My View of Life on the Dock
Skip writes-
Hi Joey,
I enjoyed your storm video and stills, wicked nasty storm, nice work! Here are some of what I captured while ducking the wind driven rain,
Thanks Skip
Click below for video-
North Coast Angler www.northcoastangler.com
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Interested in Gloucester/Rockport real estate? Watch Kenny MacCarthy’s video commentary, complete with photos, stats and attitude. This week, tour several new property’s as well as a couple favorite "open houses" this weekend.
You have local Real Estate Questions? Call my boy Kenny- (978) 758-0983
http://gloucesterhomefinder.com/ Kenny MacCarthy’s weekly review of new Gloucester and Rockport homes and condos for sale. 10 properties this week including some good values that are "open houses" this Sunday.
Volunteers needed:
Community Winter Clothing Drive to benefit victims of Sandy.
Monday, November 26 to Friday, November 30 (time to be announced)
If you can help by donating, collect needed items, sort, pack, or help in any capacity, please let me know A.S.A.P., We will confirm the time of the different shifts next week: Place Gloucester High School Field House.
Needed items:
All clean and in good condition,Winter clothing (men, women children),Socks (all sizes)
Winter jackets, hats, mittens, gloves,Winter shoes and boots (all sizes),Blankets,Diapers, Baby wipes,Towels, Face cloths, First Aid kits, Work gloves, Flash lights, Batteries
Sleeping bags and pads, Contractor (heavy) garbage bags, Boxes (no open boxes), Packing tape, Black Magic Markers
Thank you for whatever you can do.
Warmest Regards Sefatia
I love this shot. I love it even more full sized. Click it to see it larger.
Chris Easton writes-
Dear Joey,
Earlier this year I found a fishing tag which I think may be yours. It reads F/V NET PROFIT 7918 JOE CIARAMITARO along the bottom. I enjoy walking along the strand line on my local beach – Perranporth in Cornwall in the UK. It is not uncommon to find flotsom from the fishing industry of the East Coast of America which travels across the Atlantic on the North Atlantic Drift.
I Googled the name yesterday & got linked to www.goodmorninggloucester.com , so I thought that it might be worth sending you a photo of the tag & a photo of Perranporth Beach, where it was found. The village is at the far end of the beach.
Hope you find this of some interest.
Yours, Chris Easton
Chris, the Joe Ciaramitaro who was a lobsterman and incredibly friendly guy on the Gloucester waterfront passed well before his time. I’m not a lobsterman, my cousin Frank and I are lobster dealers here in Gloucester MA and own a commercial dock.
After Joe passed Joe Grillo bought the Net Profit and continues to fish it today.
Here’s a post from 2009-
Posted on February 19, 2009 by Joey C
Joe Grillo bought the Net Profit. His old boat The Wanderer was old, tired and slow as molasses. To say that Joe is happy about the upgrade would be an understatement. Video at 8:00AM
Joe Grillo’s Net Profit, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Do you see the buoys on the old Wanderer’s antenna and the Net Profit? The same, red on top, yellow on the bottom- Joe Grillo’s buoy colors!
View more photos of Rockport at squamcreativeservices.com/photography/photography-gallery/
I caught this scene as I was driving by Good Harbor Beach today. I wish I could add audio. The sound of the wind ,the waves and happy, screaming children-music to my ears!
Best-Janet
Cape Ann Farmers’ Market
Market News
Do you want to make a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner showcasing local food from your favorite farmers’ market! Well, you can! But only if you come to the CAFM Thanksgiving Harvest Market on Saturday, November 17, 9:30 am – 1 pm at the Gloucester Universalist Church, Gloucester.
Thanksgiving Harvest Market Vendors
Many of your favorite summer market vendors will be at the Harvest Market!
For more info click the banner above
Scott Larsen submits-
Tickets available at the Rockport PTO Holiday Fair on Saturday, November 17, 2012
Also tickets available online through our website.
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Hi Joey, I’m hoping you can post the below information. I know it is not on Cape Ann, but it involves Cape Ann students. Much appreciated!
Fiddler on the Roof is being presented at Hamilton/Wenham Regional High School this weekend. Performances are Friday (11/9) and Saturday (11/10) evening at 7:30pm in the newly renovated Ferrini Dramatics Center at the High School. Tickets are available at the door for $10 for students and seniors, $12 for adults.
This beloved musical features iconic songs such as Tradition, If I Were a Rich Man, and Matchmaker, brought to life by an amazing cast and crew of 45 students – including students from Cape Ann!
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When I first heard of the turbine coming to Gloucester I was angry. I felt as though it was only going to benefit one company, the company that was installing it and the money to pay for it was money that taxpayers subsidized and that most of these green energy projects are simply advertising vehicles reaching out to liberal tree-huggers who would buy any thing at any cost as long as you slapped the “It’s Green” sticker on it.
I let our Ed Collard and Sarah Kelly take opposing editorial views in a post before hand and I was still skeptical. View That Post Here-
Then I read Mayor Kirk’s editorial in the Gloucester Daily Times in which she stated that the City of Gloucester would “conservatively” have 90% of it’s energy needs paid for by the partnership and that number would be conservatively $450,000 per year.
Read that post here-
With that huge savings for the taxpayers of Gloucester my mind was changed. Now with the Varian one erected, looking at it doesn’t bother me at all. I mean not in the least. I actually think it looks kinda cool.
Now if we look back a year from when the thing kicks off and see that the City only gets a tiny fraction of what it think’s it’s going to get I will be supremely pissed and feel duped and I’ll rail against every phoney baloney green energy claim that comes down the pike but I’m going to be cautiously optimistic that we will indeed provide those savings.
Now that the Turbine is up and you can see what it looks like on the horizon and you know what we know about the projected savings would you say that the turbines at Varian and Gloucester Engineering are a good thing or not?
Please vote in the new poll-
On our last poll in which we asked if the City of Gloucester would get more or less that $450K in Energy Savings over two thirds of voters chose under.
I’m more optimistic and I hope Mayor Kirk once the energy audit from the first year comes out gets to say “IN YOUR FACE!” to all the doubters and we get well over $450,000 per year in energy savings.
Here are a couple gems-
I realize this is a sports related motivational tool but I want each and every one of our contributors to read it and follow it in our effort to be the best blog you’ll ever read.
Here are some tweets that got me fired up this morning-
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Hi Joey:
Visited with you at Capt. Joe’s during Fiesta last summer. I’m so thankful for all you do which allows me to keep current with happenings in Glosta. Big shout out to Tom P. in The Fort & Erik H. in Annisquam!
I’m fortunate to have joined the "Chunkin Up" team, and I brought my GMG sticker to World Championship Punkin Chunkin Competition in Bridgeville, Delaware this past weekend.
Discovery Channel was there in force, so everyone will be able to see what happened later this month — usually around Thanksgiving.
Couldn’t help myself from yelling "Chi Samiou Dute Mute? Viva San Pietro!" a few times, which lead to puzzled looks from team members… and later thinking that a pumpkin cannon built to resemble the Greasy Pole with a crew of costumed Sicilians could be a great idea for a future team? Perhaps that deserves some consideration from Gloucester based Chunker engineers?
All the best, and keep on building the best blog on the planet! We really do appreciate it.
Rick, Louise & Anthony Terselic in North Potomac, MD
Note to self: Road trip to the Punkin Chunkin Competition in Bridgeville, Delaware next year! That looks like a whole lot of fun!!!!
Keith O’Connor is missing. This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago. If anyone has seen him , PLEASE contact the GPD (978) 283-1212.He has been missing since Friday, last seen on Main Street in Gloucester on Monday morning. Thank you
It’s Nasty Out There!!!
Video coming
Great Blue Heron at the creek on Good Harbor Beach this evening.
MARTIN DEL VECCHIO PHOTOS
From Plum Island- Photo Rick Isaacs
I took this the day after Sandy – loved the colors!
Best,
Christy
Love Black Friday deals? Don’t love the crowds or lines? Come to downtown Gloucester on Friday, November 23rd and join us at 26 stores that will be open at 6AM! We are not giving away free flat screen TVs, but we will have tons of good cheer, family fun and great discounts- some stores will have door prizes, drawings and door-buster deals, so don’t miss this opportunity to support your local businesses and find some great buys!
Here is a partial list of participating stores-
Toodeloos!
Island Art And Hobby
Jewels Of Gloucester
Pisces
Palazola’s
Premier Imports
Tiny Island Beach Glass
The Cave
The G33K Store
Common Crow
The Raven
Beth Williams Studio
Life Is Good/Harbor Goods
Local Colors
Bodin Historic Photo
Menage
Antique Store
Kids Unlimited
Mark Adrian Shoes
Stuff
Dogtown Books
Village Silversmith
Bookstore Of Gloucester
AND
Lone Gull- opening at 5:45 AM so customers can get their caffeine for the morning shopping experience!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
A HOLIDAY FAIR sponsored by the Women’s Community Club of Magnolia will be held on Saturday, November, 10th from 9:00 – 2p.m. in Jones Hall at the Magnolia Library Center, corner of Lexington and Norman Ave., Magnolia.
There will be a variety of handmade crafts, holiday gifts, jewelry and bake table. Also there will be a variety of children’s activities and PICTURES WILL BE TAKEN WITH SANTA! A silent auction will feature gift certificates from local businesses and restaurants along with gift baskets and a money raffle.
Mulled cider, coffee, punch, muffins and donuts will be served throughout the day. Lunch, featuring homemade Haddock chowder, quiche, hot dogs, and tuna rolls will be served from 11:30a.m.
This is the Women’s Club ‘s major fund-raiser of the year and all the proceeds are returned to the community to support organizations and projects that benefit the community as a whole. PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY EVENT!
For more info on the Women’s Club, please contact Carol Sutherland at 978-525-3773.
On the next Cape Ann Profiles show host Rich Sagall interviews Julie LaFontaine, the executive director of Open Door. They discuss the history of this vital non-profit, the services they provide Cape Ann residents, and what Second Glance offers the community.
Cape Ann Profiles can be seen on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 on Friday, November 9 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, November 11 at 2:00PM. It repeats on Friday, November 16 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and Sunday, November 18 at 2:00PM.
Rich Sagall is a physician and the president of NeedyMeds, a national non-profit that provides information on programs that help people unable to afford their health care costs. He also publishes Pediatrics for Parents, a children’s health newsletter.
Calvo Wood Carving School has added a final Three-Day Wood Carving Workshop for the beginner student for the 2012 calendar year. The class dates are November 16-18th (Friday – Sunday.) If you are local and have had an interest– this class this might be the one for you. Check the class description on the website for more information www.davidcalvo.com or call the studio at: 978-283-0231
Hi Joey-
I just returned from Iceland. I thought I would share their version of the Gloucester Fisherman Statue which, of course, it is a Viking Ship!
BTW-the new camera is awesome.
Best-Janet
Janet bought the camera I just bought for my wife the Sony NEX-5N and is loving it
Good Morning Gloucester 