Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

Are you ready Gloucester for the return of the Joe Mack band. Joe played the DOG BAR once a month for five years he’s with his band at the Minglewood tonight 9 to 12 don’t miss it it’s going to be a great musical night.

Representing in Queenstown, New Zealand with “The Remarkable’s” Mountain Range in the background and Queenstown below.

Along with visiting our daughter at college during our recent trip to Australia, my wife and I spent a few days in Queenstown, New Zealand.

It’s the beginning of their winter season in New Zealand, and the views from the Stratosfare restaurant (which is only accessible via the Gondola) were quite remarkable! I Guess that’s where they got the name for this Mountain region…because they really are….Remarkable!

We also took a helicopter tour and landed on top of them!

Amazing to say the least!

RMS production of Annie Jr Gets 7 MET Nominations VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

The Rockport Middle School production of Annie, Jr. received 7 nominations for Massachusetts Educational Theater Awards. Over 70 middle and high schools statewide participate in this program sponsored by the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild and Broadway in Boston, in which 3 adjudicators evaluate each school’s musical, and in each category, they select  just 5 nominees from among all productions in the entire state   

This is the most nominations the RMS program has ever received in the six years it has participated in this program. The nominees are:

Best Lead Actor – Sebastian Lovasco

Best Lead Actress – Amanda Padre

Best Supporting Actor – Colin Kelley

Best Specialty Ensemble – The Orphans – Julia and Sophia Sekercan, Madison Mosley, Nora Rockwell, Anita Magee, Pilar Davis, Piper Englin

Best Sound Design and Execution – Abby Marshall and Ella Lorenz

Best Hair and Make-up Design and Execution – Eve Dizio and Sophie Renda

Best Overall Acting Ensemble – the entire cast

The winners will be announced and awards will be given out in the ceremony at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on June 23.

For a complete list of nominees and for more information on the METG and the MET Awards, go to https://metg.org/met-musical-awards-events/musical-awards-2018.html

Today, Congressman Seth Moulton, and United States Senators Ed Markey, and Elizabeth Warren, announced that the Army Corps’ 2018 Work Plan includes a $6 million federal grant for the Gloucester Harbor/Annisquam River dredging project. Moulton, Markey, and Warren have been advocating for this funding for over three years.  

“Dredging the Annisquam River is a public safety priority,” said Moulton. “By making the channel more navigable, we will ensure that boaters can safely travel up and down the river. Dredging the river will also have a positive impact on commercial and recreational activities critical to Gloucester’s economic development efforts. I am grateful to our local and state leaders, who helped move this forward, and pleased to see that the Army Corps has listened to us and funded this project.””

“If we do not maintain Massachusetts’s rivers, channels, and harbors, we hitch an anchor to our economy,” said Markey. “I am proud that this federal funding will help improve the commerce, recreation, and safety of Gloucester, the harbor, and the Annisquam River. I thank Representative Moulton and Senator Warren for their partnership on this crucial project.”

“This new federal funding is wonderful news for Gloucester, the North Shore, and the Commonwealth,” said Senator Warren. “This dredging project will not only make the Annisquam River safer and more navigable, but will also help support the local economy.  I was glad to partner with Senator Markey and Congressman Moulton secure this critical funding and I applaud the Army Corps for including it in their Work Plan.”

“Dredging the Annisquam River is critical for our economy, public safety, our quality of life, and the preservation of this incomparable natural resource,” said State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr Steadily increasing accretion continues to reduce the navigability of the channel, and that demands remediation as soon as possible. Getting it done requires collaboration, focus, and persistence. Our partnerships at the state, federal and local levels has driven our progress to finally get approval for this project.”

“I would like to start out by saying thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make this happen. It has been a combined effort from so many federal, state and local partners, departments and elected officials,” said TJ Ciarametaro Jr., Gloucester Harbormaster. “This truly is very exciting news, for not only the City of Gloucester but for the tens of thousands of boaters and professional mariners that navigate the Annisquam river every year. Over the last couple of years, the Annisquam River has become almost impassable during certain tides making it especially challenging for first responders to safely navigate in rescue situations, so from a safety point this is huge for us. We as a whole are looking forward to the dredging commencement and look forward to working with all the partners involved to ensure successful completion of this long awaited project”.

Andrew “Cowboy” McCloy submits-

• Joe Lucido helps a snapping turtle across Nugent’s Stretch in Rockport Wednesday night around 7.

  Photos by Andrew”Cowboy” McCloy

Rick Doucette submits-

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Today is a new day! As some of you may know, Unwind Luxury.Vegan.Beauty got broken into yestersday. Although, they managed to take all of our electronics we will not let them break our spirits here in Gloucester. But, because they took our schedules and salon software we are reaching out to see if you had an appointment in the future at 117 Main Street if you could please call the salon at 978-282-1900 to let us know when that is it would help us get back to running smoothly again. They can shake us, but will not break us. Thank you to the amazing community for all of the outpouring of support. We are grateful the GPD has done a great job locating this person as well and we hope that it puts an end to the spree of these break ins to our local, amazing small businesses. You can also email us: unwindhairandmakeup@gmail.com

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We really appreciate your business!

Unwind Hair & Makeup

117 Main Street

Gloucester, MA 01930

978-282-1900

www.unwindhair.com

You know how you go to an Inn and they have all that lacy doily shit and Queen Anne Furniture?  No one wants to stay in those must old joints any more.  People today want swanky more modern fresh digs when they vacation.

See this?

If that’s the furniture you’re rocking in your Inn, it’s gotta go.  No one under the age of 76 wants to stay at a place that has the old Queen Anne furniture.

If you’re at a spot in your life where you don’t have the vision or funds to make renovations, I understand.   This is where enterprising young business-minded folk have opportunities.

So any place that has the old lacy doily Queen Anne vibe going on is inevitably getting far less in room rates than a place that could be decked out with a fresh coat of paint and updated furniture.

See this?

Just no.

I literally get skeeved out just looking at this place and I guarantee the upcoming generations aren’t even considering staying at a place like this.

Get all that furniture and have a dumpster fire.

You could redecorate your Inn at HomeGoods and Marshalls.  Those Fabric Covered headboards are short money, some neutral colors, some simple furniture and update the photos on your website once you’re done renovating and you go from getting $100/night to $150-$179/night easy.  It can’t be that hard to process, right?

This-

Nothing crazy.  Not some crazy expense.  Just not Queen Anne furniture with drapes that look like someone vomited on them.

Am I nuts here?

I had a small job at the house I just wasn’t confident about doing myself.  Called Bex.

She came.  She got it done. She left.

I’m happy.  Kate’s happy.

Thanks Bex.

From her website-

Cape Ann Handywoman |

Call me. Contact me. Free Quotes

Rebecca Borden

East Gloucester, MA 01930

cape ann handy woman AT gmail

Cell: 202-329-9549

​I am available after 5pm weekdays and on weekends.
I am interested in the 2-4 hr odd job or small job.

I am not interested in the 2-4 day job.

ABOUT

You could say I’ve been preparing to be a Handywoman for over 20-years. I was raised by a single mother who instilled in me the strong ethic of being an independent woman. When I bought my first fixer-upper in Kittery ME (1996), I had my brother, who worked for a general contractor, show me how to cut and hang sheetrock and tape it with mud (aka Joint Compound). And I was hooked. I borrowed a circa-1980 Makita miter saw and I was off!

Since then, I’ve bought three fixer-uppers, and sold two of them.

You may recognize me because I worked Smith Ace (Rockport) and Hometown Ace (Gloucester) the last few years.
Now I am working on branching out on my own.

​If you follow GoodMorningGloucester (GMG), I was the FOB who secretly built and hand-painted this GMG sign. And Cape Ann Handywoman was featured in the first 10min of this GMG GloucesterCast (10/30/16).

Laura M. Ventimiglia , author of “ Nonna, What is St. Peter’s Fiesta?” and Alice Gardner, author and illustrator of “ St. Peter’s Fiesta ,Gloucester , MA “ will present a program for children on Saturday , June 16th from 10:30 -11:30 at the Sawyer Free Library, Children’s Room.  Sara Favazza, daughter of the founder of the Fiesta ,will teach the traditional Fiesta chants . The children  will be encouraged to talk about how they prepare for the Fiesta and what they like best . They will then have a chance to draw a picture of their favorite part of the Fiesta .

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