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.

Best Lobster Shacks On The North Shore Ā« CBS Boston

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Best Lobster Shacks On The North Shore Ā« CBS Boston.

If we are talking true lobster shacks it’sĀ Lobster Pool Hands Down. Ā Fire Pit. Ā Smores. Ā UnparalleledĀ Sunsets. BYOB. Ā Great outdoor lawn with unspoiled views of Ipswich Bay.

I could name a bunch of great places to eat lobsters in Gloucester but none that I would consider a lobster shack type joint like a pure lobster shack like Lobster Pool. Ā  Seaport Grille runs a ton of lobsterĀ specialsĀ  Topside Grille too but for this category they wouldn’t be eligible.

Bill Kubicek Has Some Nice Things To Say

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Joey, Frankie, Ryan, Noah and Bradley From The Farm, Rick Doucette, Camp Spindrift Volunteers and all the dodge-ballers, 

Another amazing year of colored balls, outstanding fashion and questionable judgment for the common good.  You and your team put on a fantastic event and I dearly love the energy, passion and effort that goes into this epic affair.  Next Step is so honored to be the the beneficiary of the magical mayhem that was the 2013 Speedo and Bikini Dodgeball Tournament.  Your contribution will allow for over 100 hours of programming for teens and young adults battling life-threatening illness.  Thank you from all of us at Next Step.

Bill

Bill Kubicek

Founder/Executive Director

The Next Step Fund

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Community Stuff 4/5/13

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Pancake Breakfast fundraiser this Saturday for RHS DECA 

Inquiries can be made to Scott Larsen at slarsen@rpk12.org

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For more info click- www.endicott.edu/gloucester

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Tide comes in… on a new shore

You can’t keep a good tide down.

Even before the doors had closed on Time & Tide Fine Art’s downtown Ipswich gallery, the wheels were turning on the next incarnation of the popular gallery. 

A new partnership between Time & Tide’s Kristina Brendel and Post Road Framers in the Rowley Marketplace center will create a gallery within the frame shop. 

Opening April 1 with the exhibition “On a New Shore,” Brendel is preparing to curate exciting collections of original work by local fine artists. 

An opening reception will celebrate the new collaboration on Saturday, April 6 from 5-7pm.

“I’ve become more and more impressed by the depth of the talent in this area,” Brendel says. “We have artists producing work here that rivals any big city gallery. As a matter of fact, many of the artists I work with show their work in Boston, too.”

Time & Tide will present a new show each month, alternating group shows with solo and duo exhibitions. 

For more information, contact Kristina Brendel viakristina@timeandtidefineart.com or 978 238 8848.

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BG Customer Appreciation Day

Good Morning Gloucester FOB Virtual Online Gallery and Pop-Up Shop Now Live

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Good morning Joey,
We have set up the Good Morning Gloucester FOB Online Gallery and Pop-Up Shop on our site at http://capeanngiclee.com/blog/good-morning-gloucester-fob-show-online-store where people can go and see all the artwork that is is in the show and all the prints are available for purchase.
For those who can make it in to see the show we are open 10 ā€“ 5 thru Saturday please come on by and browse the gallery.
And donā€™t forget to VOTE for your favorite print in our studio – the winner will receive a $100, 2nd place $50 and 3rd place $25 gift certificates to Cape Ann Giclee. The winners will be announced on Saturday.
Thank you to all the artists who displayed work and everyone who has come to see the show!

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Chickity Check It! WOODCARVING WITH DAVID CALVO In North Shore Magazine

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Woodcarving With David Calvo

February 25, 2013

Ask David Calvo if he thinks woodcarving is a dying art and heā€™ll cut through the suggestion like a bandsaw through birch. By Andrew Conway- photograph by Joel Laino

ā€œIā€™ve taught students from every state, as well as Canada and Mexico,ā€ he says, referring to his ever-growing network of passionate craftsmen and women who come to his renowned woodcarving and sculpture studio and school in Gloucester to learn the ancient art for themselves.

To view the entire article at North Shore Magazine follow this link

Tuffy Represents! In Honduras

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Interesting Wood Carvings. 

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I was just thinking.  Wouldnā€™t that be great to have a collection of wood carved figurines of dudes with huge penises all over the house. 

Uhmmmm, no.

Over /Under On How Fast The Rutgers Basketball Coach Gets Fired Poll

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I understand he’s officially suspended but there’s no way this guy doesn’t get fired, only question is how fast Rutgers can get rid of this guy.

I’m thinking if the AD had seen the tape and didn’t do anything about it he’s gonna go too, no?

NBC Casting Is Calling And If This One Wasn’t Made For Sista Felicia They Ought To Get New Casting Agents

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NBC is casting a BRAND NEW prime-time cooking competition show and we are looking for the best home cooks in Boston!

Food Fighters (working title)

Do you have a handful of dishes in your back pocket that are so good you think you can beat a professional with them?  Have you had recipes passed down through generations of family members that you’ve honed and perfected!?  If not, do you know of the best home cook in Boston!  Is there someone you know who makes the best mac and cheese of chili you’ve ever had?!  Nominate someone today!  

We are looking for amateur chefs to take on professionals in a new cooking showdown!  As an amateur chef on our show, you get to use your own tried and true recipes!  And there is life-changing cash on the line!

For more info, visit www.nbc.com/casting (FOOD FIGHTERS) and email us at this address with the following info:

-Your name

-Occupation

-Contact information (including phone number and email)

-2 to 3 photos of you

-2 to 3 photos of your best homemade dishes

Community Photos 4/3/13

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Portagee Hill photo by Anthony Marks

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It was a beautiful Easter sunrise over Good Harbor beach!

From Lisa Jordan

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Hi Joey,

Some photos from our Easter Sunrise service at Bass Rocks yesterday morning.. It really was a beautiful morning!
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Amanda Matczynski

Community Stuff 4/3/13

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Hi and Happy Easter.

I am not sure if you are willing to print this sort of announcement, but I see your newsletter as THE primary communication media on Cape Ann and I hope you will consider spreading this message for me.  Our non-profit is national. I have placed 5 rescued Leonbergers in Gloucester/Rockport over the past years. There are also a handful of these dogs sprinkled around Essex County.  I am so grateful to the local folks who donated auction items that I hope to thank them publicly so that others know they have kind hearts.  Thanks for reading below. I have also attached 2 photographs of my Leonberger dog — my own rescue that I pulled from a MO puppy mill with 5 others. (My “Kato” is fighting brain cancer.)

Thanks, Joey,

Karen Grossman

www.karenbarrgrossman.com

www.LeoPals.org

Gloucester Businesses Support National Dog Rescue

The online charity auction to benefit Leonberger dog rescue begins April 1st and Big Thanks go to local businesses Coveted Yarn, Side Street Gallery, and Dogtown Studio Pottery for generously donating to the 144 items in the auction. Opening bids are low and item goes to the highest bidder by April 10. 

Log onto: www.biddingforgood.com/leopals

(Click on “potential bidder” upper right corner.)

Register now…site opens and bidding starts on April 1st! This is going to be fun.

Hosted by www.LeoPals.org, and GrossmanKaren@comcast.net (your Cape Ann Leonberger rescue/adoption coordinator).

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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? Ā 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. Ā 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 Mitchellā€™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 yearā€™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 emailā€™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