Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

Dear Joey,
I want people to know that I am still having multiple sales in the Sarah Elizabeth Shop this weekend. Could you please post these sale flyers for me?
Thank you very much. I appreciate your help in getting people to shop local!
Julia
The Sarah Elizabeth Shop
5 Whistlestop Mall
Rockport, MA

www.sarah-elizabeth-shop.com

Joey,

Dan Driscoll here from http:VisitCapeAnn.net and Facebook’s Capeann Ma. I am hoping you could spread the word about a Fun contest for local Cape Ann Residents to participate in, as well as for any Local Merchants that might want to get involved in as well (For prizes and Merchant Exposure. )

We are having a contest for people to post their Outside Christmas Decorations and the photo with the most likes by Midnight on Christmas Eve will be the Winner. Currently we have a $100 dollar Prize from Driscoll’s Jewelry & Gifts (local merchant that uses Amazon) as well as a $25 Gift certificate from Sunbanque of Gloucester. If we get allot more prizes from local merchants we will expand the winner’s list as well.

the Facebook contest is here:

http://www.facebook.com/WhoHasTheBestOutsideChristmasDecorationsInCapeAnn

We at VisitCapeAnn.net Value Local Residents, Local Events, and Local Shopping within our Community, and like you in Gloucester (whom we have emulated!) want to show the world how great it is here! Our Main site’s traffic fluctuates during the year between Tourists looking to find out more about visiting Cape Ann and the things to do and visit, as well as many local residents thru our Facebook page.

Thanks for sharing this, and We love and Support Good Morning Gloucester and try to promote it at any chance we get!

Dan

PS for Merchants interested in adding a prize to this contest:

We are having a Local Cape Ann Christmas Photo Contest of Local Cape Ann Residents outside decorations. We are looking for Local Merchants who would like the Opportunity to donate a small prize that the winner/winners could pick up at YOUR location, as well as show our 1200 plus followers some of the local merchants who are committed to the Local Community. We are planning a few contests thru-out the year as well. The contest Facebook Page is here: http://www.facebook.com/WhoHasTheBestOutsideChristmasDecorationsInCapeAnn

Love to be able to support all of our Local Businesses!

SEACOAST NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER ‘S HO-HO HOTLINE

This holiday season, children of Cape Ann have a direct line to Santa’s workshop through Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center ‘s Ho-Ho Hotline.  From

December 17 through December 21, from 3-5 p.m., children’s calls will be answered by Santa, Mrs. Claus or one of their elves.

While Santa, Mrs. Claus and their helpers won’t make any promises to the children, they

will listen to the children’s wishes and encourage them to be on their very best behavior.

The phone number for Seacoast’s Ho-Ho Hotline is 978-281-3086.

Carol Mckenna writes-

You might like my new poetry book ~ Pass the word please ~ Thanks ~ Happy Holidays

namaste, Carol

Here is the link in case link below doesn’t work ~ http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3858176

for more info- http://www.cynthiacurtispottery.com

A review-

With all the book talk lately, I thought I would share one of my favs from Ron Gilson.

Readers of An Island No More will immediately recognize this memoir as no routine historical account of Gloucester. It is a deeply moving essay of an author’s experience of the fishing industry as it affected the everyday life of its citizens. Gilson transports the reader into decades that cover depression, war, prosperity and, finally, decline. Gilson’s story is a poignant personal insight into many vignettes of the characters which fill his historical account. Using the fishing industry as a metaphor for life, Gilson reveals the life of a city over four decades. This historical approach is the strength of his work. Only a native of Gloucester could have written such a memoir.

As I read Gilson’s history, having been away from my home- town over fifty years, I was immediately taken back into time. Gilson’s account rings with such an authenticity, a virtual new experience of that time and place came back to me. In short, this history will engage the reader at all levels of emotion.

Dr. Richard J. Elliott 
Professor Emeritus 
University of New Orleans

This isnt a quart or a gallon. This is like the really small size. $3.69 ????? If there’s anyone at Market Basket get me a price check STAT. This one was at Shaws

You’re crossing the line pulling in mom in your duck sickness.

Screenshot from the Good Morning Gloucester editing Dashboard-

26,000 Posts.

Wrap your mind around that one.

That’s like 26,000 pages of a novel that you’ve had access to for nothing.   If you consider we post an average of one food post per day for all these days that’s thousands and thousands of basically bringing you the best food offered in these parts and showing you what local restaurant to get them.

If you consider one or two art posts per day that’s thousands and thousands of posts showing you all the fantastic artists and art happenings in our area.

If you consider the multiple music listings per day from Joanne, Peter and Vickie, that’s thousands and thousands of posts promoting local musicians and music events in our area.

If you consider the Did you know and old photographs and history in which we’ve connected the dots for you through the efforts of contributors like Fred Buck and Fred Bodin, Geno Mondello, Al Bezanson, that’s thousands and thousands of historical posts about our area.

If you consider the landscape photos bringing you daily the geographic natural and urban beauty that our area offers us in all four seasons that’s thousands upon thousands of posts.

And all never having asked a dime.  Doing it for the love of helping those in our community- businesses, artists, musicians, athletes, photographers.

I couldn’t be prouder of our team.

26 MF THOUSAND!!!

#BOOM!