Author: Joey Ciaramitaro
The creator of goodmorninggloucester.org Lover of all things Gloucester and Cape Ann. GMG where we bring you the very best our town has to offer because we love to share all the great news and believe that by promoting others in our community everyone wins.
Chickity Check It! David Emch Who Sat In On Our Podcast On His Tour Around Coastal United States For His Capture America project Did A Piece On GMG and Gloucester
David sat In On Gloucestercast 152 which can be heard here-
GloucesterCast 152 With Guests @KimSmithDesigns, Toby Pett, David Emch and Host @Joey_C
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Monday, October 5, 2015
Massachusetts: Good Morning Gloucester
Welcome back to Gloucester. You can read the first article on this area by Clicking Here. For those of you that watch television, I am told this is the setting of a show called “Wicked Tuna.”
Although Gloucester was the first settled area in Massachusetts, residents soon moved to Salem because the soil was more fertile there. But the great natural harbor pulled them back and this became the country’s first viable seaport.
Colonial Massachusetts had a requirement that any town with over 100 families have its own school system, and records show that Gloucester complied with this in 1698. So this has been a thriving community since well before the American Revolution.
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Poll: Today McDonalds Starts Serving Breakfast All Day Long. But Wouldn’t Lunch All Day Long Have Been A More Welcomed Call?
Community Stuff 10/6/15
Please join us for our next Gloucester U “Tuesday Talk” on 10/6
The talk begins at 2:15 in the Gloucester High School library, with refreshments. All students, parents, staff, teachers and community members are invited!
On Tuesday October 6th, Geanine Monzione, Director of Human Resources at Cruiseport Gloucester, will join us to discuss career opportunities in the hospitality business. She will also focus on upcoming job and internship positions for teens at Cruiseport Gloucester’s Seaport Grille, and the new Beauport Hotel opening June 2016. Come hear about this exciting company and how it may fit into students’ future plans! For more information please contact ckreitman@gloucesterschools.com or swhitney@gloucesterschools.com
Hi, Joey—
My friend Art Beane of Magnolia has published a humor book. I hope you’ll consider running the photo and press release, which I’ve combined into a PDF for your convenience.
Thank you and best wishes.
Janet Ruth Young
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Kirtan Concert this Friday at 7:30
Health, Fitness and Wellness News-
http://www.capeannwellness.com
These two internationally renown musicians perform one night only!
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The “New” Old Cart At The Dock @CaptJoeLobster #GloucesterMA
Here’s the “new” old cart Brian O’Connor found on Craig’s list in Haverhill and I picked up Friday morning.
The “old” old cart I claimed at an old industrial site in Chelsea and it was being thrown away about 20 years ago. I had no idea what the brand was, all I know is that it was extremely rugged. The type of rugged that could withstand the brutal saltwater conditions of a lobster dock year in and year out. In the Craigslist ad the man listed the similar “newer” old cart as a Fairbanks cart so I googled the company and found out they are still in business.
http://www.fairbankscasters.com/
from the website:
For more than 125 years, the Fairbanks Company has been shipping quality material handling equipment from our manufacturing facilities in Rome, GA. Our facilities encompass more than 200,000 square feet of production and warehousing space. To maintain our leadership role in the industry, we have modernized our facilities with the latest in robotic welding, electrostatic powder coating and CNC machining of wood parts.
These techniques have resulted in the expansion of our product offerings, making us a premier supplier of casters, wheel, handtrucks, platform trucks and dollies.
THE “NEW” OLD CART
You can see the difference between the “new” old cart and the “old” new cart in that the cart below has it’s main load carrying wheels based in the middle of the cart so if you place the load in the middle there is a even disbursement of the weight and makes it easy to move on the larger wheels. They call it a tilt style cart. The “new” old cart has the two big wheels pushed further to the front corner of the cart and two big casters at the back. In the “old” old cart you could turn it 360 degrees in place, with the placement of the wheels on the “new’ old cart it will be slightly less easy to maneuver but will make it easier to pull the crates off of the platform of the cart without the cart wanting to rotate needing for another person to hold the handles while the other worker pulls the crates onto the platform scale. Also the weight bearing wheels on the “new” old cart are much larger.
Here’s the “old” old cart that has been used to offload millions and millions of pounds of lobsters over the past decade.
THE “OLD” OLD CART
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Summer Ain’t Over…at Captain Carlo’s
Submitted by Terry Weber
Sunday at Captain Carlo’s was hoppin’ at sunset. They don’t close their doors for the winter until approximately November 1, so make sure to drop in before they close!
Bill Cooke, on right, has a special message for Roger Goodell on his tee shirt.
Enjoying the sun (and the beers) while it lasts!
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Oarmaster’s Cup & dory removal From the International Dory Racing Committee
It’s time to compete for the Oarmaster’s Cup.
This Sunday, October 11th at 10 AM the International Dory Racing Committee will hold the annual Oarmaster’s Cup Race (solo dory race) to crown the best single dory rower in the land. All members are welcome to compete, and the public is welcome to attend the races for some exciting waterfront entertainment!
The course will start off the end of the dock at Maritime Gloucester and travel out around Ten Pound Island, then back to the start (approximately 1.75 miles). The race dories are provided by the IDRC, but unlike the other races, this race allows individual rowers to compete head to head in a time trial with the best time winning rights to the Cup. Refreshments will follow the races offering a chance for the winner to soak up the admiration of his peers. Don’t miss this battle of skill and endurance on the water in Gloucester Harbor.
The following weekend, Saturday, October 17th at 9:00 AM, we need members to help out pulling the race dories for the season. We will meet at Eastern Ave. Self Storage (bring a trailer if available) and we will proceed to the GHS boat ramp to load up the 4 race dories and return to the tent for the winter. Many hands make light work (especially nesting a couple 800# dories), so please mark your calendars for the 17th.
Len Robertson ’11 & ’13 with Erik Dombrowski ’14 and the coveted Ormaster’s Cup.
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Baby Whale Losing It’s Battle To Get Back To The Sea In #RockportMA On Front Beach Photo From Jen @RockportGirl
Jen writes-
So incredibly sad today to see this small whale losing its battle to get back out to sea. The tide was relentlessly coming in with cold seas and high waves as these men jumped in to help. In the end there was nothing they could do. Never seen something like this in person. As animal lovers it was very hard to watch . RIP little whale.
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Community Stuff 10/5/15
Mayoral Candidates Debate on Arts, Culture & Creativity at Gloucester Stage
Mark your calendar and please tell your friends. This is an important yearly fundraiser for the Essex Shipbuilding Museum so come join us Friday, Oct. 16th and have a great time. For reservations / info: essexshipbuildingmuseum.org or 978-768-7541. See auction items on our facebook page as they arrive! -Len
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GloucesterCast 153 Taped 10/4/15 With Heidi Dallin, Israel Horovitz, Kim Smith, Toby Pett, Mark Ring and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
GloucesterCast 153 Taped 10/4/15 With Heidi Dallin, Israel Horovitz, Kim Smith, Toby Pett, Mark Ring and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
Topics include: Heidi Dallin’s Role At Gloucester Stage, North Shore Fish, Gloucester Blue Extended Buy Tickets Here, How Israel Looks So Good At 76, How Does A Jewish Guy From Wakefield Understand The Inner Workings Of A Fish Plant Enough To Nail A Pulitzer Nominated Play About It, The Irony Of How Much Three Houses Depicted In An Edward Hopper Painting Cost vs How Much The Painting Of The Three Houses Sold For, The Critics In Boston, How Israel Ended Up In Gloucester, The Blow Up Penis Concert vs The Men and Causes That The Beastie Boys Became, Adam Horovitz “Dad you only need 1000 more barges”, Rachel Horovitz and Rushmore, Stage vs Film, “And You Will Own The Rock”, David Mamet, American Buffalo and Israel’s Collapsed Lung, Love Letters With Lindsay Crouse Fundraiser At Gloucester Stage, Not Pimping Brother’s Brew Donuts That Could Be Sweeter, Toby Enjoyed Lobsta Land, Passports Continues To Execute, Happy They Had Soccer In Miserable Conditions, Tough To get Help, Uprising At Internet Media Company Because They Didn’t Pay For The Millennials Dry Cleaning Bill, Lobster Fisheries Management and How It Differs From Groundfishing Management.
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Baltasar Gracian Quote of the Week from Greg Bover (Five Year Anniversary Of Greg’s Quote Of The Week Posts)
“A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”
Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658)
Born in the Spanish province of Aragon, Gracian studied theology in Zaragoza and took holy orders as a Jesuit in 1633. He was admired as an orator in his lifetime and much sought after for his sermons, which featured such novelties as reading letters purportedly sent from hell. Such flourishes were frowned upon by his superiors, whom he so frequently disobeyed that he was eventually banished to a small village in the Pyrenees. He is best known today for his satirical pilgrimage novel Criticon and his compendium of maxims The Art of Worldly Wisdom. These were so admired by Schopenhauer that he translated them into German. Later thinkers including Nietzsche, Defoe and Gide cite him as an influence.
With this post the Quote of the Week celebrates five years with Good Morning Gloucester, about two hundred and fifty entries. Just so you know, I write the bios based on my research to give the quote context, and one can click on the name or the picture that Joey adds to be connected to a Wikipedia entry for that particular author. Sometimes the adages are only attributed when I can’t find evidence of the direct quote; famous quipsters like Abraham Lincoln and Yogi Berra are often credited with things others actually said first.
I am always encouraged by your comments, and your suggestions are welcome too.
Many thanks to Joey and the GMG team for creating a forum where these lines can be shared. I find it astonishing how much wisdom there is in the world, and how the thoughts of famous men and women can apply to my own life. I hope you do too.
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Community Photos 10/4/15
Swimmers from Peter Digre
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Hero of the day. F/V Tir Na Nog Heads Out To Haul Lobster Traps In His Tiny Boat With Small Craft Advisory Posted @CaptJoeLobster #GloucesterMA
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Anxiously awaiting the results of Myron The Pickle guy On how he placed in Topsfield Fair
Every year Myron brings home multiple awards for his price winning pickles
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WWII Vets Portrait Project From Jason Grow
We’re getting very very close to both our goal and the exhibition date of November 7th! Moving forward with the printing and framing in anticipation of raising the final funds to get everything ready by the opening.
Please consider a donation – any amount helps! https://www.gofundme.com/ww2vetsportraits
The show is planned to open Saturday November 7th with a reception from 1-4p at the Kyrouz Auditorium in Gloucester’s City Hall – 9 Dale Avenue, Gloucester MA. There is an elevator.
Please share the announcement around… We’re inviting all the vets who’ve participated hoping that they’ll all come so it would be terrific to have a goodly crowd to receive them.
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Community Stuff 10/4/15
O’Maley Innovation Middle School parents and friends, On Sunday, Oct. 4th from 10-12 Generous Gardeners is organizing volunteers to plants bulbs and hostas at the entrance to the school. Come help make the outside of the school be as vibrant as the inside! Everyone is welcome and any amount of time is appreciated!
October Meeting of the Gloucester Area Astronomy Club
The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club registered the domain name gaac.us on October 13 2003, which makes the Friday October 9 meeting our twelfth anniversary! Come on in and help us celebrate, along with some of our accomplished stable of astrophotographers as they each show off examples of their most recent work, including some shots they’ve been saving for just this occasion.
We’ll see a bunch of terrific pictures, and hear the how’s and why’s as well, as each photographer explains each image, its significance, and some details of the hunt that produced it.
This will be a colorful, entertaining and elucidating night of astrophotography, science, friends, coffee and cake, and of course lots of great conversation to boot. Don’t miss it!
GAAC meets at 8:00 on the second Friday of every month at the Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street Gloucester. There is no cost, and parking is free. For more info on the club, see our website at http://gaac.us, or our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/gaacpage, or follow us on Twitter @gaacster. All are welcome, and no prior knowledge of astronomy is needed to have a great time.
Hi Everyone,
The Cape Ann Painter and Photographer Group will meet on Thursday, October 8, from 6-7:30 at Cape Ann Gilcee, 20 Maplewood Avenue in Gloucester.
Please bring something you have been working on to share.
New members are always welcome!
See you then.
Alice Gardner
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October Community Reiki Share to Help Support Children in Africa
Cape Ann Wellness News http://www.capeannwellness.com
Promoting Optimal Wellness for Body, Mind & Spirit
Tuesday. October 6th. ‘Community Reiki Share’ in Manchester-by-the-Sea.
Join us in Supporting the Kangemi Charity and Children of Nairobi, Kenya. Having just returned from a sabbatical in Africa, it seems appropriate that this month’s Reiki Share is donating proceeds to an African charity. All are welcomed to attend to enjoy a Reiki Session while supporting this worthy cause!
This month’s choice of charities was inspired by Advanced Western and Japanese Reiki Practitioner (Komyo Okuden/3rd Degree) and FOB Suzanne Sweeney, owner of Energize Body and Mind here in Gloucester. Suzanne’s mother-in-law Prafulla Ganatraa, coordinates the Kangemi Charity in Kenya, helping to feed, clothe and educate children in an impoverished area of Nairobi.
Reiki Teacher Prafulla Ganatraa helping children in Nairobi, Kenya
Suzanne’s husband Mehul Ganatra had this to say about The Kangemi Charity “this is a grass-roots charity started by my mother (a Reiki master)…
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Ladies – Time to Get Squished! October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in American women.
The Good News –
- When detected early, breast cancer has a high survival rate.
- You can take steps to help prevent breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Awareness – HOPE
** Talk to your doctor about your risk factors, prevention advice, and screening recommendations for early detection.**
Some Recommendations for Prevention and Early Detection from the American Cancer Association –
- Self-breast exams (http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/moreinformation/breastcancerearlydetection/breast-cancer-early-detection-acs-recs-bse)
- Annual mammogram
- Healthy Diet
- Healthy Weight
- Regular Exercise
- Avoid Smoking
- Minimize Alcohol Consumption
Sources:
- http://www.cancer.org/healthy/morewaysacshelpsyoustaywell/breastcancer
- http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/
- http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/pdf/breast_infographic_hires.pdf
- http://healthfinder.gov/nho/octobertoolkit.aspx
- http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/breast-cancer-survival-by-stage
- http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/moreinformation/breastcancerearlydetection/breast-cancer-early-detection-acs-recs-bse
The thought of screening mammograms, needle-guided breast biopsies, or possibility of breast cancer can be very stressful and even overwhelming for some. You are not alone! Ask your doctor about supportive therapies for stress relief and cancer treatment.
Contact me here or privately for additional information on stress relief and relaxation techniques.
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