Good Harbor Beach never disappoints. Autumn days are so pretty, with blue skies and blue ocean. The ocean and air temperature was still warm enough to go barefoot. Love the sand and salt water on my feet.
Month: October 2026
Maine Moments
Sunset..
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Cooper’s hawk in flight
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Open Shop celebration in Gloucester at C B Fisk November 14th
You are cordially invited to join us at our Gloucester workshop to celebrate the creation of a new pipe organ. See and hear Opus 170, tour the shop, and learn about the art and craft of organ building. We look forward to seeing you then–
Saturday, November 14, 2026
2 pm – 6 pm
C.B. Fisk, Inc.
21 Kondelin Road
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
www.cbfisk.com
click here for map
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Surfside Subs FRIDAY 10/16 SPECIALS ARE HERE! 🍦🦞🍕🍂
Rainy fall days call for delicious food and sweet treats! 🍁☔ Why cook when you can grab a great deal at Surfside and finish it off with ice cream from Long Beach Dairy Maid?! 😍
🍕🦞 SURFSIDE SPECIALS 🦞🍕
🦞 $13.99 + tax Lobster Roll served with chips & pickles!
🍕 BUY ONE 18” PIZZA, GET THE 2ND HALF PRICE!
⭐ Limit of 2 per customer
🍕 16” PIZZAS HALF PRICE!
⭐ Limit of 3 per customer
🥖 $6.99 Any Meatball Sub
🥪 $6.99 Any Turkey Sub
🕚 Surfside OPEN 11 AM – 9 PM
🍦🍂 LONG BEACH DAIRY MAID SPECIAL! 🍂🍦
Who says rainy days aren’t ice cream days?! ☔🍨
🍦 BUY ONE ICE CREAM, GET THE SECOND HALF PRICE! 🎉
Bring a friend, treat the kids, or grab something sweet after dinner!
✨ Second ice cream must be of equal or lesser value.
🕑 Long Beach Dairy Maid OPEN 2 PM – 9 PM
🍁 Two local favorites, one Friday full of delicious deals! Stop by, support local, and treat yourself! ❤️
📌 Surfside specials exclude gluten-free and online orders. Pizza specials cannot be combined.
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City of Gloucester to Participate in National Drug Take Back Day on October 24
GLOUCESTER, MA — The City of Gloucester will participate in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 10AM to 1PM. This event is sponsored by the Gloucester Police Department and Gloucester Health Department. Residents are encouraged to safely dispose of unneeded or expired medications at a collection site.
The event will take place in the back parking lot of the Rose Baker Center for Aging Well, located at 6 Manuel F. Lewis St. in Gloucester. The Gloucester Health Department will also be on site providing free Narcan and training on how to use it.
National Drug Take Back Day provides an opportunity for residents to safely dispose of medications they no longer need, helping to prevent accidental poisonings, medication misuse, and the improper disposal of pharmaceuticals.
Accepted Items
- Prescription medications
- Over-the-counter medication samples
- Narcotics
- Veterinary medications
- Vitamins
Items Not Accepted
- Syringes (these can be disposed of in the 24/7 collection boxes at the Gloucester Police Department or Addison Gilbert Hospital)
- IV bags
- Bloody or infectious waste
- Empty containers
- Personal care products
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Inhalers
- Thermometers (mercury thermometers can be disposed of through the Gloucester Health Department)
Residents are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to clear out unused medications and help keep their homes and community safe. The availability of free Narcan and training will also provide residents with an opportunity to learn how to recognize and respond to a potential opioid overdose.
If you cannot make it to this event, please note that there is a medication disposal box located at the Gloucester Police Department at 197 Main Street.
Event Details
What: DEA National Drug Take Back Day
When: Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Rose Baker Center for Aging Well, back parking lot, 6 Manuel F. Lewis St., Gloucester, MA
Additional Services: Free Narcan and training provided by the Gloucester Health Department
For more information about medication disposal, contact the Gloucester Health Department.
—
Mayor Paul Lundberg
City of Gloucester
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Fishermen Field Hockey wins 3-1 over Masco 13-0 record overall
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Literary Cape Ann Event Saturday October 24th
Wild Life! Natural World Immersion
Time for joyfulness! Literary Cape Ann honors the beauty, meaning and value of our natural world. Share your thoughts with our multidisciplinary panel — Ann Joslin Williams, author; Lis McLoughlin, director of Writing the Land Project; Tom Palance, artistic director of Orchestra on the Hill; and Martha Doolin, painter. Actor Peter Berkrot presents dramatic readings. Saturday, Oct. 24, 1 to 3 p.m., Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport. Free. No reservations.
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CAPE ANN COLLECTORS “Affirmation of Life: Bold Color Fields and Kindred Spirits” opens 10/17 & 10/18!
Nell Blaine (1922-1996) described herself as “defiant in joy.” After being stricken by polio at age 38, she often put down “every color I have” on her plate glass palette. Highly regarded as a gestural colorist, Blaine persistently bridged the delicacy of intimate interiors and salient aspects of nature through Abstract Expressionism for most of the late 20th century.
CAPE ANN COLLECTORS autumn show, “Affirmation of Life: Bold Color Fields and Kindred Spirits,” opens October 17-18, 1-5 p.m., celebrating life, color and joy – an intentional nod to Manship’s “HOCKNEY REPRODUCTION(S)” radiating intense, joyful, expressive chromatic hues. New ways of seeing, feeling and creating drove both Hockney and Blaine.
Kindred spirits with screenprint, sharpened color and graphic force, Blaine and Hockney brought inclusion and immediacy to image-making. Leaping from a dedicated sketching practice, this modern representation floods CAPE ANN COLLECTORS’ main gallery. On display are new master works by Nell Blaine and Theresa Bernstein, alongside artists William Meyerowitz, Ethel Louise Paddock, and Erma Wheeler (all 55 works on view).
Join CAPE ANN COLLECTORS’ autumn celebration of accessible defiance!
Molly, Janet and Annie
CAPE ANN COLLECTORS
474 Washington Street, Gloucester, MA
Ann Ziergiebel, Owner
Janet P. Ware, Director
Molly Anderson, Gallery Manager
Appointments welcome: 978-430-0414
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Check Your Recently Purchased Calendar!
If you recently purchased a 2027 wall calendar from Pat D’s Photos please check it to make sure it’s complete with all 12 months illustrated with photo images! A production error resulted in a few calendars being sold that aren’t complete. These calendars were sold at 44 Main St, at the recent Elks Fall Craft Show and at Magtoberfest. We will replace any calendars that contain blank months when news ones arrive in about a week. Please return your calendar to 44 Main St or reach out in comments, by messaging or email pdalpiaz19 at gmail.com Our store hours this weekend are today Saturday Oct 17 from 11-5 or tomorrow Sunday 11-3. My sincere apologies for the error. These are some of the images you SHOULD see.
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GHS Football With An Impressive Win Over Swampscott The Fishermen are 5-1 overall
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CATA Launches New, Easier-to-Navigate Website 10.16.2026 | Gloucester, MA
Redesigned canntran.com makes it easier to explore routes, senior transportation, accessible services, fare-free transportation, and more across Cape Ann.
The Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA) has launched a redesigned website at canntran.com, giving residents, commuters, seniors, riders with disabilities, and visitors an easier way to find transportation services and plan trips throughout Cape Ann.
CATA provides public transportation throughout Gloucester, Rockport, Ipswich, Essex, Hamilton, and Manchester-by-the-Sea, connecting people with work, healthcare, shopping, community resources, local destinations, and the MBTA Commuter Rail.
The new, mobile-friendly site brings CATA’s many transportation options together in one place with clearer navigation, more detailed service information, and practical resources designed around what riders need to know
What’s New?
Visitors to canntran.com can now:
- Explore individual bus routes with schedules, maps, route highlights, and helpful trip information.
- Find detailed senior and community transportation information by community, including Dial-A-Ride, medical transportation, shopping trips, dialysis transportation, and other specialized programs.
- Learn about ADA Paratransit, including eligibility, applications, reservations, and how to use the service.
- Get started with CATA On Demand, the app-based transportation service available in Gloucester and Rockport.
- Plan summer trips without the car using CATA’s seasonal transportation to beaches, downtowns, attractions, and MBTA stations.
- Find answers faster through an expanded FAQ center covering fares, accessibility, rider policies, specialized transportation, and other common questions.
- Stay informed through a dedicated News section, homepage service alerts, and the option to subscribe for CATA updates.
- Access public information including Board materials, financial records, reports, employment opportunities, and procurement information.
- Contact CATA more easily through a new online contact form designed to help questions and requests reach the appropriate department.
The redesigned site is also built to work across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices, making CATA information easier to access whether riders are planning ahead or looking for information while they’re on the go.
Ride Fare-Free
CATA’s expanded online resources come at a great time to give public transportation a try. CATA’s fixed bus routes, ADA Paratransit, senior Dial-A-Ride, and many other transportation services are currently fare-free through December 31, 2027. CATA On Demand remains $2 per ride.
Whether you’re checking tomorrow’s bus schedule, arranging transportation to a medical appointment, commuting to work, planning a car-free day around Cape Ann, or riding CATA for the first time, the new website is designed to make the next step easier.
Visit canntran.com to explore the new site, find your service, and plan your next trip.
Contact CATA
Bus Dispatch & Operations: 978-283-7916
Customer Service: customerservice@canntran.com
Administration: 978-283-1886
3 Pond Road, Gloucester, MA 01930
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Beanie Season Is Here: Thirsty Seagull Winter Drop
Beanie season is here.
Thirsty Seagull’s winter drop is LIVE — women’s cable-knit pom caps and men’s cuffed beanies, every one with the leather Man-at-the-Wheel patch.
$25 each, or 4 for $80 in-store.
Find them at 44 Main St, Gloucester, or online at
https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/
Stay warm out there,
Joey
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Streaks above Coolidge Point
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Maine Moments
Blink…
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Rockport High School DECA is going to be doing career day again this year on Monday, December 7 from 8-10:45 AM
We need plenty of people to lead small group sessions about their careers, businesses, backgrounds
This is a great way for people in the community to get into our classrooms and give insights on career choices. Students often say how much they love career day.
Alum are welcome and encouraged to attend
Will be held at Rockport MHS –December 7—8-10:45AM
Retirees are welcome!!!
Sign up link
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Michael McNamara will swing by Dogtown Books to tell us all some sinister tales from the spectral realm.
Well, Halloween is almost here, and we have some tricks. Treats, as always, are not guaranteed, but to be expected. To ease us into the holiday season we have asked our friend Michael McNamara to swing by the store to tell us all some sinister tales from the spectral realm. McNamara has 40+ years of experience in the theatre from acting to directing and producing, but more importantly he has memorized the entirety of The Raven, with all of its mysterious alliterations and talking birds. Please join us on October 27th, 29th and 30th beginning at 3pm. The performances are about ten minutes in length, and are all free to attend.
Gather at Dogtown Books, 132 Main St.Gloucester.
Only this and nothing more.
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Surfside Subs FRIDAY 10/16 SPECIALS ARE HERE! 🍦🦞🍕🍂
Rainy fall days call for delicious food and sweet treats! 🍁☔ Why cook when you can grab a great deal at Surfside and finish it off with ice cream from Long Beach Dairy Maid?! 😍
🍕🦞 SURFSIDE SPECIALS 🦞🍕
🦞 $13.99 + tax Lobster Roll served with chips & pickles!
🍕 BUY ONE 18” PIZZA, GET THE 2ND HALF PRICE!
⭐ Limit of 2 per customer
🍕 16” PIZZAS HALF PRICE!
⭐ Limit of 3 per customer
🥖 $6.99 Any Meatball Sub
🥪 $6.99 Any Turkey Sub
🕚 Surfside OPEN 11 AM – 9 PM
🍦🍂 LONG BEACH DAIRY MAID SPECIAL! 🍂🍦
Who says rainy days aren’t ice cream days?! ☔🍨
🍦 BUY ONE ICE CREAM, GET THE SECOND HALF PRICE! 🎉
Bring a friend, treat the kids, or grab something sweet after dinner!
✨ Second ice cream must be of equal or lesser value.
🕑 Long Beach Dairy Maid OPEN 2 PM – 9 PM
🍁 Two local favorites, one Friday full of delicious deals! Stop by, support local, and treat yourself! ❤️
📌 Surfside specials exclude gluten-free and online orders. Pizza specials cannot be combined.
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Go-To Meal at Lobsta’ Land
Someone recently asked me what my Go-To Meal is at Lobsta’ Land…..and here it is. The question prompted a visit last week where we enjoyed a cool autumn evening at the outdoor bar listening to music by Steve Dennis and this Sole Meuniere. Really, so so good!
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Fall Reflections at Buswell Pond
We are so lucky to drive by Buswell Pond most days. It’s a such a pretty place, changing rapidly with the light and weather conditions. Fall reflections are difficult to resist.
