Martin Del Vecchio submits-

Bianca Robinson is a Spanish teacher at O’Maley. She was born and raised in Puerto Rico, USA, and her extended family still lives there. And they need help.

Have you watched the dire situation in Puerto Rico, thinking “I wish there was something direct I could to do help”?

Well this is something direct you can do to help a member of the Gloucester community.

Please click the link, check it out, and consider supporting Ms. Robinson and her family.

Thanks.

https://www.youcaring.com/biancarobinson-974711

• Annie C. Harris, Chief Executive Officer awarded to Catherine Ryan a Pioneer in Partnership Award during the Fall Meeting of the Essex National Heritage area. Following is the wonderful description that was read about some of the work that Catherine has done in Gloucester MA.

Paline Besnahan writes-

Catherine Ryan, Arts Advisor & Writer, Gloucester: in recognition of her leadership and commitment to the region’s Cultural Heritage. With more than 30 years of experience working in the art world, Catherine has taken on many roles within the Gloucester arts community. She has worked as an independent arts advisor, a curator, a public arts consultant, an arts writer as well as a contributor to Good Morning Gloucester.  Volunteering her skills and experience, Catherine is actively engaged in and around the City of Gloucester and has served on Gloucester’s Committee of the Arts since 2012, as well as the Gloucester tourism commission. She was also instrumental in the formation of Gloucester’s Downtown Cultural District. Her work has included Gloucester’s wonderful Harborwalk, and the restoration of the magnificent WPA murals at Gloucester City hall, and her yearly cleaning and maintenance of the “Step on Fish Net” mural in the downtown, a site which annually participates in Essex Heritage’s Trails & Sails event.. Catherine works quietly – usually behind the scenes but with great drive and passion to ensure that the culture and history of the city she loves is conserved for present and future generations. She is an integral member of the community, a “team player”, who is dedicated to the promotion and expansion of art-centered initiatives on Cape Ann.

Catherine exemplifies the true spirit of partnership which is what this
award is all about.

Love That Cat Wore Her GMG Shirt To Accept The award!

Happy Birthday Jerry!

Photo courtesy Jay Greely @jaygreely

Guselli writes-

Hi Joey,
I came upon this beautiful large dream catcher on my walk yesterday at Plum Cove Beach. Another reason to love Lanesville!

What: GHS students, check out our pilot gig boat and learn about team rowing in Gloucester Harbor
Where: GHS parking lot
When: Wednesday, October 11

Gloucester Gig Rowers is re-booting is its youth rowing program after a several-year hiatus. To kick it off, we’ve arranged to bring one of our boats, the Gannet

GHS parking lot this coming Wednesday, October 11 so students and parents can check it out and talk to us.

We’re also planning an intro-to-rowing event on the water for youth on October 21 or October 28. Details on that to follow.

Thanks!
Steve Yost
Gloucester Gig Rowers

You may already be familiar with bestselling thriller author Tess Gerritsen, whose Rizzoli and Isles series boasts one of the most memorable teams in crime fiction – Boston PD Jane Rizzoli and Medical Examiner Maura Isles. Now, Gerritsen returns with  I KNOW A SECRET (A Ballantine Hardcover), her latest Rizzoli & Isles thriller which was released in August.

Tess will be on tour in Massachusetts from October 5 – 7 and is available for interviews:

• October 5: Falmouth, MA – Falmouth Public Library Noon
• October 5: Billerica, MA – Billerica Public Library 7PM
• October 6: North Reading, MA – Flint Memorial Library 7 PM
• October 7: Gloucester, MA – Sawyer Free Library 1 PM

Since 2001, when she first introduced readers to newly-minted Boston homicide police detective Jane Rizzoli in the The Surgeon, Gerritsen’s Rizzoli and Isles series has sold millions of copies of books in print, won the acclaim of fans and critics alike around the world and was the basis for TNT’s long-running hit TV show which starred Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.