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.

SailBot Pics From Curtis Sarkin at Maritime Gloucester

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At Maritime Gloucester, we are pleased to be SailBot headquarters!  College and high school teams from Canada, Wales, and across the United States are competing in the SailBot 2013 International Robotic Sailing Regatta in Gloucester Harbor!

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PLUM COVE BEACH CLOSED TILL FURTHER NOTICE

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Due to the recent severe weather, as of today, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, the City of Gloucester Board of Health has posted a sign at Plum Cove Beach notifying residents that regularly scheduled testing discovered that bacteria counts were found to be beyond the states bathing beach limits.

Residents are advised that they swim at their own risk. 

The next scheduled test results will be available in the afternoon of Friday, June 14, 2013.  City of Gloucester Health Department will continue to closely monitor the situation. 

For more information and updates, please visit the city website at http://www.gloucester-ma.gov

For more information, please contact:
Gloucester Public Health Department
Max Schenk, Manager of Environmental Health Services
978-282-8025

DunkinDonuts giving away 10 tixs to #Bruins game (Mon)

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ABC40 To Feature A Road Trip of Cape Ann This Evening

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Hi Joey,

Pilar Garro, the Site Manager from the Beauport Sleeper-McCann House on Eastern Point (free admission for Gloucester residents, btw) just let me know that TV station ABC40 from Springfield MA is featuring a Road Trip of Cape Ann this evening.  Cool!

It will air at 5PM and will be available online at 6PM.

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http://www.wggb.com/2013/06/11/wednesday-on-abc40-abc40-road-trip-cape-ann/

The feature includes Beauport, 7 Seas Whale Watch, Woodman’s, Man at the Wheel, Ryan & Wood and more.

Discover Gloucester has been working hard to increase visitation from our drive market, a 300+/- mile radius around Gloucester. Features like this and the Chronicle feature 2 days ago are a huge boost.

Rain, Rain- go away!

NSSPI: Summer 2013 Sports Performance Training Classes

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Be Great this Fall: Prepare this Summer!
Summer 2013 Sports Performance Training Classes

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Registration Now Open!

Happy Spring Everyone!
The summer months are almost here!  And if you haven’t heard, there is a great new summer opportunity for our local athletes!  Sports Performance Training Classes are designed for athletes ages 10-18 who are seeking excellence at the next level of performance. This is an intense hour-and-a-half session, meeting up to three times per week.  Each session focuses on mastering key athletic movement patterns which will support the development of strength, power, speed, agility and flexibility.  Most importantly, these athletes will decrease their risk for injury, and build confidence to meet the demands of their specific sport. 
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be in the best shape of your life this fall, by training with us this summer!
From what we have seen and heard, there are amazing kids in the local area who are interested and crave this program! With the right instruction, these athletes will step out onto the fields and rinks this fall better than ever before!  And with your help, by letting any friends/ kids/ athletes/ coaches, etc. know about this program, we can help develop even stronger athletes! 
We hope that you, or someone you know, will take part in this program. If you have any questions, We would love to answer them, as we are extremely excited about what we can do for our aspiring athletes.
Our Personal Best,
Nan & The NSSPI Coaches

For more info or to Register Contact: nangorton@gmail.com

Video- 191 Main Street Gloucester Renovation- Second Floor Apartments With Patty Hecht

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I’m All In For Getting A Nut Tuck

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the Daily Mail reports-

How George Clooney has inspired cosmetic craze for ‘ball ironing’ – that sees wrinkles removed from you know where…

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George Clooney has repeatedly joked that instead of his eyes he gets the skin on his testicles ‘ironed’ out, but now it appears he’s inspired a new craze in Hollywood.

Cosmetic expert Nurse Jamie told MailOnline that she added ‘Tighten the Tackle’ to the list of services at her Santa Monica spa, Beauty Park, last year, and it has been a raving success.

Delicately describing the $575 non-surgical treatment, the blonde beautician says it involves using lasers to remove hair, erase wrinkles and correct discoloration on the scrotum.

Listen, I’ll be the first to admit that as I’ve aged, my boys aren’t hanging all high and tight like they used to be.  I’d long thought about getting a little nut tuck to smooth things out “down there” but now that my man George Clooney is endorsing it, I’m ALL IN!

$575 for the non-surgical procedure?  Chump change to freshen up the boys.

Which spa around here offers such services?  We can live blog the procedure.  Maybe do a whole pay-per-view deal.

Thanks George for being brave enough to come forward with your own ball ironing to make it acceptable for men with low hanging nuts everywhere to “tighten their tackle”

Community Stuff 6/12/13

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ROCKY NECK GALLERY’S SUMMER ARTISTS SERIES INTRODUCES NELLA LUSH
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NELLA LUSH
Oil, wax on canvas   36 x 36

Rocky Neck Gallery is pleased to announce the second show of the Summer Artist Series introducing the artist Nella Lush and her exquisitely beautiful seascapes and frescoes.  The show, titled Nella’s Journey, opens Wednesday, June 12 until July 2.  An artist reception will be held on Sunday, June 16th from 4-6 PM.  The public is invited to attend this free event and hear Nella talk about her work and process.

An experimental artist, Nella enjoys working on a variety of subject matter from abstracts to frescos, nature and the sea.  The Cape Ann coastline is her muse where she spends time recording the atmospheric moods of the sea, light and sky.  Back in her studio she interprets these emotions on canvas where the process of painting is, for her, a spiritual journey.  She works mainly with oils using cold wax as a medium often adding marble dust to create more texture and depth.  It is her application and scraping away of numerous layers, again and again, that shape the final painting.

“I connect with things that leave a mystery… that the viewer is digging into the painting and each time they find something different.  I don’t seek perfection: I just seek to be heard and to have the viewer connect emotionally to my work and to bring them to a time and place in their life.”

Nella is represented by the Art Essex Gallery, Essex, CT; the Mystic Seaport Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT; Lorica Gallery, Andover, MA; and Peter Alpers Art, Andover, MA.  She is a Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists; a member of National Associations of Women Artists in NYC; Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA; a member and board trustee of North Shore Art Association, Gloucester, MA; President of the Andovers Artists Guild; and associate member of the Oil Painters of America.

Please join us and meet Nella Lush on Sunday, June 16th from 4-6 PM for a reception and artist talk.  Delicious refreshments will be served. 

RNG is located on 53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester.  The hours are: Sunday – Wednesday: 11 AM – 6 PM, Thursday – Saturday: 11 AM – 8 PM.  Free parking is available.  For more information please visit our website http://www.rockyneckgallery.com or call 978-282-0917

Greetings dear Joe,

My name is Tesa and we met a few years ago when I was director of Sustainable Cape Ann (we started the Farmers’ Market).

I moved to Indonesia three years ago, and now live in California but still love to support cool projects back in Cape Ann.  I did two interviews with Robert Newton in 2008 and 2011, which I just cleaned up and posted on my blog with a link to his current Indiegogo Campaign.   If you have time to read them, and feel comfortable mentioning them on your blog, I was hoping it might create some support for Robert’s fundraiser.

Warm regards,

Tess Silvestre

The offshore fishing out of Gloucester ,Ma. couldn’t be better.I was out the other day and limited out on cod and caught some real nice sized haddock.I’m glad we are allowed to catch fish for my charter clients and also some nice locale fresh fish to take home for dinner.

I caught this nice haddock my self and decided that it was for my dinner.

Capt. MikeParisi

www.Amandamariefishing.com

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2013 Carolyn O’Connor Scholarship Applications Now Available

Applications for the Carolyn O’Connor Scholarship are now available at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, 33 Commercial Street in Gloucester, and online at capeannchamber.com. The Businesswomen’s Committee is delighted to announce that the scholarship award will continue to be $1,250 this year.

The O’Connor Scholarship is offered to a Cape Ann woman who is looking to change careers or re-enter the workforce, and who would require some form of continuing education to achieve that goal. Applicants must have a high school degree or its equivalent, be a legal resident of Massachusetts, and be accepted to an accredited college, university or job training program.

The deadline for submitting the application for the Carolyn O’Connor Scholarship is Friday, June 28.

Carolyn O’Connor Scholarship

A $25 Gift Pack For Dad From Dinner Dealer- No-Brainer

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Back by popular demand, Dinner Dealer designs a rockin’ Gift Pack just for Dad. It’s the perfect gift for the Dad that loves to eat out locally, drink quality coffee, chow down on some steamed hot dogs, drench food with hot sauce, decorate his desk with cool photography and bathe himself with manly (sexy) soap.

Yep! Dad will get all of the above in his wicked cool DAD PACK.

Only available online at https://www.dinnerdealer.com/dad

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Here’s the 411 on what’s inside — all local North Shore businesses!

  1. Dinner Dealer
    Deck of Cards (duh!)
  2. Glosta Joe’s
    Package of Locally Roasted Coffee (Perfect Storm Blend)
  3. Social Palates
    Signed Photograph Print
  4. Gifts 4 Soul
    Sexy Dragon Natural Goat’s Milk Soap (women love it)
  5. Foreign Affairs Market
    Bourbon Maple Roasted Nuts (Manly Nuts)
  6. Little Depot Diner
    Buy 1 Get 1 Hot Dog + Bottle of Hot Sauce

p.s. There’s a limited supply, so giddy up and order your DAD PACKS now. Heck, even order some for your kids’ favorite teachers or soccer coach! Each pack only costs $25 + shipping — no lie.

Only available online at https://www.dinnerdealer.com/dad

HarborWalk awards – the complete 2013 MUSE list and Golden Shoe Award

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Hi Joey,

The 2013 MUSE award winners were announced during the American Alliance of Museums’ massive annual conference. (Here’s more about that org and its conference:  http://www.aam-us.org/events/annual-meeting)

It’s so great to see all the projects. Check ‘em out! Congratulations Gloucester, Maritime Gloucester, Cambridge Seven Associates and Untravel Media.

Read the complete list for the 2013 MUSE award winners from the American Alliance of Museums

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Speaking of awards, another fun recognition for the HarborWalk was for a Golden Shoe Award, for the “City of Gloucester creatively getting Gloucester Walking”, presented 3.20.13. From Steve Winslow, Senior Project Manager Community Development,  “Every year WalkBoston recognizes communities that are making “major strides” to improve conditions for walking which is a wonderful endorsement of the great work around the HarborWalk, city planning, and community development.”

Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library, Beauport, Sargent House Museum, Good Morning Gloucester (and GMG contributors!) and other local media, and so many other Gloucester partners collaborated in the process of creating content for the story moments and the mobile site and links. Here’s to more awards: Visit http://www.ghwalk.org

Giant Rubber Duck Floating Around Hong Kong Set To Travel To US

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Giant rubber duck heading for the US. Would be great to have it floating in Gloucester harbor to celebrate a GMG day.

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Essex Shipbuilding Museum’s "The Schooner Challenge". Be on-board one of 3 Essex-built schooners for a once-in-a-lifetime event!

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Have an evening of fun and participate in a unique brand of schooner challenge and help make the boat you crew on the winner! You must be on the Maritime Gloucester dock Monday, June 17th by 5:30 pm.

Crews will be assigned to the three schooners by random draw. Every effort will be made to seat friends and/or couples together on the same schooner. This would make an ideal club, association

or family team event! All proceeds are to benefit the Essex Shipbuilding Museum’s 86 year-old schooner "Evelina M. Goulart’s" stabilization project.

Tickets for The Schooner Challenge are $40 ea. and are only available from our Museum’s secure web site: http://www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org/details-of-our-next-events-27.html#SchoonerChallenge

Or call: 978-375-3337. Don’t Delay–Limited tickets are available so sign-on NOW!
There will be cash bars on board, and light hors d’oeuvres will be available.

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Community Photos

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Len Burgess submits-

Hi Joey, now that I’m a Gloucester-ite for a month I get to see these great water reflected sunsets.

Taken from the North Shore Arts Assoc. lot.  That’s the boat "Pioneer" heading out. –Len Burgess

Sunset On The Annisquam River 6/8/2013 Photo by Anthony Marks

Sunset On The Annisquam River 6/8/2013