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.
PSA To All You Kids Out There- You Think The First Time This Broad Popped A Pill She Ever Imagined That She’d End Up A Mess like This?
Andrea Cortois posted this to twitter-
Mug Shot: NH woman charged w/ 1 ½ oz of power cocaine, crack cocaine, approx 100 Oxy pills, meth and heroin.
— AndreaWBZ (@AndreaWBZ) April 5, 2013
This girl could have been attractive. She could have been a lot of things. But look at her.
A mess.
Think any addict starts out taking drugs thinking they were ever going to end up blowing ugly dudes so they can afford their next fix? Think anyone ingests balloons full of drugs only to shit them out to smuggle them or hide them because they’re normal?
Here’s a little suggestion for you-
Don’t think you’re stronger than the drug. It doesn’t matter how strong willed you think you might be. Imagine if the chance of you got addicted was only 10% even though it’s way higher. Would you take a 10% chance that you’d ever end up looking like this chick?
Would you take a 10% chance that you’d end up getting screwed by ugly dudes for money to buy drugs because you were that desperate?
Do yourself a favor and find other ways to distract yourself. Throw yourself into creating art. Throw yourself into sports or working out. Throw yourself into taking higher education classes.
Throw yourself into anything but taking drugs. Not once. Not ever.
Don’t be the chick with horrible acne screwing ugly dudes for money to buy dope.
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Dinner Dealer- I’m A Believer. Featured Card Of The Week- Willow Rest
I dig the whole concept. When there’s things that we can take advantage of that are wins all the way around, that’s something I can get behind.
In this case the restaurant gets your business, you get great savings and after you use just a couple of the cards at places you would have eaten anyway, the rest is all gravy!
From the Dinner Dealer Site-
Good luck walking out of Annisquam’s Historic Willow Rest empty handed. Talk about good ol’ home style cooking that comes from the heart . . . their food is sure to feed your soul (and your stomach). Within the 2013 Dinner Dealer deck, you’ll find a $10 off $30 coupon for this local favorite. And guess what?! Takeout meals are included with the discount! So, what are you waiting for? Grab a Dinner Dealer deck and go. Tell them Joey C sent you!
The WILLOW REST
1 Holly Street • Gloucester MA 01930
978-283-2417 • www.willowrest.com
https://www.DinnerDealer.com
Yep, you get a ton of great discounts to awesome North Shore restaurants for just $25!
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Charlie Carroll One Man Show At Cape Ann Giclee
Attached is the Invitation to my One Man Show, which will be held at Cape Ann Giclee.
The opening will be on April 12th, 2013, from 5pm till 9 pm.
Am presenting all new work…
Am hoping that you’ll be able to attend the opening.
It should be fun.
C
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Dinner Dealer- I’m A Believer. Featured Card Of The Week- Willow Rest
I dig the whole concept. When there’s things that we can take advantage of that are wins all the way around, that’s something I can get behind.
In this case the restaurant gets your business, you get great savings and after you use just a couple of the cards at places you would have eaten anyway, the rest is all gravy!
From the Dinner Dealer Site-
Good luck walking out of Annisquam’s Historic Willow Rest empty handed. Talk about good ol’ home style cooking that comes from the heart . . . their food is sure to feed your soul (and your stomach). Within the 2013 Dinner Dealer deck, you’ll find a $10 off $30 coupon for this local favorite. And guess what?! Takeout meals are included with the discount! So, what are you waiting for? Grab a Dinner Dealer deck and go. Tell them Joey C sent you!
The WILLOW REST
1 Holly Street • Gloucester MA 01930
978-283-2417 • www.willowrest.com
https://www.DinnerDealer.com
Yep, you get a ton of great discounts to awesome North Shore restaurants for just $25!
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Street Hockey At The MAC
Joey,
Spring has sprung!!!! So have the Youth/Teen programs at Manchester Athletic Club. Join the summer FUN of street hockey at MAC!!
Summer Street Hockey
There is nothing more fun in the summer than playing street hockey with all your friends. This summer, join NSSPI at the Manchester Athletic Club for the opening season of Summer Street Hockey! It is sure to be a banner year! The format is 4 V. 4 (not including goalies). All standard street hockey rules apply.Don’t worry, your family won’t miss out on pool time! The Manchester Athletic Club has graciously offered a special rate to use their pool and snack bar during the evening games! Bring your suits, bring your family, and bring your hockey sticks!
What’s more? Skills will be showcased at the Hockey Jamboree at the end of the season, where everyone will get to see all the teams in action!
Younger players will likelyplay in the earlier time slots. VolunteerCoaches are encouraged.Our Personal Best,Nan & all the NSSPI Coaches*Please visit the Manchester Athletic Club website for all the exciting programs they are offering this summer!
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Well Lookey Here. My Buddy Dre Takes Home Some Hardware :) Congrats Andrea Holbrook!
Times’ Holbrook, Cape Ann magazine win honors
http://m.gloucestertimes.com/GDT/db_269214/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=YAK2zkjE
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Seals In Brace Cove From FOB Dianna Glenn
Hey Joey,
Thought you might like this photo of seals in Brace Cove, taken by FOB Dianna Glenn.
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The Truth Behind Calorie Labels
From The New York Times Opinion Pages-
OP-DOCS
‘Calorie Detective’
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Burnham’s Field Getting All Clean and Shit! Lend a hand April 21st!
Joey, Hi my name is Ambrose Orlando and I am getting a group of hopefully quite a few people to go down to burnhams field and clean up on April 21 at 9am if u could give us a shout out on ur page that would be greatly appreciated.ThanksAmbrose
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@MayorKirk: tweets VB interviews Stephen Lynch and gives shout out to Gloucester!
@MayorKirk: VB interviews Stephen Lynch and gives shout out to Gloucester! http://www.myfoxboston.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8751248#.UWMTTY_t7AE.twitter
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Gail Levin, author of Hopper’s Places Has Some Nice Things To Say About Our Catherine Ryan’s Work
What exciting work all the sleuths in Gloucester are doing tracking Edward Hopper’s footprints! I sure wish that I had had the power of the internet when I was first doing my research on Hopper in the 1970s and early 1980s, but there was no internet presence then. Most folks I encountered in Gloucester had never even heard of Hopper. Congratulations to all the people finding Hopper’s presence and to those who conceived of the website.
With best wishes,Gail Levin, author Hopper’s Places, Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonne, Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography, and other books
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Tweet of The Day From Fitness Motivator
What’s my secret? It’s a new diet pill called “GET UP and work your butt off EVERY day!”
— Fitness Motivator (@Fit_Motivator) March 9, 2013
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Officer Cliff Alves getting ready to run the 5k on Sunday morning.
Officer Cliff Alves getting ready to run the 5k on Sunday morning. The Gloucester Police department had a great group of men and women in the race!! Maybe next year I’ll join them!! Thanks for posting.
Melissa Cox
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Does anyone still use fax machines?
If you’ve moved away from fax machines what have you replaced it with?
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Community Photos 4/8/13
Hi Joey!
A few of us just graduated from the “Become an Expert” wine series at Savour Wine and Cheese on Prospect Street and had such a great time I wanted to share… The classes were so full of information as to taste, production, food pairing, along with many laughs – they just flew by, we learned more than we’ll ever remember and made friends as well! Kathleen was a wonderful instructor and her shop is just beautiful!!
Evelyn
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Muffy White Offers To Take Your Spent Whiskey Bottles
Dear Joey,
Today my family and I walked 1/3 of a mile from our home on Haskell St. down Mooreland St. and picked up 4 lawn bags of garbage. Gross right?
The amazing thing is what we found among the general waste we found 161 small bottles of Seagrams 7.
One Hundred and Sixty One!!
Not an accidental "oops my recycling blew away"…
I am truly amazed at the litter that is everywhere in Gloucester RIGHT NOW!
This is not a complaint but a plea —
People please step outside and if something doesn’t belong on the ground, pick it up.
When you have trash please do not litter!
This our home, your home, your children’s home…
Every day should be Earth Day,
Muffy White
p.s. IF you are on Mooreland St or Haskell St and do not know how to dispose of your small/large liquor bottles, please drop them by our house we will be happy to help!!
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Cape Ann Youth Hockey Wins Chsmpionship
Photo from Mike English
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Community Stuff 4/8/13
April Vacation Week at Maritime Gloucester
Register today for our great new April Vacation Week programs, exploring sea life, wind power, art, and more!
April 15: Crustaceans and Hermit Crab Crafts (Pre-K – 1st grade)
April 15: Coral and Crystals (grades 2 – 5)
April 16 & 18: Science Exploration through Art (ages 6 – 10)
April 17: Wind Power and Fish Windsocks (Pre-K – 1st grade)
April 17: Wind Turbines and Sail Power (grades 2 – 5)
April 19: Marine Mammals and Sock Seals (Pre-K – 1st grade)
April 19: Marine Life in Gloucester Harbor (grades 2 – 5)
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EDWARD HOPPER GLOUCESTER MATCH WITH HELP FROM GMG TIP???
Catherine Ryan submits-
Thank you again Sibley family! The recent GMG Hopper post of the Sibley family helping to identify the Rockaway Hotel in an Edward Hopper drawing generated more discoveries! For reference, here’s the Hopper Rockaway image and a link to that previous GMG post-
Catherine Ryan confirms Rockaway Hotel as another Gloucester Edward Hopper match with help from the Sibley family
Posted on March 17, 2013 by Joey C
There are several Edward Hopper examples in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , including this beauty, the 1926 House by ‘ Squam River . Can you name its Gloucester location? There are notes indicating that it’s in the general direction heading into Annisquam.
IT’S NOT. I admit to clinging to this suggested area with some unreasonable hope because of personal bias (my parents lived on Wheeler’s Point for 30 years, and the charm and might of its full panoramic vista). I climbed around friend’s properties, sought views from Pole Hill and multiple high vantage spots. But I could not connect that landscape anywhere to this Hopper image.
All it took was reading one tiny email description from a GMG reader – I didn’t even need to visit the spot—to know immediately how right it was. I’m sure some other readers may know it, too.
Hint #1:
For one thing, many of these Gloucester Hoppers are views seen from a succession of magnificent granite sentinels. They are sites of great natural beauty conditioned geographically by glacial stone. This particular location has a massive sweep of boulder outcroppings.
Hint #2
These two houses in the Hopper drawing are still standing and exact.
Hint #3
If there is one Hopper, chances are there are others within close proximity. Here’s two other Hopper drawings, all from the same general perch.
Who had the keen eyes? Thank you to Kathy and Jeff Weaver for identifying the sight line for the Gloucester Edward Hopper image, House by ‘ Squam River in the collection of the MFA. It’s no surprise to me that artist Jeff Weaver—who has a history of Gloucester veduta painting himself, and who knows a great thing or two about extraordinary detail, composition, surface and color as bearer of light– would have a tip! You can see more of Jeff’s work here http://www.jeffweaverfineart.com/. Gloucester creates many optimum sites for plein air study, and artists continue to evolve their work into unmissable interpretations of reality.
And here’s the Answer:
You are looking past Centennial across the landscape of Newell Stadium and Gloucester High School . (Perhaps this might be a possible new funding source for Newell Stadium? This same stadium and field site is the landscape featured in an iconic Gloucester Edward Hopper work of art. )
There’s another famous Gloucester artist with a link to this same location, and a nice connection for Gloucester high school, and our students to know. Thanks to Fred Buck for sharing this Strople photo from the collection of the Cape Ann Museum and their archives for the Gloucester HarborWalk’s Virginia Lee Burton marker. It’s a contemporaneous photograph of the GHS high school being built. The steam shovel was the model for Virginia Lee Burton’s beloved Mary Ann from Mike Mulligan ©1939. Follow back the plume of smoke- “Mary Ann” is turned away from the viewer.
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