Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

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Community Stuff 7/15/15

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Hi Joey,

Hope you are well and having a good summer.

I was hoping that you could help me spread some public awareness? 

I used to be a Volunteer for the Marine Animal Rescue team at the New EnglandAquarium….

But unfortunately due to Federal cuts Cape Ann is no longer under the Aquarium’s jurisdiction….

It’s seal season right now….the time when baby seals are learning how to survive on their own….and you will frequently find them resting on beaches.

Yesterday I was on GHB and had to physically get in the way to stop a man from carrying a baby seal pup off of the island in a tarp.

This was so dangerous for this baby seal….because the very people who think they are helping are actually hurting or even killing the seal. 

Stressing out a seal by picking it up or touching it or getting too close to it can make the seal very sick and can even kill it. Also getting too close to seals can be harmful to humans and dogs!!! Seals carry many diseases (Seal finger, influenza, distemper and more!!!) that can make you, your kids and your dog sick!!

A lot of people think if they see a seal on the beach that it’s sick….but this isn’t the case. 

This is directly from the NEAQ’s webpage:


Seals belong on the beach. It’s normal. Please don’t disturb them. Unlike whales or dolphins, seals are semi-aquatic and are comfortable out of the water. Most seals come onto beaches to sleep, nurse or soak up some sun.

What should you do if you spot a seal on the beach?

Seals are cute, but they are wild animals and should not be disturbed. By getting too close, you could upset the seal or possibly get bitten.

Watch quietly from at least 150 feet away.

Keep dogs away from the seal.

Do not offer the seal food or water.

Do not pour water on the seal or try to cover it with a towel or blanket.

Do not try to make the seal move.

Does the seal look injured or unhealthy?

Most seals on the beach are perfectly healthy, but sometimes they do need human assistance. Does the seal have any obvious injuries, gunky eyes, or look skinny or underweight? If the seal does, please take notes on its location, size, coloring and behavior and call the New England Aquarium’s Marine Animal Hotline at (617)  973-5247. Cape Ann is no longer under the NEAQ’s jurisdiction but they can give you the number of the proper wildlife agency to call.

All marine mammals are federally protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. This law makes it a Federal Crime to touch, disturb, feed or otherwise harass marine mammals without authorization.

Please help me spread the word to help inform & educate the public about this.

Thank you & have a great summer!

Jen Johnson 

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Hey Cap’t Joe, another update…Boston Globe calls Method 15/33 “Riveting” and I sold the movie rights for full feature film to Production company named Next Wednesday.  Here’s the Globe review…
http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/07/11/three-new-thrillers/1FyWihBTejomzJ4E3YUToL/story.html?event=event25

Hope you’re doing well!!

Best,

Shannon

July Gloucester History Sharing Program

Come see images of old Gloucester and share your own memories during these monthly presentations presented by Beth Welin at the Rose Baker Senior Center. On Monday, July 27, 10am, the program will be “ Ghosts of Vincent Cove: The Shipbuilders and their Vessels.” Sponsored by the Phyllis A Marine Association and supported by the Awesome Gloucester Foundation.  For more information go to the Phyllis A Marine Association website at www.phyllis-a.org.

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hi joey!

This Friday at 7pm, our good friend Julie Upton will be making a public presentation entitled, “In the Footsteps of the Buddha”

Julie has traveled northern India and Nepal extensively over the past few years and has created a tour that highlights the four sacred places of the Buddha’s life: where he was born,  reached awakening, taught for the first time, and died.  She’s going to give an oral and photographic journey of what it’s like to visit those places.  Everyone is welcome. Wisdom’s Heart, 2 Duncan St., Gloucester  wisdomsheart.org

 

Thanks!

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Poet Charles Giuliano at Annisquam Village Library August 27

The poet, Charles Giuliano, spent the summers of his youth in Annisquam.

On Thursday, August 27, at 7:30 PM he will return to his roots with a reception and reading from Shards of a Life at the Annisquam Village Library at 354 Leonard Street, rear.

The book of verse, which is available through Amazon, contains a number of poems related to growing up in Annisquam.

A second book Total Gonzo Poems which will be published this fall contains a chapter The Nugents of Rockport. On his mother’s side, Dr. Josephine Flynn, his Irish ancestors are an important part of Cape Ann History.

In 1875 Patrick and Mary Nugent, Irish immigrants, leased the 32 acre Beaver Dam Farm in Rockport from the Babson family. They raised 13 children of which three died tragically in 1913.

When Mary died in 1927 the farm was abandoned and later torched by local kids. All that survives is the stone kitchen from 1658. George Nugent bought land up the road on which is now located Nugent Farms a condominium complex. For a time George Nugent was the Boss Tweed of Gloucester politics.

There will also be a reading of selections of Nugent poems from the soon to be published book.

Now retired from teaching art history and running the gallery program for Suffolk University/ New England School of Art and Design Giuliano has an extensive career as a curator and critic. He also taught at Boston University, U. Mass Lowell and other colleges.

In 1970 he coined the word Gonzo which he was the first to publish in a July 3, review of Ten Years After at Harvard Stadium. At the time he was the rock critic for the daily Boston Herald Traveler. Giuliano is the only surviving original gonzo journalist. That legacy is the focus of his second book.

In addition to the Herald Traveler he was a columnist and editor of Art New England, contributor to Art News, the daily Patriot Ledger, Boston After Dark/ Phoenix and numerous publications.

Currently he lives in the Berkshires where he and his wife Astrid Hiemer publish and edit the on line digital magazine Berkshire Fine Arts.

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The Cape Ann Contra Dance Summer Series kicks off on Saturday, July 18
at the Magnolia Library Community Center, 1 Lexington Avenue, Gloucester, MA at 8:00 PM.
Live music and dance instruction are provided by the Cape Ann Contra Dance House Band. Sit-in musicians are also welcome.
There is a requested donation of $10 per dancer/sit-in, dancers/sit-ins younger than 16 are free.
This event is supported in part by a grant from the Gloucester Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. The Cape Ann Contra Dances are organized and produced by Folk Life Studio.

The Summer Series will continue, same time and place, on Saturday, August 8 and Friday, August 21.

For further information visit   https://www.facebook.com/CapeAnnContraDance

Thanks!

– Rose

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The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Auction Is This Friday Night! Register Today!

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Good Morning Joey

I hope that you are enjoying the summer and able to get some time off.

I would like to invite you (and Katelyn & friends) to our annual auction, this Friday at Woodman’s Essex Function room. I’ve attached an invite letter and our flyer.

This event is our primary fundraiser for the year, and proceeds from the auction go to support all our programs including our economic development and education priorities.

The Auction is shaping-up to be our best in several years, with wonderful art, fantastic trips, great sporting events, amazing activities, and so many GCs to most of Cape Ann’s restaurants and area attractions. We are also doing a (free) preview the night before, also at Woodman’s Function Room.

You may register at the following link: http://web.capeannchamber.com/events/Chamber-28th-Annual-Chamber-Auction-1747/details; or just call us and we would be happy to sign you up. A light dinner and many door prizes are included as part of the registration cost.

You may also preview the donations at the following link: https://capeannchamber.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/28thAnnualAuction/AuctionPreview/tabid/691253/Default.aspx.

This is a fun night, I hope that you are able to join us!

Best

Ken

 

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Joanne Burgess, Lenny’s wife, has crossed the bar

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Our friend Len Burgess’ wife has passed- Barry O’Brien submits-

Joanne Burgess, Lenny’s beloved wife, died suddenly.  Lenny just called me to let me know.

There will be a viewing at the Levesque Funeral Home at 163 Lafayette Street in Salem on Friday from 4-8.  

There will be a funeral mass on Tuesday at Immaculate Conception in Salem.  Time TBD.  

Notice of her passing will be listed in the obituaries in the Salem News this evening.

Please share with all who you feel should know.

Sadly,

Barry O’Brien

Would It Be Strange For A Man To Drive Across Town To Casually Drop In On His Wife’s Wine/Book Club With Her Girlfriends?

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Say a woman gets together with her girlfriends every so often for a wine/book club night where they kabitz about women stuff and drink copious amounts of wine and pretend to talk about the latest books they’ve read and one of the husbands randomly drops in 3 weeks in a row.  Is that strange or totally acceptable?

 

TheHomieCast Episode 6 Is Up

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Click Here For The Latest HomieCast- http://thehomiecast.com/

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TheHomieCast Episode 5 Taped 7/13/15 Featuring Eric Lorden, Craig Kimberley, Toby Pett, Rick Doucette, DJ Honeybottom, Chris DeWolfe, James Eves and Joey Ciaramitaro

Topics Include: The Menu- Steaks Cooked On The STOK Charcoal Drum, Toby’s Corn Salad, Eric’s Carrots, Beer, Whiskey & Tequila.

The Spy.

Summer Traffic and Beach Parking Solutions

Go-To Beer In Three Sentences or Less

Not Endorsing-Not Saying Who Should Or Shouldn’t Run-Not Saying Who Anyone Wants To Win But The Who Do You Think Will Be the Next Mayor Of Gloucester Poll

Toby Verbally Assaulted and Told He’s Paid Too Much Money From Good Morning Gloucester

Huge Growth In Teen and Summer Camps Under Stewardship of Rick Doucette

What’s With The Lubriderm On The Table?

www.projectsemicolon.com & the Significance Of Rick’s Semicolon Tattoo

Gun To Head If You Had To Get A Tattoo What Would It Be?

Double Secret Probation

The Spy Confirms Our Suspicions

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2015 Cigar and Rum Cruise Tickets 5 Spots Just Opened Up For Tuesday Night’s Sail!

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It Always Sells Out!

Buy Your Tix online now!

2 Killer Cigars From Paul Giacalone’s Personal Collection, 3 Rum Drinks From Ryan and Wood Distillery, A Sail On The Lannon All For Only $40

Total deal of the century.  If You added all this up that’s like $85 worth of stuff and even if it cost double it would be worth quadruple.  Best night of the summer.  I can’t wait!

Order now-

Book online at:
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Or call (978) 281-6634

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Photos from Past Cruises Courtesy Kim Smith and Dani Lubbers-

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rocky neck artist party

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David Amaral of the Rudder Restaurant is throwing a combo party first for the artist on rocky neck, they will be at the party to talk art and take you through their galleries and show you whats new….lets support the artists on Rocky Neck. Second…it is a welcome to Gloucester party for my fiancé who is visiting from Tennessee so she may meet all my friends and realize what a wonderful place this is.  I will be serving Lobster sliders and a beautiful dry rose wine…and some beer….if you would like something else please feel free to BYOB.  Look forward to seeing y’all there!

Forgot to tell you the time: the party at the rocky neck art studios between the rudder and madfish starts at 7:00pm!

Barbara McAllister Had a Great Time At Bass Rocks ocean Inn

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Hi Joey,

I just wanted to tell you what a treat it was to see you and  Sista Felicia and your mom while we were staying at the Bass Rocks Ocean Inn on our recent visit to my Gloucester paradise. 
I can’t believe the way things turned out. First, I met with my best friend in the world (Bonnie Steele Bedell) when I lived in East Gloucester from 1st – 4th grade. The next uncanny happening was I wanted to get your sister’s cookbook signed by her, and as we were going to dinner, there you all were by the firepit.  Your sister got a cookbook from her car and signed it for me and we got to socialize with you and a lot of your family.  It was a highpoint in our trip. My friend, Bonnie, works at Noble Electric and apparently her boss’s wife is a good friend of your sister.  Talk about a small world.  We had a “mahvelous” time, even loved the Nor’easter and got  some great pics. I’m trying to attach a couple of pics of us with your mom and sister and me with my friend.  It was a great trip and we loved seeing you all.

Best wishes to all,

Barbara McAllister 

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Coyote Colors

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Hi Joey,

I shot this photo a few weeks ago and its cropped from a larger image.  I couldn’t figure out why I took the larger image until I noticed the coyote against the sea wall.  From my perspective when I took this, the coyote blended in extremely well with the stones on the beach and the seawall itself. It was very hard to track her movement along the shore from a distance. 

Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

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Interesting Local Botanical History Of The Sweet Bay Magnolia flower Submitted By Dave Marsh

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Joey

Here is a picture of a Sweet Bay Magnolia flower on a tree in my yard.

The Sweet Bay is an  interesting plant/tree .

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Magnolia virginiana in Massachusetts
by PETER DEL TREDICI

History
The sweet bay magnolia swamp in Gloucester, Massachusetts has
been a botanical shrine since its discovery in 1806 Early New England
naturalists and botanists of all types, from Henry David
Thoreau to Asa Gray, made pilgrimages to the site of this northernmost
colony of Magnolia virginiana L.* (fig. 1). The local residents of
Gloucester were so impressed with a “southern” plant growing this far
north that they changed the name of the Kettle Cove section of the
town to Magnolia in the mid-1800s. It is probably no coincidence that
this name change occurred at the same time the area was starting up
its tourist trade.
In addition to its isolation, the Gloucester Magnolia population was
remarkable for having escaped notice until 1806 in an area that was
settled in 1623. This fact has led at least one author to speculate that
the colony was not wild but escaped from a cultivated plant (Anonymous,
1889). However, the overwhelming consensus of earlier
botanists is that the population is, in fact, native. Whatever its origin,
the swamp remains today the unique and mysterious place it has been
for almost 200 years.
Very little has been written about the magnolia swamp in recent
years. The latest, and best, article about it was written by Dr George
Kennedy, and appeared in 1916 in Rhodora, the journal of the New

England Botanical Club. Dr. Kennedy summarized the history of the
stand, and cleared up the confusion about who discovered it by publishing
a letter he found, written by the Honorable Theophilus Parsons to
the Reverend Manassah Cutler in 1806. The letter captures the emotion
of the moment of discovery:
Reverend and Dear Sir:
In niding through the woods in Gloucester, that are between
Kettle Cove and Fresh Water Cove I discovered a
flower to me quite new and unexpected in our forests. This
was last Tuesday week [July 22, 1806]. A shower approaching
prevented my leaving the carriage for examination, but
on my return, on Friday last, I collected several of the
flowers, in different stages, with the branches and leaves,
and on inspection it is unquestionably the Magnolia glauca
Mr. Epes Sargent has traversed these woods for flowers and
not having discovered it, supposes it could not have been
there many years. It was unknown to the people of Gloucester
and Manchester until I showed it to them. I think you
have traversed the same woods herborizing. Did you discover
it? If not, how long has it been there? It grows in a
swamp on the western or left side of the road as you go from
Manchester to Gloucester, and before you come to a large
hill over which the road formerly passed. It is so near the
road as to be visible even to the careless eye of the traveler.
Supposing the knowledge of this flower, growing so far
north, might gratify you, I have made this hasty communication.
Your humble servant,
Theoph. Parsons
The existence of the magnolia swamp was first announced to the
general public in 1814 by Jacob Bigelow in the first edition of his
famous Plants of Boston:
The only species of this superb genus, that has been found
native in our climate. It attains the height of a dozen feet,
but is sometimes killed down to the roots by severe winters
… The bark is highly aromatic, and possesses medicinal
properties. It grows plentifully in a sheltered swamp at
Gloucester, Cape Ann, twenty five miles from Boston,
which is perhaps its most northern boundary. – June,
July.
And on September 22, 1858, Henry David Thoreau visited the
swamp and wrote about it in his Journal:
Sept 22. A clear cold day, wind northwest
Leave Salem for the Cape on foot … We now kept the road
to Gloucester, leaving the shore a mile or more to the right,
wishing to see the magnolia swamp. This was perhaps
about a mile and a half beyond Kettle Cove. After passing
over a sort of height of land in the woods, we took a path to
the left, which within a few rods became a corduroy road in
the swamp. Within three or four rods on the west side of
this, and perhaps ten or fifteen from the highroad, was the
magnolia. It was two to seven or eight feet high, but distinguished
by its large and still fresh green leaves, which had
not begun to fall. I saw last year’s shoots which had died
down several feet, and probably this will be the fate of most
which has grown this year. The swamp was an ordinary
one, not so wet but we got about very well. The bushes of
this swamp were not generally more than six feet high.
There was another locality the other side of the road.
Clouds of doubt concerning the survival of the swamp started to
gather in 1875, in A Report on the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally
In the Forests of Massachusetts by George B. Emerson. He noted
“scores” of trees broken down in a single season by people who sold
the flowers in Boston and Salem. By 1889, the situation had deteriorated
to the point that J. G. Jack, the dendrologist at the Arnold
Arboretum wrote:
So eagerly have the flowers been sought for by collectors,
and especially by those who wished to make money out of
the sale of both plants and flowers, that there has been
some apprehension that the day would soon come when the
’ Magnolia could only be classed in New England floras as
one of the indigenous plants of the past.
But some good news also appeared in this article, for he goes on to
say, “The hope is now entertained, however, that the owners of the
woods where it occurs, appreciating its rarity and interest, will take
care that its existence, in a wild state, may be perpetuated.” And
indeed it was, for in that same year, 1889, Mr. Samuel E. Sawyer, the
owner of the swamp, set up a trust fund, to be administered by a board
of trustees, to manage the land. He chose to call it “Ravenswood Park”
and instructed that it be left open for and made accessible to the
general public.

This great display of generosity, however, did not stem the tide of
destruction. Dr. Kennedy in his Rhodora article quotes a letter from
C. E. Faxon, the illustrator at the Arnold Arboretum, to a Mr. Walter
Deane, which shows the condition of the swamp in the summer of
1913:

* The next nearest population of M. U1rg1722a11Q is growing 150 miles to the
south on the eastern shore of Long Island, New York (Little, 1971).

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Figure 1 This drawing of Magnolia virgimana appeared on 1849 in Asa Gray’s Genera
Plantarum (p! 23), with the caption “a branch in flower of the Northern variety,from
Gloucester, Massachusetts, of the natural size”

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An unusualty old, taU, multi-stemmed specimen of Magnolia virgimana growing
in the old C. S Sargent estate in Brookline, Massachusetts The tree is 10 meters tall
Photograph by P Del Tredici.

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Whale’s Jaw 1934

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Hey Joey!

Don’t know if this would be of any interest to anyone but the shot is from 1934 at Whale’s Jaw in Dogtown…  second from left is my Mother, Jean Burkhard.  To her right is her sister, Marjorie Burkhard.  The two girls to her left are her first cousins, Virginia and Joyce Burkhard.  Up top is cousin, Tom Burkhard with a friend.  Tom is living in SC… flew Corsairs in WWII in the Pacific Theater.  Tom’s son, Tom Burkhard, MD, just retired as a Second Admiral in charge of medical personnel in the Pacific.  Photo was probably taken by Virginia and Joyce’s Father, Stan Burkhard (my great-uncle), who lived to 101 and died at his home at Thurston Place, Bearskin Neck.  All pictured are descendants of both John Pool and Richard Tarr, co-settlers of Rockport in the late seventeenth century.

Jim Clyde

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Bicycle and Exercise for a Great Cause – ‘Reid’s Ride!’ Sunday. July 19th!

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reid_sacco_life_is_like_sailing Reid Sacco – “Life is Life Sailing”

‘Reid’s Ride’ Fundraiser and the Reid R. Sacco Foundation. Reid died from cancer at the young age of 20. Reid inspired many during his treatment with his courage and motivation to help others. Reid’s dream was to start a movement that would help find better treatment and find a cure for cancer. While I never met Reid, his courage, strength and inspiration live on through his family, friends and Reid’s foundation. http://www.cancerinyoungadults.org/about-the-alliance/

In its 11th year, Reid’s Ride take’s place Sunday. July 19th. A 28 miles Bicycle ride through beautiful sea-side communities from Lynnfield to Gloucester, MA. To Register to Ride or Learn How You Can Donate – http://www.firstgiving.com/Reidsride

Riding for Reid Reid’s Ride

The energy behind Reid’s Ride. Reid’s Family organize are the energy behind Reid’s Ride. ‘Motivated by love’ and ‘guided by spirit!’ Raising money to support the Reid R. Sacco Foundation and Reid’s legacy endures…

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Music At Eden’s Edge Preview From Linda rae and Rob Castagna

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July 8 (3pm) Music At Eden’s Edge “Really Open Rehearsal” Public Welcome!

July 17 (8pm) Music At Eden’s Edge

Rob and I happened upon the North Shore Art Gallery on the 8th.  While taking our time enjoying the various paintings, we were quite surprised to hear chamber music above us. What a delightful afternoon as we listened to the quartet playing Schubert (written at age 16)…starting and stopping with a sense the foursome thoroughly were enjoying their practice which made us relax and enjoy their hard work and the many, many notes well played.  Though my iPhone 6+ takes great video, it doesn’t seem to translate as well, but hopefully this may encourage others to enjoy the final result (July 17th at 8pm) of their well practiced time.  Also, various artists were invited to draw or paint during this musical delight, and I have captured two with pleasure.  Never a dull moment during our visits to Gloucester/Rockport.  You have a great thing going here and we love it!  Again, thank you for Good Morning Gloucester, it keeps us in touch though we are five plus hours away.

Blessings, Linda rae and Rob Castagna

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