
Our Buddy And GloucesterCast Podcast Member Chris Langa Langa and Joe Wilkins Are Playing At Beauport Thursday Night!

My View of Life on the Dock





Address: 9 Rogers St, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: (978) 289-5859
Menu: oaktoember.com
From The Oak To Ember Instagram:
rise and shinnnnne brunch lovers
🍳our sunday brunch from 10 to 2 🍳
what’s it gonna be? chicken and waffles, breakfast sandwich or an osa mimosa with a sunday crueller?
whatever it may be, we are excited to see you. check out our menu online now and make your reservations.
Love walking the pier at sunset. The designs from the sun are fun to see.

On the Rocks…

Julie stopped down at our store at 44 Main St to pick up her podcast prize of a suncatcher from Pat D’s Photos. They also picked out a glass print for purchase. Thanks for listening and for the support.

The Sawyer Free Library is pleased to host the Cape Ann Climate Coalition on Thursday, January 25, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at 21 Main Street for an interactive presentation on the benefits of electrifying everything in your home.
Whether you rent or own, are ready to make decisions, or are gathering information for future decisions, you’ll want to attend this free discussion. Learn from Cape Ann residents about what you can do as a Cape Ann resident to “Electrify Everything” and make your home here on Cape Ann more energy efficient.
The event will feature a “Breakfast for Dinner” demonstration on induction cooktops. They will make pancakes, hot cocoa, and tea for everyone to eat and drink using induction cooktops; explain the benefits of cooking with induction stoves; raffle off a portable induction cooktop; and discuss the energy rebates and incentives for all income households, including tenant households. The event is free and open to all. Registration is requested at sawyerfreelibrary.org.

The Sawyer Free Library, temporarily located at 21 Main Street and online 24/7, is looking forward to officially opening its new and modernized space in the fall of 2025. The renovated and expanded 2025 Sawyer Free Library will be the first public building on Cape Ann that generates renewable energy from solar and uses no fossil fuels for the building’s site energy. The Sawyer Free Library is committed to achieving a LEED Gold Certification and Mass Save Path 1 Net- Zero-Ready Verification —a status achieved by minimizing energy demand, generating as much electricity on site as possible through solar, and securing a renewable source for additional electricity to achieve net-zero energy.
The Sawyer Free Library knows that every action we take individually and collectively toward making our environment resilient and sustainable is a step toward a net zero-impact future.
To learn more about or to invest in the 2025 Sawyer Free Library’s sustainability features, please visit sawyerfreelibrary.org/sustainability.
For more information or to register for the Electrify Everything presented by the Cape Ann Climate Coalition on Thursday, January 25, at 5:30 pm, go to sawyerfreelibrary.org or 978-325-5500.

The February 3rd concert features a young woman who Celene and I saw at a Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City. She impressed us mightily, and we have been looking forward to this show. Her name is Joy Clark, she was born and raised in New Orleans and still lives there, and she’ll be accompanied by two more terrific musicians from New Orleans.
The concert page, with more information and links for tickets, is at https://oldslooppresents.org/performance/joy-clark-2024
Here is a video of Joy performing her song One Step in the Right Direction:

Every day something catches my eye while driving around our city that simply says, “Gloucester.” The other day it was these…..and, coincidentally, I noticed later that the name “Gloucester Marine” can be seen in the photo as well.

We took a quick walk around the dock at Maritime Gloucester on the Harbor Loop in the sun following the snowfall. I cannot resist the setting down there especially on such a beautiful day. Remember to visit the museum Thursday-Monday (today!) 10 am – 4 pm.







JANUARY 31, 2024
The annual meeting of the Cape Ann Symphony Orchestra, Inc. will be held on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. All regular patrons of the Cape Ann Symphony are welcome to attend. Dinner will be served at 5:30 pm followed by the annual meeting starting at 7:00pm. Dinner will be served restaurant-style and each person will pay for their dinner and gratuity directly to the server.
The purpose of this meeting is to hear reports of the past year’s activity by the Music Director, President, Treasurer, Manager and Board Officers. The meeting is also convened to elect Directors and Officers for the period from February 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025.
The meeting will be held in the Christopher Columbus Room at Minglewood Harborside located at 25 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA.
For further information or if you would like to attend, please contact the Cape Ann Symphony at 978 281 0543 or info@capeannsymphony.org.
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What a great day on Saturday visiting the ice sculptures, retail stores and restaurants participating in this fun event. Even though it was chilly, lots of people walking around and enjoying this event. Of course, visiting our fabulous Cape Ann Museum. Every time we visit the Museum, we enjoy it more and more.

À Demain…



Fire Chief Eric Smith reports that Gloucester Fire Department extinguished a working fire in the attached garage of a home on Old Nugent Farm Road on Friday afternoon.
On Friday, Jan. 19, at approximately 12:11 p.m., the Gloucester Fire Department was called to 46 Old Nugent Farm Road for a report of a fire.
Companies arrived to find heavy fire coming from an attached garage. Crews quickly worked to knock down the fire before it could fully extend to the home.
There were no reported injuries.
Rockport firefighters covered Gloucester stations and Beauport Ambulance was on standby.
The cause remains under investigation by the Gloucester Fire Department, with assistance from the Massachusetts State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Section attached to the state Fire Marshal’s Office.