Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

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Community Stuff 2/21/15

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Docksiders fundraiser at Azorean 2/26/15

Joey –

Attached is a flyer for a Gloucester High School Docksiders band fundraiser at the Azorean on Thursday February 26th (one week)

We would appreciate it if you could post this on good morning Gloucester.  Note people must bring the ticket in order for the donation to count.

Thank you for all of your help

thanks

Andy

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Good Morning!

The Manchester Community Center is offering a free Prom Trunk Show on Friday, February 27th from 5 to 7pm at the center. It is a free event open to High School students! I have attached the write up and was wondering if you could put it on Good Morning Gloucester site.

Kim Kaner, Director of the MCC

Calling all High School Students! The MCC hosts the First Annual PROM TRUNK SHOW on Friday, February 27th, from 5-7pm

You are invited to the first ever Prom Trunk show brought to you by the Manchester Community Center. You do not want to miss this event! A fun and exciting evening packed with the latest fashions including dresses & tuxedos, hairstyles, jewelry, make-up and great ideas to help make your Prom Night special.

This event is free and open to the public! It is not too early to prepare for the prom season. There will be coupons, great raffle prizes as well as complimentary snacks and beverages.

The Manchester Community Center is located at 40 Beach Street, Manchester. (In the rear of Harbor’s Point Parking lot)

The following vendors will be participating:

· J. Gibley, Tuxedo & Suit rentals

· The Ultimate

· David’s Bridal

· Jennifer’s Hair Studio & Spa

· Sugar Coated

· Makeup by Courtney K.

And much more….

Think Global. Shop local.

Pop Gallery has acquired quite the eclectic collection for Spring/Summer 2015. And we know you all could use a little warmth and COLOR right about now!

Currently in stock are Fair Trade, recycled Kantha belts by World Finds, as well as earrings, unique necklaces and lightweight scarves!

We’ve also got beautifully hand-crafted wooden and steel rings by a designer we picked up in New York, and all new pearl and brass jewelry as well, that will transport your whole look in seconds…. seriously, you will feel Bollywood beautiful!

GloucesterCast 118 Taped 2/20/15 with Guests Craig Kimberley, Kim Smith, Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro

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GloucesterCast 118 Taped 2/20/15 with Guests Craig Kimberley, Kim Smith, Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro


Topics Include: Guests Craig Kimberley, Kim Smith, Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro.  Mentally Crushing Snow Damage, Toby and Kim Give Props To Addison Gilbert Hospital, Are People Ready To Abandon Massachusetts for Florida?, Craig’s High Speed Slow Mo iPhone Video, Craig Kimberley and Brian O’Connor’s SkyProp Media To Launch Soon, Contributors Should Feel Free To Provide Links To Their Own Projects On Their Posts, Polarizing Coyote Comments, Wearing The Right Winter Clothing Makes A Huge Difference, Ugg Slippers, Muck  and Bog Boots, Contigo Travel Coffee Mug , Craig’s App Recommendation FilMic Pro, Kim Smith Recommends Instagram, How Much Are Camera Companies Getting Beaten Up By Smartphone Sales?, Joey Recommends Radar Express for Android,Trident Gallery The Art of Natural History Event, Charlie Carroll, Fish On, Capturing The Catch Fishing Photography Seminar with Craig Kimberley, Blog Tutorial Classes If People Are Interested.
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Lanes Cove Frozen Solid February 2015 Photo From Judy Wright

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Hi again Joey,

I’ve attached another photo taken in Lanesville.  Lanes Cove is frozen solid and Ipswich bay has an icy covering.  You can see just a bit of unfrozen water on the top right.

Thanks for using my last photos.

Judy Wright

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DRONE FISHING FROM ABOVE: BASS ROCKS #GLOUCESTERMA – DJI Phantom 2 From Craig Kimberley

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AMIRA & SAM – Boston- One Night Only Feb 21 Meet the director and star- next week Salem

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Meg Montagnino Associate Producer of this film-

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Single-screen movie houses whether intimate (Cape Ann Cinema and Stage) or grand (Ziegfield) are a luxury. Seeing a movie in a place like that is an event. The really good ones can make you feel like you’re about to see a masterpiece. And then there are movies that must be seen on a big screen and that invite a shared cultural experience. Sometimes both. You just have to leave the house. If you missed the recent Gloucester premier for the movie Amira & Sam at Cape Ann Cinema, get ready to mark your calendar for two more Massachusetts premiers. The movie will be shown this weekend ONE NIGHT ONLY for a very special Boston screening and again next week in Salem, details for both as follows:

 

First up—BOSTON. This Saturday, February 21, join writer-director Sean Mullin and star Dina Shihabi for a One Night Only screening Amira and Sam. Mullin works out of LA and is promoting his debut feature. AMIRA & SAM – Boston – One Night Only

What: Amira and Sam special Boston screening with Director and cast member(s)

When: Saturday, February 21, 2015, 7pm

Where: Theater 1 and Space 57 at the Revere Hotel, Boston, MA

Purchase tickets here  https://gm1.ggpht.com/MIH2xns_C0K5RM4_4pbEUdXMQShRF5X3sn50AUbK3uy3rqoJWdwEdDXpudVV3BKZb7hTXnJesI6OENHIq84ELhwB3z0ARyVMmRbJ7GS80z2V6h6DaA84Mu9Gimk3QJndZuxWeFzTZm9yD2Du90UshngOXffXEfEZQ-TuO77LqGCcXm0VUsyr5wch9R97Rrac9nfMUk4se2pE3luAf8PVdwu-mv2oKo7Cy_EMVs_42hvFIz1lXPKnOG3yMDAzsdl2hQXOyVpI1ZypUxUPGzYiTMr0sGnnvxIL3JtAhJd3n7SJnjc_K6AZ4GKo0LSlRitmG0vlyHmBtlzzsyXQjXH7-d-wo9RTWyX0PJ0Il2mrBTJ6O4ZP87TCM6KYdvlcLHAdoezZ2iBSwTHmJ3he92LpgZ4uuOYiOe_-uhLIHV7KFCLrDS0GJI4Z6aLgDfrSrZ2uFam7xYLBOupVfAzBqBkjcqPxJTRTrYnkjLmGzrxAIQxDgvKPKgqgVvCmFZEAhGQmPWoTO9-ycs9zJ-p3ZkQB5UvOF-A_MI3aSdhSUk2rZkx2m84MV47EANxN2zxuRkm3PUTWUl40HA=w222-h144-l75-ft

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-screening-of-amira-sam-tickets-15749179219

**Just Announced**
Discounted tickets for students and military (active, reserve, and veteran)!

 

Next week, SALEM.  Premiers Thursday February 26th with a special screening and skype Q&A with the writer-director Sean Mullin. The Q&A at the Gloucester premier was great fun thanks to Mullin’s smart, quick wit. The movie will continue its Salem run through March 5th.

What: Amira and Sam special Salem premier with skype Q&A

When: Salem premier, Thursday, February 26, 2015 with Skype Q&A

February 27-March 5th daily screenings

Where: Drafthouse Films, Salem, MA

Purchase tickets here:

http://drafthousefilms.com/film/amira-sam

MOVIE FANS, I’m wondering about movie trailers and previews. Love ‘em or hate ‘em?

2015 Crane Beach Parking Permit Stickers on Sale

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Hi Joey,

It’s hard to believe we’re thinking about beach season, but it’s nice to have something to look forward to! That said, while I know Gloucester residents have Good Harbor beach to enjoy, I thought I would share the below release announcing Crane Beach Parking Stickers are now on sale for the year. Hope you are well and, as always, thanks for your consideration!

Best,

Holly Hannaway

The Trustees of Reservations Announce

2015 Crane Beach Parking Permit Stickers on Sale

Beach Sticker Program Offers Significant Savings on Year-Round Visits

to One of the Northeast’s Most Beautiful Beaches

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The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) announced today that Crane Beach Parking Permits are for sale online. Purchasing a 2015–2016 Crane Beach Parking Permit sticker will allow Trustees’ members to park at Crane Beach for no additional charge, offering a significant savings for frequent beach visitors. The cost of the sticker for Trustees’ members is $75.

Blair Steck, Director of Membership Acquisitions for The Trustees, encourages members to take advantage of the sticker program noting, “it’s the best beach deal to be found on the North Shore. For just $75, Trustees’ members can take enjoy the beach all day, all year – whether it’s taking long walks along the pristine shoreline in the off-seasons, spending a sun-filled Fourth of July with family and friends, or plunging in the Atlantic for a refreshing dip mid-August.”

The parking sticker program is available to Trustees’ members. Membership in The Trustees starts at just $37 for students and seniors, $47 for individuals, and $67 for families. As a Trustees’ member, not only do you enjoy significant savings at Crane Beach, but you’ll also enjoy discounts at other Trustees properties and programs locally and across the state – from the Castle Hill Summer Concert Picnic Series and the luxurious Inn at Castle Hill in Ipswich, to Appleton Cooks! workshops and farm-to-fork events.

Crane Beach is open year-round, 8am to sunset, with restroom facilities available and rangers on-site daily. Dog walking and horseback riding is permitted on the beach in the winter months, from October 1—March 31. Visit www.thetrustees.org/greendogs for permitting and information. From Memorial Day to Labor Day the beach is fully staffed with rangers, lifeguards, and EMTs. The Crane Beach store, featuring refreshments and merchandise, is open daily as well as the bathhouses, with toilets and changing areas, and outside showers and picnic area. The beach staff provides transportation to the beachfront for visitors needing extra assistance.

For nonmembers and Trustees’ members who do not purchase a sticker, 2015 beach pricing remains the same this year. Nonmembers pay $20 on weekdays and $25 on weekends and holidays during the summer beach season (Memorial Day to Labor Day) and Trustees members without a sticker pay $10 on weekdays and $15 on weekends and holidays. Beach admission price is reduced after 3pm and during the offseason.

Membership and Crane Beach sticker and admission fees help support the critical work of The Trustees of Reservations, including the ongoing management, maintenance, and care of special places like Crane Beach and other remarkable natural and cultural treasures on the North Shore and across the state.

For more information, to become a member or renew your membership, and to purchase a beach sticker, visit www.thetrustees.org/cranebeach, email cranebeach@ttor.org, or call 978.921.1944 ext. 1885. For parking updates, beach information and more, follow The Trustees on twitter @CraneBeachMass and Facebook www.facebook.com/craneestate.

Rocky Neck Ice Pictures From Tucker Destino February 2015

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Hey Joe,
Here’s a few Rocky Neck photos you might enjoy. How would you like to do the polar plunge in this?
Best,
Tucker

Electricity Update 20:The Numbers Behind The Instant Dollar Savings You Get When You Do A Free Home Energy Assessment and How To Properly Set Your Free Programmable Thermostat

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If, like most homeowners, light bulbs are among your Instant Savings Measures, here’s what you can expect: Changing just one conventional light bulb to an energy-efficient CFL, or compact fluorescent lamp, can save you $40 over the life of the bulb. A standard 60-watt incandescent bulb lasts for about 2,000 hours while an equivalent 12-watt Energy Star-qualified CFL lasts for about 8,000 hours and uses 75 percent less energy. (My Mom got over 30 of these free)

For light fixtures that qualify for LEDs, you can expect 25,000 hours per bulb as well as 75 percent less energy used. Changing your bulbs to an energy-efficient LED can save you more than $130 on your electric bill (per bulb) for as long as the bulb lasts. 

By switching to water-saving fixtures like low-flow showerheads and faucets, more ISM, the average family can save $310 per year. (My Mom got this installed for free too)

When used properly, a programmable thermostat, still another ISM, can save you 5 percent to 15 percent on your heating and cooling bill. (They are coming to provide and install these for my mom as well)

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Here’s an infographic for those of you who got the free programmable thermostats on the best way to set them for maximum comfort and savings-

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For those of you who have not taken advantage of the Free Home Energy Assessment that you’re already paying for in the line item “Energy Efficiency Charge” On Your Electric Bill, sign up in this form and you will get a ton of free lightbulbs that use 10 watts of power but replace ones that use 70-100 watts and give great light, also free power strips, and replace old style thermostats with electronically controlled ones as well as water saving green shower heads.

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My mom did it and lots of other happy campers like Donna Ardizzoni have too.
Check out your bill for the Energy Efficiency Charge(shown on my mom’s bill in this picture)

That charge is what everyone has to pay regardless if you take advantage of the Free Energy Assesment and Free Energy Efficient Lightbulbs Available To You!
And they’re not the ugly squiggly ones, they look just like the regular lightbulbs they are replacing-

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For the entire series to date check out the past entries from the Electricity and Home Efficiency Series Here-

Parts 1,2,3 Here
Electricity Update #4: Free Home Energy Assesment With Kevin From Next Step Living
Electricity Update #5: Video Walkthrough- Energy Efficiency Assesment and Free Stuff At Mom’s House
Electricity Update #6 Energy Saving Ideas
Electricity Savings Alternative Home Energy and Comfort Update #7- Cape Ann Chimney and Hearth
ELECTRICTY AND HOME ENERGY UPDATE #8 NO BRAINER- DONNA AND RICK GET THEIR ENERGY EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT!
ELECTRICITY, HOME HEATING AND ENERGY UPDATE #9 CAPE ANN CHIMNEY AND HEARTH TESTIMONIAL FROM CAROL CATALDO
Electricity Update #10
Electricity and Home Heating and Comfort Update 11: Cape Ann Chimney and Hearth Part III
The No Brainer Electricity Update #12
Electricity Update #13 Next Step Experience At Lise Breen’s Laneseville Joint

Electricity Conversation Update #14 Paulie Walnuts Gets His Energy Assessment #GloucesterMA

Have You Opened Your Recent Electricity Bill and Seen The Energy Efficiency Charge? Update 15

Electricity Savings Update 16: Solar Opportunities and A Solar Home Evaluation At Brian O’Connor’s

ELECTRICITY UPDATE 18 BRIAN AND DIANE O’CONNOR ARE GOING SOLAR

Electricity Saving Update 19- Energy Saving Tips and How To Get Energy Saving Stuff For Free

 

Maritime Gloucester, Winter Photos From Peter Dorsey

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Lots of snow down on the pier

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Harbor starting to ice up – interesting pattern forming

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Gig floats covered with snow

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The marine railway full of snow

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That mackerel sky was the on-coming moisture from the last blizzard

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Click Here to View Peter’s Website

After the Valentine’s Weekend Storm… Rocky Neck, the Gloucester Marine Railway, and Harbor Loop From Mary Barker

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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

Chickity Check It!- Kristy Asaro’s Coyote Photos From Her Parents’ Back Porch In East #GloucesterMA

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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/

Community Stuff 2/19/15

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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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Leslie Heffron Shares Some Much Needed Color

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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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SNOWSTORM UPDATE FROM PAUL MCGEARY

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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

Frozen #GloucesterMA Harbor Photos From Kathy Chapman

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Hi Joey…attached pic of frozen harbor in case you want to post…

Best, Kathy Chapman

http://www.kathychapman.com

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