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— Rick Doucette (@RickYMCA) March 29, 2014
Author: Joey Ciaramitaro
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Look For All The Ingredients In One Spot At Market Basket (see this post)-
VIVA MARKET BASKET!
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Nice waves on Thacher Island ramp
Photos From John Fulton
Whistle House on Thacher Island in snow
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Gloucester Sunrise Video from Dwight Hebert
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Community Stuff 3/18/15
Larry Martin-Bittman is exhibiting a collection of his paintings, now through March 28th, at Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative,
121 Main Street, Gloucester, MA. Hours: 10:00-5:00.
Painting: The Old Man and The Sea
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Electricity Update: Boston Globe Says Electric Companies Now Fear Solar
Utilities fight rise in home solar power
By Joby Warrick
Three years ago, the nation’s top utility executives gathered at a Colorado resort to hear warnings about a grave new threat to operators of America’s electric grid: not superstorms or cyberattacks, but rooftop solar panels.
If demand for residential solar continued to soar, traditional utilities could soon face serious problems, from declining retail sales and a loss of customers to ‘‘potential obsolescence,’’ according to a presentation prepared for the group. ‘‘Industry must prepare an action plan to address the challenges,’’ it said.
The warning, delivered to a private meeting of the utility industry’s main trade association, became a call to arms for electricity providers in nearly every corner of the nation.
Three years later, the industry and its fossil-fuel supporters are waging a determined campaign to stop a home-solar insurgency that is rattling the boardrooms of the country’s government-regulated electric monopolies.
Wow, solar has come that far that the Electric companies are fearing them as making them potentially obsolete. I had no idea when Brian O’Connor signed up and qualified for Solar at his house that he told me that it’s actually going to pay him to have solar panels installed.
In my mind solar went from not to long ago something that rich environmentalists did to feel good about themselves to now a viable financial alternative that makes sense not only for the environment but also for the pocketbook and for the common man.
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Check out what East Gloucester’s Brian O’connor’s Solar Energy advisor had to say in our interview a couple months ago-
Hi Joey,
Just a quick follow on Brian and Diane O’Connor’s Solar evaluation.
Brian and Diane’s home has qualified and they have decided to put rooftop solar on their home in Gloucester. (Only 15% of homes in MA are eligible.)
Because of their home’s orientation to the sun and other factors, their entire cost will be covered by various federal, state and utility incentives. In fact they will actually be making money over and above their cost. And getting 90% of their electricity for free.
If anyone else would like to find out if their home qualifies, I just need their contact information and our techs will initially rate the home via satellite. If it qualifies, we can up with a time for us to talk about how it all works. (About 90 mins.)
I am in the process of working with several other Gloucester residents and will keep you posted on their progress.
Many thanks for your continued support,
Kevin Prickett
Solar Advisor
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GloucesterCast 121 St Paddy’s Day 2015 With Guest Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro #GloucesterMA
GloucesterCast 121 St Paddy’s Day 2015 With Guest Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
Topics Include: Guest Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro, Snow Melt, Vacation At The Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, All Inclusive Today vs All Inclusive 15 Years Ago, Riviera Maya vs Cancun, Thanks Super K and @HRHRivieraMaya, Yoga Is Where It’s At, St Joseph’s Day Props To All The Families Who Have Kept Up The Traditions, St Paddy’s Day At The Rhumb Line, Tom O’Brien’s Baru, Mike Lindberg, Earl Foote Video, Favorite Greasy Pole Walk Video, Cacciatore’s Blowing Up Toby’s Phone While We Tape The Podcast, Cacciatore’s Opening Date Pushed Forward For Final City Permitting Sign Offs Not Opening This Saturday the 21st!!!, Boston Seafood Show, Gloucester MA Community Development, Fishermen’s Wives, Gloucester MA Fisheries Commission and Mark Ring Does Us Proud, New St Paddy’s Day GMG Sticker A Huge Hit Shout Out To The People Who Sent In SASE For Their Free Stickers, Loss Of FOB Bruce Bonham, Pulling Back On The Selfie Stick Post, Mexico Day One…, Missing Regulars Kim Smith Due To Illness and Donna Ardizzoni, Happy Kim Smith’s Daughter Liv Didn’t Plan Her Wedding During Fiesta, Electric Companies Now Fear The Efficiency of Solar Energy, Brian O’Connor Says His Solar Install Is Going To Pay Him, Vince Wilfork and Revis Leaving, Question: Will Tom Brady End His Career a Patriot?, Derek Sandersen’s Book, Foreign Affairs My New Favorite Local Restaurant, Duckworth’s, Blue Ox, Ithaki, Franklin, Passports, The Studio, Seaport Grille, The Lobster Pool, What Is The Staus Of Madfish Grille?
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Live Streaming Right Now From The Rhumb Line It’s Tom O’Brien’s Irish Band
Click the link to watch the Scene Live Streaming Video Right From The Rhumb Line!!!!!
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Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation
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Thanks to the Friends of Seacoast the residents enjoyed many activities including their Valentine’s Day with beautiful décor, a concert with love songs and a dessert buffet . The Superbowl Celebration, weekly concerts and the monthly dinner theater with entertainment by Sheila Schrank were all a great time thanks to the Friends.
Special thanks to the Students from Eastern Point School, West Parish Students and the Freshman Class of Essex Tech who made handmade Valentine Cards for the Seacoast Residents. Every resident received a lovely Valentine Card.
The Friends of Seacoast enhance the resident’s lives at the Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center with hours of enjoyment by providing the finances needed for the special entertainment, supplies and community outings. Any and all donations to “The Friends of Seacoast” are gratefully accepted.
The Friends of Seacoast are grateful for the gifts received in honor of loved ones.
We are looking forward…
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Spring is here and so is the Annual River Herring Count!
Each spring for over 10 years, the City of Gloucester, the Eight Towns and the Great Marsh Committee and NOAA-NMFS have coordinated the annual river herring (alewife) count at the top of the fish ladder by the West Gloucester Water Filtration Plant on Essex Avenue.
Volunteer monitors help scientists by observing and documenting the spring run of herring as they migrate from their home in the Atlantic Ocean to their freshwater spawning grounds. This is a wonderful activity for interested individuals, families, youth organizations and students who want to play an active part in local conservation efforts. Learning to become a volunteer monitor is easy and the time spent observing can require as little as ten minutes of your day.
This year’s count will take place from April 1st to May 30th.
A training session will be held on Saturday March 28th at 9:00 A.M. in the
Friend Room of the Sawyer Free Library.
If you would like to become a volunteer monitor and help efforts to protect this important species, please contact:
Dave Sargent/ Alewife Warden @ 978-282-8018 – dsargent@gloucester-ma.gov
or Max Schenk @ 978-282-8025 – mschenk@gloucester-ma..gov
Time coverage is the key to a successful count and any time you can give will make a difference!
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Correction: Cacciatore’s Opening Date Pending Final Inspections!
Update:
We just got a phone call from the guys at Cacciatore’s and while they put out the sign that they would be opening, this Saturday March 21 they have to wait for a few final sign offs from the City to get started. They want to make sure everything is just right and are looking to next week but assure us that they will give us a heads up as soon as they get final sign offs from the city.
TOBY FORWARDS-
SATURDAY MARCH 21ST!
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We Lost A Great FOB From Ontario Canada- Bruce Bonham
Bruce had been a regular on GMG from the early days even though he lived in Canada, and visited every summer. Always friendly and upbeat he loved GMG and Our City. In the picture below you can see Bruce with the original GMG Bumper Sticker back in May 2009, a year and a couple months after GMG started and Bruce was already hooked.
Bruce Bonham From Ontario Represents!
Posted on May 30, 2009 by Joey C
Bruce Bonham From Ontario Represents!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Daughter Jacquelyn writes-
Just wanted to send a big thank you to Good Morning Gloucester, My father Bruce Bonham who passed suddenly on March 3/15 was truly a fan. My parents spent many years vacationing in Gloucester ” Rocky Neck ” and my dad always wanted me to see his favorite spot. I was fortunate enough to join my parents on trips to this special place. My father loved this so much he said he felt he was home.
Good Morning Gloucester was a regular routine for my dad with his morning coffee.
I want to thank all the people of Gloucester, Mona and her husband at Rocky Neck Accommodations, thanks for making our stays special and of course the boat rides. Thanks to Brenda who conversed a lot with my dad. Thanks to the Rudder who always found us a table. Thanks to you Joey for of course Good Morning Gloucester, and the Lobsta!!. To Nights On the Neck for making us feel welcome, and to Town of Gloucester for the same.
Thanks again for making this my fathers very special place
Bruce Bonham obits St Catharines Standard Newspaper St. Catharines, Ontario Canada
Yours Truly
Jacquelyn and Louise Bonham
Always sending in his famous Gloucester Christmas Cards-
2010
Hi Joey,
Thought I’d send you this holiday greeting from St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA!!
Thank God for GMG! Keeps us informed about the greatest place on earth.
All the best to you and your family,
Bruce and Louise Bonham
ps – see you at the dock in May — if all goes as planned!
Hi Joey,
You may recall I was at the ‘dock’ last Tuesday (Sep. 21).
Since 2004, we’ve stayed at Mona Faherty’s Rocky Neck Accommodations.
Since I’m now retired, we’re trying to make the trip from St.
Catharines, Ontario (near Niagara Falls).
Obviously, we love the area. And we love GMG!
Thought I’d send you three pictures I took during our last visit, if
they’re any use to your web site.
See you next May, if all goes as planned!
Bruce and Louise Bonham
2012
Hi Joey,
A warm greeting from Canada!
We wish you and all your thousands of blog viewers a healthy holiday season.
Hope to see you in the spring. Especially eager for a Gloucester and Rocky Neck appearance since having to miss 2012’s visit.
Take care,
Bruce & Louise Bonham
St. Catharines, Ontario
2013
Hi Joey,
All the best of the season to you, yours and your many blog viewers!
See you in the spring.
Bruce Louise Bonham
St. Catharines, Ontario
Thank you Bruce and Jackie. It was always my pleasure when you guys came to visit. Your dad is a special man and we will miss his warm smile every time he was around!
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Community Stuff 3/17/15
March 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, March 23, 1-2pm, the program will be “Downtown Gloucester”. How has our downtown changed? See images of former businesses and street views as we stroll down Main Street and the downtown. Sponsored by the Phyllis A Marine Association. Supported by the Awesome Gloucester Foundation. For more information go to the Phyllis A Marine Association website at www.phyllis-a.org.
Gloucester Rotary Club’s Night at the Races. Night at the Races is a fund raiser on April 10th, at The Cruiseport, in Gloucester. All proceeds will go to the support the activities of the Gloucester Rotary Club.
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UBER MEETING FOR POTENTIAL DRIVERS Tuesday 3/17 from 6p-9p at The Hive at 11 Pleasant St in Gloucester
Uber has partnered with the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and will be in town looking for partner drivers!
Click here to get signed up and start making money
. To fill you in (if you didn’t know), Uber is a mobile app that seamlessly connects riders with drivers at the push of a button. The technology has taken-off in over 260 cities across the globe (it’s HUGE in Boston!) allowing residents to travel around their communities quickly and efficiently. Driving with Uber is perfect for a those looking for seasonal/temporary work or for folks who need an entrepreneurial full-time opportunity. You can work whenever you want at the push of a button (you’re the boss!) and no previous experience as a driver is necessary.
Uber’s driver partners come from all occupational walks of life ranging from traditional driving and transportation industries to service and creative industries. If you are a designer, artist, entrepreneur, fisherman, or in between jobs and need flexibility, you should try driving with Uber to supplement your income. Partners in Boston are making up to $35/hour ($6400/month in fares) and checks are deposited into their bank accounts weekly.
With the summer demand just around the corner, there will be huge opportunities to make some more money during our summer festivals!
Here are some pretty cool videos to see how people use Uber as a great way to keep their income rolling:
– Uber Partners for Every lifestyle
– Uber Partner Musician
Interested? Here is some basic information about being a partner driver:
What You Need to Get Started:
✓ 4-door vehicle (2000 or newer)
✓ Valid driver’s license and personal auto insurance
✓ Vehicle registration
✓ You’re at least 21 years old
Start the application today!
If you are interested, start the application process here: t.uber.com/GMGloucester
If you have any follow-up questions, please visit us in person at The Hive on Tuesday 3/17 or contact partnersboston@uber.com . The more you to today, the sooner you will be on the road making a difference and earning income!
Meet the team:
The Uber team from Boston will be holding an onboarding/information session on Tuesday 3/17 from 6p-9p at The Hive at 11 Pleasant St in Gloucester to explain the economic opportunities for the residents of Cape Ann.
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Homie Is Flying At The #GloucesterMA Booth At The Seafood Show
Big time props to all those who made the Gloucester Booth happen. For too many years I’d attend the International Boston Seafood Show and Gloucester had no representation. This group has elevated our town on an international stage and for that we should all be proud. Thank you for all you do.
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If You Ate At The #GloucesterMA Booth At The Seafood Show You’d Be Full By Now
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Cousin @allyshims says it best…
https://twitter.com/allyshims/status/576952091240988672
You know how cell phone companies come out with incredible numbers of features with every product upgrade? Well I’m willing to bet that if a cell phone manufacturer developed an “opt-out” button for group texts that it would be a huge hit.
There are definitely situations where group texts are big time helpful but I’m sure that I’ve initiated some group texts that have irritated the hell out of people. This is why they shouldn’t go away, but have the option to self opt out of them.
Here’s the situation:
You’re waiting for an important business text about what time to meet up when you get a group text invite to a BBQ with all your best buddies. You’re thankful for the invite but know that you won’t be able to make it because you know you’ve got this business meeting. So you politely decline and then put your phone back in your pocket while waiting for confirmation on what time you’ll be meeting your business associate.
Aaaaaand that’s when your phone starts to blow up with replies (not unlike your own initial reply) and then counter replies all throughout the text message chain. Each time your phone chirps you’re obligated to check it because you’re still waiting for that confirmation from your business associate. Phone in and out and in and out of your pocket.
If you knew you couldn’t make the BBQ right off the bat and you had an “opt-out” button, you’d be all set.
Maybe I’m missing something and it already exists. If so, let me know. Also how do you handle group texts?
PS:Thanks cousin for the great tweet this morning 🙂
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This Girl Needs To Be Committed, Right?
What kind of psychopath willingly takes a yellow starburst over a pink one? That’s just crazytalk.
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How Would You Rank The “Selfie Stick” On A Most Obnoxious Product Of 2015 List?
The Number of Selfie Sticks I’ve Seen On This Trip Is Disturbing.
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Spring Cleaning for Your Health
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Spring is Just One Week Away! A welcome sight after the long winter we’ve had in New England. The mountains of snow are beginning to melt and signs of spring are finally cropping up.
‘Bluebird of Happiness’. Photo Courtesy of Michael Chamness. © Wings & Waves Photo Art. Gloucester MA.
Did You Make A New Years Resolution to Exercise? Have you been able to keep it, or has it gone by the wayside, like the ‘disappearing sidewalks’ that made getting around this winter more difficult? Even if you LOVE winter and winter sports like I do, the brutal winter temperatures made it difficult to get outside to exercise. Hopefully, you found…
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Good Morning Gloucester 