The Gloucester High School Film Club filmed and produced the Class of 2015 Promenade on June 11, 2015 in the Gloucester High School…
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The Androgynous St Peter’s Fiesta Gorilla Represents At Cape Ann Insurance
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Happy Birthday To Our Donna
And anyone who’s surprised by the outfit obviously doesn’t know our Donna.
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TheHomieCast Episode 3 Is Live!
Topics Include: The Grub, Joey’s Atomic Ass Turds, Asparagus With Lemon Zest Butter, Eric’s Guacamole, Toby’s Bacon Marmalade, Craig’s Sausage With The Peppers and Onions, Rib Eyes and Pork Cutlets Cooked On The 20 Year Old Weber Kettle With Melted Handles and Royal Oak Lump Charcoal, When People Schedule Things During Fiesta or 3rd Of July, The Boys Drinking Newburyport Melt Away Session, What is it about people that don’t say please or thank you to their waitresses, Naked In The Mirror- Gotta Square Up, Top Waterfront Dining Spots For Dinner and Lunch, Music At Captain Carlos, Lobster Pool, Cape Ann Brewing, Lat 43, The Studio, BYOB At The Lobster Pool, Sea Level in Salem, Is Joey’s Physical Aversion To High Waisted Shorts An Age Thing?, Yoga Pants, Potato Buns Are A Bazillion Times Better Than White Buns, Best Bartender In Gloucester Nominations- Tom Clark At JD Meyers, Jack Muniz At The Rudder, Woopie Goldberg, Matt and Howie at Short and Main, Jamie Verga At Stones Pub, Announcing The First Annual GMG BBQ Community BBQ Throwdown!
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Discover the History of Cape Ann Granite! Local author releases exciting new title featuring stunning, vintage images
Telling a story in pictures is Cape Ann Granite, the newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series. The book by local author Paul St. Germain is set to release on July 20, 2015. The book boasts over 200 vintage images, many of which have never been published, and showcases memories of days gone by.
The granite industry began on Cape Ann with the first sale of a piece of Rockport granite, for use as a millstone, to a farmer in Newburyport in 1800. The industry would grow to include more than 60 quarries and operations around the cape, becoming the second-largest economic force in the area behind fishing. Hundreds were employed as quarrymen, stonecutters, paving cutters, and finishers. Cape Ann was particularly well fitted for the pursuit of granite as its rocky hills and shores afforded a comparatively inexhaustible source of supply, and its splendid shipping facilities gave the advantage of quick and economical transportation to market by sea and land. The industry eventually declined, and by 1930, most quarries had gone out of business because of labor strikes and low demand. Today, most of these quarries are filled with rainwater and springwater, and many are used as reservoirs for the surrounding communities.
The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.
Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.
Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places. Have we done a book on your town? Visit http://www.arcadiapublishing.com
Paul St. Germain, has been a resident of Rockport, Massachusetts for the past 20 years. His interest in Cape Ann area began in 1999 when he was asked to join the Thacher Island Association’s Board of Directors. In 2002 he was elected President of the Association and has worked to develop a variety of ways to fund the restoration efforts on the island
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Medication Disposal Day- Saturday, June 20
For More Cape Ann Health, Fitness and Wellness News-
http://capeannwellness.com/
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June is PTSD Awareness Month
Promoting Optimal Wellness for Body, Mind & Spirit
June has been designated PTSD Awareness Month by the National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD).
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder resulting from exposure to a single or multiple traumatic events, such physical or sexual assault, natural or man-made disaster, and war-related combat stress. Symptoms of PTSD include persistent intrusive thoughts and distressing dreams about the traumatic event, triggered emotional responses to reminders of the trauma, efforts to avoid thinking or talking about the trauma, and persistent hypervigilance for cues that indicate additional danger or trauma re-occurring.
PTSD Statistics –
According to the National Center for PTSD,
- about 7 to 8 percent of the U.S. population will have PTSD at some point in their lives.
- about 5.2 million adults have PTSD during a given year.
- Veterans with PTSD by service era:
- Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom: About 11-20%
- Gulf War (Desert Storm)
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Saturday June 13th at 3:00 PM, Cape Ann Museum
Saturday June 13th at 3:00 PM, Cape Ann Museum
Al Bezanson submits-
Gloucester’s Chet Brigham has completed a splendid biography of our 121-year-old Official State Ship. The lives (yes lives, not life) of the extraordinary Ernestina-Morrissey are chronicled in 276 pages. The author sorted through mountains of material to give us this entertaining story. He will introduce the book at the Cape Ann Museum at 3:00 PM Saturday, June 13th.
From the schooner’s website: “ The Ernestina-Morrissey’s story is one of wide-ranging maritime adventures, lived by a remarkable cast of captains, crews and voyagers. Sailing to the Grand Banks from Gloucester for cod in the 1890s … voyaging to the Arctic every year for almost two decades on scientific expeditions … serving under both the U.S. Army and Navy in the Arctic during World War II … crossing the Atlantic a dozen times as a packet ship, linking Cape Verdean-Americans in New England with family members on their home islands … back in America under sail out of New Bedford, educating boatloads of school children on the wonders of their ocean environment.
In Phoenix of the Seas, Chester Brigham writes of the indomitable spirit of the Ernestina-Morrissey. Of the men and women who have commanded her: Gloucester fishing captains Bill and Clayton Morrissey, Arctic navigator Bob Bartlett, Henrique Mendes on Cape Verde, round-the-world captain Dan Moreland. Of the lives the vessel has touched: dory-trawling fishermen on the Grand Banks, hardy field scientists, Inuit hunters, GIs at remote weather stations, Atlantic islanders, volunteers who have sacrificed much for love of the ship.
She has been written off as doomed time and again. But now, this Phoenix ship will rise from the ashes once again! Thanks to a combination of private and state funding, the Ernestina-Morrissey is to be completely restored – after which, based at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, she will set sail in her next, yet-to-be-decided incarnation.
Gloucester author Chester Brigham has written three other books on Gloucester’s maritime history: On Opposite Tacks (2011), Gloucester’s Bargain with the Sea (2007) and The Stream I Go A-Fishing In (2003). Phoenix of the Seas. Whale’s Jaw Publishing. Hardcover. 296 pages. 42 illustrations. ISBN 978-0-9740778-4-0”
Effie M Morrissey at Beacon Marine, c. 1940. Note the ice sheathing for Arctic work. She was built in 1894 for the J F Wonson Fish Company which would have been just to the left of this photo. In the deadly Portland Storm of November 1898 she had the good fortune to be in port, but broke loose from Wonson’s dock and was blown ashore, (Photo by Leslie Jones, courtesy of the Boston Public Library.)
Al Bezanson
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Community Stuff 6/11/15
2nd annual Cape Ann Kids PMC ride for cancer
Hello,
I am hoping you will consider posting our flyer on your Facebook page. We are looking for local support to help get the word out about our ride to fight cancer.
We are the kids branch of the Pan Mass Challenge and every thing we earn goes directly to Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund.
We started last year after my daughter, Alexis Morris age 13 then, wanted to find a way to channel her mourning over the loss of her grandfather and subsequently her uncle 6 weeks later, to lung cancer. It was unexpected and left a gaping hole on her life. It was her idea to start our own kids PMC event, as one did not yet exist on the North Shore. Last year, our flagship event of 12 kids raised over $6000.00! We’re hoping to sign up 20 kids to ride this year and surpass last year’s money earned. Alexis, now 14, has already raised over $1000.00 on her own.
In order to do this, we need to reach more people; kids who want to ride, adults who want to volunteer and donate and businesses to sponsor us.
We’re hoping a post or two from you before our event might reach just one more family interested in helping in the fight and perhaps, empower their child(ren) as it has done for ours. Here is our website for more information: http://www.kids.pmc.org/capeann.aspx and our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Capeannkidspmc
Thank you for your consideration.
All my best,
Jen Morris
Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Thursday June 11th
11am-2pm
Come join us for a free cookout on Rogers Street across from Police Station
Made possible by donations from;
Gloucester Police Patrolman Assoc.
Gloucester Police Relief Assoc.
Gloucester Superior Officers
Building Center
Ace Hardware
Cape Pond Ice
Stop n Shop
Bank Gloucester
Cape Ann Savings Bank
Gloucester Rental
Virgilios’ Italian Bakery
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GloucesterCast 143 Taped At Cape Ann TV 6/9/15 With Toby Pett, Alicia DeWolfe, James Eves, Sista Felicia and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
Topics Include: Special Thanks To the Crew At Cape Ann TV Who Taped Our Show For Broadcasting On Local Channel 20, Guests Toby Pett, Alicia DeWolfe, James Eves, Sista Felicia, and Host Joey Ciaramitaro, Cape Ann TV running multiple disclaimers before the broadcast on Cape Ann TV, Alicia Shows Her Age, Thanks To Earl and Arch for The GloucesterCast Intro Music “Gloucester Til the End“, Sad News About EJ’s Baby Eider, Sista Felicia Coyote Story Is Suspect, Breaking news about Electric Charging Station and Three New Nissan Leafs To Be Used By Inspectional services team, GMG Calendar Hosted By James Eves Is Blowing Up With New Community Groups Adding Their Calendars Daily, Cape Ann Farmer’s Market Opening Week!, New Magnolia Farmer’s Market In The Works, Schooner Adventure Gets Coast Guard Certification and We Hope They Keep To The Educational Mission and Not Compete For Passengers On The Lannon and Ardelle, GMG Cigar and Rum Cruise With Ryan and Wood and Old Cuban Cigar Company Sold Out Once Again Call To Get On Waiting List 978 281-6634, Why We Stayed Away From The Hoax On The Back Shore Story, Licking The Same Ice Cream Cone As A Dog- Disgusting or Not?,Podcast Listening Protocol- Is It OK to Listen To The Podcast In Bed With Your Partner?, The Launch Of www.TheHomieCast.com
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Download the Cape Ann Cultural Districts Mobile app today and promote to visitors to Cape Ann all season!
Get It On iTunes Here
Get It For Android Here
The “Cape Ann Cultural Districts” mobile app is available in the Apple and Android apps stores and can be downloaded free on these sites or scan the QR code.
The mobile all continues to increase awareness of Cape Ann’s creative communities, individual artists, museums, recreational attractions, historic sites, restaurants, lodgings and businesses. The mobile app provides a free, consolidated, flexible platform to access information and way-finding for each of the four state-designated Cape Ann cultural districts – Essex River, Gloucester’s Harbor town, Gloucester’s Rocky Neck and Rockport.
Each cultural district has its own page and directory listing of cultural offerings and businesses that include a description, location, phone number, directions and links to web sites and other associated social media sites. This year visitors and residents who download the app with find calendar event links to interesting and engaging activities around Cape Ann. The consolidation of events in one app will make is easier to plan, locate and enjoy all that the area has to offer. Several merchants on Cape Ann will be offering discount coupons which will only be available through the app.
Best
Jean Grobe
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Look and look again: The HarborWalk Fishermen’s Wharf exhibit is deeply channeled, joining discussion with fine art, business and community, wharf and sea.
Cat Ryan submits-
Keep in mind that the installation is a work-in-progress. Look for updates and notices of an official unveiling!
Look and look again: The spiffed up HarborWalk Fishermen’s Wharf exhibit is deeply channeled–joining fine art and discussion, business and community, wharf and sea. Keep in mind that the installation is a work-in-progress. Look for updates and notices of an official unveiling!
Back in 2010, detailed information panels along Fishermen’s Wharf were created by Mark McDonough, Vito Giacalone, Peter Prybot and Joey Ciaramitaro. The panels were installed along the Giacalone’s wall, between businesses and at the water’s edge. The content, collaborative spirit and contemporary reporting impacted the HarborWalk design. Cambridge Seven Associates, architects for the HarborWalk, were fans. Connections were encouraged. Two HarborWalk story posts (formerly described as Story Moments) were sited at each end: Fishing Today HarborWalk Story Post #5 and Lobstering HarborWalk Story Post #4. Pretty much everybody hoped the signs would be cared for and this outdoor channel would remain.
Thanks to bright sunshine, the panels along Fishermen’s Wharf deteriorated. Some of the fabulous content disappeared. Guess what? Signs are temporary and can be re-visited.
New signs were designed, content edited and updated, and the display taken to a new level with support of the City. Matt Coogan, Senior Planner Community Development, directed the project, working with the original authors and team. Cambridge Seven Associates designed the panels. The addition of fine art photography, drawings and design spiffed up the already museum quality display. Fine art by Joey Ciaramitaro, Marty Luster, Paul Frontiero and others are something else to celebrate this week!
Saunter by. More stories to come. Worth repeating: the exhibit is still a work in progress. It’s not 100% live…yet!
contact Friends of the HarborWalk (most active related to the beautiful public gardens) kimsmithdesigns@hotmail.com and/or gharborwalk@gmail.com
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GloucesterCast 143 Promo Reel From Cape Ann TV. Episode Airs Tonight at 8PM On Channel 20
Tune In Tonight at 8PM To Watch It On Cape Ann TV Channel 20
Check Out The Rest of Cape Ann TV’s Lineup Here
Play the promo here-
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More Three Foot #Lobster Traps From the Fishermen @CaptJoeLobster For Sale
They are all in good working condition. They cost $25 each. here is a link to where you can get a recreational license and fish them yourself-
http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dmf/laws-and-regulations/recreational-regulations/#lobster
95 East Main Street Captain Joe and Sons. Call ahead 978-283-1454
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Our #GloucesterMA Fire department Only Has 37 Twitter Followers. Let’s Change That. @gloucesterfire
Our Fire Department only has 37 twitter followers? Really? Like that’s just crazy and it needs to change.
Follow Them On Twitter Here- https://twitter.com/gloucesterfire
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George’s Coffee Shop Hollandaise Breakfast Boats. #GLOUCESTERMA #Boom
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Cooking Ocean Perch (Redfish To the locals) On The Weber Smokey Joe Charcoal Grill
What’s on the grill at the dock today you ask? 
Set Up Smokey Joe For Grilling With Direct Heat using the Weber RapidFire Chimney To Get The Cowboy Lump Charcoal Heated Up. Fill Chimney 2/3 of the way with lump. Wait til coals on top turn white and dump them out evenly along the bottom of the grill.
Redfish is very similar to red snapper only smaller and less oily, more like a mild flaky white fillet. Gut the Redfish and trim as much of the fins and tails as you would like. I don’t go crazy because we’re basically gonna devour it with our hands here at the dock. Then perform three slices along the body to get seasoning in there just deep enough that you’re almost at the center bone.
Rub the fish down with some olive oil all over. Slice some onions and lemons and stuff the body cavity and then apply your favorite fish rub.
Arrange the fish on the grill and keep the top and bottom vents wide open.
Be very careful on the turns. I used a spatula to make sure the entire fish is separated from the grill before trying to perform the turn. The first turn should be performed about 15-18 minutes after the fish hits the grates. You can tell once the flesh turns white that it’s ready to flip.
After the first turn the other side should take another 15 minutes or so. again when removing from the grill gently make sure the entire fish is separated from the grill so it won’t fall apart when plating.
Delicious!
Time to make soup!
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#GloucesterMA Introducing Electric Car Rapid Charging Station Which Will Be Available For Public Use!!!!
Hi Everyone
You are invited to join the Mayor in the Annex Parking lot at 3:30 next Tuesday, June 16th. She will be electrifying the City fleet by presenting 3 new Nissan Leafs and a rapid vehicle charging station. The 3 leafs will be used by our inspectional services team, and the charging station will be available for public use during Annex business hours.
We hope to see you all there!
Thanks,
Matt
Matthew Coogan, AICP
Senior Planner | Community Development
City of Gloucester
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Community Stuff 6/10/15
Annual memberships run from April 30 to May 1st of each year.
Its worth it to join as a family member.
We charge a fee of $20 per person($10 for children under 14) for the boat ride to Thacher for non-members.
(Rockport residents go free.)
As a member this fee will be waived!
Family memberships($60) will allow up to 6 immediate family members seats on the Thacher Island launch free. Individual memberships ($30) will allow one person to ride free. (Reservations are still required)
We accept credit cards for those who want to join immediately. Just click on the link below and it will take you to our web site where you can sign up and pay for your membership by credit card. You can also pay by check as well.
SeniorCare’s 6th Annual Sunset Boat Cruise
Presented by Associated Home Care Inc., SeniorCare’s 6th Annual Sunset Boat Cruise will take place aboard the HURRICANE II Rose’s Wharf, 415 Main Street, Gloucester, MA, Thursday, July 9, 2015, from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. The evening includes a raffle, picnic lunch, cash bar, dancing with music provided by Leo’s Classic Hits. Tickets are $30.00 per person and business sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information visit our web site at www.seniorcareinc.org or call Paula Curley at 978-281-1750, 1-866-927-1050.
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The Latest GloucesterCast Taping Will Be Aired Wednesday Night At 8PM on Channel 20
Tune In To Witness The Madness!
Good Morning Gloucester 