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Seaside Garden Club Plant Sale and Auction

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The Seaside Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale and Auction is Tuesday, May 9th at the Manchester Community Center. This event is the Seaside Garden Club’s only fundraiser for the year.  Proceeds help fund their community service projects and programs.

This is a great opportunity to purchase tried and true perennials from the Garden Club Members’ gardens along with garden art and contributions from area businesses including:

  • Mulch (delivered!) from Pallazola Brothers
  • Ryan and Wood Distilleries
  • Neptune Harvest Fertilizers
  • Marshall’s Farm Stand
  • Sea Meadow Gifts and Talbots
  • Seven Central, Shea’s, Windward Grill, Ithaki and many more…
  • Gloucester and Rockport Garden Tour Tickets
  • Any much more…

6 pm – Plant Sale

7 pm – Auction starts

Auction

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A Good Bicyclist Story

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Hi Joey,

As the nice weather approaches so do the bicyclists that enjoying riding around the island.  We’ve all read the stories in the past regarding the difficulties that this can bring to the riders and us drivers along 127.  There are days when driving downtown from Lanesville can be tricky navigating by the cyclists.   We were recently blessed by one of these bicyclists.  Last week my husband had lost his wallet.  Besides the aggravation of replacing the drivers license and credit cards, he also had cash and a couple of great gift cards to two of our local restaurants.  Over the weekend my husband received a call from a Cambridge, MA resident “Desmond” who had found my husband’s wallet in the middle of 127 during a bike ride with his girlfriend.  My husband met up with him this past weekend and got his wallet back with everything in it!  We’re so happy that they came up for that ride around Gloucester!  Honesty and good will, Thank you Desmond!  He told my husband that he wanted him to call his girlfriend and tell her how much he loves Gloucester because he wants her to move up here someday 🙂   Yeah!

Anonymous 

View from the rigging aboard the Thomas E Lannon 

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Aerial view #schoonerlannon #gloucester #sail

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We are excited to be starting our 21st season sailing out of Seven Sea’s Wharf here n Gloucester on Saturday, May 13th.  On Mother’s Day, Sunday the 14th Mom Sail free with a full fare passenger on our 1:00-3:00 sail.
Also of exciting news, is that the Tall Ships are coming back to Boston in June and we will be right in the middle of all the action! We will be docked at Rowes Wharf in Boston the week of June 17th-22nd operating mostly private charters. Contact our charter coordinator Kiley (kileydavis@schooner.org) if you are interested.  As of right now we only have one public trip scheduled, which is a great one.  Folks can sail down to Boston with us on June 16th and get the chance to see all of the Ships on arrival day.  Tickets for that are just $125/p and more info is available on our website.  We will likely have other public trips but have not finalized that schedule yet.  If people join our VIP list at www.schooner.org we will be sending information about any public trips that way.

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Thanks,

Heath Ellis
President
Schooner Thomas E. Lannon

 

You asked – we answered! Lots of folks have wanted to join us onboard for a public sail during the Tall Ships Visit – well, we just added one today.

Join us as on Friday, June 16th, as we head to Boston to participate in the Tall Ship’s 2017 celebration. We will depart from Gloucester at 10am and journey to Boston, arriving around 4:00 p.m. The various Tall Ships will be anchored in Boston Harbor and create an amazing sight for our approach. We will then get up close to as many boats as possible for a closer look.
Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Click the below link to book:
http://schooner.org/book-online/

GAAC Speaker Friday Night 5/12: Ed Los, Rescuing Valuable Historic Astrophotos

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At this month’s GAAC meeting, 8:00 Friday night, May 12, at the Lanesville Community Center, we are thrilled to host Ed Los, a long-term member of the “Digital Access to a Sky Century team at Harvard” (DASCH). Ed will bring us up to date on the project to digitize over 500,000 images of the night sky collected on glass photographic plates between 1885 and 1993.

Halley's_comet_1910Image: Portion of Plate b41215 of Halley’s comet taken on April 21, 1910 from Arequipa, Peru with the 8-inch Bache Doublet, Voigtlander.

These images offer us far more than mere historic value. They have greatly advanced what we know of the composition of stars, their inherent luminosities and distances, and, as a 100-year record of the skies, they are sure to continue to inform our understanding. Already as part of this ongoing project more than 162,000 plates, along with data from a card catalog and 1200…

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Studio Spring Hours and Half Off Entire Menu Including Sushi

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For more info- www.studio-restaurant.com

51 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester MA
978-879-4896
On Facebook- www.facebook.com/thestudio51

Mercury Goes Direct!

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Wow – now that was a tough three week period of Mercury Retrograde!
Yesterday, Mercury moved forward and just in time for us to enjoy the upcoming weekend, Mother’s Day, Graduations, Weddings and just everyday life! Now everything that happens until the next Mercury Retro you only have yourself to blame 🙂
Ayurveda Wellness Healing, LLC encourages you to go out and do something fun – we all deserve it.

“Blockage is disease/Flow is health” 

http://www.ayurvedawellnesshealing.com

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Wellspring’s 19th Annual Woman Honoring Women Luncheon

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This year’s luncheon recognized Wellspring House program participant, Jill Brown and honored Margo Casey of the United Way, Joan Whitney of Healthy Gloucester Collaborative and Rose Evans of the Department of Community Housing and Development.  Keynote speaker MA State Attorney Maura Healey spoke at length about the impact community support and educational opportunity have on the empowerment of women and families.  It was a powerful and inspirational event, drawing together a diverse representation of more than 650 women from communities all over the North Shore and beyond.

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Join our team at Backyard Growers!

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We’re looking for our next community and school garden leaders!

Serve with Us (2)

Urban Agriculture Summer Internship 

We rely on our awesome summer intern team to keep everything running in the summer! Help manage the school gardens, lead summer youth programs, or plan and carry out weekly harvest at our community gardens.

Ready to apply? Read the full position description, then email your resume and cover letter to community@backyardgrowers.org

Community Engagement Coordinator– full-time TerraCorps service member position*

Community Engagement Coordinators (CEC) build the long-term capacity of their host sites by developing culturally inclusive systems, programing, partnerships, and events. By collaborating with community groups, CECs demonstrate how the sustainable use and conservation of land can help address community needs related to education, public health, economic development, neighborhood revitalization, homelessness, poverty, hunger, and cultural decline.

Read the full Community Engagement Coordinator position description here.

Youth Education Coordinator – full-time TerraCorps service…

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