Month: July 2023

Congratulations to Jrs Ella Costa & Michael Toppan on being named the Gloucester Daily Times Athletes of the Year

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Looking forward to having these 3 sport athletes competing for another year as Fishermen

F/V Return To Harbor

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Some of our hardworking fishing vessels returning to the harbor on a recent afternoon. They include Amanda & Andy III, Jen & Christi, Dunlin, Meredith Jean, Nicole Jean and My Grace. Thanks to Susan and Leo for the prime viewing spot!

THIS WEEKEND: Pop-Up Clothing Drive at Second Glance to Support Hunger-Relief 

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Clean out your closet and donate seamlessly at the pop-up clothing drive this weekend at Second Glance!

THIS WEEKEND ONLY: no appointments will be needed to make a clothing ONLY donation during business hours.

WHEN: Saturday, July 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, July 23 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Second Glance, thrift store of The Open Door at 2 Pond Road, Gloucester MA

WHAT: Second Glance will be accepting donations of clean, gently worn, unripped clothing.

Men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing for all seasons will be accepted.

Donations at Second Glance help generate revenue for hunger-relief programs of The Open Door, which serves 1 in 6 Gloucester residents.

In 2022, The Open Door helped stabilize the lives and health of 8,486 people from 4,872 households through the distribution of 1.78 million pounds of food.

Donations of clothes at Second Glance also…

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“A Little Gloucester History”- Sawyer Free Library’s Local Author Series Kicks Off

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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TheSawyer Free Libraryis excited to be presenting a series of local authors reading and sharing insight into colorful historical happenings of Gloucester this summer at 21 Main Street in downtown Gloucester. All events are in person and open to the public. The series kicks off this Saturday, July 22 with local author and historian Wayne Soini.

Saturday, July 22, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Wayne Soini to present“An Unsuitable Lecture: Thoreau, Walden, and the Gloucester Lyceum”– An unnamed critic for the Gloucester Telegraph declared that Henry D. Thoreau’s lecture was “unique” before he took umbrage and condemned it as “not exactly suitable for a Gloucester audience.” 175 years ago, in December 1848, Thoreau auditioned his upcoming book, Walden, before an audience of Gloucester folks at the Gloucester Lyceum (today, the Legion Hall).

Wayne Soini, a local author, through the lens of Thoreau’s controversial performance in…

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Kops-n-Kids Fishing Program With Gloucester Youth Is A Huge Hit! Today Everybody Caught A Fish!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Click their profile HERE to sign up for the great program. With Jeremiah Nicastro Joseph Parady Peter Sutera. Great guys doing excellent community work.

Great boating day with my Mad Dog!!! SORRY. CAN’T. BOAT. BYE. Trucker Cap – Get yours at www.gloucesterapparel.square.site

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This truly was a SORRY. CAN’T. BOAT. BYE. Day😄


Link to check out the shop here- https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/

Here’s Beth from Bravo rockin the cap in Miami!

Chicken Thighs On The @BigGreenEgg

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Cook number 4 on the @biggreenegg Chicken Thighs. At this point what I’d say is if you have mastered the basic concepts of cooking on a Weber Kettle, there’s barely a learning curve. Start slow if you’re smoking and start tamping down your vents early for low and slow temp management. For hot indirect the plate makes cooking high heat indirect a breeze. Just let it rip, put in the deflector plate and it’s basically a huge convection oven with smoke.

🍕 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

No Swimming! Long Beach, Manchester, Beverly, Newburyport, Salem…

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**Update: Long Beach cleared and open for swimming**

see Mass.gov Current Public Beach Postings here

Bacterial exceedance and/or precautionary measures were posted for 78 public beaches/swimming sites. Testing is reported out weekly on Fridays.

North Shore beaches impacted after the heavy rain posted July 19, 2023: Beverly, Lynn, Manchester, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, Salem, Saugus, and Swampscott.

Rockport is not listed on the state site but was reported on its website and the GDT here. Rockport shares the news on its home page

Be mindful where the water recedes. The Long Beach wrack line Sunday and Monday–at the particular time we walked and that wind & weather–degraded the closer one walked to the creek end (litter trail rough at times: syringes, needles, orange needle cap covers, feminine hygiene products, cigarette tips, etc.). We picked up, and turned back.

Gloucester bathing beaches Testing here

Gloucester’s info is a little buried on the website. https://gloucester-ma.gov/205/Bathing-Beaches

Mass.gov Annual Beach testing Summaries for entire state

Summary annual reports about the water quality at swimming beaches per year 2010-2022 here

Don’t Miss the Official Beam Signing for our John J. Meany Senior Affordable Housing Project

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

ymcaofthenorthshore's avatarCape Ann Wellness

Tuesday, July 25th, 9:00 am

Remarks by YMCA of the North Shore CEO, Chris Lovasco

Beam signing until 12:00 noon

71 Middle Street, Gloucester

We are proud to have this milestone project coincide with
Gloucester’s400th anniversary andthrilled to have this event be part of the city’s year long celebration.


This event will be held rain or shine

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Lion on the Move

Posted on by Nichole S.

Lion on the move! I caught a glimpse of this lion on the move. Pretty cool. I hope to see it in its forever home on display soon. I have a guess where it might be headed and I’ll have to go by and see later this week.

Another Kind Of Fishing Town

Posted on by Pat D

My visit to Alaska has been an amazing experience so far. We have spent about half our time in Homer Alaska on the Spit; a long narrow spit of land jutting out into Kachemak Bay. It’s a fishing town which advertises itself as the Halibut Capital Of The World. There are as many similarities as there are differences between Homer and Gloucester. Here are a few images and a filleting video you might enjoy.