My View of Life on the Dock
Preach Fred, Preach!
For all the details-
http://www.therhumbline.com/striper-tournament-july-27th/
Click for the video-
The annual Rhumb Line Striped Bass Tournament is a family-friendly event and will be held this year on July 27th.
Registration is $20 for adults and $15 for under 16.
Registration includes a free T-shirt and a free cookout in our parking lot at the weigh in.
Sign up early and no later than Saturday night July 26th.
block party artistic director will hunt shares a moment with rubber duck at the yupo gallery mug up this morning.
Black Eyed Susans at Bothways farm in Essex From Dean Burgess
Here’s Chief Campanello-
Hi Joey,
I just wanted to thank your readers and everyone who supported the Special Olympics “Over the Edge” and “Toss Your Boss” Fundraiser this past weekend at the Hyatt Regency in Boston. Gloucester PD was able to raise $3,770.00 and counting. I would like to especially thank our 3 biggest supporters: GORTONS, ST. PETERS CLUB, and PETER AND KATHY COAKLEY. and of course thanks to all who contributed to make this a success.
Scaling down a 23 story building is not my first choice of a Saturday activity. But I can tell you that the money raised was well worth it and the special athletes who were there to cheer you on was a big boost to anyone who was apprehensive. My “toss” went at 1pm and there were several Chiefs from neighboring communities to make sure I knew how high up I was. They also did me the great favor of filling out my “fun facts” sheet (which the event organizers read over a speaker system as you are descending). Because of this, I was able to learn all sorts of new things about myself, such as how I had always wanted to be a firefighter, but was afraid of heights or how I had special place in my heart for puppies and “My little pony”, or best of all, how I had a tattoo on my left calf of Barry Manilow. With friends like this supporting you…how could a Chief go wrong? It was all in good fun and when your dangling 200 ft. above concrete, it was nice to have a chuckle.
Was hoping to have some pics for you…haven’t got them yet. Much thanks to all who contributed.
Respectfully,
Leonard Campanello
Chief of Police
City of Gloucester, MA
There’s a Facebook Page with 35,626 Likes-
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Market-Basket/136649323208808
To say I look forward to participating in the Cape Ann Rowing Club’s annual Blackburn Challenge each and every year would be an understatement. Sandwiching the event into 3 nights of camping at Cape Ann Camp Site allows this paddler to get closer to a Cape Ann state of mind.
So before earning the right to wear this year’s T-shirt (at left), a few days were spent paddling about the Jones and Annisquam rivers, swimming at Wingaersheek Beach, and enjoying the taste of Cape Ann’s seafood (my favorite was the fish chowder at the Causeway Restaurant).
And then, at last, yesterday morning the day of the event arrived and I paddled off from the campground…
For the entire entry and more pictures click here
Exciting news from Rick and Lindsay in this year of coming home and creating an incredible community spiritual center in the heart of Gloucester’s Downtown. We speak about the new center and what’s new for this year’s Summer Retreat.
Click to watch the video below and follow the links for more info-
Hi Joey: Here is second event! If you can push this as much as space permits, that would be wonderful!
Thanks,
Pam
Hi my name bobby trott from troop 112 working on my eagle project like to thank all people who help me so far on my project and all the help from the city and the people who made the donation will all the help i wont got this fars thank you
Overheard between Market Basket Employee and Customer :
“We’re not expecting our next shipment til Wednesday”
Most all the produce we wiped OUT.
Pictured- The produce rack 3:30PM
Hi Joe – I don’t suppose this is something GMG does, but someone stole a folding table while we were setting up. It was for young artists from the NationalAlliance on Mental Illness, so they had no table to use. I know it’s unlikely the thief that stole it will return it, but I’d like them to at least know they stink! If they want to return it and leave it in the entrance way to Fred Bodin’s shop – no questions asked. It’s blue and says "Return to Val" on the underside. Here’s a similar one in white, ours is light blue. I understand if you don’t wish to post.
Thanks,
Val
The Downtown Gloucester Block Party Series is a project of
the non-profit Cape Ann Business Incubator.
Damn right she was 
A contender for if not the best burger in town.
Gets my must try recommendation.
Regina’s YUPO Gallery, G4 on Madfish Wharf
Check out her work on Facebook–
Erin writes-
Yay! These paintings are gonna see the light of day!
Look left when you wander down Pleasant St. towards Main because these babies will be at the Hive for the month of July. One big painting in the window and then follow the path to the back gallery to see the rest of the work.
The Hive is not only a place looking to involve our community in the making of art, but also is about to start holding regular art shows. Its honestly one of the loveliest spaces to see art in Gloucester and is about to define itself as a regular and relaxed space to see art.
Click to View Video Interview With Jen and Jack-
Event info can be found at GEF website: www.thinkthebest.org
Tickets can be purchased online or at the door: $75 each- the YMCA is offering inexpensive childcare
“A lot of parents will do anything for their kids, except let them be themselves.”
Banksy (1974?- )
An English graffiti artist, film maker and painter, Banksy’s birth name has never been revealed, although he is said by some to have been from a middle-class background in Bristol. He first gained public notice in the early nineties for his ironic, existentialist, and darkly humorous street art that has a liberal and anti-capitalist viewpoint. Much of his wall art is stencil based and shows a strong influence from the earlier work of French artist Blek le Rat. Often labeled vandalism by the powers that be, his preserved work, sometimes an entire wall, can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. His first film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, won documentary awards at several festivals and was nominated for an Academy Award.
Gregory R Bover
Join us for our 10th annual fundraising gala! This year’s theme is An Evening Under the Spar: Navigating the Future! Formerly the Bluenose Gala, this event will be held on on Friday, August 29, 2014 from 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Join us for an elegant evening on our pier surrounded by the classic schooners visiting for the 30th Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival! Proceeds from the event support the educational programs and operation of Maritime Gloucester. Click here for full info and tickets.
The Rocky Neck Gallery in Gloucester
Will Host the Next
seARTS Arts & Cultural Exchange Member Night
Free and Open to the Public
Everyone is cordially invited to the next seARTS Arts & Cultural Exchange Member Night, on Wednesday, July 23, at 6:00 PM. This is our fourth Member Night of the year, and we’re honored and excited to have it at the Rocky Neck Gallery. The evening offers so much to enjoy: the chance to meet seARTS members, stimulating conversation, a tasty buffet and beverages, and the Gallery’s rich array of paintings, photography, jewelry, ceramics, collages, mosaics, etchings and monotypes by regional artists.
This event is free and all are welcome. We hope to see you there! If you can’t RSVP because you’re not sure you can make it, please come anyway!
Details of the evening:
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Location: Rocky Neck Gallery
53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA
6:00-8:00 PM
To RSVP, please leave a message at seARTS (978) -281-1222 or email info@searts.org
Pot Luck Buffet and Drinks
Free & Open to the Public
BankGloucester is hosting a public reception for artist Judith Greulich on Saturday, July 26,2014 from 11 am to 1 pm in the Bank’s lobby. A collection of her paintings are on display at the bank through September 12, 2014. The reception is a great opportunity to meet Judith and speak with her regarding her work. Light refreshments will be served.
Judith Greulich is a fine artist and longtime resident of Wakefield, Massachusetts. She paints primarily in oils, in a realist manner. Her subjects and inspiration have always included the New England landscape, gardens, and the beauty of still life. For the last decade, her focus has shifted toward painting people, in both portraiture and figurative settings.
Judith’s inspiration to paint in oils came at an early age. Fascinated and inspired by the paintings she encountered at Boston’s MFA and Gardner museums during childhood visits, she began pastel and oil painting lessons as a preteen. She graduated from Montserrat School of Art, where she studied with the founding faculty in the seventies.
Plein air landscape work and painting people from life are the mainstay of her process. “The intensity of that direct encounter and focused response to my subject is the fuel that keeps me painting. The immediacy of staying fully present in the moment…it is both an outcome of, and a motivation for the work itself” stated Greulich.
Since 1999, Judith has organized a twice weekly open life drawing group and portrait session called the Malden Sketch Group which now attracts 30-35 artists per week. She is also a founding member of a Brattleboro, Vermont group of artists (the High Street Painters) who work and study painting the model from life twice a month.. Since completing her formal education, she has continued to develop her craft and technique through study and workshops with master painters and talented teachers such as Clayton Beck, Casey Baugh, Nancy Guzik, Kathy Anderson, Juan Ramirez and Cameron Bennett.
Judith is an award winning member of the North Shore Arts Association where she exhibits frequently. Her work can also be found at Vermont Artisan Designs, Brattleboro, VT.
BankGloucester is located at 160 Main Street in Gloucester.
For additional information please contact:
Patrick Thorpe, President & CEO, BankGloucester 978-283-8200
Judith Greulich, 781-245-2337
ZINNIAS FOR SALE
Add late-summer color to your garden with vivid and long-lasting zinnias! I grew about 20 zinnia plants from seed. My twelve-year-old great-nephew will be selling them for $5 apiece to earn money for his summer activities. We have several varieties and colors. Please stop by Saturday morning between 10 a.m. and noon to say hello and buy a plant. Then relax on the porch and enjoy a cold glass of juice. Rain or shine.
21 Exchange Street, Gloucester (near the Washington Street Dunkin’ Donuts)
Hi Joey.
Hoping you can let the community know about this community event! If possible, to post today or tomorrow to let people know. Thanks!
This Sunday, July 20th is ‘Reid’s Ride; a fund raiser for Reid Sacco Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Fund for research and treatment. The riders ride up from Lynnfield MA and stop at Stage Fort Park, Gloucester MA.
This year, in honor of the 10th Anniversary of this event and in memory of Reid, some riders will continue on to Kennebunkport. If people want to find out more, register to ride or donate to this awesome cause- http://www.cancerinyoungadults.org/2014-reids-ride/. The following is excerpted from Reid’s Saco web site-
Thanks Joey! Happy weekend. Karen
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Hi Joey,
Great meeting you at the Gloucester Farmer’s Market. It was fun to see the nice photos you took and posted of my daughter working there!
I took a few more photos of the old shipwreck that you can see at low tide along the middle of Coffin’s Beach. I’ve attached the best one here. It would be fun to hear people’s thoughts around the age and provenance of the craft. Enjoy!
It’s about 30′ long by 10′ wide.
if anyone has anything to add to the story please add your info in the comments to this post
Second Update 7/18/14
Victor T. Mastone
Captain Joey,
We haven’t spoken in a while. Your always a good source of information and as I promised in the past, I just wanted to let you know that our program has started investigating the unidentified shipwreck which recently became exposed on Coffins Beach. We were out there yesterday and spoke with a few local residents. They had never seen the wreck before and several lived there for about 40 years. Our files list a few wrecks in the area, but those vessels were much larger than this shipwreck. The exposed portion of the wreck is about 34 feet long, though probing suggests it is about 40 feet long; width is roughly 14 feet max. Metal fittings were not evident. If you have heard of anything about the wreck. I’d like to hear from you. otherwise, I’ll keep you posted on what we find out.
Most people don’t get to see real shipwreck too often. So, it is an interesting opportunity to visit this window to our maritime past. While there is really nothing to take, most people do not realize that the site is protected by state law. It is my hope people respect the site and completely refrain from removing any of it or otherwise disturb or damage the site when they visit.
Speak with you soon.
Best regards,
Vic
Victor T. Mastone
Director and Chief Archaeologist
Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources
251 Causeway Street, Suite 800
Boston, MA 02114
Website: http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/czm/buar/
Good Morning Gloucester 