My View of Life on the Dock
Hi
I grew up in Magnolia/Gloucester and was in town last weekend visiting family. I took this shot at Good harbor Beach Sunday morning and my sister suggested I share it with you. It was an absolutely beautiful morning on the beach!!
Now that I live in Vermont, your site keeps me connected to all that I love and miss about my home town – thank you!!
Best
Jennifer (Cavanaugh) Mathieson
Charlie Carroll Submits
We will be live tweeting pics today. If you come, tweet your dodgeball pics and add the #Dodgeball hashtag. I’ll feature your pics on GMG.
Or you can forward your pics and youtube videos to goodmorninggloucester and I’ll feature them.
Teams send in photos getting ready this morning too!
Are You Ready For This???????
WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!
Are You Ready For Some Dodgeball?
Camp Spindrift Saturday at 11AM
Joey,
In my travels around Gloucester there is one memorial stone that I do NOT recommend that anyone try to visit or to even look at closely. The best place to see this stone marker is right here on Good Morning Gloucester.
The reason for this is because the marker in question is located at the outside edge of inside of the first traffic circle you come to on Rte. 128 when you come into Gloucester; called Grant’s Circle. The only other way to see it is to park in the Friendly’s parking lot, hop over the traffic barrier at the side of the circle, and carefully negotiate on foot through two lines of circling automobile traffic. You could peer out the window of your car as you drive around the circle, BUT I DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT EITHER!! The stone marker is a tall dark, possibly slate or polished granite stone with a carved relief portrait of Chester Grant, for whom the circle is named ” This Circle, Erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1956, is Dedicated to Honor Chester H. Grant, 1897 -1954, A Soldier and Devoted Citizen”. Chester Grant served in World War I in France from 1917 to 1919. He was, “cited 3 times for Meritorius Conduct Under Fire and Received the Silver Star with Palm.” The silver star, known as the Croix de Guerre or the War Cross is a French Military decoration to honor people who fought bravely with the Allies against the Axis Force during World War I. “As a Public Official for the City of Gloucester – Displayed Great Ability in the Performance of His Municipal Duties.” There is a flag pole behind the stone marker with a light which shines on the flag from the underside at night.
Peter Dorsey
Terry Weber submits-
Newlyweds Mike and Carolyn Blair married moments ago in Aruba! They send their love to Gloucester/Magnolia!
I personally guarantee you will have the best time you’ll have all year.
We will be filming another contestant and fan Harlem Shake Video, get there by 11:00AM to be in the Harlem Shake Taping. If you have a funny helmet, mask or costume bring it because it will make the video that much more nuts.
The Details(also available on The Event Facebook Page Here)
Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:30am until 4:30pm in EDT
The Farm Bar & Grille and Good Morning Gloucester together with YMCA Camp Spindrift present the 3rd annual outdoor bikini/speedo dodgeball tournament to benefit Next Step, a charity that provides aid to children and young adults with life threatening illnesses (www.nextstepnet.org)
57 Atlantic Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
2012 Video from Craig Kimberley
This year we filled up the 20 team brackets in under 20 hours because anyone at all that went last year knew just how insanely fun it was.
Pics from 2012-
Kim Smith’s 2012 Video-
Such a fantastic resource right in our backyard. You ought to take advantage of the trails and hiking too!
Hello,
I wanted to send in a couple of pictures I took in Gloucester on Saturday. The first one is on Atlantic Road early Saturday morning. The road was officially closed but I was able to walk in and snap a couple of incredible wave shots.
The second was taken at Eastern Point.
The third is at Stage Fort Park……incredible amount of rocks thrown out of the harbor and into the park!!
My wife and I bought a condo in the Stage Fort Area. We live in Woburn but spend as much time as possible in Gloucester enjoying the new pad! I look forward to snapping many pictures we can share with Good Morning Gloucester…….I love reading this everyday!!
Elinor Teele Submits-Dried Seaweed Outside the Annisquam Market
Another Perspective from Dwight Hebert-
A couple times a week, folks on the back shore see these low riding barges near the horizon heading north. They are carrying fuel to our neighbors in Portland and places further north. This picture shows where is all begins in the East Boston/Chelsea channel tank farm. This barge and tug just arrived for another load of fuel.
The Rocky Neck Art Colony Welcomes Spring With The Best Of Rocky Neck Exhibition
Artist members celebrate their diversity and community with a comprehensive and color-full exhibition.
March 13, 2013 – Gloucester MA – This spring, the Best of Rocky Neck exhibition celebrates the diversity of styles, media and techniques, and sense of community of the artist members of the Rocky Neck Art Colony. The comprehensive and color-full exhibit features one piece of current artwork from each of the participating members. The Best of Rocky Neck exhibition will run from April 4–28, 2013 and gallery hours are Thursdays – Sundays, 12–4 PM. Join us for the reception and meet the artists on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 4–6 PM at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester MA 01930.
This April, the Best of Rocky Neck exhibition takes over both gallery levels of the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck much like the successful Winter Show a few months ago. This year’s spring members exhibition is sure to take its place alongside the many successful shows that have opened at the Cultural Center since last summer, and will certainly become a fixture on the Cultural Center’s year-round schedule of events.
The RNAC Cultural Center Gallery is located at 6 Wonson Street, Rocky Neck, Gloucester and is open Thursday through Sunday, 12 to 4 PM. Please find the RNAC calendar at www.rockyneckartcolony.org
Best of Rocky Neck Exhibition
at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester MA 01930
April 4–28, 2013
Thursdays – Sundays, 12–4 PM
Reception for the Artists
Saturday, April 6, 2013, 4–6 PM
The Cultural Center At Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester MA 01930
NSSPI Realizes we live in a world where young athletes are expected to do more of the same to get better. Play more soccer to become a better soccer player. Play more hockey to become a better hockey player. The list goes on. Unfortunately, if continue to do more sport specific training using incorrect movement patterns, we are simply creating bodies that are imbalanced and set up for injuries down the road. Instead, we need to be creating better athletes whose movement patterns lead to stronger runners, jumpers, swimmers and skaters, etc. In essence, we need to build stronger athletes whose athletic abilities can easily adapt to the demands of many sports, therefore increasing the longevity and strength of the athlete across many modalities.
NSSPI has designed a strength and conditioning program for athletes (Ages 10-17) seeking excellence at the next level of performance! Each session focuses on mastering key athletic movement patterns which will support the development of strength, power, speed and flexibility. They will work on mobility, flexibility, strength and conditioning. These athletes will decrease their risk for injury and build strength and confidence to meet the demands of their specific sport.
We have another note we wanted to pass along to the GMG community – about some plans for this weekend that’ll help take our minds off the winter storms.
One of those nasty winter blizzards forced the cancelation of our Soup-er Bowl earlier this year…but we’ve made the most of it and combined this with St Patrick’s Day. We think this will be even more fun — this coming Saturday, March 16, we’re holding a St. Patrick’s Day Soup-er Bowl. We’re still offering a 25% discount for those guests who bring some soup — and our judges will choose a winner, with the Soup-er Bowl champ getting a gift certificate for a free return visit (folks can even come and stay a night or two and just taste the soup). And because we’re celebrating St Patrick’s Day, there will be some Cape Ann Brewery beer on hand, along with other holiday treats. The Shutters has a St. Patrick’s Day tradition to uphold. Here’s a photo from last year – and a Soup-er Bowl reminder from our St Paddy’s Day hostess.
Thanks
Tony, Patty, Ed & AnnMarie Blue Shutters Beachside Inn 978-283-1198
Green Days At Pop Gallery
Cape Ann Farmers’ Market
March 2013
We are gearing up for the 2013 market!
Please Save the Dates for:
Annual Dinner & Movie Fundraiser
“Betting the Farm” *
Sunday, April 28, 4pm – 7pm
Cape Ann Community Cinema, Gloucester
*Movie will be followed by a Q & A with the CEO of Moo Milk ( the Dairy Co-Op that the film is about)
Early Spring Market (new for 2013!)
Saturday, April 20
10:30-1:30
Unitarian Universalist Church, Gloucester
Joey,
While researching the Civil War statue that is next to City Hall c.1879, I discovered that there was an earlier Civil War monument that had been erected by the City. So I went to find it, and check it out, and then photograph it early one evening in advance of an on-coming snowstorm. Its unlikely that many people even know that it is there; as it looks just like another, if larger, granite Greek Revival memorial in the middle of the cemetery, and not otherwise set apart. The granite obelisk was carved and erected in 1867 in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery which had a, “…symmetrically modeled shaft, 20 feet height, and stands in the center of the grounds. It was dedicated on May 27, 1868.” (History of Gloucester, James R. Pringle – 1892).
Like a few of the Civil War statues I have seen in Gloucester, there were lots of beach stone or cobble stones set around the base; perhaps signifying the many who perished.
Peter Dorsey
Gloucester High School sophomore, Jennifer Palazola, daughter of Maryjo Lamphier, won Best of School for her piece “Embedded by Nature” at the 6th Congressional District High School Art Competition. The awards were presented Saturday, March 9, by U.S. Representative John F. Tierney at Montserrat College of Art’s 301 Gallery, 301 Cabot Street, Beverly and were hosted by Montserrat President Stephen D. Immerman.
Palazola’s teacher at Gloucester HS is Lorrinda Cerrutti, who submitted her pieces to the competition, along with junior Rosie Margetson’s, daughter of Annie Margetson.
I was wondering if GMG could post a note about my lost dog. Venus was lost at the Dogtown entrance near Cherry St. on March 6th. She is an 11yr old female Alaskan Husky, weighing 40lbs, and wearing a solid blue collar. She has a black overcoat, and tan undercoat, with tan legs and some white on her chest. She is shy and will avoid other dogs and people if possible. She probably won’t come if called, but is food driven and may be coaxed by treats. Attached is a full body picture.
Thank you, Dan.
Dan at 978-290-0769.
From The International Dory Racing Committee-
A new year is upon us and Spring is right around the corner. What a great opportunity to pitch in, and be a part of “living history” with the Gloucester International Dory Racing Committee. Recreational rowers, competitive rowers, and fans of dory racing can make a difference this year with memberships and volunteer work that benefit the entire community of Cape Ann . Attached are your membership forms and schedule of events for 2013. Please send us your forms right away and save the Committee the price of a stamp! Mailers will be going out in a couple weeks so act now and we will see you on the water.
For more info-http://www.internationaldories.com/index.html
Rick Isaacs submits-
After The Storm
The Storm Part 1 & 2 from Charlie Carroll
Al Bezanson submits-
Wickedest Tuna
Hi Joey —
Had a little slow time yesterday to look around at the Boston Seafood Show. There was a lively crowd at Chicken of the Sea.
Al Bezanson
Hi Joey. I don’t know whether or not this might be of interest to your readers, but today I posted several images (Kodachrome slides, 1954) of Japanese fishing boats in reference to comments my mother made regarding the “Bikini Incident”. On March 1, 1954 the US detonated a nuclear weapon (Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands) creating dangerous radioactive fall-out and impacting the fishing industry. If interested, here is the link: www.annbkennedy.blogspot.com
We’ll see you all in May and looking forward to a Mug-up! Ann
Rockport Senior Center Goings On-
Specialized Telephone Equipment Presentation at the Rockport Senior Center on March 20th at 10AM. If you are having trouble hearing on the telephone with Captioned Telephone you can see word for word what is said. RSVP to Diane 978-546-2573.
Antique Appraisal at the Rockport Senior Center on Thursday March 21st from 10:30 – 12:00. Free verbal appraisal on one item. RSVP to Diane 978-546-2573
Traveling Chef will be at the Rockport Senior Center on Friday, March 29th and will be serving Ice Cream Sundaes with a choice of vanilla or chocolate ice cream, hot Fudge, strawberry Sauce, Whipped Topping, Sprinkles, Crushed Oreos & Cherries. $3.00 11:30AM (after lunch) call Freda 978-546-5027.
Mohegan Sun Trip on April 24th we will leave from the Rockport Depot at 7:00 AM and we will depart from the Casino at 4:30PM. Cost is $25.00 and includes transportation, a $15.00 bet and a $15.00 food voucher. Call Diane or Paula at the Rockport Senior Center 978-546-2573.
Empty Bowl Painting We will be having another bowl painting at the Rockport Senior Center on Wednesday, April 9th from 3-5 PM. Everyone is welcome to attend. We do need a head count so they know how many bowls to bring. Please call 978-546-2573 for resevations.
The Rockport Senior Center will be having beginner Digital Camera & Intermediate Digital Camera Classes, Intro to Face Book and intro to Tablets, IPad, Kindle & eReaders. Classes are taught by Colleen McGrath. Call for dates and information, call 978-546-2573
Memory Loss: What’s Normal, What’s Not Free seminar on April 9th at 1:00 at the Rockport Senior Center. RSVP 978-546-2573. This program is sponsored by Spectrum Adult Day Care and Addison Gilbert Hospital.
Diabetes Screening On April 11 from 1-3PM. Pre-registration is required. Call Diane at 978-546-2573. This screening is sponsored by Addison Gilbert Hospital.
Maritime Gloucester Goings On-
March 21st: “Sustainable Seafood Choices”
with: Allison McHale, NOAA Fish Watch; and Heather Tausig, New England Aquarium’s Ocean Friendly Seafood Program
Sustainable seafood purchases are easier to make, thanks to these two consumer-oriented programs. A must for anyone who cares about our oceans’ renewable resources and wants to know more about sustainable seafood guides.
March 28th: “Fish, Fraud, and Forensics” (rescheduled from March 7th)
with: Beth Daley, Boston Globe; Ross Lane and Dan D’Ambruoso, Special Agents with NOAA Office of Law Enforcement; and a representative from the seafood industry.
The lead reporter on the Globe’s seafood fraud investigative team, NOAA inspection/enforcement agents, and an industry member will describe this emerging concern and what measures are being taken to address it.
All events are free and open to the public. We expect a strong turnout for these seafood programs. Seating is limited, so please arrive early.
When: Thursdays in March, 7:00 pm
Where: Gorton’s Gallery
Maritime Gloucester
23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester
Maritime Gloucester, 23 Harbor Loop
When: Wednesday, March 20th at 7:30 PM
What: Author of the sound-imaging poem Vaast Bin (Calamari Press), Michael Peters, will read at the Gloucester Writers Center.
Who: Michael Peters’ text and digital-based work has appeared in journals such as Bright Pink Mosquito, unarmed, SleepingFish, BathHouse Hypermedia Journal, and Hyperrhiz. New work is forthcoming in Polis, PEEP/SHOW, and Drunken Boat. His visual-poetic manifestations are in avant-garde libraries, special collections, and appear in galleries, journals, and anthologies –The Last Vispo Anthology: 1998-2008 is the latest. His published work includes an essay on Charles Olson and a transcription of Sun Ra’s 1971 lecture for Nathaniel Mackey’s Hambone. Peters cut his sound imaging teeth in the rock group Poem Rocket. He continues to explore sound-imaging in solo performances, installations, and in improvisational collaborations. Currently, he is working on a book about sound environment programming – a close study of the work of Charles Olson, John Cage, Sun Ra, and Jackson Mac Low in the post-1945 moment.
Where:
The Gloucester Writers Center is located in the late poet Vincent Ferrini’s historic home, at the Gloucester Writers Center at 126 East Main Street, East Gloucester, MA (please park across the street). The Center was founded to celebrate, preserve, and promote Gloucester’s rich literary legacy and to create space in the community for the voices of people of all ages and backgrounds to be heard through writing, dialogue, and the artistic process. Find out more about the Gloucester Writers Center at gloucesterwriters.org
Hey Joe,
Could you post this for my Relay for Life team “Friends for Friends”
Hoping it’s not too late to get it in there.
Much appreciated..
Brenda Davis
Just a reminder to sign up for the St. Patrick’s Day dinner, hosted at Savour Wine and Cheese, and expertly cooked by Chef Matt Beach. We have 23 people currently signed up, but have room for 17 more. It will be friendly and informal, with everyone sitting at community tables. Come alone, in couples, or in groups. Everyone is welcome! We will need our final count by Thursday, March 14. Justemail Kathleen to sign up!
St. Patrick’s Day Dinner
Sunday, March 17
5:30 – 6:00 – appetizers and snacks
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – dinner
We plan to have a great St. Patrick’s Day meal for about 40 people. So come celebrate with us! From colcanon to corned beef, with beer tasting and wine, we will all have a good Irish party!
Menu
Cheddar and Stout Fondue
Irish Soda Bread
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Colcannon
Dark Chocolate Cake with Irish Cream Mousse
Chocolate Stout Pot de Creme
Metropolis Xeno Decaf Coffee (best tasting decaf I’ve had)!
Wine machines will be open for tasting before dinner. We recommend the Sommerach trochen (dry) Silvaner, and the Jostock Mosel Riesling to accompany your corned beef. We are also tasting out Julian Hard Cider, the favored drink of the American colonists, and two beers:Clown Shoes Genghis Pecan Pie Porter and Berkshire Brewing Co. Russian Imperial Stout
Dinner, with appetizer, dessert, coffee, and beer, hard cider or wine is only $25.00 per person (excluding MA meal tax and 18% gratuity)
Plan to join us at 5:30, have a great meal and go out and listen to some great music around Cape Ann, after dinner.
We are AST American Sports Training Academy on the North Shore, and we’d like to introduce
you to our new co-ed basketball skills & drills clinic program, AST Hoop-FUNdamentals for
boys and girls age 7-17.
We are launching our program mid-March at The Manchester Athletic Club (MAC) in
Manchester, MA (just off Exit 15, Rte.128N.)
Why should local Cape Ann players and their parents be interested in investing in skills & drills
classes this off-season, with spring sports just starting up?
We believe it makes perfect sense for kids who love the game, to keep in basketball shape and
continue to improve their all-important fundamental skills so they can develop to a higher
level…in preparation for next season.
We also believe younger kids, new to the sport of basketball, should learn the right way,
the first time and as for more advanced players, they only get better practicing the fundamentals.
A focused, fun, instructional program…our program…for one class per week will make the
measurable difference.
Our team at AST American Sports Training is staffed by experienced, energetic professional school teacher/coaches
and you can learn more “About Us” on our website www.asthoops.com.
Also, of note, is the discounted price we give to each member of an established team if 2 or
more team members enroll and multiple siblings get an even deeper family discount rate.
p.s. We are proud our clinicians are exceptional people with experience teaching school and
coaching children and adolescents.
I have attached a PDF that nets out our Spring clinic and we will be very grateful if you can include it on GMG.
Any additional information you may need, please let me know.
Thanks, and I am signing us up for GMG. It is excellent….
Jim & Rita Dziadosz
AST American Sports Training Academy
AST FUNdamentals Basketball Skills & Drills Clinics/Camps/Individual Training
978-930-4071
Hi Joey
Caught these waves last Saturday on Shore Rd. Quite entertaining!!
Nathan
Joey,
Another Civil War memorial I have recently noticed sits in the Riverdale section of Gloucester on Washington Street, near the intersection with Hodgkins Street and across from the Mill Pond. It is an area which was filled in on the tidal side, and has a granite sea wall built up around it, and a cast iron fence with granite posts. The historical marker is a granite obelisk with a pointed cap on the top and beach stones set into and around the base. The inscription reads, “Riverdale Martyrs in the War of the Rebellion 1861 – 1865”. The names of the Riverdale men who died in the Civil War are listed on three sides of the memorial. Carved into a top section of polished granite are the Union Army Corps badges. It is a very scenic location for a war monument; in a tidal inlet.
Peter Dorsey
Drawmaster Steve Campbell
Frankie Gwynn From Red White and Blueballs
Giovanna Displays The Muff Riders Uniform
Frankie Approves Ryan Pinkham and Ty Rodgers Great Balls For Hire Uniforms
Matt Sawyer and John Vizena From Last Year’s Champion Blinded By The White Get Uniform Approval
KPup From Cross Fit Cape Ann Earns Speedo Approval
Dodgefathers’ s Chris DeWolfe Gets Speedo Approval While The Dodgemother Looks On
Dirty Luchadors Heather Mason and Amanda O’Neil
Beverly Athletic Club (last year’s villans) Represent Strong At The Dodgeball PreParty
Jason Mason and Taylor Ingenhuett
Chris Fontaine From Beverly Athletic Club’s BAC in Action
The Rabbit and Derek Smith From The Crazy Ivans
The first of our 2013 Wine Dinner Series celebrates the Wines of Spring.
Always a popular event, our wine dinners combine beautiful seasonal dishes paired thoughtfully with choice wines and presented by the knowledgeable and entertaining BZ from United Liquors.
Reservations are recommended.
Call Maria @ 978-283-7888
Good Morning Gloucester 