Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

Don’t miss out, our Spring Auction starts today!

Our Spring Auction is officially open and will be running

May 9th – May 16th at 9pm! We have some amazing prizes this year including our special teacher auctions, prime up front parking for the play and Living Blue night, principal for a day, Walt Disney World park hopper tickets, a day of beauty, Boston Aquarium tickets, a movie night bundle, Hammond Castle passes, a ride to school in a Police car and so much more!!!

To participate visit:  www.charityauction.bid/beemanschool

All proceeds from this auction will go straight back to the school to support our kids special events, such as assisting with field trips, funding enrichment programs, family fun nights and much, much more! We would like to thank you in advance for viewing our auction and helping us succeed by supporting the Beeman School PTO.

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If you are spotting “Love Cape Ann” license plates more often these days, there is a very good reason – over 1,000 special Cape Ann license plates are now on the road.

In just a little over a year since they were first issued, these beautiful  plates featuring four iconic Cape Ann images and a colorful artist’s palette have become a familiar sight here on Cape Ann. They are also becoming great ambassadors for our region as their proud owners travel throughout America.

And now, the Cape Ann Community Foundation (CACF) and the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce have teamed up to offer a new service that will make it even easier to get your own Cape Ann license plate.

“We will help people complete the online application, either by phone or in person at the Chamber office, and new plates will be mailed right to their home,” explained Barb…

Surprise Mother this weekend with a reservation for the best brunch on Cape Ann at Feather & Wedge.

But hurry, they only have a few tables left.

To book, call: 978.999.5917.

Join us May 30th 6 – 8 p.m. to celebrate work by our students this spring in our children’s programs and adult classes. Live demonstration by ceramics students on the Potter’s Wheel. Open to family, friends and the public!

For more information call 978-283-3888.

Have you heard?? Backyard Growers is hosting the first annual Gloucester Grow Fest!

Join us at Burnham’s field on Saturday, June 2nd to celebrate healthy eating, green living, and warm weather! There will be garden tours, art projects, yummy food, games, live music, community yoga, and more! This event is free and has something for people of all ages. See you there!

Plan ahead for a nourishing Sunday with our monthly restorative workshop. The benefits of restorative yoga and deep relaxation are endless including better sleep, decrease in blood pressure, stress reduction and just an overall increase in your happiness and well-being. Master instructor of restorative yoga, Katie Schroeder will guide you by candlelight into deeply therapeutic, gentle poses supported by bolsters, blocks, blankets, sandbags and eye pillows to support your body and mind to relax and breathe. Guided visualization will deepen your restoration along with essential oils and gentle massage assists and reiki.

No experience and all levels welcome! $25 & register at http://www.nsryoga.com 

Feather & Wedge is proud to present an exciting night of traditional and latin jazz with Jose Allende. Join us for dinner or drinks as Mr. Allende delivers a captivating mix of jazz standards and Latin American music featuring improvisation, South American rhythms and Classical music influences. This promises to be one of our best Thursdays yet!

Thursday, May 10th

7 – 9 PM

Reservations suggested! To book, call: 978.999.5917.

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The Gloucester Rotary Club has named Sal Frontiero and Susan Kelly as Paul Harris Fellows, the prestigious award named after the Chicago lawyer who founded the Rotary movement in 1905. Frontiero was selected by a club committee of previous recipients of the award, while Kelly was chosen by members of the Interact Club, the very active group of Gloucester High School Junior Rotarians. Frontiero and Kelly will be honored at a special dinner on Wednesday, May 23, at Cruiseport Gloucester, located at 6 Rowe Square in downtown Gloucester. The social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Sal Frontiero

Sal Frontiero is a Gloucester native and local attorney, who currently owns and operates Frontiero Law Office in Gloucester, a general practice law firm.  He is active in the community and is currently a member of the Gloucester Rotary Club, the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce…

The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club is fortunate indeed to have Dr. Jonathan McDowell with us this month, at 8:00 pm Friday May 11 at the Lanesville Community Center, speaking on “Space Junk: A Traffic Crisis in Outer Space.” All GAAC activities are free and open to the public.

Dr. McDowell is an Astrophysicist with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a mathematician and a programmer. Dr. McDowell maintains one of the world’s best databases of orbital material launched into space – aka space junk.

It’s been over 60 years since the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, and space is getting busier and busier.

There are over 1,500 working satellites up there, but there are also over 18,000 known pieces of orbital debris whizzing around at up to 18,000 miles an hour. At that speed, a collision with even a small piece of junk…