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.

Revisiting 2 Coyote vs 1 Deer With A What Would You Do Poll

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Here’s the video shot by Shawn Henry which garnered a huge media response.

Now the question is if it had been you inside your home watching this unravel, what would you have done?  Would you have watched from inside the confines of your home?

Would you have gone outside and try to defend the deer with a hockey stick or baseball bat?

I’ve been hearing from many a Monday morning quarterback on what they would have done.

Me, I’m a complete chickenshit when it comes to wild animals.  I’m not gonna pretend that I’m so manly that I woulda gone out there and wrestled with the coyotes like some people act like they would have done.

So let’s poll it and I’ll leave an option open for other answers.

Go See- The Lonesome West

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Last spring we dazzled with The Seafarer, a very funny and moving play by the remarkable Conor McPherson. Well, the boys and one lovely lass are back again in Fishtown with a remarkable new production of Martin McDonagh’s, The Lonesome West.
If the long winter has got you down and you need a really good laugh have we got a show for you!1 A thinking person’s comedy!
Check us out at http://www.fishtownplayers.com or at Goodmorning gloucester at, http://networkedblogs.com/jlkNn
Pass it along
See you there
Students with a valid I.D. admitted free opening night, Thurs. April 4

Gloucester Firefighter Michael Mitchell has successfully completed the Massachusetts Fire Academy intensive 12 week program

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Gloucester Fire Chief Eric Smith submits-

Gloucester Firefighter Michael Mitchell has successfully completed the Massachusetts Fire Academy intensive 12 week program.  The Gloucester Fire Department is proud of FF Mitchell’s dedication and efforts at the fire academy finishing above the class average.  The Fire Service is a demanding profession and Firefighter Mitchell has demonstrated his ability to meet this challenge.  We look forward to Mike having a successful and rewarding career with the Gloucester Fire Department.

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Chickity Check It! Turbine Meeting Breakdown from Gail McCarthy at The Gloucester Daily Times

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March 30, 2013

Turbines spark quick $60K city savings

By Gail McCarthyStaff Writer

The towering wind turbines rising above Blackburn Industrial Park have already translated into revenue with the city, clearing $60,000 in the first three months, according to Mayor Carolyn Kirk.

That was just one element of information shared Thursday night by Kirk and three experts at a wind energy panel discussion that prompted more than 300 Gloucester and Rockport residents to flock to the Sawyer Free Library for a panel discussion on wind energy.

Within three months worth of performance, Kirk said this year’s revenue projection for this calendar year will be $430,000. The only reason that is below the $450,000 estimate is that in the first few months of operation, there were glitches that needed to be addressed and required the turbines to be turned off. Once the operation is in full swing, Kirk said the city will be on track to meet its savings projections.

For the entire article click here to view it at the Gloucester Daily Times website

Community Photos 4/2/13

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March 31
Dog Day Afternoon on Good Harbor Beach
I counted 35!
Photo by Dimitra Lavrakas

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Happy Easter to all our friends on Cape Ann.      Sam & Carol Ina

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Harold Burnham is getting his Pinky Schooner Ardelle ready for another exciting sailing season from Maritime Gloucester. She’s high and dry at the Maritime Gloucester Railway the oldest continuously operating marine railway in the country. –Len Burgess

Dawn Mitschele at The Landing Photos from Lowell Peabody

Joey,

Some pictures of Dawn Mitschele who played with Chelsea Berry at the Crowell Chapel in Manchester last Wednesday did a special show at The Landing at Seven Central in Manchester tonight. She has finished her Northeast swing and is headed across country tomorrow on her way back to San Diego. Her music is on iTunes.

Lowell

Community Stuff 4/2/13

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NOTE:  It seems the goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com email address is bouncing back email’s.  If you have a community announcement you can leave it in a comment on the daily Community Stuff Posts til I get it figured out.  Thanks for your patience.

HELP WANTED!

The Magnolia Historical Society Inc. is seeking volunteers for the positions of;

Volunteers Coordinator – volunteer person needed to call other volunteers to volunteer.

Fundraising Coordinator – volunteer to be in charge of overseeing the fundraising committees.

Fundraising volunteers needed too.

Corresponding Secretary– Person to hand write thank you cards as needed.

Media Correspondent– volunteer to place MHS information in newspapers, radio and local internet based sites.

Please

email lisa@magnoliahistoricalsociety.com

or call Magnolia Historical Museum at 978-525-3311

Joohn Bassett has some nice things to say-

I very much enjoy Good Morning Gloucester, even though I have a studio in Rockport and don’t know many of the people mentioned.  Thanks for this and keep it up!

John Bassett 

www.basglas.com

Newfoundlanders to Gloucester From Councilor Paul McGeary

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Joe:

I created this photo montage of a recent visit of Newfoundlander to Gloucester to discuss the future of economies of harbor communities. Thought you could use it on the blog.

Paul

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After a Long Hiatus 25 Cent Wings Are Back At Cape Ann Brewing on Tuesdays!

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Their wings are my favorite in town.

Served Crispy with a variety of dipping sauces.  25 cents on Tuesdays.

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James and Anna Eves From Cape Ann Giclee Have Some Nice Things To Say

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I listened with my headphones with the volume pumped up. I look forward to more. Of course we loved Joey discussing his addiction to the live feed of the GMG FOB show setup at our studio because the Joey texts of “Tell Craig to get out of way” “i can’t see Donna but I can hear her” or on our 9:00 am coffee stop “Where are you?the live stream is off” made the setup more lighthearted and fun but more importantly because he really got to the heart of the whole thing – community. Joey has managed to put together a group of contributers who are strong, smart, creative accomplished individuals, a truly diverse group of people who come together in the most incredible way and work together without egos getting in the way. As a new business to Gloucester we had no idea what to expect in terms of how we would be received, we knew there was a need for what we do but had no idea how the community would react or if people would even know we were here – thanks to Joey and GMG contributors like Alicia, Kim, Brian, Donna, Father Green, Ej, Kathy they do now. I had been a reader of GMG, watched the Ziptrip episode on Gloucester I knew GMG and Joey were a social media powerhouse and so appreciate all the mention we get on this blog, most new customers who come in are ones who read about us in the blog. But despite being such an incredible force in the community Joey and all the GMG contributors are the most down to earth, nicest, funniest, most joyful group of people we have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Their focus is not on themselves and personal gain, their focus is on the community and creating and doing positive things and having fun while they do it – this is group of people driven to create in truly positive ways – thank you for allowing us to be a part this incredible community, it’s a blast!

cag

Putting Ardelle On The Railways photos by Anthony Marks

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Hi Joey
The Ardelle was pulled up on the railways Saturday at noon,it took
about an hour to complete the job.
All the best Anthony

myra dettelbach interviews the interviewer part 1

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Myra Dettelbach a Junior at Endicott College was assigned to interview the most awkward looking blogger in Massachusetts.  After searching through dozens of blogger profiles she settled on the goofiest looking blogger with the largest bald spot Joey C. 

Here is part 1 of her interview with me.

Mass Moments Features Gloucester and Gortons

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Maggie Rosa Submits-

JoeyThe Mass Moments link today http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=99 features a very interesting article on Gloucester re Gortons.
The GMGites like to read it.

Happy Easter

Maggie Rosa

TAG Program Info Session April 3rd At The Hive!

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Hi Joe, 

I am the assistant director of a new teen art program called the Teen Artist Guild. The Director, David Brooks, and I have been fortunate to receive funding through the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Youth Reach Grant.

The TAG program gives motivated students between the ages of 13-19 the opportunity to develop skill in the arts in the form of paid work and trains them to utilize their creativity to provide services to the community. To start off we will be taking on 15 student artists in the spring, and hopefully by the summer, be able to increase the number of artists, possibly even double.

TAG members will be paid an hourly wage working to provide artistic services to local business, such as painting store front windows, creating murals, or even printing t-shirts. TAG member will also be giving the opportunity to sell their own artworks through TAG. 50% of the commission goes back into the TAG program itself, while the other half goes to the artist, where they’ll be encouraged to donate 10% to a charity of their choice.

The program info session will be April 3rd at The Hive at 6:00 PM. The day is designed to share the program values and for students to get all the information needed to apply. On April 10th all applications will be in students will be notified by the 12th and will start April 16th. Students will meet Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 6-8pm.

Chris Boudrow

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