Month: September 2025

Blue sky, blue harbor, color

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Generous Gardeners hard work on Stacy Boulevard certainly shows.  The colors are amazing and so pretty.  The fall sky and Gloucester Harbor blue water is a painting.

Surfside Subs and Pizzs Sunday 9/7 🍕🍔

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

𝓣𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂’𝓼 𝓢𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵𝓼
🍕Buy any 18” Pizza get an 18” Cheese for $5
🍕Buy any 16” Pizza get a 16” Cheese for $5

🎉Additional Specials for today!
🦞$15.99 Lobster Rolls
🍔 $4.99 cheeseburgers w/ Chips & Pickles

Another Stunner At Lane’s Cove

Posted on by Pat D

A friend visited recently and wanted to view sunset so we went off to Lane’s Cove. It didn’t miss the mark!

Transiting Labor Day — pat morss

Posted on by patmorss

Labor Day has passed, and we enter another season.

Before the weekend, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds started stocking up for their migration.
Like our Monarch Butterflies, hummingbirds winter in Mexico (and Central America).
Welcoming ‘American Eagle,’ as schooners assemble for the Labor Day Schooner Festival.
Tabor Academy’s ‘Tabor Boy’ docked at Maritime Gloucester, the evening before the race.
Walking over to the I4C2 docks, Fitz Henry Lane was still painting his painting (wall mural).
It was nice sunset light, looking across to Rocky Neck and Ocean Alliance’s Paint Factory.
‘Adventure’ (center) was among the schooners tied up at I4C2.
The place was hopping with live music at Blue Collar Lobster Co.
On race Sunday, ‘American Eagle’ (beyond) and ‘Thomas E Lannon’ headed to the line.
‘Denis Sullivan’ (Wisconsin) and the others had an escort flotilla during the “Parade of Sail.”
Post-holiday, there are many juvenile (L) and adult Little Blue Herons on Niles Pond.
This first-year youngster is experiencing a partial molt of non-flight body feathers.
And here’s what his non-molting brethren still look like.

2025 Sawyer Free Library Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Friday, September 5, 2025, was a beautiful sunny day.  The Sawyer Free Library Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was well attended.  Thank you to the Cape Ann Youth Chorus talented kids.   They were excellent.

Thank you to Gloucester’s State Representative, Ann-Margaret Ferrante and State Senator Bruce Tarr for their help with the library.

Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll welcomed from Mayor Verga

The Board, President, Director of the library did a great job.

An example of the renovated library, it looks amazing.

 

Lanesville Music Festival 11:00am-7:00pm September 13, 2025

Posted on by Joanne

Music 11 AM to 7 PM

In order of appearance:

Gloucester Student Band

Lisa Marie

Sea Dragons

Treehouse Charlatans

Steve Amazeen Band

Honky Tonk Women

Joe Wilkins

Whiskey Talk

Charlee Bianchini

Mamadou Diop Band

LANESVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2025

Admission by donation

Fun for all ages

Food and drinks for sale

Fun vendors

Surfside Subs and Pizza Saturday 9/6 🍕🍔

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

𝓣𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂’𝓼 𝓢𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵𝓼
🍕Buy any 18” Pizza get an 18” Cheese for $5
🍕Buy any 16” Pizza get a 16” Cheese for $5

🎉Additional Specials for today!
🦞$15.99 Lobster Rolls
🍔 $4.99 cheeseburgers w/ Chips & Pickles

Girls Volleyball team fundraiser

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

If possible, I’m hoping you’d be willing to help spread the word about the new GHS Girls Volleyball team fundraiser with your amazing FB community. 

Thanks to the incredible determination and hard work of several Gloucester High School students, girls’ volleyball is making its long-awaited return to the fall sports lineup! The enthusiasm this year has been truly inspiring, with a larger than expected number of girls trying out and training all summer long with their captains. It’s wonderful to see so much interest and energy around the sport’s comeback.

But the team needs our help! In order to host home games, the GHS Girls Volleyball team is raising funds to purchase essential equipment, including new poles, nets, and other gear required for regulation play. Right now, the team is practicing with a men’s volleyball net that doesn’t meet the proper size standards. Having the right equipment will ensure our athletes can compete safely and proudly on their home court.

The team is halfway to their fundraising goal of $10,000. Every donation brings them closer to hosting home games and sustaining the program for years to come. Every donation truly makes a difference.

Donation link:

https://www.raise-365.com/ft/nwqo-pzkv/4344274?fbclid=IwY2xjawMm4lFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFYUjBSNnIxV3NkSnRsaXdnAR7JRJm_SQajonyMp0YgZKmbdPGbK6Ht4_t-jyU_MUUBM9Cm1RW3ApIAwDXSkA_aem_xfhuoUjRh8jlGmXiTjBlJQ

GDT link:

https://gloucestertimes-cnhi.newsmemory.com/?publink=0623dd09e_134fae8&fbclid=IwY2xjawMm4ttleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrfqGJSKuNnsRVzdIUMfd-XJMm5iJvfW9sKTW0ncXKz3kKMKaMFqgcR74Xwz_aem_NXxR7AICWyzx0vobgrc-AQ

Thank you for your generosity and for supporting local sports!

–          Kaitlyn S.

Golden Hour At Pebble Beach

Posted on by Pat D

There’s something extra special about the light as dusk approaches in the late summer, as you see here from Pebble Beach on Penzance Road.

Mayoral Candidate Papers

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The Chamber sent out “essay questions” to the three mayoral candidates to get their comments in writing on the downtown, waterfront, tourism and housing.

Because they are all offered, here they are:

chamber-ludberg-2025.pdfDownload
chamber_verga-2025.pdfDownload
chamber-worthley-2025.pdfDownload

I will not be posting individual political pitches.

Our good friend and Podcast Mate Drew has a new website for his business which was built by our fellow podcast mate, Chris Langagalopolos

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

https://www.haledesignbuild.com/

Seafoam

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Reblogged from

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

How does sea foam form? Like filling up a bubble bath or steaming a latte, sea foam forms when certain molecules in the water are mixed until they’re frothy. In the ocean, DECAYING MARINE LIFE releases organic molecules, including proteins and fats, into the water. Some proteins and fats can act as SURFACTANTS.