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.
Did You Know It Was Cape Ann Restaurant Week?
First I heard of it was from one of our readers Vic Semensi, Thanks Vic!
Three Course Prix Fixe Menus at either $25.13 or $33,13
You can find the menus on the Cape Ann Chamber Website Here
ESSEX
Village Restaurant
55 Main Street, Essex, MA 019290
(978) 768-6400
Restaurant Website
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GLOUCESTER
Latitude 43
25 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 281-0223
Restaurant Website
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Alchemy Cafe & Bistro
3 Duncan Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 281-3997
Restaurant Website
Ohana
151 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-3200
Restaurant Website
View The Cape Ann Fall Restaurant Week Menu Here
Seaport Grille
6 Rowe Square, Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 282-9799
Restaurant Website
View The Cape Ann Fall Restaurant Week Menu Here
Jalapeños Restaurant
86 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-8228
Restaurant Website
The Sea Glass Restaurant at the Castle Manor Inn
141 Essex Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 515-7386
Restaurant Website
View The Cape Ann Fall Restaurant Week Menu Here
Franklin Cape Ann
118 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-7888
Restaurant Website
View The Cape Ann Fall Restaurant Week Menu Here
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA
Cala’s Restaurant
7 Beach Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944
(978) 525-3304
Restaurant Website
The Landing at 7 Central
7 Central Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944
(978) 526-7494
Restaurant Website
View The Cape Ann Fall Restaurant Week Menu Here
ROCKPORT
The Grand Café at Emerson Inn by the Sea
1 Cathedral Avenue, Rockport, MA 01966
(978) 546-6321
Restaurant Website
View The Cape Ann Fall Restaurant Week Menu Here
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Community Photos 10/23/13
Atlantic Road Sunrise From Michelle Polito
Standing Guard In Essex Photo from Anthony Marks
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Community Stuff 10/23/13
Two members of the Cape Ann Community will be discussing their experiences as visitors to Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Sunday, November 3 from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Rockport, 4 Cleaves Street, Rockport. Rockporter Mary Ann Camp, RN, has been a frequent volunteer at the Partners in Development Medical
Center in Blanchard, Haiti, since the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2012. She will speak about the current situation and needs, including the urgent need for children’s sponsors, as well as the progress that has been made since the earthquake.
Heidi Wakeman of Gloucester, a Spanish teacher in the Rockport schools, will offer information on her trip to the Dominican Republic as an educational envoy with Friends Beyond Borders. Light refreshments will be served following the talks. All are welcome.
he Student Assistance Program Team
The Student Assistance Program Team represented Lahey Health Behavioral Services and community partners such as the North Shore United Way at Rockport’s Harvest Fest, Saturday October 19th. Pictured here is Kelsey Tam, SAP Counselor at Ipswich High School and Wendi Smith, SAP Counselor at Gloucester’s O’Maley Innovation Middle School. SAP hosted a raffle and offered three different gift baskets themed School, Yoga and Art. All were geared towards middle and high school aged youth and featured donations from Dragon Speech Recognition Software and the Tree Top Yoga and Art Haven Studios in Gloucester. The event helped to raise awareness of the Student Assistance Programs in the North Shore area, key partners, and its focus on youth mental health and well-being.
GLOUCESTER MEDICATIONS DISOSAL DAY!
Protect your children, parents, pets, and the environment.
https://www.facebook.com/events/644714878883877/
Saturday, October 26 at 6:30pm at Holy Family Parish: Docksiders performance at the Ladies’ Guild Dinner. Ham & Bean Supper. Open to the public.
Hello friends,
Please come see my beautiful show with Brad Story!
I don’t often have the opportunity to show these big pieces, and am very pleased with the show.
only one week left!
Thanks, and hope to see you all soon.
Best, Camilla
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The Stevedore
Hello, Joey:
I hope you’ll share this YouTube link to my new original song, “The Stevedore.” It’s a sea chantey with a twist of contemporary realism: rather than the typical sea song that features drunken sailors, this one is about a stevedore (or lumper or longshoreman) who develops an addiction to painkillers. It’s a tribute to the very tough people who have made a living unloading the cargo from fishing boats and, I hope, a way of honoring Gloucester’s recovery community. I hope the song touches a chord with your readers.
The song is performed by The Dorymates (Janet Ruth Young and Tony Hilliard) with our friend Tim Perkins. It was recorded by H. Nat Stevens.
Best wishes,
Janet Ruth Young
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Passports Restaurant Closed for a Month or so for Olive Kitteridge HBO Miniseries Taping
Filming Olive Kitteridge HBO miniseries Tom Hanks co-produced.
https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/?s=olive+Kitteridge
Re-Opening November 20th or thereabout.
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Follow Up to “Missing in Magnolia”
Read the original story here-
Missing In Magnolia July 25, 2013
Hi Joey,
My husband and I have been residents of Magnolia for the past couple of years. We read your blog everyday and love everything about Gloucester and Cape Ann. Our neighbor, Terry Weber, did a post in the blog while relaxing in our pretty garden the first year we were here. This is our piece of heaven. We have felt very safe in our neighborhood. Sadly, I writing to express my disappointment. Someone stole a hand painted wooden sign that hung next to our front door. I bought it from an artist at a craft fair in Manchester soon after we moved here. I am attaching a picture. If any of your readers happen to notice someone with a new Cape Ann sign in or our of their home, I would hope that someone might contact you at your blog. This is not a piece of art that would have been purchased locally. We would love to have our sign back.
Lynn and Bob Bird
Magnolia, MA
Follow Up to “Missing in Magnolia”
Earlier this summer I wrote to you with a heavy heart as I expressed my dismay at having a lovely Cape Ann fish sign stolen from our home in Magnolia. Sadly it was never returned to us.
A couple of weeks ago I returned home to find a beautiful copper dory placed on a bench in our front yard. Neither my husband, nor I knew where it came from but admired the beautiful craftsmanship. We asked several neighbors about the dory, but no one knew anything about it.
A couple days later my husband and I were walking along Shore Rd. in Magnolia and came upon a local man in his truck pulled up on the side of the road. We didn’t know his name but we see him on our daily walks, enjoying his coffee and newspaper at Magnolia Beach. As we approached he called out, “That’s for plants.” Upon realizing that he was the creator of this beautiful dory, we introduced ourselves. His name is James (Jim) Fialto. He’s a coppersmith. Apparently he had just heard that we lost our sign, and had some free time on a Sunday afternoon waiting for the Patriots game to begin. When asked why he made us the dory, he said, “I felt bad about your sign being stolen and I see you picking up trash every day on your walk…”
We shared this story with many people and all agree what a lovely gesture this was. Residents of Magnolia acknowledge the kindness of Jim and agree that we live in a very special place.
Sincerely,
Lynn and Bob Bird
Magnolia
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Community Stuff 10/22/13
Gloucester Better Together
Your Community. Your Conversation. YOU’RE NEEDED!
You’re invited to join Healthy Gloucester Collaborative on Wednesday, October 23 at 5 PM at Rose Baker Senior Center for a FREE event featuring a light dinner and relaxed evening of community conversation while participating in a World Cafe. Together, we can building on existing relationships, programs, and energy within Gloucester to strengthen our community and connect our neighbors and families.
This is a free event, please bring your family & friends, all ages welcome. Childcare available onsite. RSVP’s appreciated. Walk-in welcome too. jwhitney@gloucester-ma.gov or 978-281-0908.
For more information, please visit, facebook.com/HealthyGloucesterCollaborative.
A FEW IMPORTANT REMINDERS & NOTES FROM DISCOVER GLOUCESTER:
Time to RSVP for Thursday’s Mug Up/Season Wrap Up Meeting (Oct. 24th)! With thanks in advance to Manager Greg Halle, we’ll enjoy a 5:30PM Tour of the new Studio Restaurant on Rocky Neck. Then we’ll move down the street to The Rudder Restaurant to share how everyone’s season went; news for the 2014 season, networking and more. Appys, and cash bar. RSVP now to info@SeaportGloucester.org
Representatives & partners of Discover Gloucester are attending the MA Governor’s Conference on Tourism at the State House in Boston on Monday Oct. 21. We’ll join MA tourism partners from all areas of the State to hear remarks by Governor Patrick; MOTT ED Betsy Wall; Christopher Thompson, CEO of Brand USA (the federal effort to bring International visitors to the US); Senate President Therese Murray; Patricia Rojas-Ungar, United States Travel Association and others. We’ll also hear a presentation of MOTT’s FY14 Marketing Plan and much more. A full day!
Because Discover Gloucester has an extensive data base, we were asked to share this announcement with Gloucester voters who own or work in tourism based businesses: You’re all invited to attend an event “Mac on Tourism” with Mayoral candidate Mac Bell on Monday evening, October 21, 6-8PM at the Cape Ann Community Cinema, 21 Main Street to chat about the future of tourism in Gloucester. Sponsored by Cape Ann Community Cinema, Short & Main Restaurant and Alprilla Farm.
The Seabourn “Sojourn” cruise ship will make a surprise port of call visit to Gloucester on Wednesday, October 23, docking at Cruise Port Gloucester.Passengers will be ashore approximately 9AM to 4:30PM. The high end ship is carrying a full load of 450 passengers. Three shore excursions are planned for scenic tours of Gloucester & Rockport with scheduled shopping time in Rockport. All passengers will have time to walk around Downtown, the waterfront & the Boulevard.
The Discover Gloucester co-op ad for the North of Boston CVB’s 2014 Destination Planner for the Group Tour, Small Meeting, Wedding & Special Events markets is full. Thanks to the ten partners who are advertising in the 4 page Discover Gloucester co-op ad. You’ll represent our destination very well!
Looking forward to seeing all of you on Thursday, October 24, 5:30PM at the new Studio Restaurant on Rocky Neck!
Linn Parisi & the Discover Gloucester Board of Directors
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Free Bins With Lids
7 all together. Come down to the dock to pick em up
95 East Main St
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Community Photos 10/21/13
Hi Joey,
On a recent visit to the railways, I snapped this shot of a Schooner Roseway crewmember who seemed to be right at home as he sat atop one of the masts.
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
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Video- North Shore Cupcake
Huge Kudos To The Team That Produced The Rockport Harvest Festival
That town was jumpin!
Great job all the way around! Took the trolley from the Rockport Transfer station- less than 5 minutes of a ride on the cool trolley with a super friendly attendant and driver- total no brainer rather than driving in circles in downtown Rockport trying to find a spot to park.
Thanks for the time and energy you put in to make such a fantastic day- we really appreciated it.
and for anyone that missed it- you really ought to pencil it into your calendar for next year- It’s a must-do event.
-The 2013 Harvestfest poster, designed by the very talented Darren Mason!
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Community Stuff 10/21/13
Water Compliance Office
50 Essex Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
TEL (978)281-9792
FAX(978)281-9724
CITY OF GLOUCESTER
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
WATER COMPLIANCE OFFICE
NOTICE TO OUR WATER CUSTOMERS- OCTOBER 18, 2013
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
Gloucester DPW will begin filling the Plum Cove Water Storage Tank in Lanesville midday Wednesday October 23, 2013, then sample it for water quality, and bring the tank into service the following week. During the tank filling Lanesville and Annisquam residents may temporarily experience pressure fluctuations and discolored water. The DPW is currently having the Blackburn Water Tank painted and anticipates bring that tank back into service in early November.
The DPW switched the distribution system disinfectant from chloramine to chlorine on October 7, 2013, when the West Gloucester Water Treatment Plant was brought into operation. Customers may notice a slight chlorine odor. The switch was made to aid in bringing these water storage tanks back into operation most effectively. The DPW anticipates switching the distribution system disinfectant back from chlorine to chloramines in November 2013 after the Blackburn Tank painting, filling, and sampling.
Also the DPW is currently approximately half way through routine fall water distribution piping flushing program fully across the entire city. Flushing may cause a change in the direction of flow in some water mains and may cause temporary discoloration of the water as iron particles in the pipe are stirred up. If you should experience “rusty” water, running a cold water tap for a few minutes will clear your line. We also recommend that you avoid the use of chlorine bleach during this time period to prevent staining of laundry if you are experiencing “rusty” water.
If you experience persistent water quality problems, please contact the DPW at 978-281-9785 or the Office of Water Compliance at 978-281-9792, so that selective flushing can be targeted to problem areas.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Larry Durkin,
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GloucesterCast 10/20/13 With Guest Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
GloucesterCast 10/20/13 With Guest Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
GloucesterCast Podcast Taped 10/20/13 With Guest Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
Topics Include: Red Sox Clinching and Odds That John Farrell getting Manager of the Year, Farm Bar and Grille vying for East Gloucester Spot, Smartphones on planes, GMG Caps, Passports Closed for a couple of weeks for Olive Kitteridge miniseries taping, Posts of the week including Kim Smith’s Love Letters To Gloucester and Marty Luster’s Phyllis A Video, people who email comments to GMG instead of posting their comments under the respective post.
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Samuel Johnson Quote of The Week from Greg Bover
18 October, 2013
“Kindness is always in our power, even when fondness is not.”
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Dr. Johnson was the most important English literary figure of his age. He wrote plays, essays and poems including the perceptive “Vanity of Human Wishes,” but he was best known for his Dictionary of the English Language (1755), an almost incomprehensible feat of mainly solo scholarship, written in just nine years, and the first to feature examples, largely from Shakespeare, Dryden, and Milton, of the 114,000 words in a literary context. Johnson was also the subject of one of the most famous biographies ever written, the minutely detailed Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell. It is from this biography and other descriptions of the tics and outbursts of the good Doctor that it is now thought that he suffered from Tourette’s syndrome, a condition not yet defined in his time. Johnson is also credited with the observation that “Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.”
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First Ever 2014 Rotary Calendar Photo Contest
The Rotary Club of Gloucester is pleased to announce a photography contest for the youth of Gloucester. The winning photo will be featured on the 2014 Annual Rotary Calendar, which will be distributed to over a thousand Gloucester households and businesses. All profits from the calendar are donated to local charities.
The calendar will feature a photo that depicts the beauty of Gloucester at the top that is visible throughout the year. For the first time, high school and middle school students from Gloucester are being invited to submit their amazing photos of Gloucester. The winning entrant will receive $100.
2014 Calendar Photo Contest Theme: Photos should be a scene from anywhere in Gloucester that shows the unique beauty or character of Gloucester. Summer or late spring shots are preferred, if possible.
Requirements:
- Photos entered must be original, digital, color, horizontal and no smaller than 1800 x 1200 pixels (a 4 x 6” image @ 300 dpi).
- Limit one entry per person.
- Entrants must be 13-18 years of age and living in Gloucester, MA.
- All entries must be emailed to Dave Stotzer, owner of Cape Ann Photography, at stotzerphoto@gmail.com. In the email, please include your name, age, grade, address and phone number.
- Entry Deadline: November 7, 2013.
- The entrant agrees to allow the Gloucester Rotary Club to publish the winning photo for no fees other than the prize. Parental (or legal guardian) permission for photo credit on calendar required.
More information about the Gloucester Rotary Club can be found at the Club’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/RotaryGloucesterMA.
The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
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Chickity Check It!- Floating From Martin Ray
Check out Martin Ray’s recent posting “Floating”, at http://halibutpointnotes.blogspot.com
Martin
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Community Photos 10/20/13
Hi Joey-
Yesterday, when we returned from our morning row, we saw two (very nice) workers who are in the process of inspecting the integrity of the docks in our Harbor.
Looking up, we also saw our (always nice) Harbormaster, Jim Caulkett.
Smiles all around-a great way to start the day!
Best- Janet Rice
gloucestergigrowers@gloucestergigrowers.com
West Gloucester Farm photos from Anthony Marks
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Community Stuff 10/20/13
Almond Bread Cooking Class at Temple Ahavat Achim!
Temple Ahavat Achim invites you to its “Google the Kugel” cooking class!
Join Rabbi Lewis for the first “Google the Kugel” class of the season!
In 1996 Rabbi Lewis made a short video of his grandmother, Hannah Aronson Levinson Quint, preparing mandelbrodt (“almond bread”) and talking about what cooking means to her. Come watch the video, learn her recipe and share what cooking means to you.
Please call Natalia at (978) 281-0739 to sign up!
Hey Joey how are ya? Was wondering if you could advertise for us, Bailee is having another event next saturday Oct 26th, she will be selling Hot Apple Cider to raise money to buy toys, coloring books, crayons and stickers to bring up to Beverly Hospital to the pediatric ward, Bailee was hospitalized in the end of August, and was not allowed in the toy room because they were not sure if she was contagious, so all they really had was a old coloring book that was filled, and a baby wipe box full of broken crayons, Bailee was inspired to do this event so that throughout this flu season kids that are on precautions and arent allowed in the toy room will have the opportunity to get their own “prize” a toy, coloring book, etc, we are just asking for no stuffed animals….
“Heal with Happiness a Bailees Lemonade Fundraiser”
Saturday Oct 26th from Noon- 4:00 pm
29 East Main Street Glosta!!
Hot Apple Cider in trade for a donated toy, or cash donations are excepted that will be used to purchase toys.
There is a facebook event “Heal with Happiness a Bailees Lemonade Fundraiser”, but im not sure how i would post it to you, maybe you could do that?
Thankyou so much for all your help in promoting in the past, lots of people come because of GMG!!!
Brieana Militello
Hey Joey,
This is Stefanie over at Alchemy. We have an event coming up on the 29th of October called the Pumpkin Challenge. It is a competition between 2 chefs ( our chef Scott Jensen) and Stacy Cogswell from the Regal Beagle in Brookline using a pumpkin as the main ingredient in each dish. We are also doing a pumpkin carving challenge as well among the guests to see who can carve the best pumpkin. First prize is $100 and second prize is $50. For each pumpkin that is entered into the contest, $5 will be donated to the Open Door Foundation.
I was wondering if you could post something about the event on Good Morning Gloucester.
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Photos from Committee for the Arts Trails and Sails and Block Party
Hi Joey,
During two Trails and Sails weekends and the last Block Party, the Committee for the Arts (CFTA ) was pleased to participate and spread awareness about municipal art. One event: during the block party we were at Main and Parsons, near a very busy Markouk booth (always busy at Cape Ann Farmers Market, too), fried dough and candy truck (not just kids buying!), Dress Code’s charmingly illuminated booth, and Joe Ciolino’s. What a gorgeous night! We spoke with dozens of folks including the group of twenty youth from Ocean Classroom en route from Maine to Puerto Rico with a stop in Gloucester and a night out downtown. Parsons Street public art mural by James Owen Calderwood.
Send us your photos and we’ll add them in! gloucestercfta@gmail.com
Enjoy photos from Saturday’s Gloucester Committee for the Arts/Block Party/Trails and Sails!
Gloucester Block Party is making some “best of” and “top” event lists. Here are a couple of nice mentions:
http://www.topeventsusa.com/state-events-massachusetts.html
http://www.sheknows.com/living/articles/992709/top-8-summer-block-parties-in-the-us
The Essex National Heritage Commission is the organization that ran the fantastic Trails and Sails weekends (34 towns, and hundreds of FREE events!) Don’t miss it next year!
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