Day: January 7, 2024

Hunkered Down…

The winners of the Pigeon Cove Circle Calendar Lottery are:

Wendy Woodbury, Craig Morrill, Alexandra Johnson, Elana Brink, Paula Ouellette, Mary Lattof,  Karen Crowley, John Anthony D’Antonio, Amy Randazzo, Tanya and Chris Hoffman, Andrew Marques, Kathy Hart, Melissa Cox, Cindy Rich, Cindy Juncker, Robin Carlo, Bob Condon, Judith Harris, Alli Borowski, Sue Panzer, Kristina Martin, Ruth George, Mary Walsh, Joann Denning, Peter Haskell, George Bajoras, Craig Johnson, Jennifer Clark, Connie Condon

Congratulations to everyone and thank you to everyone who bought a ticket and helped us to raise funds for the Pigeon Cove Circle Building Fund!

📸 Look at this post on Facebook click the image to listen

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/27352m7YFH6ghrMq/

From the children’s parasol parade to the midnight ball drop, Rockport New Year’s Eve 2023 was a spectacle of color, imagination, performance artistry and enthusiastic audiences.   Rockport was filled with nearly 2,000 happy revelers, not just from Cape Ann, but from across the country and beyond (Canada and Germany!), who helped ring in the New Year with gusto.   It was a BIG celebration that did our small town proud!   

 

Rockport New Year’s Eve (RNYE) extends gratitude to everyone who helped make our 2023 year end celebration a rousing success. As a small nonprofit organization, we rely on our dedicated team of volunteers — more than 100 in all – to accomplish all that needs to be done to set up and run an event of this scale; and on the generous support of our sponsors who help keep it affordable for all who attend.

Special Thanks to:

• Town of Rockport   Administration, Library, Police and Fire Departments, School Department, and Department of Public Works
• Gold, Silver & Bronze Sponsors:  Cape Ann Savings Bank, Mass Cultural Council, Institution for Savings, Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, Jerry Hausman, Addison Choate, Applied Materials Corp., The Cove at Rockport, Daily Printing, and Fleur Cuisine Harborside
• Entertainment Venues: Brackett’s Restaurant, Fish Shack Restaurant, First Congregational Church of Rockport, Rockport Art Association & Museum, Rockport Music, Spiran Lodge #98, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, and Unitarian Universalist Society Rockport (UUSR)
• Local Button sellers in Rockport: Art of David Arsenault, Bean & Leaf Cafe, John Tarr Store, Paper Mermaid, Smith Hardware, Tuck’s Candy and Gifts, Walgreens, Whale’s Jaw Café; and in Gloucester:  Building Center, Common Crow, Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, Home Town Ace
• And to all of our other generous donors and supporters

JANUARY 3, 2024 ~ GLOUCESTER MARINE GENOMICS INSTITUTE

The GMGI Science Hour returns for the first talk of 2024, featuring the fascinating work of Revive & Restore, a wildlife conservation organization whose mission is to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species.

Ryan Phelan, the organization’s co-founder and Executive Director, joins us on Thursday, January 18th to discuss her work with the world’s leading molecular biologists, conservation biologists, and conservation organizations. Together, they envision and develop pioneering projects that apply cutting-edge biotechnologies to seemingly intractable conservation challenges. Challenges such as:

 Genetic diversity loss
 Invasive species
 Coral bleaching
 Climate change

You can register for Ryan’s talk, “Bringing Biotech to Wildlife Conservation” at the link below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_rT1OYkCvRMWgvAcmzbpjjQ

As always, the GMGI Science Hour is free and open to anyone who’s interested! Please feel free to share the registration link.

Have questions? Please reach out to Maggie Costello at maggie.costello@gmgi.org

Gloucester Fishermen vs Masconomet Chieftains Boys Varsity Hockey (Replay) 1/6/24
https://youtu.be/hjUG92jUxVY

Rt. 128 to Rt 1 was slick and slow.

Photos: Rt. 128: snow on one side of Fisherman at the Wheel, Stacy Blvd; Mass. power outages at 8AM is 11,037 homes

MEMA power outage map here: http://mema.mapsonline.net

Beautiful new granite benches have been recently installed on each side adjacent to the Fisherman’s Memorial. These benches nicely complement the stunning new planters that were recently unveiled. I noticed the absolute genius in the details of these planters when I was down there recently. Take a minute to sit and enjoy them too! What a beautiful place we live in.

We encourage you to stop by and grab a coffee and pastry at Castaways or Caffe Sicilia or Virgilios or up the street at Sclafanis, or a Power Tea at Shore Nutrition all just steps from our front door. We encourage you to shop at the other great retail shops downtown as well! We hope our spot is a place you feel comfortable stopping by to say hi with a coffee (we also hope you’ll support our business if you like our stuff).

Many people have asked what we will be selling.

Well Pat has an array of Gloucester-centric photography and wares like nightlights, ornaments and more which you can see a preview of at www.patdsphotos.com

I’ll have my Gloucester Apparel line and will be introducing a few new designs on Saturday. https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/

We also plan on randomly broadcasting the livestream from the studio which resides in the heart of Gloucester’s Historic West End in between Caffe Sicilia and The Cave.

Then talk about a plethora of places to eat at our awesome restaurants within a stone’s throw-Beauport’s 1606 Restaurant, Mom’s Kitchen, Tonno, Oak To Ember, Gangnam, Machaca, Minglewood Harborside, Gloucester House, Passports, The Franklin, Bravo, the Pilot House, Kanaka Poke, Breakwater Poke, Two Sisters, the list goes on and on. The point is we’re just another cog in what is already an absolutely awesome downtown scene and we hope to bring even more energy and awareness to the neighborhood!