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.
GloucesterCast 112 With Kim Smith, Toby Pett, Frank Ciolino and Host Joey Ciaramitaro #GloucesterMA
GloucesterCast 112 With Kim Smith, Toby Pett and Frank Ciolino With Host Joey Ciaramitaro
Topics Include: Kim Smith and Toby Pett, Oatmeal Cookies From Cape Ann Coffees Induce Many Farts, Soft Bake vs Hard Cookies, Winner Of New Podcast Subscriber Contest of The Cape Pond Ice Coffee Mug Is Pauline Bresnahan From Pauline’s Gifts, Next Week’s New Subscriber Contest Prizes Are A Copy of Carol Perry’s New Book- “Caught Dead Handed” and A Fish City Gloucester T-Shirt from Fred Bodin , Joey’s Consistent Idiotic Spelling Mistakes, Sean Horgan Took Offense At The Title Of My GMG Mayor Kirk Post, The Gloucester Daily Times- For The Record I Am Not A Critic., Nutty Redhead Raises 1600 In a Day to Get Her Kickstarter Funded After GMG Post, The Story Of Benji The Lost For 11 Days Dog, Floating Ideas For The Next GMG Sticker, Paulie Walnuts Not Using His Head, Christopher Swain Swims, A GMG Coverage Failure On The Pete Frates Plunge, Alot., Kim Neglects To Bring Me a Turkey Sandwich With Cranberry Sauce and Mayo, Frank Ciolino Does Not Eat Turkey On Christmas, Three Guesses On What Frank Ciolino Got For Christmas, New Year’s Eve Plans, Rockport’s Rocking New Year’s Eve, Rocky Neck Polar Plunge, Afternoon Naps=Heaven, Paulie Walnuts Apologizes For Messing, Defending The No-Politics Rule,
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Sunset North Channel Gloucester Harbor – photo from Anthony Marks
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Ice. ICK!
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Sargent House Museum Fundraising
Exciting news! We’re over a third of the way to our goal of the $15,000 needed to present unique programming and preserve the House for future generations.
Thanks to those who’ve already generously donated!
But, if you have not yet given, we still need your help.
Your contributions support…
- Expanding educational programs and internships for students and adults
- Outreach to increase tour attendance at the Museum
- Digitizing our database of museum objects and photographs
- On-going preservation and restoration of a glorious 18th-century home
Please give generously so that these exciting projects can continue.
Thank you!
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GMG Blog Stat- In 2014 6,224 Posts Were Created On Good Morning Gloucester
Posting Patterns
In 2014, there were 6,224 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 39,656 posts.
So we are creating just over 17 articles a day, every day throughout the year.
40,000-39,656=344
So 344 Posts from now we will have created 40,000 posts total on GMG since inception in late December 2007
344 Posts Divided By An average Of 17 Posts A Day =20
So in about 20 days or so we will bust the 40K Post Cherry.
Nice Work Team!
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Wanna See How A Photographer Captures Raw Emotion? Then Check Out Mark Teiwes Portraits From The Marathon Bombing
Monday, April 29, 2013
Portraits from the Boston Marathon: 2013
I heard the bombs explode from two blocks away as I was taking portraits of runners after they finished the marathon. The tone of my images quickly changed as I documented the reactions of the athletes and the spectators.
Click here to check it out- Portraits from the Boston Marathon: 2013
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Gloucester Drone Footage From Kevin Raposo
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@CaptJoeLobster Sunset #GloucesterMA
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Building Implosion Fails
Robin Jones shares-
Attempt number one:
Attempt number two:
Third times the charm:
The unfinished building was in Sevastapol and was destroyed because its construction was unauthorized.
In Soviet Russia, the building will tell you when it will implode….
Notice the poor dog with the shit scared out of him running away in the last video…..
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It’s China Port.
Hello Joey,
My name is Yabin and I’m the nephew of the new owner of China Port. I saw a post about China Port on your website and I thank you for that. Can you guys help us clarify to the citizens of Gloucester that the old restaurant, Dragon Light restaurant, is no longer at this address? It’s the old China Port but with a new owner. Thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Yabin Chen
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GloucesterCast 111 Mayor Kirk Talks About Her Intention To Resign, Highlights and Lowlights of Her Tenure
GloucesterCast 111 Mayor Kirk Talks About Her Intention To Resign, Highlights and Lowlights of Her Tenure
We speak about Mayor Kirk’s intention to resign, a lot of the positive things that she has accomplished, what events led to the process of considering her resignation, West Parish School, St Ann’s, The Turbines, Fundraising, The Campaigns, Other Jobs That She Was Pursuing Before Potentially Resigning, The Baker Position and What It Entails, The Dynamics Behind How The Baker Offer Came To Be, How Martha Coakley Messed Up and Baker Got Her Endorsement Even Though She Is A Registered Democrat, Her Ten Questions For Each Candidate, Jay Ash, Putting In A Transition Team In Place, Some Examples Of The Types Of Things She Will Be Doing As Deputy Secretary Of Housing and Economic Development, What are Gateway Cities?, The State Is Driven By Jobs and Payroll Tax vs Cities and Towns Being Driven By Real Estate Tax, Her First Mayoral Campaign and What it Was Like In Her House The Night She Won For The First Time, “The Outsiders”, Betsy Works, Ally O’Connor, Yoshi Campbell, Stepping In To Protect Children, The Fire and Police Chief Hires, Memorial Day Event Controversy, Staying True To Your Convictions, The Rainbow Flag Controversy, My Apology To Sean Horgan, The Times Excellent Coverage Of The Resignation, The Appreciation For Her Support.
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Home Video- VHS Footage From When Mayor Kirk Realized She Won Her First Mayoral Election In 2007
The precinct that is shown being reported in the video is the one that put Mayor Kirk over the top when she realized she had won. The piece of paper she tore up was her “I lost” speech. (Thanks Mayor Kirk for providing the video to GMG)
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Housecalls? From WJ O’Donnell
Dear Joe – I grew up in Gloucester in the 60s and 70s, one of seven kids, all of whom graduated from Gloucester High. I have been enjoying GoodMorningGloucester, and recently found the great reminiscences of Melissa Abbott on Gloucester in the 1960s and 1970s. Our father, Dr. Walter E. O’Donnell, came to Gloucester in 1960, started his own medical practice and eventually led a group practice that grew into Cape Ann Medical Center. I have lots of fond memories of going on house calls with him all over Gloucester and Rockport. Gloucester in the early 1960s was still a place where everyone made house calls. Every week, Bud Murphy from Railroad Avenue Market (naturally, not on RR Ave but on East Main St where the Last Stop is now) would show up at our door with all our groceries, including the greenest bananas he could find for my father. In a smelly symmetry, once a week Joe the garbage man, with his big smile under the dirtiest watch cap, would come by to collect our garbage, and haul it back to feed it banquet-style to the pigs at the piggery off Eastern Ave. And of course, we all remember the famous housecalls that Sylvester Deering made to that little white house on Stacy Boulevard – when the Cut Bridge broke, naturally in the upright position, Mr. Deering was the only person who knew how to fix it. My dad made hundreds of house calls a year, right up until he retired in 1989. My family and I have been reminiscing about Dad’s house calls, and wondered if any of your readers have any housecall stories to share.
Thanks. WJ O’Donnell
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Maplewood Carwash
Rich bean writes-
They drew this for my daughter. The Carwash is always fun! It’s the little things that make such a difference.
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Community Stuff 12/27/14
Merry Christmas, Joey. I just realized the bag of gifts my mother-in-law brought over says Goldman’s of Gloucester. Now we’re debating how old this bag could be. Is there a FOB out there that knows when Goldman’s closed its doors? Thank you to anyone who may have some insight.
Joanne Christopher
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GloucesterCast 12/26/14 With Toby Pett, Kim Smith, Nichole Schrafft and Host Joey Ciaramitaro #GloucesterMA
GloucesterCast 12/26/14 With Toby Pett, Kim Smith, Nichole Schrafft and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
Topics Include: Taping with The Blue Yeti, Guests Toby Pett, Kim Smith, Nichole Schrafft, Host Joey Ciaramitaro, Hockey Moms, D Small and His Kwanza Bowtie, Food Coma At Sista Felicias, Middle Street Is A Cool Place To Live, Christmas Rundown, Shout Out To Joe Marcantonio For Holiday Seafood, 7lb Banza In Three Days, Turkey For Christmas?, Canada Goose Arctic Program Jackets, Relative Bargains, Restoration Hardware Robe, Ray Borque Wears His Canada Goose Jacket, Grit Pod Hockey Bag, Marmot Outerwear, Kim’s Camera, Rocky Neck Plunge Oakes Cove Beach, Bertha’s, Open Door Food Pantry, Joey’s Problem With Ugly Sweater Contests, The Phrase “Jump The Shark”, Giblees, Coogi Sweaters, North Shore Shopping Center and Liberty Tree Mall For The Holidays In The Old Days, Nichole Schrafft Holiday Vacation To-Do Picks, Joey Is A Grumpy Hungry Bear, Talbot Rink, Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, North Shore Kid, Check Out The Clam Post- Texting An Elf, Do You Think The Clamistas Use Online Collaborative Tools?, Joey’s Zero Success Rate In Getting GMG Contributors To Use Online Collaborative Tools, Global Shark Tracker, Ukulele Christmas Sin-A-Long, Foreign Affairs Is Closed Til Some Time In February, Dinner Dealer Deck, Duckworth Bistrot Closed For January, New Year’s Plans, Rockport Rockin New Year’s Eve, Don’t Forget To Subscribe To The Podcast Here For A Chance To With the Cape Pond Ice Mug Generously Donated By Donna Ardizzoni
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Chickity Check It!- Must read- “I text an elf” By Jim Dowd on the Clam
Check out The GDT for the worst kept secret around
MAYOR KIRK IS RESIGNING.
We’re doing a podcast with her on Sunday. I’ll just simply state for now that I think she was the best Mayor we ever had and the only person with the balls to stand up to the nimbys was in fact a woman.
She was unwavering in her support for many projects that will and have vastly improved our City. I didn’t agree with everything she did but I did agree with a whole lot. I just hope we don’t end up with a Mayor that treats businesses large or small as if they are evil and encourages responsible growth rather than trying to extort and discourage potential future investment.
THANK YOU MAYOR KIRK FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE
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The Coolest Thing You’ll See on The Web Today- Global Shark tracker
@AndreaWBZ shared this tweet from @OCEARCH today-
Shark Katherine (data below) set off a ping this morning just off Nantucket this morning at 4:42AM. You can see the path of Shark Katherine’s travels up and down the Atlantic Coast and In the Gulf of Mexico from the pings she sends out every time she breaks the surface of the ocean. not only do they have real time data on the latest shark pings, they have videos from when the individual sharks are tagged. The whole thing is about as cool a use of the internet as I’ve seen. Check it out here
Species: White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Gender: Female
Stage of Life: Immature
Length: 14 ft. 2 in.
Weight: 2,300 lb.
Tag Date: Aug 20, 2013
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Nutty Redhead looking For Some help
Kind greetings Joey,
Thank you for pledging to my last Kickstarter project in October for Whole Foods Market. I didn’t reach the goal so I got nothing, that’s the rules. No credit cards were ever charged.
As you know, I have launched the project one more time. I’m already 85% funded and only have 7 days left. If you could kindly re-pledge, as the others already did, I will hit my goal. Pledging last time does not carry over to this one, as some had thought. You must pledge again. In the spirit of holiday giving, I humbly ask you to give once more. You will get 10% off all future orders along with your reward gifts listed, and you will take pride in knowing that you helped a friend in need. Happy Holidays to you and yours, Sincerely, Lisa
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1019762443/that-nutty-redhead-sayshooray-you-can-eat-nuts-aga
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