My View of Life on the Dock
Click the photo for the panning 360 degree view of the entire cabin. I’ve never seen so many knows, controls and levers in one confined space in my life. To say you would need to be a genius to know what each one does may be the understatement of the century.
Thank you Robin Jones from Northeast Ohio for forwarding it to us.
Hello,
Gloucester High School Varsity Cheerleaders won the Northeast Conference Divison on November 4, 2012 at Salem High School. Next week they move on to Regionals at Beverly High School! Captains for GHS Varsity Cheerleaders: Allie Biondo, Erin Jerymn, Abby Avila. Team: Alex Costanzo, Sabrina Cardone, Kayla Harris, Jayme Harris, Hannah Nasser, Cara O’Connoll, Maddie Puccio, Bailey Titus, Veronica Gibbs, Miranda D’Oleo, Olivia Parsons, Sam Ryder,Lexi Orlando, Lexi Testaverde, and Luidwin Amaya. Coach Beth Costanzo has been with the team for 2 years.
Thank you!
Beth Costanzo
Hi Joey,
Could you share this event with your readers. If anyone has items that they want to sell they can contact us before at
skatecapeann@hotmail.com
Thanks!
Maryanne
For more information regarding Cape Ann Skating please visit:
http://www.facebook.com/CapeAnnSkatingClub
website: http://cafsc.org/
Thanks Steve! only Here on GMG Baby!
Results as of 9:30AM 11/5/12
We won’t be taking comments on this post but it will be interesting to see how close the GMG readership predicts the outcome of the presidential election compared to local, state and federal results.
My guess is that it mimics the results in Gloucester and somewhat closely in the state but will be furthest off deviation wise from the national election.
One thing is for certain, I can’t wait for it to be over with so all the hate filled extremists on the right and left can focus on something else.
Angela writes-
You never know what you will find when you visit the sea, and yesterday was no exception. Imagine my surprise when I was shooting pictures and there in the rocks was a bright green object. Of course, I needed to investigate and found this little sea horse … Written on it was “The Hurricane Sandy Project” with instructions to sign, take photos then throw it back into the sea… so I willingly obliged.
check out Angela’s photography website here www.oasisrockport.com
Mary Barker submits-
These photos were taken between 4 and 4:30 on Saturday October 28, 2012 from Eastern Point – DogBar
M. A. Barker
No matter whom you support, it’s important to excercise your right to vote!
On Tuesday, we’ll be electing state and federal officers to represent us in Boston and Washington. In addition, you will be asked to express your opinion on six ballot questions covering such issues and legalizing medical use of marijuana, allowing doctors to prescribe medication to allow a person with a fatal disease to take his or her own life and whether or not to overturn the so-called "Citizens United" decision of the Supreme Court that allows corporations and unions to spend without limits in elections. 
This is our most precious right, one that many have paid the ultimate price to preserve. Honor them and honor our country by making time to vote on Tuesday Nov. 6. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Polling places for Ward 1 are:
Ward 1, Precinct 1: East Gloucester School,9 Davis Street Extension.
Ward 1, Precinct 2: Veterans Memorial School, 11 Webster St
If you are unsure which precinct you are in, click here to see a map showing the boundaries for all the city’s five wards and 10 precincts.
In addition, below are two links to files showing the front and back of the ballot that will be used in the city, including the six ballot questions.
Nov. 6 ballot front page
Nov. 6 ballot back page
I hope to see you at the polls on Nov. 6.
If you have additional questions about voting, including casting absentee ballots, contact the City Clerk’s office at (978) 281-9720 or drop me a line. My contact information is below.
978.381.9115 pmcgeary@gloucester-ma.gov
31 Eastern Ave. Gloucester MA 01930
Tonight’s The night! Come on down to Jalapeno’s Restaurant for some great food and a chance to win some terrific prizes in support of a this wonderful cause.
Thank you to all who have donated to this event!
Prize List:
Patriots Gift Basket
Movie Gift Basket
X3 Christmas Baskets w/ bottle of Vodka
Picnic Basket
Christmas Candle Basket
X2 Kid’s Gift Baskets
Beaded Necklace
Jewelry
Candle w/ Stand
Breakfast for 2 at George’s Coffee Shop
X2 Oil Changes at Sudbay’s
#6 Breakfast for 2 at Two Sisters, x1 per month for 12 months
Movie Passes for x2 to Gloucester Cinema
$15 Flav’s Red Skiff
$25 Mile Marker One
$30 Causeway Restaurant
$25 Minglewood Tavern
$25 Zeke’s Place
$25 Great Escape (Salem Ma)
$25 Odyssey Restaurant (Boston Ma)
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AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Post #32
14 Prospect St.
Gloucester, MA 01930
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Visit our website for more information:
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If you are a GMG FOB from outside of Cape Ann before you go any further please comment below the post where it says “comment” as to what brings you back daily to the blog.
This morning when I got the email from Sem Sutter who is an avid reader of GMG daily and works down in Georgetown I began to wonder what it is about GMG that brings people from outside our geographic location back over and over and has them subscribing to GMG and requesting Bumper stickers and participating in our comment sections.
I am honored that our team here has developed such a huge following all over the country and in often cases all over the world and obviously when you are pulling down 50-60,000 visitors a day in a city that has roughly 30,000 citizens there are folks from other places that are checking this thing we’ve created out.
GMG is obviously a hyperlocal blog which mainly focuses on Cape Ann but when you look at the map of where the hits come from, our readership is global.
The current GMG hits map when I’m writing this at 6:07AM 11/4/12
You can access the current GMG hits map here
So I am curious as to what it is about GMG that brings you back if you’re not from here.
Did you visit one time and have fond memories? Do you dream of moving here? Is it the photographs? Is it the humor and camaraderie of the GMG family? Is it the GMG breaking news which 9 times out of 10 you will find here first?
What is it that compels you to make GMG a daily or hourly visit?
Thank you so much for being part of our GMG community from afar and don’t forget to leave a comment letting us know what it is that brings you back. If you don’t see the words comment directly below this post click on the title of the post and you should see it then.
I’m anxious to find out what drives you back here, thanks again,
-Joey
Joel Brown is a freelance writer who writes for the Boston Globe, www.hubarts.com and other publications.
His Essex Coastal Byway Guide Is THE GUIDE for anyone coming to visit from out of town but also for locals who want to know more about all the incredible opportunities to explore the magical area we live in.
We all know there are a ton of things to do around here but through the daily drudgery of life we often forget what is right outside our windows. Instead of asking what to do and heading to the mall or the movies there’s so much more culturally to do and the Essex Coastal Byway Guide has it all laid out for you.
You can get it now at the Book Store of Gloucester, Toad Hall in Rockport, Manchester By the Book, Book Shop of Beverly Farms, River’s Edge in Ipswich and the Wenham Tea House. Also: Peabody Essex Museum, Cape Ann Museum, Lynn Museum, Custom House Maritime Museum, Jabberwocky, Bertram & Oliver, Brass Lyon, Joppa Flats Audubon, the Bird Watchers Shop and my main source of sustenance, the Warren Street Market Deli. More added every day!
Check out the Essex Coastal Byway Guide website here
Watch our interview below-
Len Burgess writes-
ESSEX SHIPBUILDING MUSEUM, GRAVEYARD TOUR STORY IN THE GLOUCESTER TIMES, FRIDAY 11/2/12
-LB
Like Why?
Does anyone not get that it’s gonna be darker earlier and the sun is gonna come out later in the morning?
Why confuse the whole country and make everyone in this day and age of more and more global economies and inter state commerce do we need daylight savings time? To mess up scheduling on computers?
Just seems like a whole lot of wasted energy instead of just having the time be the time.
Screw Daylight Savings Time!
What Politician Has The Nuts To Bring That Bill Up?
comic from-http://www.welcometokcity.com/2006/01/daylight-saving-time.html
I’m an avid follower of GMG. Here’s a pic of me representing in Friedrichstadt, a North German port city that was active in the 17th c. and is now quiet and picturesque.
Best,
Sem C. Sutter Head of Collection Development and Interim Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources & Services Georgetown University Library
We Got Germany Baby! Thanks Sem!
As an aside- this may be the first time I’ve ever heard the name “Sem”.
I wonder if Sem’s partner when first laying eyes on Sem way back in the day said “Oh I gotta get me Sem o’ dat!”
November 1, 2012
“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”
Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
Born Heinrich Carl Bukowski in Germany after the First World War, Bukowski’s American father moved the family to California in 1923. He studied writing and literature briefly at Los Angeles City College before moving to New York. Arrested for draft evasion in 1944, he failed a psychological evaluation and was listed 4F. His writing career did not flower until the mid-fifties, when he began to publish his hundreds of poems and short stories, and his six novels, of which Ham on Rye is the best known. He wrote the script for the semi-autobiographical film “Barfly” which detailed his nearly life-long alcoholism and depression and their effect on his writing. Bukowski wasinfamous for his confrontational literary readings, which bordered on performance art, described by some as uninhibited, but by others as drunken and boorish.
Ed Boynton writes-
Hi Joe,
Recently had the chance to photo the "babe" as she steams out of the Annisquam river where it was docked at the Cape Ann Marina for the hurricane last week. We took it up river for storm protection from Sandy last week. Worked out well, no damage.
Look for Scott Memhard, Cape Pond Ice and Capt. Tom Testeverde of the FV Midnight Sun on TV in an ad for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MA.
It’s him; there are clips of other members, but he’s the first one! … And from Scott himself:
"yes, we’re included in some testimonial ad spots for BCBS of Massachusetts, since they’re celebrating 75 years, and Cape Pond Ice has been in business serving the Gloucester fishing fleet for 164 years, and a member subscriber with BCBC for over 30 years.
Their agency approached us about participating and, after dragging our feet, concerned about the disruption of filming during our busy summer ice season, we eventually agreed. They spent a day mid-August with a very professional 30-person crew here filming and interviewing at the Ice Company, as well as with Capt. Tom Testeverde on the FV Midnight Sun, at our wharf. Jonathan Bekemeier from Picture Park is the Director, and Partners & Simons is the ad agency.
At least its not a political ad, thank God – but I apologize in advance for barging into people’s homes on their TVs !"
As someone who knows the value of networking I hope you will join us on Thursday, November 8th for Business After Hours at All Seacoast Dental Associates (5-7 p.m.). This is earlier than we normally host our monthly gatherings but with a busy holiday schedule it is an ideal time to network at ourlast BAH of 2012!
All Seacoast Dental Associates is located at 27 Commercial Street (two doors down from the Chamber office) and on the same side of the street. Please come and support one of the Chamber’s newer members as they kick off their grand opening in style! Door prizes, great food, refreshments and an opportunity to learn about the world of dentistry are all at your disposal.
Call (978-283-1601) or email me at tim@capeannchamber.com to register today. $15 for members in advance, $20 week/day of and $30 for future members.
See you next Thursday, November 8th at All Seacoast Dental Associates!
Thank you, Tim
On Saturday evening, October 29th Holy Family parish hosted an Italian Night fit for a community embedded with a love of Food and community. Along with good food and good company they were entertained and kicked up their heals with the legendary artists Barry Mooney and friends. Decorations were the wonderful and unique Aprons donned by the Guild family members, grandmothers, and mothers from years past that were used for shy children to hid behind, a perspiring brow, gathered vegetables from the garden, a pot holder or tissue to wipe away the tears Of a crying child.
Pictured serving our guests are Alison Aiello and John Aiello.
Dawn Alves
Secretary Holy Family parish Women’s Guild
November 2, 2012 | by Robin Beth Schaer
Illustration by Madzia Bryll, a fellow member of the crew.
At first, I couldn’t sleep on the ship. At night, bunked beneath the waterline, I put my hand against the wooden hull and imagined dark water on the other side pressing back. I lay awake holding my breath, picturing the route I would swim through a maze of cabins and hatches if the ship went down. In port, Bounty had looked tremendous: one hundred and eighty feet long, three masts stretching a hundred feet into the sky, and a thousand square yards of canvas sails. But underway, with ocean spreading toward horizon in every direction, she was small, and inside her I was even smaller.
I had lost my job and my marriage when I saw Bounty for the first time. I wanted to stowaway, cast off, and leave the ruins of my life behind—and Bounty let me. Yet I left far more than grief on land; what mattered at home—education, achievements, appearance—was irrelevant at sea. It was unsettling to abandon all that I thought defined me. I sat in the galley with the other deckhands and wondered what they understood from my face. I was uncertain of what remained.
To leave the shore required surrender; I had to give myself over to the ship and the journey, wherever it led and whatever it revealed. I fell into the rhythms of standing watch and eating meals. Soon even the ship’s deep rolls and strange music of creaking timbers became familiar. I learned lines and sails, practiced emergency drills, and studied the compass and charts; I tarred, painted, spliced, caulked, and I finally slept. I slept deeply, trusting when I closed my eyes others were awake, on watch, keeping me safe, just as I had done for them. We were profoundly dependent on each other.
Read the whole entry here
Steve Spencer Has Been Sending These Photos Of Every Phase of The Construction Of Varian’s Turbine
If you have photos from a Gloucester Sporting Event Submit them with the name to credit and we will post them in our Gloucester Sports Daily Post
Maryanne writes-
Hi Joey,
here’s a photo of some of our young skaters enjoying a Halloween Party on the ice!
Thanks for sharing
Maryanne
For more information regarding Cape Ann Skating please visit:
http://www.facebook.com/CapeAnnSkatingClub
website: http://cafsc.org/
Good Morning Gloucester 