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.

SailFish Project: A Family Printing Workshop at Maritime Gloucester

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SailFish Project: A Family Printing Workshop at Maritime Gloucester

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Join Cape Ann artist Camilla MacFadyen and the staff of Maritime Gloucester in a 3-day seaweed and fish printing workshop culminating in the construction of an environmental art piece on the dock at Maritime Gloucester. The workshop is 10 am to 3 pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday, August 19th – 23rd. Participants are encouraged to sign up for the 3-day workshop or daily drop-ins are welcome. It’s for all ages 5 and up, and families are encouraged. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult.  There is a fee associated with the workshop. For more information visit http://maritimegloucester.org/visit/events.php or call 978-281-0470 for registration and more information. Thanks to New England Biolabs Foundation for their support of this project.

Shark Week At Maritime Gloucester Photos

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Curtis Sarkin Submits-

We had a totally jawsome Shark Week at Maritime Gloucester! 

For more info about Maritime Gloucester check out their awesome website- http://maritimegloucester.org/–

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UPDATED! ONLY TWO CASES OF THE WINNING WINE IN THE WHOLE STATE AND SAVOUR WINE and CHEESE HAS EM!

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HOMIES EATIN’ EPISODE TWO PART ONE- WINES FOR STEAK

Our second installment of  Homies Eatin’.  We get together, cook man meals and learn about wine and food from industry pros.  Chef Eric Lorden owner of Passports Restaurant and Toby Pett who has been around a bottle or two of wine will edumacate us in a casual setting.

Part I The Wine-

Toby Pett Selects Wine To Pair With Ribeye Steaks

We performed a blind taste test between three wines Toby picked out-

Wine A-2008 Lang & Reed “214” Cabernet Franc

Wine B-2008 Frank family Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine C-2010 Domaine Virginie Thunevin Bordeaux

The wine we all independently agreed to be the finest selection with the steak was purchased at Savour Wine and Cheese

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The Invites For Sista Felicia’s Book Launch Gala At Cruiseport Are In!!

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Sista Felicia writes-

Joey

let our GMG FOBs know they can get their tickets through Kickstarter or at the GMG Tent this week at the Farmers Market, and at the Waterfront Festival 

Or you can post in comments and I’ll hold tickets for pick up or send them out.

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The Food, The Music, The Venue- All Spectacular!

To Get Your Invite go To The Kickstarter Page and Look In the Right Hand Column

Also if you only got a book I believe there’s an option to get a book and an invite to the Gala!

Here’s the link-

Sista Felicia’s Sicilian Cookbook

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The Manchester Athletic Club Has a New Fitness Director and She Rocks!!! The Get ‘Er Done- True Energy- Fitness Pro Nan Gorton!

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Tremendous things will be happening at the MAC with Nan at the Helm of The Fitness department- Mark My Words!

Can’t wait for lobster season to end so I can get back in there!

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Manchester Athletic Club Strengthens Fitness Program with New Director.

Manchester Athletic Club is strengthening its fitness program with leadership from Nan Gorton. Gorton was recently chosen to helm the business’ growing Fitness Division, which includes Manchester Athletic Club in Manchester by-the-Sea, MA, MAC Fitness in Rowley, MA and MAC Fitness in Gloucester, MA.  

Gorton has been a staple at Manchester Athletic Club for the past seven years as a fitness trainer and co-owner of Hilltop Training, a popular running program among members. Most recently, she launched North Shore Sports Performance Institute (NSSPI), which offers sports performance training to kids 10-18 years old. She comes to the position with a myriad of backgrounds in addition to fitness, including careers as a lawyer and as an Olympic caliber athlete in the sport of women’s ice hockey.

The move will bolster the club’s already booming fitness department, which includes a ProFitness Program, personal training, TRX, pilates, swimming, basketball, nutrition and wellness, and over 75 group fitness classes—from strength to cardio, indoor cycling, Zumba, mind body, aquatics and Les Mills Body Pump and Body Combat.

“Nan brings a tremendous amount of energy, expertise and creativity to our members and, importantly, to our local community,” said Keith Callahan, General Manager and Managing Partner. “With Nan’s leadership, we’re excited to launch new programs for our members and have already developed a unique program called Commit to Get Fit that will be provided for club members as well as open to the community this fall.” 

“I have always believed that great success comes from sharing a common goal and working together to make it happen,” added Gorton. “I am excited to get to work getting the best out of everyone I work with both as a coach and a manager.”

Manchester Athletic Club is a full-service health club featuring 12 tennis courts, the Gymazing! Child Center for preschool-aged children, iXl programs for young teens, a fitness and strength training center staffed with certified professional trainers, indoor aquatics center, multiple group exercise studios, and an outdoor pool with playground.

17 Days Til the 2013 Gloucester Schooner Race And Don’t Forget The First Annual Schooner Race Community Lobster Bake!!!

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Lobster Bake!

Lobster Bake!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2013, 4:00 PM

TICKETS : $12/PERSON

AUDIENCE: COMMUNITY, SCHOONER CREWS, SCHOONER FESTIVAL VISITORS

Enjoy freshly steamed lobster, corn on the cob, and a Virgilio’s roll— all for $12 per person. Relax with your dinner on the slopes of the Fitz Henry Lane lawn while listening to Old Cold Tater & Friends. Also available for sale: hot dogs, hamburgers, veggies burgers, cold sodas & spring water, beer & wine. Tickets available in advance from Maritime Gloucester or at the event. Must bring confirming email to Maritime Gloucester to redeem. Tickets will not be sent via mail. 

This event is part of Maritime Heritage Day at Maritime Gloucester and Schooner Festival weekend.

To Purchase Tickets

TYRONE was designed by Manchester’s famed SS Crocker and built by Simms Bros. in Dorchester in 1939.  She is a beautiful, rugged classic, owned by Matt Sutphin of Harwichport.   Last year she was first in the Gloucester-Provincetown Race.  There is space for a few passengers during the race Sept 1st and also for a sail on Saturday Aug. 31st.

Tyrone  http://www.amschooner.org/node/954

Sailing opportunities  through Maritime Gloucester  http://gloucesterschoonerfestival.net/?p=408

Al Bezanson

Tyrone docked

HOMIES EATIN’- SUPERMARKET VS GRASS FED VS BRANDT BEEF

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Eric Lorden Owner of Passports Restaurant In Downtown Gloucester Talks About The Differences Between Supermarket, Grass Fed and Brandt Beef in this installment of Homie’s Eatin.

Also featuring Toby Pett, Ed Collard and Lylacakes.

Special thanks to Cambridge Meat Packing salesman George Valentine who provided the Brandt Beef.

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18 Days Til The Gloucester Schooner Race

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Al Bezanson submits-

SUGAR BABE, outbound, slides between LANNON and ARDELLE.  (From GREEN DRAGON, July 20th.)  On Sept. 1st they will be joined by at least fifteen more schooners.  There is plenty of space for passengers on race day.
www.Gloucesterschoonerfestival.net/?p=408

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Schooner Adventure Sails Again!

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Schooner Adventure Sails Again!

Yesterday, August 10th, was a historic day for Gloucester and the Schooner Adventure. For the first time in almost twenty years, the historic 1926 Essex–built knockabout schooner sailed Gloucester Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. This was a trial sail, or soft opening as restaurants call it.

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Adventure carries 6,500 square feet of sail and is 122 feet long. Yesterday she easily plowed thru the water at almost 10 knots. The photo below gives you an idea of how big she is. That crew member is not even working on the larger mainsail behind him.

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The restoration of Schooner Adventure began in 1990, and she stopped sailing a few years later. This sail opens a new chapter in the vessel’s history, and marks a proud moment for Cape Ann.

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Our Adventure will be sailing in the Gloucester Schooner Races this Labor Day Weekend. I think she’ll be the one to beat.

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This article is a collaboration between Fred Bodin (writing) and graphic designer Cheryl Briscoe (photography) bluewater_graphics@hotmail.com.

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Bodin Historic Photo

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The Night Of The Summer! (Besides Sista Felicia’s Book Launch Partay at Cruiseport) Has Tickets Available- Come Join Us!

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I have long maintained that if there was only one activity you do in Gloucester- say you had guests in town or you had only one night in town to do something that that one thing I would say is a must do is a Sunset Sail aboard Gloucester’s Most Beautiful Boat the Thomas E Lannon.

It’s more than the boat being so beautiful though. the Lannon Family makes you feel so welcome, they are so fun and friendly, then you heap on top of that a tour of Glouester Harbor at sunset, then you heap on top of that two incredible cigars from the Old Cuban Cigar Factory and then you heap on top of that Rum Drinks from the highest quality rum producers on the Planet Ryan and Wood Distillery right here in our own home town-

Total MF No Brainer!!!

Now all is left is for you to call and reserve your tickets.  Individually the costs of all these things would be over double but because everybody kicks in we make it half the cost.

Call Kay Ellis Now To Reserve Your Spot and Chill with Us!

978-281-6634

 

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www.schooner.org/book-online

Community Stuff 8/12/13

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SPECIAL EXHIBIT AT THE ROCKPORT COMMUNITY HOUSE

BROADWAY, ROCKPORT

“IN STYLE: TWO CENTURIES OF CAPE ANN FASHION”

VINTAGE CLOTHES FROM SANDY BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

AUGUST 16-18, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 10 – 4

DONATION $5.00, INCLUDES ADMISSION TO THE SEWALL-SCRIPTURE HOUSE

AND THE OLD CASTLE

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National Health Center Week at Gloucester Family Health Center!

The Gloucester Family Health Center, 302 Washington Street, Gloucester, will host an open house on

Tuesday, August 13 from 9 a.m. – 12 Noon.  All are welcome to join in for free give-a-ways, tours,

information and refreshments.   It is not necessary to RSVP, for questions or further information, please contact

Marisa at 978-236-0217 or ralves@nschi.org

Adventure Takes First Sail With All Sails Up Photos From Len Burgess

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Listen, you can put all that talk around town that The Schooner Adventure was Gloucester’s Big Dig to rest. You can also put to rest the talk that it could have been rebuilt five times over brand new with the money they spent by saving a little corner of the hull and rebuilding around it like they’ve done with the Bluenose up in Nova Scotia. 

None of that matters now.  She took her first Sail With All Sails Up Today!

A GLORIOUS DAY! 

Congratulations to all those that have put in the time, effort and cheddar to make this day happen.  Huge accomplishment.

Look for the Adventure to Sail In This Year’s Schooner Festival which To Me Is THE STORY of this year’s Schooner Festival (along with the first annual lobster bake on Harriett Webster Pier)

Len Burgess writes-

Hi Joey, I didn’t get to sail on Adventure’s great day but arrived in time for the crew’s celebration. -Len Burgess

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Eloise Como Brown Writes for Info

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Fred Bodin Submits-

I got a request from former Gloucester resident Eloise Como Brown about this photo: “I’m sending you a photo of some ladies circa 1900, one of which is my grandmother, Addie Wadsworth (back row, third from left). I have no idea who the others may be, or the children hanging out the window. In 1900 Mary Adelaide (Addie M) Wadsworth is listed as a bookkeeper in Gloucester. She and her family lived on Cleveland Street. In 1905, Addie married Edward T. Como, also of Gloucester.

 

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From my Facebook posting about this, some theories are bookkeepers at a fish plant such as Gorton Pew, or schoolteachers.  Any input ask to the people or location would be appreciated. Thanks, Fred (and Eloise).

See this stuff? It’s Crap and I’m an Idiot For Buying It

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I ran out of my 50 cent per gallon spring water from Market Basket and was parched so I ran up to Rochdale and bought a couple if these zero calorie Powerades.

First off whatever the fuck is in there sure as hell isn’t as good as drinking pure old water and whatever smoke and mirror bullshit they pulled off to claim it’s zero calorie you can be sure as shit is loaded up with some other bad ass not naturally occurring ingredients to make it zerocalorie

Shoulda just grabbed a gallon of water to chug, but no. Had to go off and buy the crap.

Lesson learned.

Gloucester Sea Scouts- Get Involved and Like ‘Em On Facebook

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Hey Joey,

I’m a long time fan of Good Morning Gloucester. I wanted to let you know about the new Sea Scout program running out of Maritime Gloucester. Sea Scouts is a branch of the Boy Scouts, and is open to men and women age 14-21.

Back in the day there was a huge “Ship” in Gloucester. Right now there are about 10 boys signed up.

Our next meeting is August 24th at 7pm. Every Thursday though, the boys are signed on to go out with the Gloucester Gig Rowers at 6pm to get some instruction and develop some skills out there rowing. They also have been learning how to crew on the Ardelle which is super cool.
If you’re interested in checking the program out, I’ll be running the August 24th meeting, but will also be there  next Thursday for the Gig Rowing…

We have a facebook fan page set up if you want to check it out. 
https://www.facebook.com/NSSeaScoutsShip5

Chickity Check It!- Jen Amero’s Take On Sweet Shots Secret Spots-

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Touring with Violet – My FAM Tour with Sweet Shots Secret Spots

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Ok so this might just be the coolest land and sea limo going. Sweet Shots Secret Spots Tour Company, Operated by Violet Gray and Corey Newman (flanked in my case by their 2 year old Dahlia and their pup Bogie), SSSS is a two part operation combining a 6 passenger Jeep and a 6 passenger Chris Craft boat giving tourists the flexibility to start from and get to pretty much anywhere on Cape Ann.
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Our tour was a two part excursion – one with kids and one without.  Narrated by Violet, who’s worked for both the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and many local eateries in the area, we got “in deep” with the local scene – which is saying something when you consider she was touring around a bunch of townies!
Here’s what me 8 hour tour looked like:

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