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.

Sailing Aboard The Schooner Adventure For The Mayor’s Cup Race 2014 From Becky Tober

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Come sail away with the Schooner Adventure! See what its like to be out on the open ocean aboard a racing Schooner in the 2014 Mayor’s Race!

September 20 BLOCK PARTY HarborWalk – Trails and Sails – Harbortown – Committee for the Arts

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Cat Ryan submits-

Thanks to Ringo, MBT Electricians, Parsons Street was ready and lit as darkness fell.

Downtown Block Party overlapped with the first weekend of Essex National Heritage annual Trails and Sails (Sept 19-21 and 26-28). James Owen Calderwood, the artist who created FISH NET, was here to experience both events, help set up and answer questions.

There were hours of great LIVE and local music by the stage in front of Bank Gloucester. I’ll add the entertainer names and sponsors for that stage into the comments below. Parents dining al fresco at Ohana watched their kids engage at the YMCA kid town area. 4Square dominates, effectively trapping all kids. The YMCA staff is excellent!

We enjoyed working with Don and Francis of FABOLA and the guys from Surfside Subs. Throughout the Block Party, happy customers lined up for Surfside Subs pizza (the biggest slices ever!) and it was non-stop at Markouk’s booth with City Hall rising beyond. (The next morning, Markouk would be up and at it again for Appleton Farms.) 

FABOLA enlivened the sidewalk and parking space with mid-century modern “parklet” seating areas. A cozy chair and ottoman upholstered with a touch of Provence did not sell, but a trio of friends paused on FISH NET with their new modern lamp purchase.

I didn’t get to Smokin Jim’s Barbecue in the back garden by Dog Bar, nor Cape Ann Community Cinema to see Charade with Cary Grant, or the cheese tasting, or…well, there’s no way to get it all in. I did see the King, Fred Bodin! Congratulations to Judith Brackley, Valerie Markley, Lucinda, and others for their professionalism and attention to detail for these top notch street festivals.

Community Stuff 9/26/14

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The Second Weekend of Trails & Sails Begins Friday!

150+ free, fun, family-friendly adventures!
Enjoy a variety of FREE guided walks, sails, historical tours and other adventures for all ages, skill levels and interests during the second and final weekend of Trails & Sails 2014! It’s all free and it’s all located within Essex County.
Get Started!
Visit www.trailsandsails.org to plot your course.
Search the online event listing by date, community, region, type or keyword, and see the most up to date event information.
Create your own customized itinerary. Log-in to start bookmarking your favorite events and receive email notifications if any of them change.
Catch Event Updates, additions and changes. See the Event Updates link on the right-hand side of the Trails & Sails webpages to quickly find the latest information about event updates, changes, additions and cancellations.

The Gloucester Health Department is sponsoring several flu vaccination clinics. The clinics are open to everyone. Please bring your insurance card if you have one. No co-pay is necessary.

September 30, 9:00am – 1:00pm at Rose Baker Center

October 2, 8:00am – 11:00am at Addison Gilbert Hospital

October 9, 3:00pm – 6:00pm at Bank Gloucester

Please call 978-282-8022 with any questions.

Thank you for your help in spreading the word.

Joanne Christopher
Principal Account Clerk
Gloucester Health Dept.

The Annisquam Village Church will be holding a Memorial Service in honor of

Edward L. Price III this Saturday, September 27 at 11 a.m.  A reception will follow 

in the Cove Room of the church. All wishing to pay their respects are welcome.

820 Washington Street in Gloucester (intersection of Rte 127N and Leonard Street)

Mr. Edward Price

seARTS Uncorked – The Art of Food & Wine Pairing!
2014 Fall Benefit to be Served Up on October 18
Art lovers and foodies to celebrate with wine, food and music
at Bass Rocks Golf Club to benefit the Cape Ann arts community
Gloucester, MA, September 22, 2014: seARTS will hold its 2014 Fall Benefit on October 18 at the Bass Rocks Golf Club, serving up an evening of wine, food and music — alongside Cape Ann art work — all to support the organization’s efforts on behalf of the region’s arts community.
seARTS Uncorked – The Art of Food & Wine Pairing! will feature a “wine pull” — each ticket to the fundraiser entitles guests to draw two corks and take home two bottles of select wine. In addition, guests that night will be treated to a sampling of food & wine pairings led by Kathleen Erickson of Savour Wine & Cheese. Kathleen holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, is a teacher and published author, and has 40 years’ experience in the food and beverage industry, working with Master Chef Rick Bayless and running her own catering service, Ambrosia. As a certified Court of Master Sommelier, Kathleen will present five unique wines that she highly recommends.
seARTS is particularly thrilled to welcome The MERJ, the eclectic, North Shore club cover band, as entertainment for the evening. Led by Roze Tyler-Malone’s electric fiddle, The MERJ performs a bracing mix of the loved and familiar with the new and different – classic rock, country rock, Irish rock, folk rock stirred into a danceable stew. The MERJ is known for the energy, passion and love of pop music that infuses the band.
Bass Rocks Golf Club, home of the seARTS Art Loan program since 2008, will host seARTS Uncorked. At 6:30PM, guests will be able to enjoy a docent tour of the Art@Bass Rocks exhibit with Law Hamilton, noted photographer and one of the show’s jurors. The evening also includes a raffle and art sale of hand-decorated wine bottles, glasses and more. Timothy S. Hopkins Catering will provide gourmet hors d’oeuvres for the wine and food pairing discussion at 7:45PM. The evening peaks with music by The MERJ.

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Nick Holland Submits-

Link to an article on how Russia and Norway have successfully managed their Cod stocks.

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/how_norway_and_russia_made__a_cod_fishery_live_and_thrive/2806/

Nicholas Holland

www.landstewardshipinc.com

Members and friends of the Rockport Garden Club are invited to meet on October 6 at 12 p.m. for tea. This social gathering will be followed at 1:15 p.m. by a presentation on “The Pollinator Garden” by Kim Smith, a well-known Gloucester landscape designer, filmmaker, author, illustrator, photographer, and naturalist who documents the world around her in a wide variety of media. Through her landscape design firm, Kim Smith Designs, Kim specializes in creating butterfly and songbird habitat gardens in public spaces. She will present a slide show and lecture demonstrating how to create a welcoming haven for bees, birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. Native plants and examples of organic and architectural features will be discussed in relation to their value to specific vertebrates and invertebrates. 

Martin Del Vecchio’s Thomas Lannon Drone Video

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For the past 15 years, every 5th-grader in the Gloucester Public Schools district has sailed Gloucester Harbor with captain Tom Ellis in his schooner the Thomas E. Lannon.

The students travel a century back in time to learn how Gloucestermen sailed, navigated, fished, and sang sea chanteys to entertain each other in the age of sail.

On September 18, 2014, the East Gloucester School 5th-graders had their turn to learn about their history.

You can learn more at www.schooner.org

I See Moolongz backer rewards and book launch party is happening this Saturday, September 27th

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So Pete Mondello Is Rebuilding His Trawl Table and…

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So Pete is rebuilding his trawl table on the back of the F/V Allison Carol and I coulda sworn he had just rebuilt it last year.  I’m thinking to myself jeeze, that didn’t last long.

So I say “Pete, didn’t you just rebuild that last year?  Two years ago tops?”

His reply, “Nah, that was three years ago.”

Well guess what?  Not only wasn’t it longer than one two or three years ago, it was 6 frickin years ago!

6 Years ago-

Where the heck is the time going?????

Today-

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If you’re gonna get a pet…

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I’m not an animal person.  If you’ve been following the blog for any amount of time know this about me.  Even the cutest of dogs I see as a giant PITA whose only goal is to shed and be stinky and make it so you can’t go away because the dog has to be let out all the time or it’s gonna shit itself inside your house.  All the power to the dog people that wanna deal with that noise but for me if I was forced (gun at head) to get a pet it would be one of these Bearded Dragons.  Entertainment for hours.  I’d just stock the pantry with crickets and watch this Gladiator of death just work its way through dozens of tasty crickets. Now that’s a pet worth having.

Uhm Hellooo Kim Smith. Read It And weep- The Men Of America Have Spoken

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I believe I had this back in 2012 when they started to try to bring the look back-

Just Say No To Mom Jeans

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And Now the Proof Is In The Pudding.   The Men of America Have Spoken, the full article really sums it up and is worth the click-

What Guys Really Think About Your High-Waisted Shorts

If you’ve been to a music festival/outdoor concert recently, you have 100% been exposed to the trend/epidemic sweeping the female nation: High-waisted jorts. Girls of all ages, body types, booty types, and textual orientations have been rocking these denim doozies with crop tops, fake flower crowns, and leather boots in 3,000-degree weather because fashion.
Read the entire article here

“Very rarely have I seen a girl in high-waisted shorts and been into it at all. For the most part, I think they make girls look like misshapen science experiments that’d you find in Sid from Toy Story’s bedroom. But hey, if they make you feel pretty, keep on wearing those diaper shorts.
-Aaron, 25
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“They’re the absolute worst. It’s like a girl is trying too hard to be trendy in those. It looks like she decided to keep pulling up her shorts just because. I’d immediately try to rip those off of my girlfriend if she was wearing them. Not in the ‘oh rip these off and do me’ way. Like ‘seriously, take those f*cking shorts off.’”
-Andy, 31

So the Gauntlet Of Gross Has Been Thrown Down–Eating A Beating Striper Heart

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So this youngster aboard the Connemara Bay thinks he can out gross the master- Toby Burnham?

How will Toby respond to such disrespect for the gross out game that this youngster has shown?  Has the elder statesman of gross not earned a little more respect than to be called out in a 11 second YouTube video? Stay tuned for Toby’s response.

From the website of Connemara Bay Fishing Charters–

How to: Eat a beating striper heart

It is not the first time and probably will not be the last time we see an angler kick back a striper heart like a shot of whiskey.

Dana Wensberg was sure to get all the taste from this one as he chewed before swallowing. He also called out a local lobsterman, Toby Burnham, who frequently entertains tourists by biting the heads off of rotten herring

This back from 2009 when the youngster was probably still wearing diapers.

Big Mike’s Bikes Closing Up Shop

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Joey, can you post the following for us?

“We’d like to let you, our customers, know that Big Mike’s Bikes will be closing our doors on Friday, Oct 10. We have other work opportunities to pursue that in the end will be better for our family and most importantly let us spend more time with our kids. Running a bike shop was an amazing way to get to know this community, and we both feel blessed for the few successful years we had.
Until then, we’re selling all our accessories at 25% off – locks, helmets, bags, seats, etc. New bikes, while they last, will be $20-30 off, depending on model. We still have a ton of project bikes – if you are in the market to fix something up yourself, we have so many to choose from, and at reasonable prices.
Thanks for all the support – we hate to leave Gloucester without a bike shop, but we’re on to a new chapter in our lives. We’ll keep our website – sometimes we’ll still fix up used bikes and sell them on the side. We also will finally have time to work on some bike-related initiatives for kids here in Glouecster. We’ll see you around!”

Thanks!
KT

Dwight Hebert Gloucester Videos- Chip Norton Memorial Gloucester Harbor Race and One Bad Ass Turkey

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