Smart Dog From Len Burgess
Refused to walk the plank!
-Len Burgess
Vicki Gamage writes-
Does anyone know where this Mother Anne Rock is located in Gloucester?
Thanks!
Author: Joey Ciaramitaro
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Community Stuff 2/16/13
Mark the Dates:
CAPE ANN SHAKESPEARE TROUPE
Presents
William Shakespeare’s
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Directed by Joseph Stiliano
February 27 – March 2 @ 8 PM; March 3 @ 3 PM
Gorton Theatre , 267 East Main Street, Gloucester
(Home of the Gloucester Stage Company)
Tickets: $15/general <> $10/student <> $5/ youth under 19
(Opening performance, Wednesday, February 27, all seats $5)
At the door or reserve at cast2008@prodigy.net .
Supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council
capeannshakespearetroupe.blogspot.com
Free Family Storytelling Event at Pathways for Children in Gloucester
Local Teaching Artist Nicolette Nordin Heavey to Perform
Gloucester, Mass.—On Wednesday, February 20, 2013, the Cape Anne Families program at Pathways for Children will present Nicolette Nordin Heavey, storyteller and teaching artist, in three performances.
The event is free and open to any family in the community, but signing up is required due to limited space.
To reserve your child’s slot, call Hailey Granger, CAF Family Services Coordinator at Pathways, 978-281-2400 x110 or email her at hgranger@pw4c.org. There will be three shows, each geared to a specific age group. Attendees may sign up for any show. The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, February 20th:
9:30- Preschool Show #1
10:00- Preschool Show #2
10:45- School-Age Show
All shows will be held at the Cape Ann Families/Open Door meeting space at 28 Emerson Avenue in Gloucester.
February vacation programs this week at Maritime Gloucester
It’s not too late to sign up for our February vacation week programs! Register online at http://maritimegloucester.org/visit/events.php or register on-site before each session.
$20 per session for Non-Members, $15 for Members, or register for all five sessions for the price of four ($80 Non-Members, $60 Members). All programs are run on-site in our classroom, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA.
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Jeremy’s Back At Passports!
After a hiatus Passports has their man back in the kitchen!
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Phase One Of Operation New Year’s Resolution Complete
Getting rid of anything that hasn’t been worn in two years. Two trash bags of clothes for trash. Two baskets of clothes for charity. One bag if miscellaneous crap for trash. Done.
Next up my office space.
Feels Good!
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Back in the grind.
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Cape Ann MarketWatch Valentine’s Day Edition
Interested in Gloucester/Rockport real estate? Want some "inside" info? Watch Kenny MacCarthy’s video commentary, complete with photos and stats. This week, Kenny tours 7 properties.
For your Gloucester Real estate Needs call Kenny-
978-758-0983
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$5 Friday Burger At Mamies Kitchen
Who says cheeseburgers are only for lunch or dinner. Best $5 burger you’ll eat today.
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One More Week Until the Massachusetts Cultural Council Visits Downtown Gloucester
Catherine Ryan writes-
Hi Joey,
There’s just one more week until the Massachusetts Cultural Council visits downtown Gloucester for their big 4 hour site visit on Thursday, FEBRUARY 21, 2013
We’re hoping your readers will help us reach out to all DOWNTOWN GLOUCESTER residents, businesses, organizations.
Help us Decorate by printing and displaying Art Haven’s custom welcome poster!
Please print out and share this wonderful poster, a unique and custom welcome for MCC, designed by Art Haven, a founding cultural partner. We’re hoping residents, businesses, and organizations throughout the district at street level or above will put it in their window or door for that day. Founding partner, the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will disperse it to its members. Thank you GMG for posting. Fred Bodin is also reaching out to his network to encourage printing/posting!
The proposed DGCD footprint very roughly spans from St.Peter’s/the Chamber side over to Gortons, and from City Hall to Maritime Gloucester . This means it includes the Civic jewels, all of Middle, all of Main, all of Harbor Loop, our waterfront, and Rogers until Rose Baker. It’s the same footprint used for decades and that we all know. We’ll be included in a select group that receive designation and will be marketed with 5 others on the North Shore . We will be the first town in the state with two cultural districts! It mirrors the HarborWalk’s, the Chamber of Commerce’s, Discover Gloucester , and Maritime Trail mapsl, etc–everyone’s efforts to maintain the integrity of downtown and historic harbor area. It will likely increase what is already great and working. Our downtown works hard to offer residents, visitors and employees fantastic experiences!
Please contact us with any questions you may have. http://www.cultural district.zapd.net & https://sites.google.com/site/gloucestermadcd/home
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Testimony: Worker saw rot during Bounty’s repair
This is terrible.
This Captain made horrible horrible decisions.
By Aaron Applegate
The Virginian-Pilot
© February 13, 2013
The wooden tall ship Bounty set sail toward Hurricane Sandy with an unknown amount of rot in its frame despite warnings from a shipwright that had recently worked on the boat, according to testimony heard Wednesday.
Todd Kosakowski, a project manager at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in Maine, said the rot was found when replacing two interior planks the Bounty crew targeted for repair.
He testified on the second day of a Coast Guard hearing in Portsmouth into the Oct. 29 sinking of the Bounty during the hurricane, about 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. The Bounty’s captain, Robin Walbridge, was never found. Another crew member died.
Kosakowski said that while the ship was in the yard in September and October, he informed Walbridge about the framing damage. Walbridge, he said, decided he would have it fixed the next time the Bounty was hauled out.
"I told him I was more than worried about what we found and voiced my concerns a couple of different times," he said.
For the entire article click here
You may remember we followed this story as it unfolded last October-
17 Abandon HMS Bounty off N.C. coast
Posted on October 29, 2012 by Joey C
The HMS Bounty which was the feature ship in Gloucester’s Schooner Festival Last Summer was taking on water out at sea and it’s 17 person crew just abandoned ship.
Uhmmm does this not beg the question-
“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING OUT TO SEA ON THIS BOAT WHEN THEY’VE BEEN FORCASTING THIS STORM FOR OVER A WEEK?”
Somebody’s got some splainin’ to do!
17 abandon stricken ship off N.C. coast
Chickity Check It Video- Hurricane Sandy Rescue: HMS Bounty Survivors Interview
Bounty Captain and Crew Remembered
HMS Bounty Sinking Timeline
You Gotta Read This From A Former Crewmember Of The Bounty Written Just Days After The HMS Bounty Went Down
Video- HMS Bounty Final Voyage From Gloucester MA
HMS Bounty
HMS Bounty Photo In Gloucester For 2012 Schooner Festival From Tucker Destino
Video – Coast Guard Rescues 14, Searches for 2 from HMS Bounty
Say a Prayer for the Crew of the Bounty
Painting the Bounty
Posted on September 6, 2012 by Manuel Simoes
The 2012 HMS Bounty Docks in Gloucester, Massachusetts
Posted on September 1, 2012 by Paul F. Frontiero Jr.
The Schooner Thomas Lannon Salutes The Bounty 8/31/2012 Gloucester, Ma
Posted on September 1, 2012 by Paul F. Frontiero Jr.
The Bounty Arrives in Gloucester Harbor
Posted on August 31, 2012 by Paul F. Frontiero Jr.
Gloucester Welcomes HMS BOUNTY
Posted on August 31, 2012 by Marty Luster
Tall Ship Bounty Needs Crew For Trip From Boothbay To Puerto Rico
Posted on November 26, 2010 by Joey C
My Incredible Adventure- The Bounty
Posted on July 12, 2009 by Sharon
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Serious Question- When Did A Midget Not Become A Midget?
So we’re in the car on the way to Friendlies last night and Snoop Maddie Mad brings up the subject of Leprechauns. She asks if I ever saw a Leprechaun to which I replied- why yes I had. Just last week in Playa Del Carmen they had this Mexican Midget dressed up like a leprechaun who was paid to corral patrons into the bar.
I was immediately interrupted by someone I may or may not be related to through marriage telling me that I shouldn’t say that word. To which I replied, “When did it become inappropriate to say Leprechaun?”
I was informed that we don’t call Midgets Midgets any longer, they are called “little people” Wait, what?
When did the term Midget become a bad word? Like when we grew up didn’t we always call midgets midgets?
I seriously never knew it was considered a slight to call a midget a midget. Does a midget not know they are a midget any more? Do they look in the mirror and not know they are a midget? Or is it just the word midget recently become taboo or something. If I’ve ever offended a midget in the past by calling them a midget and they considered it a bad term I guess I’d apologize but don’t you think it’s a much more accurate term for a small person that grows old but stays really short?
Calling someone a little person isn’t really all that descriptive is it? For example my Snoop Maddie Mad is a little person but she’s not a midget (at least not that I can tell yet). So that “little people” description is far less descriptive than the word midget because there’s no mistaking what you’re talking about when you use the word midget, right?
Is the term Midget off the table nowadays and if so is this a new development?
Little Person vs Midget What Do You Think?
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Community Photos 2/15/13
Hi Joey –
Hope you are well and fared well during the storm! I wanted to share a few photos I took the day after the storm at Good Harbor Beach. It was so sad to see the bridge in ruins and I was astounded to see how high the tide was. Despite the damage that had been done, Good Harbor Beach was still as beautiful as ever…
Many thanks!
Best,
Melissa Nicastro
Hi Joey! I am forwarding four pictures that I took on my hike at Ravenswood with my dog this morning at sunrise. I am not very good at this so you might have to turn a couple around if you think they are worthy of sharing. Have a great day! Carol Morello
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Community Stuff 2/15/13
February Vacation Programming At Maritime Gloucester
There’s still time to sign up for February school vacation programs. Our educators have designed sessions that combinecrafts and science for a fun hands-on introduction to the mysterious undersea world.
Morning sessions are designed for pre-K through 1st graders (with a parent or guardian). Afternoon drop-off sessions are designed for 2nd through 5th grade students.
Topics range from pre-historic sea creatures to modern fishing technologies, with a look at native plankton species, clever cephalopod adaptive strategies, and the food web.
All programs are $20 each for non-members, $15 for members. Sign up for all programs in a session and receive a 20% discount (one program for free!). Visit our website for program details or to register.
When: February 18-22, 2013
Where: Maritime Gloucester
23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester
Cape Ann Mosquito Forum – Health Risks and Control will be held on Thursday, March 7 from 6-8 p.m. at Cruiseport Gloucester, 6 Rowe Square, Gloucester. This program is being presented by the Cape Ann Emergency Planning Team and Boards of Health.
Panelists will include:
Catherine Brown, DVM, State Public Heath Veterinarian, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Jack A. Card, Jr., Director, Northeast Massachusetts Mosquito Control & Wetlands Management District
Dr. Esterban L. Cuebas-Incle, Entomologist, Northeast Massachusetts Mosquito Control & Wetlands Management District
Dr. Alfred DeMaria, Jr., Medical Director Bureau of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
The program will be moderated by Dr. David Driscoll, Medical Director & Chairman of the Board of Health, Town of Essex
There is no fee and pre-registration is not required. Cruiseport Gloucester is handicapped accessible with free parking.
Art Haven did an awesome little welcome poster for the DGCD that we’re hoping Main Street, businesses, orgs, residents will print out and pop in their windows or doors on that day so we’re all decorated.
Roughly from the Chamber to Gorton’s and from City Hall to Maritime Gloucester
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UPDATE ON THE 2013 GLOUCESTER HARBORWALK PUBLIC ART CHALLENGE
150+ Artists Responded! http://ghwalk.blogspot.com
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Pedal To End Cancer March 3, 2013 At The MAC
On March 3, 2013, we will be joining over 85 clubs across New England hosting the American Cancer Society’s 9th annual Pedal to End Cancer event. In the last eight years, Pedal to End Cancer has raised over $2.2 million to benefit the American Cancer Society’s programs of cancer research, education, advocacy and patient services.
I hope that you will support our effort with a donation – making a financial contribution, or an in-kind donation of a product or service that we can either use in our raffle, award to one of our top fundraisers, or simply distribute to all of our participants.
Approximately 60 people are registered to participate at our club location. Every participant has his/her own reason for joining us as we pedal towards a world with more birthdays. Some have watched a love one battle the disease, while others have struggled with it themselves. Whatever their reason for participating, each is working to raise funds for a world with less cancer and more birthdays.
We want to show our support to those who work tirelessly to raise the funds that are vital to a mission that is important to all of us. The American Cancer Society is fighting to save more birthdays but they can’t do it alone. I do hope you’ll consider sponsoring our event and helping us in the fight against cancer!
Sincerely,
Lindsay Mzaouakk
Group Fitness Director and Volunteer Club Manager, American Cancer Society Pedal to End Cancer
Manchester Athletic Club
(978) 526-8900 Ext. 358
(978) 525-6140 Fax
www.manchesterathleticclub.com
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Community Photos 2/14/13
Stanley Shulman submits-
Nemo in Lanesville
From Susan LaRosa
Lowell Peabody submits-
Found near Capt Joe & Sons
Kind of says it all-
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Happy Valentine’s Day
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One Eyed Justin’s At George’s Coffee Shop
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Community Stuff 2/14/13
Book Drive at Addison Gilbert Hospital a Success!
Hundreds of gently used books were donated by staff, employees and volunteers at Addison Gilbert Hospital and friends in the community. Here (L) Sefatia Romeo Theken, Community Health Liaison and Deb Sacco, Administrative Assistant
help sort books that will be donated to Pathways for Children, Action, Inc. and The Food Pantry.
The Educational Foundation for Rockport is holding its 16th Annual Golf Tournament on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012, at the Rockport Golf Club. Registration and lunch begin at noon; followed by a shotgun start at 12:30 pm. Dinner and awards will follow the tournament.
Entry fee is $100 per golfer. Registration deadline is September 21st. Checks should be made payable to the Educational Foundation for Rockport and mailed to Bob Krause, 23 Whistlestop Mall, Rockport, MA 01966. If you need additional information contact Bob Krause at 546-5135.
The Educational Foundation for Rockport is a nonprofit corporation created in 1993 to raise funds from private sources to support and enhance educational programs for students in the Rockport public schools. Initiatives for the 2012-2013 school year include Pre-K-Grade 12 Interactive Classroom Project, Virtual High School online classes, Electrathon America Energy Car program, Cape Ann Kestrel Elementary Science program, Middle School Literacy Initiative, Artist-in-Residence Dance program, Tell About the Time writing and drama program, High School DECA, and a school-wide Poet-in-Residence program. These programs are entirely funded by donations.
Information on the work of the Foundation, and on the Golf Tournament, is available on the foundation website at www.rockportedfoundation.org or call 978-546-1200.
Thank you, Bob and Terri Krause
Open Chef’s Table 
Open Chef’s Table – Sunday. Feb. 17
(The last table, with 8 open seats, sold out within 24 hours)!
Dear Joey,
Please join us for Beach Gourmet’s
first Open Chef’s Table
(You can sign up for one place or all 12)
MENU
Soup: Butternut Squash with Caramelized apples and onions
Wine: Kreydenweiss Lerchenberg Pinot Gris, Les Alouettes (Alsace, France)
Salad: heirloom Beets, blood orange, blue cheese, and pistachio with sherry Vinaigrette
Wine: Panizzi Vernaccia
di San Gimignano (Tuscany, Italy)
Entree: Individual Beef Wellington with roasted fingerling potato and Haricot Vert
Wine: Whitehall Lane Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa, California)
Apple Turnovers with Homemade caramel and Sauternes Ice Cream
Wine: Chateau Haut Peyraguey Sauterne
Introducing the Open Community Chef’s Table
Here is how it works. There are twelve seats available at the table. You can reserve as many seats as you like.
Take one or take all twelve seats and invite your friends to join you. Your personal dining experience begins at 5:30 p.m. when you arrive in Savour Wine and Cheese for complimentary hors d’oeuvres and wine tasting.
Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. when you join your dining companions (whomever has bought the other 11 seats) for a four-course meal, each course paired with wines chosen by our in-house expert Kathleen Erickson.
Call today to reserve your seat. You can use a credit card to reserve your place and we will not charge it until the day of the event. If you choose to pay by check, make it out to Beach Gourmet.
Checks will be held until the evening of the event. (As this is such a small gathering, we must charge for no-shows, or cancellations within the 24 hours prior to the event. Just call and let us know).
Price per seat is $75.00 (MA Meals Tax and gratuity not included)
Sincerely,
Chef Matt Beach and
Kathleen Erickson
(Co-owner of Savour Wine and Cheese)
Beach Gourmet – 978 282-1414
Savour – 978 282-1455
The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club meeting program for Friday, March 8th will be “An Introduction to Amateur Astronomy”!
If you have an unused telescope in your closet, or would like to get started in the hobby, this night is for you! We’ll feature presentations on the rewards of the hobby, what the different types of telescopes are, how they work, how to buy one, how much to spend, what to look at, you name it. Everything you need to know to get started, or to up your game.
The public is warmly invited; there are never any dues or fees, and presentations are geared toward the general public. See you there!
We meet at 8:00 on the second Friday of the month at the Lanesville Community Center. See our website, http://gaac.us or facebook page http://www.facebook.com/gaacpage for more info.
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Community Stuff 2/14/13
Celebrate Purim with the Temple Ahavat Achim on Saturday, February 23rd at 6 pm! All are welcome! Free admission. Costumes suggested! :-
Carol McKenna submits-
I have new photography on giclee canvas ~ exciting! Hope you make reception March 3rd or come when you can Thurs ~ Sunday 12-4 until March 18th ~ thanks, Carol ~ ps. will probably send another email out closer to the date. Pic is not my work
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