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.
#GloucesterMA Police Put Police Tape On Good Harbor Beach Footbridge… Reports Of Quicksand
Martin Del Vecchio Photo
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After the Valentine’s Weekend Storm… Rocky Neck, the Gloucester Marine Railway, and Harbor Loop From Mary Barker
Hi Joey,
I needed to check out what the 4 major storms had done to my favorite stomping grounds. Rocky Neck, the Gloucester Marine Railway, and the Harbor Loop.
I was not expecting to see Smith Cove iced over. The snow piles are outrageous. I hope everyone stays safe, dry and warm. I especially hope that groundhog was wrong! Keep smiling.
Mary Barker
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Chickity Check It!- Kristy Asaro’s Coyote Photos From Her Parents’ Back Porch In East #GloucesterMA
Check Out Way More Photos Of The Coyote Up Close And Personal (Click On The Photos On Her Site For The Larger Sized Versions)and Subscribe to Kristy’s Blog Here- http://www.imaginekristy.com/w2/coyote/
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Heart Pounding Coyote Encounter On Video
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Community Stuff 2/19/15
New Year’s Rockport Eve is sponsoring their 2nd Karaoke night on Saturday, February 28th, 8-11 PM at Spiran Hall corner of Broadway & School St., Rockport (home of the Little Art Cinema). Break those Winter dull drums and come have some fun with a group of wonderful fun loving people! There will be 130,000 songs to choose from covering 1940 – today with Karaoke Host, Jon Cavanaugh. Snacks, soft drinks and coffee will be available, but B.Y.O.B. Help New Year’s Rockport Eve prepare for 2015. Advance tickets: claire.nyre@comcast.net or 978-559-1263.
Thanks You,
Claire Franklin
President New Year’s Rockport Eve, Inc.
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#GloucesterMA Frozen Harbor At Dusk 2/16/15 @CaptJoeLobster
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Leslie Heffron Shares Some Much Needed Color
Hi Joey! I ducked down to PA for the weekend, but am seeing lots of white back in Rockport! Thought Cape Ann could use a little color right about now so I’m sending a painting and a drawing I did of my home state. This is what winter in PA looks like! Hope everybody is staying warm!
Leslie
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Youth Hockey
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SNOWSTORM UPDATE FROM PAUL MCGEARY
Snowstorm update CORRECTION
Follow-up trash and recycling pickup today (Wednesday)
My apologies, because this is a holiday week, trash/recycle pickup is one day later than normal. Below is the plan for trash/recycling for the rest of the week:
If your normal pickup day is Monday or Tuesday, bring your trash and recycling to curbside today.
If your normal pickup day is Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, please put your trash out one day later than your normal pickup day.
If you are desperate to get rid of your recycling, you can bring it to the Hiltz Recycling Center at 24 Kondelin Road. Note that only recyclables can be brought to this location–not trash.
If it gets to be late in the day and no one has arrived yet, call the DPW at 978-281-9785
For more information
Updates will be forthcoming as the storm progresses. Please check the City of Gloucester website for further updates at www.gloucester-ma.gov
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Frozen #GloucesterMA Harbor Photos From Kathy Chapman
Hi Joey…attached pic of frozen harbor in case you want to post…
Best, Kathy Chapman
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North Channel #GloucesterMA Harbor 2/17/15 4:20PM
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Community Stuff 2/18/15
Ipswich Middle School presents
Guys & Dolls Jr
March 6 & 7 at 7:30pm
March 8 at 2:30pm
at the Ipswich Performing Art Center
134 High Street
Tickets: $10 adult, $8 student and senior
Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, Guys And Dolls JR. is an oddball romantic comedy that takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong.
Nathan & Adelaide: Nathan Detroit (Evan Kneedler) pleads his undying love to Miss Adelaide (Kathryn Meany) in Ipswich Middle School’s production of Guys & Dolls
Sky & Sarah: Straight-laced Sarah Brown (Lydia Brendel) is not impressed by smooth talking Sky Masterson (Aaron Ross) in Ipswich Middle School’s production of Guys & Dolls
Thank the Lord!: The cast of Ipswich Middle School’s production of Guys & Dolls perform “Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat”
Hello Joey C.,
I am a follower of Good Morning Gloucester and live in Magnolia on the weekends and in the summer. I am trying to gain as many signatures I can on the petition below so that I can have the surgery that I desperately need on my neck. Is there any was you could sign this and help me spread the word? I would love to have over 2 hundred signatures by tomorrow when I present it to BCBS of MA.
Thank you,
Cheryl
The Sarah Lufkin Memorial Scholarship Fund is named in honor of Sarah Lufkin, who passed away from complications of leukemia in April, 1997. Friends of the family set up a scholarship fund to help Essex students who are going to college and studying in a field that benefits children. Sarah was a Dean’s List student studying Early Childhood Education at Salem State College when she was diagnosed with cancer.
The Lufkin family, in conjunction with Periwinkle’s Restaurant in Essex, is hosting a fabulous, fun evening to benefit the scholarship fund, on March 5 at the restaurant at 74 Main Street, Route 133. The evening, from 6:00pm to 10:00pm, will include hors d’ouevres, a silent auction, raffle and live music provided by local musician, Joe Militello. Tickets are $25.00 per person and will be available at the door on the night of the event.
The Lufkin family is proud to announce that to honor George Lufkin, Sarah’s father who sadly passed away in 2014, the student award will be increased this year. Many people donated to the fund upon George’s passing and the family is pleased to have another child advocate benefit from their generosity.
The Scholarship Committee is always looking for donations of food from local restaurants and catering companies and donations of items for the silent auction and raffle. If you would like to donate, please get in touch with Sue Lufkin at 978-768-7122, Laura Lufkin at 978-985-6532 or Kim Lufkin Williams at 978-853-0845.
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Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken on Snow Removal in Gloucester
Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken on Snow Removal in Gloucester
Clip from this months Cape Ann Report: Mayor’s Report with Mayor Sefatia
Romeo Theken. In this clip Mayor Theken talks about how the City of
Gloucester is dealing with snowmagaddon 2015 and how the city’s staff is
doing their best work and putting the city first.
From Cape Ann TV
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#GloucesterMA 4:49AM 2/16/15 @USCGNortheast Cutter Grand Isle At The State Fish Pier Part II
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Ken Knowles Blizzard Photos 2/15/15 and Lovely Paintings
Knowles Art-
Winter Gloucester Waterfront
Oil 24 x 30
Rockyneck
16 x 20
Check Out Ken’s Work Here- http://www.kenknowlesfineart.com/ken_final/home.html
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Parking. GLOUCESTER STYLE…
Photo Super K.
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Foxwoods Fun-raiser To Benefit “Light Up Mattos Campaign
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Chickity Check It! Eoin Vincent’s 18 Haven
Main Street Gloucester
Posted 01/24/15 by Eoin Vincent and filed under:
Click the Header Above To Check Out Many Other Great Photos From Eoin’s Family Archive
From The Site-
18 Haven was the address of the home and studios of Ken and Elizabeth Vincent. Originally bought as a summer home in 1950’s from realtor Ray Kierman they took permanent residency there years later.
“Why do you want to go anyplace else when you’re already HERE!” – Kenneth Vincent
Elizabeth and Ken met in Ogunquit, ME sometime in the early 1920’s. Elizabeth’s parents regularly spent their summers in Ogunquit and Ken’s parents sent him there to paint and live in a fishing shack.
Elizabeth aspired to be a writer but also enjoyed painting, gardening, and cooking. She loved the wild blueberry and bayberry bushes around the yard of 18 Haven Avenue. She often did paintings from slides or photos that she had taken during their travels to Europe, or around New England. She loved reading cookbooks, art books, and both Sunday edition New York Times and Boston Globe.
Kenneth Vincent
Ken started his career in New York, doing work with his brother in-law on the Perry Como show. He later went to Newell-Emmett/Cunningham & Walsh as a “bull pen” artist and to Campbell-Ewald, where he became Creative Director. Campbell-Ewald offered Ken a position as Vice President, which would have meant moving the family to Detroit. He refused, moved the family to Rockport, and opened Kenneth Vincent Advertising.
Kenneth Vincent Advertising worked on many projects with local businesses on Cape Ann including: Gloucester Paint, Cape Ann Savings Bank, Bomco, and The Building Center.
Ken and Elizabeth had five children together.
In August of 2012 their son Peter Vincent passed away. Boxes and boxes of negatives, slides, and films were found and the estate asked me to look after them. The first goal for me was to make sure everything was safe. Then, over time, I want to put something together for the family; hopefully, the long-term goal would be to create a book. Though as I looked at many of the images, there seemed to be a need to share some of these images and stories immediately with family and the larger community of Cape Ann, historic designer, and local families.This is how www.18haven.com came to be.
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Community Stuff 2/17/15
Dear Joey:
One of Gloucester’s own, Katy Geraghty (GHS 2012 alum) is coming home to perform on the stage at GHS in March. She is bringing the music of a cappella in the form of The Hexachords, a six-person group from UMass Amherst. There will be a one-night only performance on March 13 – proceeds to benefit the high school’s Theater Department and their upcoming show “Legally Blonde.” Tickets are $8.00 for all seats and on sale now.
Thank you in advance for posting this. We’re excited to bring this award-winning college singing group to our own musically-rich city — hope everyone will come out to enjoy it!
Sent by: GHS Theater Boosters
Gloucester High School
Island Art And Hobby is now offering another amazing reason to shop locally for all your art supplies – prepaid Artist Discount Cards. Purchase a $200 gift card at 10% off -use it- and when it is gone, you will continue to receive 10% off purchases for the remainder of the year. Same deal, but BETTER- Purchase a $400 card at 20% off and when it’s gone, get 20% off for the rest of the year! Additional benefits are available for the serious artist (included with your gift card purchase). Inquire inside the store.
Island Art And Hobby 117 Main Street 978-879-4511
Gloucester History Sharing Program is back! Thanks to funding from the Awesome Gloucester Fund for equipment and the sponsorship of the Phyllis A Marine Association, Beth Welin will return to the Rose Baker Center each month to give a presentation about Gloucester’s history. These slideshows focus on various pieces of our city’s history. It’s called the History SHARING Program because Beth will share what she’s learned about the topic while the audience is encouraged to share what they know.
The first program will take place on February 23 at 1pm upstairs in the Rose Baker Center. The topic will be Gloucester’s Former Grand Hotels. Arly Pett will join her sharing a number of pieces of memorabilia from various Gloucester hotels. The program will continue on the 4th Monday of each month. For more information go to the Phyllis A Marine Association website at www.phyllis-a.org.
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