Large Corporate Storage Facility Amenities here in Gloucester! Come see our state of the art facility at 61A Grove Street Larger Facility Amenities with a local touch. Locally owned and operated!
Amenities include: – Gated Security – Keyless Entry – Security Cameras – Loading Docks – Brand New and Super Clean! – On-Site Staff answering the phones and showing units – On-line unit reservation and payment portal – Locks and Moving Supplies sold on-site
When life gives you blackberries….. you make delicious blackberry smash bourbon drinks. The bartender at Mile Marker 1 nailed this delicious cocktail. We only had time for one quick drink and a really wonderful beet salad before heading off to see the Bob Marley: One Love movie (also pretty good) and I’m so glad we made a point to stop by MM1.
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It was a quiet morning amidst the fog yesterday morning at Stage Fort Park. Eerie yet a little bit like a comforting blanket. The tribute left to honor a birthday was especially poignant. Rest in peace Michael.
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Curious about Gloucester Biotechnology Academy? Stop by Wednesday, February 28th from 3p to 5p and learn more about this innovative, hands-on program!
Tour our state-of-the-art laboratories, speak with Academy instructors, learn about the 2-semester curriculum, and hear about the application process. Interested community members, prospective students, and curious family members…all are welcome!
Where: 55 Blackburn Center, Gloucester When: 2/28 from 3p to 5p
The Academy is a 10-month certificate program that trains high school graduates for careers in biotech and the life sciences. And even better…applications are currently being accepted for the Class of 2025!
It’s time to Party like it’s 2009 at our 15th Anniversary Celebration!
Join us for our three day long party filled with 2009 Themed Games, Decor & Prizes, Nightly Live Entertainment, and your favorite Menu Features from throughout the Years!
Nightly Live Entertainment: Tuesday, March 12th | 5:30-8:30PM | Chris Fritz-Grice Wednesday, March 13th | 5:30-8:30PM | Annie Brobst Thursday, March 14th | 5:30-8:30 PM | DJ Mashup Charlie, The 617 Event Group
We highly recommend booking reservations to claim your spot at our 15th Anniversary Celebration! Please give us a call at 978-282-9799 for all Anniversary Week reservations.
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I broke down some Skin on bone in chicken thighs (my favorite part of the bird to eat) to see how much it costs if you just use the meat. You could use the bones and skin for stock and other things but for this purpose I’m just concentrating on the meat.
I’m not gonna go crazy trying to get every last scrap of meat off the bones, just a simple cutting out of the bone and taking off the skin. Speed, not yield.
Sunday, March 3rd @ 3:00pm with reception to follow Annisquam Village Church, 820 Washington Street, Gloucester MA 01930
COST: $35, suggested
The nascent Lobster Cove String Quartetwidens its wake with guest artists in a concert Sunday, March 3rd, at 3:00 PM at the Annisquam Village Church. With windows looking out on the Cove itself, the concert is designed by Artist-in-Residence, violinist and composer Scott Moore—joined here by a glittering lineup of special guests in an eclectic program of new music as inviting as it is fresh. Pianist and songwriter Elizabeth Ziman anchors the lineup with what NPR Music calls “beautiful, thoughtful, smart music largely built around her very approachable and warm voice.”
The March 3rd Wood, Wire, & Songprogram comprises music written in the last 30 years: the plaintive strains of John Tavener’s mysterious Akhmatova Songs; the elemental crispness of recent Pulitzer-winner Caroline Shaw’s Valencia (composed in Manchester-by-the-Sea); frequent Kronos Quartet collaborator Osvaldo Golijov’s visceral setting of Emily Dickinson, How Slow the Wind; and Moore’s own setting of Shakespeare’s sunny Sonnet 18, a world premiere. Classical soprano Theodora Nestorova joins Ziman, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dietrich Strause, and quartet members Moore, Erica Pisaturo (violin), Brandon White (viola), and Alex Fowler (cello). Notoriously multi-talented Club Passim stalwart Zachariah Hickman (Josh Ritter, Ray LaMontagne) contributes string arrangements.
$35, suggested
Please join us at the reception following the concert.
Annisquam Village Church, 820 Washington Street, Gloucester MA 01930
For questions, please contact the Annisquam Village Church at 978-281-0376
Hello Joey! Hope you’re February has been great so far! I just wanted to send you this info on our band’s upcoming show in early March on FRI 3/8. We’ll be back at the ‘Salted Cod Arthouse’ (53 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester 01930) from 7-9pm..No cover! Our first show there back on Fri 1/19 as part of the kick off party for the ‘3rd Annual Gloucester’s So Salty Weekend’ was a BLAST! A super-duper time was had by all! We’re really looking forward to this next one AND “The Cod” now has EXPANDED SEATING! Our sets are a mix of originals & covers & I’ve linked a video sample of clips from the 1/19 show here: https://youtu.be/T1rmRFD2PLo?si=OUqx2O_HXsWPVmoh. I also attached the official show poster advertisement as well, please use both however you’d like! Thanks so much for your time and cheers! -Bill
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Fog & sweet convivial snow buntings covered a lot of ground along the Long Beach seawall. After many weeks, I was happy to return to a morning walk Feb. 27, 2024.
photo and video clip images from my phone: A small flock of snow buntings traversed from lawns to roofs to the seawall railing and back again in response to walkers on the path and beach below. It was great fun watching them venture up and down especially when navigating the roof pitch on various cottages.
video clips- short few seconds each
Snow buntings in the fog venture down the roof pitch
snow buntings on the front cottage lawns
People coming!
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CAPE ANN ARTISTS FEATURED IN TOPSFIELD TOWN LIBRARY EXHIBITION
Several local artists are among more than a dozen North Shore artists showcasing their work at the Topsfield Town Library March 1-29. In the exhibition titled, “Seasons,” each artist will present works of art representing their interpretation of the seasons. Media include painting, watercolor, printmaking, photography, and mixed media.
Curated by Gloucester artist Joy Buell, the exhibition will include works by Sondra Albano, Tom Amend, Elizabeth Bish, Joy Buell, Sara Collins, Jayn Gardner, Susan Ingram, Ann Lafferty, Toby Milgrome, and Kathleen Williams.
An artists’ reception will be held at the Topsfield Town Library on Saturday, March 9 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. The public is invited to view the exhibition and speak with the artists. The Topsfield Town Library is located at 1 South Common Street in Topsfield.
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From left, City Clerk Joanne Senos swears in new Gloucester Firefighters William Lane, Clay Whitley, John Salvi-Souza and Kyle Quinn. (Courtesy Gloucester Fire Department)
Mayor Greg Verga and Fire Chief Eric Smith are pleased to report that four new firefighters have been sworn in to the Gloucester Fire Department and will begin the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy after going through local training and orientation.
Probationary Firefighter/EMTs Kyle Quinn, John Salvi-Souza, and William Lane were sworn in on Monday by Town Clerk Joanne Senos, as was Probationary Firefighter/Paramedic Clay Whitley.
All four men began their local training and orientation on Monday, and will enter the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy on April 1, with an expected graduation date of June 14. All four men will work their first shift as Gloucester firefighters on June 16.
Probationary Firefighter/EMTs Quinn, Salvi-Souza and Lane will also begin paramedic training in September 2024, with their anticipated graduation date from that program coming in May 2025.
“We’re excited to have four highly qualified new recruits joining our Department,” said Chief Smith. “All four of these individuals will enter the Fire Academy later this spring, and we look forward to their graduation and to welcoming them as full- members of the Department later this year.”
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Join us Sunday March 3rd at 3 P.M. for another superb concert created by violinist and composer, Scott Moore!
Music Committee Annisquam Village Church
Wood, Wire, & Song – Crossover Chamber Music in Annisquam
The nascent Lobster Cove String Quartet widens its wake with guest artists in a concert Sunday, March 3rd, at 3:00 PM at the Annisquam Village Church. With windows looking out on the Cove itself, the concert is designed by Artist-in-Residence, violinist and composer Scott Moore—joined here by a glittering lineup of special guests in an eclectic program of new music as inviting as it is fresh. Pianist and songwriter Elizabeth Ziman anchors the lineup with what NPR Music calls “beautiful, thoughtful, smart music largely built around her very approachable and warm voice.”
The March 3rd Wood, Wire, & Songprogram comprises music written in the last 30 years: the plaintive strains of John Tavener’s mysterious Akhmatova Songs; the elemental crispness of recent Pulitzer-winner Caroline Shaw’s Valencia (composed in Manchester-by-the-Sea); frequent Kronos Quartet collaborator Osvaldo Golijov’s visceral setting of Emily Dickinson, How Slow the Wind; and Moore’s own setting of Shakespeare’s sunny Sonnet 18, a world premiere. Classical soprano Theodora Nestorova joins Ziman, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dietrich Strause, and quartet members Moore, Erica Pisaturo (violin), Brandon White (viola), and Alex Fowler (cello). Notoriously multi-talented Club Passim stalwart Zachariah Hickman (Josh Ritter, Ray LaMontagne) contributes string arrangements.
$35, suggested contribution.
Please join us for the reception following the concert.
Annisquam Village Church, 820 Washington Street, Gloucester MA 01930
For questions, please contact the Annisquam Village Church at 978-281-0376 or avchurch820@gmail.com
Gloucester DPW rehung art throughout City Hall following the 2023 fire & smoke damage. Frames were rewired.
In Kyrouz Auditorium, the Mayors Portrait Gallery installation was shuffled and reordered to incorporate portraits past and future with more to come. Two large Howard Curtis paintings recently donated to the city’s art collection are featured in the main hall.
The Mayor Portraits Gallery is extensive, nearly complete, and a work in progress. Mayor portraits are installed following service: A portrait of Mayor Romeo Theken will be added. A poster of the Mayor Barrett portrait will come, the third in a series of poster reproductions for the trio of Mayor portraits painted by Charles Allan Winter (quick, not from life, unprimed, and flaking). I recommended the portrait of Mayor Dyer (A.H. Bicknell, 1879) be brought upstairs in sequence with the others, and that Mayor Merchant be represented (he wasn’t), so it’s great to see those two included. I also recommended that the portrait of Mayor O’Maley be brought back from O’Maley school and one future day a portrait of Mayor Foster (rather than a plaque) and perhaps a larger portrait of Mayor Beatrice Corliss be commissioned.
As is common with Gloucester DPW, the staff admires the architectural details and history of the building. Here, Joe and Jim take in the ‘scenic overlook’ from the balcony. Jim talks about the Kyrouz ceiling lights: the original engineering mechanism that drops the fixtures so that the bulbs can be changed remains operational.
2023 custom scaffolding set up CLEANING CITY HALL CEILING AFTER THE BASEMENT FIRE/SMOKE DAMAGE
The ceiling is sparkling because workers could reach it from atop a specialty scaffolding platform (a la Michelangelo :)). Images: Kyrouz Auditorium, City Hall, 2023. Courtesy photos, Joe Lucido, Asst. Dir. DPW
Look up!
On the Dale Avenue entrance side of City Hall, above the fire & smoke incident, the stairwell walls and ceiling received attention, too. The facilities remediation project was smartly directed by DPW.
City Hall 1867 1869 1871
photo: 2013, C. Ryan
City Archives is open and as ever ready to help!
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Join us at 1606 Restaurant & Oyster Bar on March 21st for our Australian & New Zealand Wine Dinner Pairing! This four-course intimate dining experience will feature our Chef’s creations paired with a different varietal of Australian & New Zealand Wine for $120++. Dinner begins at 6:00PM.
1st Course: Grilled Langoustine paired with Sémillon Sauvignon Blanc
2nd Course: Lamb Carpaccio paired with Little Yering Chardonnay
4th Course: Dark Chocolate Beetroot Cake paired with Gonzo Combat Rouge
++MA State Tax & 20% Gratuity will be collected on-site in addition to the $120 price of the dinner experience. Cancellations & no shows will be charged the full amount.
I had the Marinated Haddock with Molho Vilao last night at the Azorean and it was nothing short of delicious!
Marinated Haddock with Molho …..$22Marinated haddock pan-fried in olive oil and topped with Molho Vilao sauce. Served with Portuguese fries and vegetable.
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We took a quick overnight trip to York Maine to see the Nubble Lighthouse at sunrise. We stayed in a wonderful hotel (ViewPoint Hotel) right in York that allowed a view of the lighthouse right from our room. It was very reasonable in the off season and if you ever decide to take the short ride north (less than 2 hours) to stay overnight, I suggest you give them a look.
Views of the lighthouse are accessible and well marked. Here are some daytime shots, evening and early morning views for you to enjoy in case you can’t get there yourself. It’s well worth a day trip especially for anyone who likes lighthouses.
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As part of a 2024 nationwide promotion, the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce has joined the ranks of over 200 communities representing Chambers in 43 of 50 states to use the “extra” day of Leap Year to do something kind for someone else.
Originally conceived by the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce, the first Leap of Kindness Day saw hundreds of local organizations helping thousands of local people on February 29, 2016. Four years later in 2020, Leap of Kindness Day was even bigger and better as chambers throughout the US, Canada, and Ireland joined in for the spread of a lot of kindness.
For our part of #LeapofKindnessDay this year, the Chamber is promoting non-monetary donation requests from our non-profit members. As of this posting, 19 non-profit members have sent in their requests, which are posted on the Chamber website at https://bit.ly/LeapofKindnessDay. Requests were also sent out individually on our Facebook and Instagram feeds over the past few weeks.
If you have a minute, please check out the list of requests, which are summarized below. They range from small item donations to volunteer time to more substantial needs (but it never hurts to ask!). Full request details and contact information for each non-profit participating are available at https://bit.ly/LeapofKindnessDay. If you are able to help fulfill one request, remember to let us know
Leap of Kindness Day Donation Requests from Member Non-Profits
Action Inc.: Personal care items/toiletries for guests at their Emergency Shelter.
Backyard Growers: Gift cards to Timberline Enterprises to buy lumber.
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