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Happy Belly Winter Hours & Star Wars Trivia!

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Happy Belly will be switching over to traditional cafe hours for the winter months; but don’t fret, they’ll still be open in the evening for special events like Star Wars Trivia on Thursday, December 7th at 6 PM!

Happy Belly’s Kitchen will be open 7 AM – 4 PM daily, with Beverages, Prepared Foods and the Bakery open till 5 PM.

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Happy Belly’s next round of themed trivia (following an awesome night of Harry Potter Trivia earlier this month) will be Star Wars Trivia on Thursday, December 7th at 6 PM — mark your calendar!

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Pats Got Them Denverites Like…

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Local Writer Cynthia Hendrickson Climbs the Ladder of Success!

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Cindy is the author of The Luckiest Dog Not Alive, which has now been picked up by Barnes and Noble! Yes, her book is already on Amazon, but having Barnes & Noble pick it up is another proud moment in her writing career. The Luckiest Dog Not Alive is about one special dog and his adventures in the afterlife. Cindy is a resident of Gloucester and also the owner of Cape Ann Foodie Tours. Let’s support our local writers and entrepreneurs! If you would like to purchase a signed copy directly from Cindy, email chendr23@yahoo.com. To purchase online, visit www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.

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New GMG feature: City Of Gloucester News- Minutes From O&A

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Ordinances & Administration Committee Monday, October 16, 2017 Minutes-

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Posted on: November 10, 2017

Trash And Recycling Collection

Trash and Recycling collection is on a normal schedule.  Although City offices are closed, the actual holiday is tomorrow.  Our hauler has reported that the route is light and there are lots of people that do not have trash out. …Read on…

Posted on: November 7, 2017

Unofficial Results of the November 7, 2017 Municipal Election

UNOFFICIAL Results (Jurisdiction Wide & Wards) of the November 7, 2017 Municipal Election are available here.

Posted on: October 19, 2017

Sidewalk Construction – Middle Street from School Street to Washington Street

Beginning Friday October 20, 2017 thru November 20, 2017, the City of Gloucester will be doing sidewalk construction on Middle Street, from School Street to Washington Street.  There will be limited parking on Middle Street between the hours of 7…

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Posted on: October 12, 2017

City Release: Gloucester Introduces Municipal Leadership Training Workshops

NEWS RELEASE

Gloucester Introduces Municipal Leadership Training Workshops

Program Custom Designed by Van Loan School at Endicott College’s Center for Leadership

(Gloucester, Mass.) – October 11, 2017 – Mayor Sefatia Romeo Thek…

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Posted on: October 5, 2017

Dogs Allowed On Beaches Off Season (October 1 thru April 30)

Dogs shall be allowed on public beaches from October 1 to April 30. In addition, unleashed dogs shall be allowed on the beaches as follows: Good Harbor Beach:  off leash even days of the week Wingaersheek Beach:  off leash odd days of …Read on… City Ordinance Sec. 4-16a.

Posted on: August 25, 2017

Attention STEP and City Maintained Grinder Pump Customers

Effective 5:01 PM August 25, 2017 – The DPW is changing Answering Services number for STEP and Grinder Pump Systems service issues to a new single phone number 800-499-9070. This service will now be provided by Instant Alarm of Salem.

Posted on: March 24, 2017

Per City Ordinance Section 9-2 – Trash and Recycling Must Be Out No Later Than 7am

Just a friendly reminder: Per City Ordinance Sec 9-2: trash and recycling must be out no later than 7AM.

It does not matter what time the trucks are “usually” in your neighborhood. The contractor has the right to alter the way the route is done o…

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Posted on: November 8, 2017

Second Fall Curbside Yard Waste Collection November 13th-17th

The second fall curbside yard waste collection will be November 13-17th on your regular trash day. Place leaves and grass clippings in paper leaf bags or loose in marked barrels. Yard waste in plastic bags will not be accepted.

Posted on: November 3, 2017

Curbside Collection of Televisions and Appliances -December 7, 2017

The next curbside collection of televisions and appliances is scheduled for December 7, 2017. You must purchase a $30.00 appliance sticker at the DPW no later than noon time December 6th to be added to the list.

Posted on: December 20, 2016

Plastic Bags Are Not Accepted In Curbside Recycling

Gloucester’s curbside recycling program participation is at an all time high, with recycling rates continuing to climb year over year. That is only possible through the dedicated recycling efforts of residents like you, helping to make our City greener an…Read on…

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Rockport PTO 2017 Holiday Fair

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Featuring:

Crafters and Artists

Gingerbread House Kits

Surprise Jars

Raffles

Children’s Games & Face Painting

Baked Goods

Coffee and Lunch

Rockport High School

Saturday, November 18th

9:30 to 2 PM

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GloucesterCast 252 With Cat Ryan, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 11/12/17

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GloucesterCast 252 With Cat Ryan, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 11/12/17

When you subscribe you need to verify your email address so they know we’re not sending you spam and that you want to receive the podcast. So once you subscribe check your email for that verification. If you don’t see it, check your spam folder in your email acct so you can verify that you’d like to get the GloucesterCast Podcast sent to you for listening at your convenience..

 

Topics Include:

Timestamped Topics (click the timestamps to go directly to that topic on the podcast) include:

01:01 Free Tickets To Cape Ann Community Cinema – Share this post on Facebook for a chance to win two free tickets to Cape Ann Community Cinema, The Cinema Listings are always stickied in the GMG Calendar at the top of the blog or you can click here to go directly to the website

01:33 Election Results- Unbelievable! City Is Poised For Greatness. Congratulations To Sefathia, Councilors At Large Melissa Cox, Paul Lundberg, Jen Holmgren, Jamie OHara, Ward Councillors Scott Memhard, Ken Hechtorino, Steve (Stinky) Leblanc, Val Gilman and Sean Nolan.

08:15 Veterans Service At the High School

11:15 Lobster Boat Anne Rowe Hard Aground On Eastern Point Excellent Coverage By Craig Kimberley (Drone Video Here) and Kim Smith (Rescue Video and Pics Here)

30:25 Darlene Love At The Cabot Theater November 25th

 

33:20 Cape Ann YMCA Taste of Cape Ann

35:15 Missy Salah From Sugar Mags Doing– DRIFT WOOD CHARCUTERIE BOARDS SCRUMPTIOUS

38:23 Shout Out To Super Fan Jen Cullen

40:15 $25 Serenitee Card For Every $100 You Spend On Gift Cards For Our Reward Card Members 11/1/17-11/15/17

40:53 Crossfit Cape Ann Community Class Saturday Morning

41:20 REIKI FOR VETERANS: HEALING THE WOUNDS OF WAR

41:30 Workshops THIS Weekend at NSRY

41:53 #Unstoppable – Free 2 day training for those currently working with at risk youth (school teachers, counselors, aides, coaches, community center employees, first responders, law enforcement, etc) Help make a difference in the lives of our youth.

42:25 RETURN OF THE MAGNIFICENT 7: HEALY HALTS SOTHEBY’S FROM SELLING BERKSHIRE MUSEUM ART

54:55 SNEAK PEEK OF MAJOR ART SHOW ‘LITHOGRAPHS OF FITZ HENRY LANE’ AT CAPE ANN MUSEUM

56:34 Shout Out To David Cox For His Around Town Series

01:01:50 Windstorm Last Week Power Outage Map- Power Outages and Generators-

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57:21 Donate To Kim Smith’s Monarch Butterfly Movie–

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Magical Mexican Yoga Retreat

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February 9 – February 16, 2018

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Join us! Escape the dark of winter, melt away your cares, ann expand your practice – directly on the magical beach of Tulum.

You’ll practice twice a day, meditate each morning, eat clean food, make friends for life, and have hours of free time to explore or just rest your soul.

We have been leading retreats in Tulum for years, so you will be in excellent and experienced hands. Travel to Cancun is very easy and you’ll have an air-conditioned ride directly to Amansala, directly on the beach. Master Baptiste Teacher Elizabeth Huntsman DeAngelis will lead the meditation and asana sessions.

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EARLY BIRD – pay in full before DECEMBER 1, 2017 SAVE $150

REGISTRATION CLOSES JANUARY 15, 2018 – after this date availability is not guaranteed.

BEST BEACH VIEW KING – $3,250/ shared – $2,750pp

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Reiki for Veterans: Healing the Wounds of War

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Flags at Stacey Blvd Photo ©  Jay Alpert. Reprinted with permission.

Thank You for Your Service!

Dreamtime Wellnesses™ is ‘Giving Back’ to Veterans throughout the month of November.

A Chance Meeting With a Word War II Veteran  –  A couple of days ago, I rode the elevator at the medical building where I have an office. A man riding the elevator with me mentioned, “I don’t care much for elevators.”  Since I work with people in my professional practice to help them overcome fear including ‘fear of elevators,’ his mentioning this led to a conversation we may not otherwise have had.

Turned out Jack, (not his real name) is also afraid of other closed-in spaces, crowds, and fireworks that he related began while on active duty. I asked ‘Which war did you serve in?’ and was shocked to hear “World War 2.” He looked much younger than his stated age of “92.”

We spent the…

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Crossfit Cape Ann Community Class Saturday Morning

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Join us at Crossfit Cape Ann Saturday at 9AM for our Community Team WOD. You can even bring a friend! The More the merrier! $5 for all non members which is donated locally. No Crossfit experience necessary. If you’ve been wondering what Crossfit is all about, no better time than now. See you there!

Check us out at http://www.crossfitcapeann.com of find us on Facebook @crossfitcapeanners

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Float like a balloon…

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Are you anxious, tense, stiff, tight or sore to name a few?

Experts estimate that ninety percent of disease is stress related, and nothing ages us faster than high stress.

That’s where Massage Therapy becomes important in our lives, in our healthcare. It may not eliminate all of your anxieties and pressures, but massage can help to manage stress.

Contact Ayurveda Wellness Healing, LLC to feel like a floating ballon and experience the emotional and physical benefits from regular bodywork.

info@ayurvedawellnesshealing.com

“Blockage is disease/Flow is health”

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Studs Terkel’s American Century: An Evening of Stories

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2 NIGHTS ONLY!!

Coming to you on November 17 & 18 from the Cape Ann Theatre Collaborative—an interactive evening of music & storytelling from Studs Terkel’s famous book, My American Century.Take a seat at Studs’ Place and hear the tales of a real-life 1920s Chicago hoodlum, a boy who rode the rails in the Depression, a high society photographer, a U.S. Marine veteran of WWII, and more.

Our cast of North Shore stalwarts includes Doug Brendel as Studs Terkel, Ben Reed as Doc Graham, Carolyn Aliskevicz as Eva Barnes, Nathan Arroyo-Long as Ed Paulsen, David Prentice as Jerome Zerbe, Sheryl Reed as Peggy Terry, Lauren Ashly Suchecki as Betty Basye Hutchinson, Eric Cheung as Peter Ota, and Paul Philpy as E.B. Sledge.

This is an open event with no reserved tickets and wine & beer will be available. The suggested donation is $20 to cover the cost of the theatre rental & rights; any excess will be donated to The Open Door and Cape Ann Veterans Services. Many of the stories come from Hard Times and The Good War, so we’re very pleased to be supporting these causes!


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Symposium at the Meetinghouse: ‘PRESERVATION & SUSTAINABILITY?’

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This is a community Symposium presented by the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation and its clean energy initiative TownGreen/2025 on Saturday afternoon November 11th, 2-6:00pm.

The event will explore whether preservation of our older homes and historic civic buildings is compatible the goal of becoming “green” through expert presentations, responses from a distinguished panel, and Q&A with the audience.

Cape Ann is actively pursuing two goals that are sometimes viewed as separate or opposed.  One is for the preservation of Cape Ann’s historic buildings and homes, especially as Gloucester’s 400th anniversary approaches in 2023.  The other is to seek alternate sources of clean energy, minimize consumption, and reduce our overall carbon footprint to counter the global forces of climate change.

We explore many aspects of the basic question:  Can preservation and sustainability can be complementary rather than competitive goals?

Some of the issues emerged recently in the controversy about…

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My boys surprised me with a @WeberGrills Fire Pit For My 50th!

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James and Craig show up at the dock and drag my ass outside, telling me they wanted to show me something.

Looking and behold-

These guys!

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Happy 60th Birthday Mark Ring!

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  • alanawdoyleIf anybody sees the guy in the back of this picture today, he’s turning 30 for the 30th time. Make sure you say congrats, not happy birthday.

This Weekend in the Studio

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Join us in our studio at 3A Pond Road, Gloucester, this weekend for special classes and workshops in addition to our regular class schedule.

Friday, November 10 – The 4:00 Vinyasa Flow Class will be free for Veterans and Active Military Personnel. The class is open to all, and Erin will donate her compensation from paying students to The Cape Ann Welcome Home Initiative.

Copy of veteran's day vinyasaFriday, November 10 – Elaine O’Rourke offers her monthly Sound Healing Journey. Through the beautiful sounds of Tibetan singing bowls, gongs, ocean drums, chimes, rain sticks, guitar and voice,you will be led on a musical journey that will help to restore balance while you absorb the unique sound vibrations. This exquisite experience is most relaxing and meditative. Register at https://www.treetopyoga.com/workshops-events

Nov full moonSaturday, November 11 – The illumination Series is intended to shine light on your asana practice. You will delve deeper into your practice, body and mind by skillfully…

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