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.

Community Stuff 12/6/12

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Fun, heartwarming Christmas stories

Ipswich humorist Doug Brendel will read his beloved Christmas story “Dirty” and his story-poem “The Day After Christmas” at Time & Tide Fine Art, 4 Market St., Ipswich, on Thursday evening, December 13.

The 7 pm event will serve as a fundraiser for the humanitarian “New Thing” charity that Doug and his wife Kristina direct in the former Soviet Union. Admission is free; donations will be accepted. Between the two readings, Doug plans to briefly introduce New Thing and answer questions.

For more information, contact Doug Brendel directly via 978-810-1005 or unconventional@dougbrendel.com.

Hello Kate,

I was thinking – that it would be great if you sent the info for the film to Joey

so he can put the event on his blog on wither Thurs. or Friday.

Here’s a link to the trailer:

http://capeanncinema.wordpress.com/advance-tickets/

Here’s the poster attached.

Love, ya G

Sing Your Song Invite 12.8.12

North Shore Christian Men’s Choir Christmas Concert

North Shore Christian Men’s Choir

Christmas Concert

The North Shore Christian Men’s Choir Christmas Concert will take place on Saturday, December 22 at 2:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church,Four High Street, Rockport, MA.  Special guests will include Scott Clements – trumpet and Colette Daniels – Hand Bells.

Free admission and refreshments served.  

Rockport’s 67 Annual Nativity Pageant will take place at 5 p.m. from Dock Square.

Celebrate this special time of year by attending the concert, stroll around the beautiful

Christmas trees, visit the many shops and celebrate Rockport’s 67 Annual Nativity Pageant that surely will put you in the true Christmas spirit.

Holiday Party at the Rockport Senior Center, 58 Broadway on Wednesday, Dec. 12th from 11:30 – 1:00PM

There will be a luncheon and musical entertainment by Tony Malioek.  The luncheon is provided by Senior Care Nutrition and the Rockport COA

The Menu is Roast Lamb with Gravy, Whipped Potatoes, Green Beans,  Red Velvet Cupcake & Knotted Roll   $2.00

Reservations required. Call Freda 978-546-2573

Tuesday, December 18th at 7PM

Tornado Terry & the Twisters will perform a Free hour long choreographed routine. They dance to the Big Band 40’s music as well as the 50’s Rock n’ Roll  at the Rockport Senior Center, 58 Broadway,  978-546-2573 Everyone is welcome to attend.

Empty Bowl Painting at the Rockport Senior Center for The open Door  on Wednesday, January 9th from 1:00-3:00 PM

There is no charge.  Let us know if you are coming, so we can have enough bowls. 978-546-2573.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA:
Santa would like all to come to a Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser, Saint Ann’s School and the Ladies Guild will sponsor the breakfast. 
Sunday Dec9th 8:30 a.m. to 11:30a.m.Monsignor Sullivan Hall, (St Ann’s Hall)                                                Breakfast consist of Pancakes, Sausage, Coffee, Orange Juice or Hot Chocolate.
Cost:
Adults $8.00
Kids    $5.00
Family $20.00
Come and enjoy a wonderful breakfast, and we promise to have a special guest from the North Pole and activities for the kids.  All are welcome. Tickets on sale at the school, the office and will be sold at the door.

Video Interview- So You Want To Be a Lobsterman Ben Grenon From NC Describes His Experience

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Just Moved The GMG Search Box To The Top Right Corner of The Blog

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Thanks to a suggestion from one of our FOB’s that the search box can be difficult to find I just moved it to the very top right hand column of our page.

For those of you who subscribe and get the email blast which is an aggregation of the days posts, you can get here by clicking the title of any post and it will bring you to the blog where you can go to the top right hand column and search for anything GMG related that you may have heard about if it’s not still on the front page.

 

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2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Toodeloos

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The fourth year of the GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Video Series where we walk up and down Main Street and try to capture as many retailers as we can and highlight their best gift ideas one a day every day leading up to Christmas.

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2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Nelsons

2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Alexandras Bread Co

2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Lone Gull

2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Kids Unlimited

2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Harbor Loop Gifts

2012 Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Pleasant Street Tea and Coffee Co

Click the List to See The Latest Joey C Local Retailer Happenings On Twitter

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https://twitter.com/Joey_C/cape-ann-retailers

Is there a local retailer not on my list? tweet it to me @Joey_C

Below is just a snapshot, Twitter updates as the retailers who are on my list update their twitter feeds. So click on the list for the latest. If you are a local retailer, tweet your Ladies night deals and let the GMG and Joey Twitter List Know.

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Pitbull murdered in Gloucester??

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Kristen Lark writes-

Hello, I was wondering if you heard about a pitbull found dead on the side of the road gutted. From what I gathered on facebook and by the Sweet Paws Rescue of Essex facebook page, a woman & her son were walking their dog around the Sadler St Burnham’s field area yesterday. Their dog reacted to something in the bushes & when they looked it was a dead pitbull sliced open. This is horrifying. I guess the police think the dog was used for fighting. I wish I could have seen the dog’s body to check for scars to confirm it was a fighting dog or not. Not all pitbulls are fighting dogs. Many are show dogs or weight pulling contest dogs.

There is no media attention to this and I don’t know why. I am Gloucester resident who owns a 6 month old pitbull puppy and I am outraged. The pitbull population in Gloucester has grown a lot in the past 10-15 years and there are many responsible owners here. Is there anything you can do to investigate this further? I emailed the Times but didn’t get any responses. I am a member of B.O.N.E (Bully Owners of New England) and we do a lot of pitbull advocacy work. Pitbulls are the most tortured, brutalized, and misunderstood dog.

Thank you for your help,

Kristen Lark

19th Century Gloucester Windmills From Al Bezanson

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This illustration appears in History of the town and city of Gloucester, Cape Ann Massachusetts, 1892, by James R. Pringle, who wrote,

“A sketch of the town in 1817 was drawn by Capt. John Beach, from a point in the harbor opposite Ten Pound island, off Pavilion Beach.  Standing out prominently in the foreground was an eight-sided wooden windmill erected on the site now occupied by the Pavilion Hotel.  This had been built in 1814 by Ignatius Webber, and its long arms, fitted with sails, made it a conspicuous object, and gave the town quite a foreign aspect.  It was subsequently removed to a position on Fort Square, where it became a familiar landmark, being destroyed by fire a few years ago.”

Another windmill, of more modern design, is prominent on Five Pound Island in an 1893 photograph by Martha Hovey, reproduced in Wharf and Fleet, by Gordon W. Thomas.

Al Bezanson

Gloucester Harbor sketch, 1817

Community Photos 12/5/12

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Hi Joey-

The Gloucester Gig Rowers Club had their 2012 wrap up/pot luck dinner meeting last night. They are based at the Maritime Gloucester and welcome rowers of all levels. This is an invitation for anyone who is interested in joining for the 2013 to check us out at gloucestergigrowers.com.

Cheers!

Janet Rice

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Seacoast Holiday Bazaar a Success!

 

Hi Joey, here’s a picture I took of Varian’s Turbine last night, while it was spinning.
John Wheeler

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Community Stuff 12/5/12

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Hi Joey
could you please post the attatched flyer about our open house this
thursday the 6th from 4-6 at our J Barrett & Co office .on Pleasant st.
a great way to start off ladies nite,, great food and drinks,,,open to
all
thanks
ann

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Free Christmas concerts by the Rockport Legion Band.

Friday, December 7, Concert @ Rockport Methodist Church — 7:00 P.M.

Thursday, December 13, Concert @ Rockport Congregational Church — 7:00 P.M.

Thursday, December 20, Concerts @ Nursing Homes (Denmar and Seacoast in Gloucester -split band) — 7:00 P.M.

John Bassett

Holiday Fair Thursday & Friday At Rose Baker

The annual Rose Baker Senior Center Christmas Fair is this Thursday and Friday (December 7th and 8th) from 10 AM to 2 PM. It is the perfect place to find the unusual gift for that special person. There are always lots of hand-knit and crochet items, toys and puzzles, jewelry, and a variety of white elephant items. And of course there is an ample supply of home-baked cakes, pies and other sweets. Put on your shopping cap and stop by.

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Winter Skate Flyer 2012

For more information regarding Cape Ann Skating please visit:
http://www.facebook.com/CapeAnnSkatingClub

website: http://cafsc.org/

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Hi Joey,

My name is Julie Upton and I’m a Cape Ann Resident and student of Lama Marut’s.  Stacey Fisher introduced us (see below) a little while ago in regards to his upcoming ‘virtual book tour’.  Besides being his student I am also his book tour manager.  Lama Marut wrote a spiritually minded book titled ‘A Spiritual Renegade’s Guide to the Good Life’.  We completed a successful three-month physical book tour around the US with two stops in Canada back in August.  We stopped in Massachusetts twice during the tour going to Rockport, Gloucester, Essex, Newburyport and Boston.  I am now managing a virtual book tour for him, where for ten days (from December 5-15th) he guest posts on one blog per day.  Each blog is promoted through his entire network and on the day his tour reaches your site you post the content of your choice we provide for you.  On that day Lama Marut will be checking in to your blog to see if anyone has any questions, comments or to simply talk about the content in the book.

My thought was that it would be super cool, since he has such a huge fan base in the Cape Ann area, to launch his tour on your site.

The book has been reviewed by local papers so, if you want to post a review of the book ahead of time to promote the tour, I can provide you with one.  You post your content of choice (video, audio or written word) on Dec 5th, Lama Marut is available for conversation and it starts off his 10-day virtual world tour.

If you are interested in participating and hosting him on your site let me know and we can discuss the details.  If Dec 5th doesn’t work for you we are happy to accommodate you on whatever day works for you.  We want to book the tour as soon as possible because both Lama Marut and the book publisher Beyond Words are going to be promoting it.  And of course we will send you a copy of the book in whatever format you want it in (pdf or paper). 

To check out information on his book go to: 

http://lamamarut.org/about/lama-maruts-new-book/

Thank you so much and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Julie Upton

GMG HOLIDAY PARTY DATE HAS BEEN SET- DECEMBER 8th AT BODIN HISTORIC PHOTO!!!

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Are You A FOB?

Then you better get your sexy ass down to Bodin Historic Photo For The GMG XMAS Party December 8th! 6PMTil We Burn Down The Neighborhood!

I’m just gonna put this out there that if you consider yourself a FOB you had better show up for our killer  OFFICIAL GMG CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!!!!

Go to all the great Middle Street Walk Events All Day- Dump The Kids with A Babysitter and Come Party With Us.

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We’re gonna celebrate it all, Kwanza, spinnin the dradel, all that fun shit!

I’m springing for the Sebastians Pizza, bring a jug of booze or some beer, we will have cups and ice and we’re gonna have a good time.

Fred Bodin writes-

Hi JOEY, our second annual GMG Holiday Party will be held on Saturday, December 8th, at Fred’s Gallery, 82 Main Street, in the West End. If last year was any indication, it will be unbelievable.  Rest assured that there will be plenty to eat and drink at this event. I think it will, like last year’s bash, be the party to remember. Hope to see you!

We will also be seeking people pledging to do the Rocky Neck Plunge With Us on New Year’s Day!

2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Nelsons

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Video Series where we walk up and down Main Street and try to capture as many retailers as we can and highlight their best gift ideas one a day every day leading up to Christmas.

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Patricia Walsh Sends In Photos Of The P-Town Lobster Trap Tree

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You know by now I hope folks know that when I write the title of a post like –

Our Always Fair and Balanced Lobster Trap Tree Poll and Gloucester’s Lobster Trap Tree

and proceed to write-

“Don’t forget to bring your children down to Art Haven to paint a buoy to adorn the tree.  That’s what separates our lobster trap tree from all those horribly disfigured monstrosity lobster trap trees up in Maine that are all built out of simply traps and cheap pre-made ribbons imported from China and manufactured in sweat shops with unfair labor practices.”

Patty was offended by the post obviously not seeing the homerism angle of it so I offered to show her what good sports we are here and to post her photos of the P-Town tree.

Here you go Patty-

P-town treelobster tree

In fairness I really like what they do with their lighted lobster trap buoy bloom at the top.  Very nice.

That being said I’ll take our G-Town lobster trap tree 10 times out of 10.

Happy Birthday To Captain Dave Marciano and new Promo For The Upcoming Wicked Tuna Season

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Dave is the skipper of The Hard Merchandise. You can see him on Wicked Tuna.

Video- Dave Marciano Skipper Of Hard Merchandise On Wicked Tuna

here’s what I wrote about Dave on April 5th this year-

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Joey C

This show mark my words will be the best thing for Gloucester since The Perfect Storm.  If you’ve been under a rock and haven’t heard about it, set your DVR and watch it.  This show is a winner.

Check out The Hard Merchandise Website Here

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You can also follow Dave on Twitter–

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and this I wrote about him back in 2010-

Dave Marciano Has Balls

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Joey C

Not too many people other than my favorite blogger Doug Maxfield that have the balls to write articles like the one Dave Marciano wrote in today’s GDT-

Letter: Coalition sector support now haunting fishermen

Click the link above to read what Dave has to say.  If what he says is true (and believe me I can’t even begin to understand how complex it all is) the way of life of the independent fishermen in Gloucester Ma will be lost forever within a generation.

I’m not sure how many people understand how sweeping the changes will be to our port but if it all is privatized the way it sounds like it’s going, go grab all the copies you can of John N Morris’ book Alone At Sea about the Schooners and Ron Gilson’s book about the waterfront An Island No More because the way of life as independent fishermen in Gloucester will be history and those two guys captured it in a real (non-romanticized way) better than anyone.

New wicked Tuna Promo here-

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Tired of folks trying to get me to be vanilla

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It’s exhausting responding to people that can’t get the obvious humor or freak out at a swear word.

Seriously.  Exhausting feeling like I have to defend obvious outlandish statements like-

“Don’t forget to bring your children down to Art Haven to paint a buoy to adorn the tree.  That’s what separates our lobster trap tree from all those horribly disfigured monstrosity lobster trap trees up in Maine that are all built out of simply traps and cheap pre-made ribbons imported from China and manufactured in sweat shops with unfair labor practices.

Compare our Tree decorated with heart felt appreciation for our lobster industry and hard working fishermen by sweet adoring children form the Gloucester Community to the abomination seen below-“

It’s a joke.  It’s obvious homerism.   If you can’t deal with it or if the word fuck is going to send you into a tailspin please, get your blog on somewhere else.

So sick and tired of the PC police trying to vanillaize the entire world.

Political Correctness is the ruination of funky society.

You heard it here.

You wanna rail on about something?  Rail on about child abuse, rail on about cancer, rail on about how messed up our health care system is or political hacks.  But jesus h christ if the worst part of your day is that you didn’t get an edgy joke or if a four letter swear word freaks you out so much that you feel like writing a three paragraph email telling me how horrible I am- save it.

This here blog isn’t gonna change.

Here’s a site for those too sensitive for the word fuck- http://disney.com/

Fuck.

Todays Twitter Highlights 12/4/12

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