Author: Joey Ciaramitaro
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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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GloucesterCast 117 Taped 2/16/15 With Guests Nichole Schrafft, Kim Smith, Donna Ardizzoni, Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
GloucesterCast 117 Taped 2/16/15 With Guests Nichole Schrafft, Kim Smith, Donna Ardizzoni, Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
Topics Include: Coping Strategies For Winter Depression or How To Avoid Committing Suicide When You Hear That There May Be Two More Storms This Week, GMG Snow Shoveler Project, The Outrage Over The MBTA Head, Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Tournament Is On!, Sherman Morss Coyote Pack Photos On Eastern Point, Lawmakers Ruining The American Way- The Movement To Ban Sledding and Yoga Pants, Pinoli Reverts To Alchemy, Foreign Affairs Has Reopened, Duckworth’s For Valentine’s Day, Poll- When With The Stage Fort Snow Farm Be Gone?, Freedom Boat Club, Kudos To Mike Hale and The Gloucester DPW, Smart TVs Ditching Traditional Cable, Kim Smith Amaretto Truffles
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Chickity Check It- Safe Snow Shoveling and Snow Blowing Tips From Karen Pischke On www.capeannwellness.com
February 16, 2015 by dreamtimewellness
Safe Snow Shoveling and Snow Blowing Tips
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NEED SHOVELERS!!!Attention Snow Shovelers Looking For Work & People In Need Of Shovelers
Update 3:31PM Jack & Colby Kelly ages 11 and 13 Restore My Faith In The Youth Of America!
Jack and Colby came by right at the time they said they would and have been shoveling away!
If anyone else has been helped by the service provided, please leave a comment below.
UPDATE 11:48AM For Those Who Have Responded, Let me know if you haven’t been contacted, more shovelers are now becoming available. I’ll send out more contacts if you haven’t been contacted.
So far so good!
UPDATE 5:41AM: So far we’ve had a ton of people respond that they need shoveling and only two Gloucester folks and no Rockport or Magnolia people looking to shovel.
I’m thinking there’s plenty of money to be made, a couple of young teens could probably make enough to buy an XBOX. C’mon youth of Gloucester, show me you’re willing to work. Fill in the form, there’s plenty of folks that would gladly fork over some dough.
I’m gonna try something here. Not sure if it’s going to work out but I’m going to give it a shot.
Here’s the idea-
With the impending snow storm there’s got to be a lot of folks at the end of their rope as far as shoveling goes.
Me being one of them.
But I imagine there’s lots of teens that will be out of school and able to shovel. When I was a kid, that’s what kids did. We shoveled and were rewarded with money.
My buddies and I would roam the neighborhood looking for folks that wanted to be shoveled out.
I’m not hiring kids and not going to negotiate prices but I’ll leave a form here for people interested in shoveling and for folks interested in getting people to them to shovel out their joint.
Then I’ll relay the contact information based on neighborhoods to the shovelers, they can contact the people that want to be shoveled, y’all can talk and potentially work something out.
I don’t know if this is a great idea or not but I know people are desperate and desperate times call for people trying to connect the dots. Right now there doesn’t seem to be much dot connecting. Hopefully teens or people looking for some extra pocket money can get out of the house and help some elders who could use it.
If Interested Fill Out This Form and Select Shoveler Or Need To Be Shoveled –
Again, I am not taking responsibility for the job anyone does or doesn’t do, I’m not taking responsibility for back injuries or if your kid gets run over. I’m merely trying to help people help people. I have nothing to gain from this.
So Far, Respondents:
Available To Shovel-
Salem
Newburyport, Salisbury,Newbury,West Newbury
Gloucester
Magnolia
Need Shoveling Areas Responding-
Back Shore, Atlantic & Farrington
Pigeon Cove, Rockport several
Prospect Sq. Gloucester
Neighborhood: Near Our Lady of Good Voyage, several
Neighborhood: Lanesville
Magnolia
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Pack Of Coyotes Photographed On Eastern Point After The Storm
Joey:
Thought you would be interested in who is enjoying the most recent snow out on Eastern Point.
Best, Pat Morss
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Community Stuff 2/16/15
Rockport Senior Center
Red Sox vs. Washington Nationals at Fenway Park Wednesday, April 15th, we will depart at 11:30AM for Fenway Park to see the Red Sox play the Washington Nationals. The game begins at 1:35PM. Please sign up early as all tickets have to be paid for in advance. The cost is $65.00, which includes transportation, game ticket and a $10.00 credit towards an item of your choice at the concession. This does not include the driver’s tip. Tickets must be purchased by March 13th.
Twin Rivers Casino Wednesday, May 6th we will leave for Twin Rivers Casino at 9:30AM for an afternoon of fun and excitement. Cost is $28.00 which includes $10.00 in free play and a $7.00 food credit and deluxe motor coach transportation. The drivers tip is not included. We will leave the casino at 5:30PM.
Registration for these trips are on Tuesdays, 1:30-3PM and Thursdays, 9:30-11AM. Call Paula, 978-546-2573 for more information.
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#GloucesterMA 4:49AM 2/16/15 @USCGNortheast Cutter Grand Isle At The State Fish Pier
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Video- Snow Mountain Update from Pavilion Beach Via Casandra Boyd #GloucesterMA
Thank God it finally stopped snowing. Check out what Chris did this morning…
Keeping up a path for folks with dogs.
Good People.
Chris and Casandra Boyd.
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Eric Lorden Would Like You To Know @PassportsGlo Is Open
That is all…
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Wicked Tuna Returns Tonight! Check out this BTS video #GloucesterMA
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Live Storm Video 10:00AM Beacon Marine, East #GloucesterMA Rocky Neck
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Joss Whedon Quote of the Week from Greg Bover
February 14, 2015
Joseph H. “Joss” Whedon (1964- )
The grandson, son and brother of screenwriters, Whedon is perhaps best known as the creator of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, although he also co-wrote Toy Story, and is the co-founder of the production companies Bellwether and Mutant Enemy. He wrote and directed The Avengers, the third highest grossing film of all time. Through his collaborations with Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios he created several series of graphic novels and sequential films sharing a common “universe” and themes centering on feminism, anti-authoritarianism, existentialism, and the importance of community. Winner of the Emmy and Saturn Awards, Whedon created the sci-fi cult-classic Firefly series and its follow-on movie Serenity.
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