Jerry Ackerman, Peter Calkins & Susan Casey, Pat Johnson & Jeff Henderson

For more information, a full schedule of upcoming concerts and events, and to sign up for the GMF newsletter, visit www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org.

Reminder: No Magnolia Farmers Market on Sunday

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Due to the 4th of July, the Magnolia Community Farmers Market will not be held on Sunday, July 2, 2023.

Thank you and see you all the following Sunday. July 9, 2023

🍕 Surfside Subs Wicked Wednesday 🍕Half Price Large Cheese Pizza& One Topping Pizza OR Buy any Large Pizza and get a $5 Cheese Pizza! 11-9Excludes Gluten Free Crust & Slices

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147 Thatcher Rd Gloucester

Good reads! GDT St. Peter’s Fiesta Sports & Procession coverage 2023

Posted on by Catherine

Along with (years of) Good Morning Gloucester Fiesta chronicles…don’t miss today’s newspaper!

GDT Sports writer Nick Curcuru delves into the hanging chad flag incidents, detailing relative context and history from years of on the ground coverage, matched with Paul Bilodeau’s signature photographs.

“…It turns out the only thing that can stop Hopkins from bringing the flag down is a flag that is fastened extra tight on the edge of the pole.”

Nick Curcuru. “Nailed it: Greasy Pole Controersy made for exciting and memorable 2023 Fiesta”, Gloucester Daily Times. June 28, 2023. Photographs by Paul Bilodeau.

I recommend rereading Curucuru’s 2020 piece “FIESTA LEGENDS: Top 10 greasy pole walkers of all time” while you’re at it.

Ethan Forman’s front page coverage about the 2023 St. Peter’s Fiesta procession was beautiful as well: “Fiesta Sunday celebrates faith, family and food”. June 26, 2023, which threaded interviews to illustrate the day, including Romeo-Theken’s:

“This day is a day of being thankful,” said former Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken. “Being thankful we have a fishing fleet; being thankful that this past year there was no loss at sea, no casualties. We are thankful that we still have our family and our faith and yet you can do it being festive,” she said of St. Peter’s Fiesta. “Everyone’s united for one day. It’s beautiful.”

-Excerpt. Ethan Forman. “Fiesta Sunday…”. Gloucester Daily Times. Read the full article here.

and the invited Rev. from Lynnfield:

“…The Mass was led by the Rev. Jim Achadinha, pastor of the Catholic Community of Gloucester and Rockport, and celebrated by the Rev. Tony Luongo, parochial vicar at Ave Maria Parish in Lynnfield.

Luongo said he got a call from Achadinha about a month ago after he found out Luongo’s mother came from Sicily.

“He said, ‘Father Tony, would you like to say the Mass,’ and I said, ‘Yeah, I would love to’,” Luongo said. Achadinha asked him to take part in the procession and the Blessing of the Fleet.

“And then you know what he asked me? ‘We have the walking of the Greasy Pole’,” Luongo said to laughs. “Absolutely not!”

Excerpt: Ethan Forman. “Fiesta Sunday…”. Gloucester Daily Times. Read the full article here.

@FishermenGHS: Congrats to Spring NEC Honorees NEC All Conference (top row): Logan Cooper, Deston Cauthers, Max Littman, Finn O’Hara, Megan Hurd, Nate Gardner NEC All Stars (bottom row): Aili Spencer, Caroline MacKinnon, Michael Toppan, Jack Newton, Kendall Newton, Colby Rochford

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Fly By

Posted on by Nichole S.

I flew home on Saturday afternoon from a trip to Florida and I was REALLY hoping that we’d head North enough while looping back towards Logan to look down and see Fiesta. It would have been such a fun photo to snap. Unfortunately, we made the turn over Beverly instead and didn’t quite make it to the skies over Gloucester. But, this photo of Beverly, the Bev/Salem Bridge, and Salem is cool nonetheless….not as cool as a shot of Fiesta would have been, but cool enough.

Harbor Loop Dock Views

Posted on by Pat D

I absolutely love walking along the dock area behind Maritime Gloucester on the Harbor Loop. There is ALWAYS something that catches my eye. You should try it too! Maybe I will see you.

SeniorCare’s Sunset Cruise to Support Seniors Returns

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trixy546's avatarCape Ann Community

SeniorCare is pleased to announce the return of its Sunset Cruise Fundraiser, an evening cruise aboard Cape Ann Whale Watch’s Hurricane II, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. The evening includes a light dinner, dancing and entertainment with DJ Scottie Mac, and raffles. All are welcome– tickets are $30 each and can be purchased by contacting SeniorCare at 978-281-1750 or online at www.seniorcareinc.org. Sponsor opportunities are available.

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Sawyer Free Library presents Puppet Storytime on Wednesday, June 28

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Sawyer Free Library's avatarCape Ann Community

Join the Sawyer Free Library this Wednesday, June 28 at 11:30 a.m. for an extra special storytime presented by Through Me to you Puppetry. Puppet friends take turns reading stories and singing songs during this special interactive story time. Afterwards, children & families can meet the puppets! 

This fun event for young children and their families, will be held inside Brown’s Mall at Movement Arts Gloucester MA on the top floor of the Brown Building, where regular Library storytime is held. Enter at 186 Main Street or 11 Pleasant Street and take the elevator to the 5th floor.

Drop in, no registration needed. For more information, visit sawyerfreelibrary.org or call 978-325-5500.

This event has been made possible through the generous support of the Constance T. Rhinelander Fund.

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