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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.

Breaking News: Official Notice From the Office Of Mayor Kirk Regarding Halloween and Hurricane Sandy

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Hurricane Sandy Update: City of Gloucester Urges Children’s Halloween Celebrations for this Sunday, October 28th

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Friday, October 26, 2012

Gloucester, MA – Due to uncertainty surrounding the path of Hurricane Sandy and the potential severity of the storm in the community, Mayor Carolyn Kirk and the City of Gloucester announce that all residents are encouraged to celebrate Halloween “trick or treating” on Sunday, October 28th between the hours of 4pm and 6pm.

Weather forecasters are predicting favorable conditions on Sunday afternoon and early evening prior to the possible arrival of a storm on Monday and Tuesday. With Halloween falling on Wednesday, October 31, state and local public safety officials are concerned about the potential impacts of Sandy.

Depending on Sandy’s track, by Halloween, the city and residents may possibly be facing widespread power outages, downed limbs, and lingering rainfall. 

“Every child in the city and their families want to enjoy a safe Halloween tradition without the concern, confusion, or fear that a favorite holiday will be jeopardized by the storm, so we are urging neighbors to have children celebrate early in good weather, without concern for public safety issues that might arise as a result of the storm,” said Mayor Kirk.

As an alternative to trick or treating, there is a Halloween Party on Sunday from 2pm to 5pm at the Rose Baker Senior Center on Rogers Street.  The party is free to all of Gloucester’s children between the ages of 1 and 8.  Children must be accompanied by an adult, and there will be crafts, games, face painting, freeze frame dancing, and prizes for best costumes.  The party is sponsored by the Gloucester Downtown Association. 

The City made the decision to celebrate Halloween early in consultation with Gloucester public safety officials and after receiving an updated weather report from the National Weather Service. City officials have remained in contact with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency on Friday to ensure the most up-to-date information related to Hurricane Sandy.

The Weather Channel Is At The Crows Nest Interviewing Greasy Pole Champ Salvi Benson! Click for the Video

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Fred Bodin with the heads up!

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Tonight Last Night To Take Advantage Of Cape Ann Restaurant Week- Clickable Menus Here!

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Here you can find all the menus and help decide which joint you are gonna go to take advantage of the ridiculous deals-

Pix Fix Three Course  Menus for $33.12 or $25.12

Don’t be a dope, take advantage.  These are stupid crazy awesome prices for these meals and tonight’s the last night!!

Sponsored by The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce!

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Kenny MacCarthy’s Cape Ann Real Estate Market Watch

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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 12 property’s that he’s seen/shown or that are new to the market.

Call my boy Kenny for your Real Estate needs.  I trust him, you can too.

his number- (978) 758-0983

Sista Felicia’s Caramelized Onion & Apple Stuffed Pork Loin

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Ingredients:
2  1 ½ lb. pork loin
1 Gala apple
½ Granny Smith apple
1 medium sweet Vidalia onion
1 lb. thick sliced maple bacon
½ cup Panko bread crumbs
1 ½ tablespoon dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt,
½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
¾ cup Pure Maple Syrup
2 tablespoons salted butter

Directions:
Step 1: butterfly cut each pork loin, reserve on a clean work surface
Step 2: peel, core, and dice apples in ¼ inch bite size pieces reserve
Step 3:  slice onion into 1/8 inch slices, reserve
Step 4: in a medium size frying pan melt butter over a high heat
Step 5: add reserved onion,1/4 teaspoon  salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper to frying pan, cook one minute over high heat, then lower heat to medium/low and continue to cook 10minutes or until onions are golden in color but not browned
Step 6: add apples and continue to cook 5 minutes, remove from heat, reserve in a bowl, allowing to mixture to cool 5
Step 7: divide mixture in half and stuff each pork loin with apple onion mixture
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Step 8: fold each stuffed pork loin back together tucking any stuffing back inside and roll it onto its side
Step 9: starting at one end warp bacon strips around pork loin slightly overlapping bacon strips, securing strips tightly around pork will keep stuffing secured during the baking process

 

Step 10: season each pork loin with ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon  pepper, and transfer to a large parchment line glass baking dish
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Step 11: Drizzle pure maple syrup over the tops of both pork loins
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Step 12: bake in a preheated 375 degree oven 35 minutes
Step 13: reset oven to a high heat broil setting and broil for 5 minutes or until bacon becomes crisp
Step 14: remove from oven and allow pork loins to rest for 15 minutes before slicing into 1 inch slices
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*Note: to serve, drizzle with warmed pure maple syrup accompanied with creamy mashed potatoes, rice or couscous
Enjoy!

Topside Grille Release Party For New Cocktail Menu Tonight!

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Doug From Topside Grille writes-

Hello everyone and Happy Friday 🙂 Tonight we are throwing a release party for our new fall cocktail menu. Every specialty drink will be $6 tonight starting at 8:00pm at the Topside Grill. So come on down and start your Halloween festivities the right way with Kathleen McCarthy and Tyler Testaverde behind the bar 🙂

Dont force it, just "fall" in love with our new signature cocktails like a bacon infused bourbon old fashion or a johnny appleseed. Whether you like strong drinks or something a little sweeter we have the drink for you!
Plus, since the weather is about to get dark n stormy with this hurricane coming, have one of ours with homemade citrus ginger beer and Goslings Black Seal Jamacian Rum.
See you all there 🙂

New Offer From Manchester Athletic Club Only 1 Dollar Gets You Zero Joining Fee and The Rest Of November Free Membership

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Ridiculous for The Athletic Club with the most to offer among in all of the North Shore.  One Dollar.

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Normally it would cost you $129 to join.  With the One Dollar Deal you save all that plus get the rest of November FREE!  Seriously??????  How do you not take advantage of that deal?

Call the MAC today, it’s where my family gets their fitness on.  978-526-8900

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Here’s the website Manchester Athletic Club

Poll- Does Hurricane Sandy Take The Dead Rockport Finback Whale Back to Sea

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Photo from Victoria Gamage-

Finback Whale off of Rockport Beach

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Incredible Black and White Saint Peter’s Fiesta Altars 1939 and ??? From Hilary McKinnon

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Hilary writes-

These were probably taken by my mother’s side of the family Vigrinia Frontiero (nee Piscatello) daughter of Michael and Mary Frontiero the larger one may be by her as she always had a camera glued to her hand and the one from ’39 I couldn’t say I don’t think she’s quite that old and won’t tell me anyways. She lived on Gould court most all of her life until she got married in ’53 and I came along in ’54. My bedroom widow faced the church, that we were forbidden to enter but I saw it about 3 years ago during a my granddaughter’s christening. On your video of the Sargent house you can see it off to the left on the opening shot, although you mentioned it being a stones throw away. Great video, another place they never let me in, steps like that can be seen at the library too I think.

Altar date unknownFiesta altar 1939

Community Photos 10/26/12

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October Afternoon in Annisquam From Elinor Teele

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Squam Creative Services
Freelance Copywriting, Fiction and Photography

Just Sailing By photo by Anthony Marks

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Community Stuff 10/26/12

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The News From Rocky Neck via Judy Robinson Cox

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Hi Joey,
If folks are looking for an affordable winter coat, some essential new "career wear" or just want some new duds to change up their wardrobe they will find lots to like St. John’s Rummage Sale this weekend.  Have some fun, find some bargains,  and keep some $ in your pocket.  Still need to put that Halloween costume together? The flyer with all details is attached. Thanks for getting the word out!
Your friends at St. John’s Church, Gloucester

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Flu Clinic  – November 13 Addison Gilbert Hospital

The Gloucester Health Department will conduct a free flu clinic at Addison Gilbert Hospital, 298 Washington Street, Gloucester on November 13 from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Appointments are not necessary.   Guests should enter the hospital through the Fisher Lobby entrance.  There is no fee and appointments are not necessary.  Please wear short sleeves.  The clinic will be available to those six months of age and older.

Cape Ann Community Forum

Cape Ann Community Forum
Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport
Date: October 30, 2012 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Lahey Health System will host a community forum discussing the future state of healthcare, payment reform and its impact on hospitals and healthcare delivery systems.  Presenters will include Denis Conroy, Vice President of System Integration for Lahey Health System and Cindy Cafasso Donaldson, Vice President and Executive Director for Addison Gilbert Hospital.  All residents are encouraged to attend this presentation which will be followed by a question and answer session.

Addison Gilbert Hospital Reunion
All current, former and retired employees, medical staff members and volunteers of Addison Gilbert Hospital are invited to a Addison Gilbert Hospital reunion on Saturday, November 10 at The Gloucester House Restaurant, 63 Rogers Street, Gloucester, from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. Buffet dinner $25. per person.  Cash bar.

Please RSVP by November 1.  Checks should be made payable to: AGH Reunion Committee and mailed to:  AGH Reunion Committee,  Cape Ann Savings Bank, 109 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930.

Please bring your memorabilia, there will be a display table for photos, etc.

Plans are being made for transportation options for those who do not drive.  For further information, please contact Judi Gross 978-283-2406 , Shirlee Farina 978-283-4782 or Judy Brosnan at 978-546-6204.

Gloucester MA Harbor At Dusk South Channel 5:34PM 10/24/12

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Taken With the Sony NEX-5N and  24 mm Zeiss F1.8.  Shot from Captain Joe and Sons, Gloucester MA

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USCG Gloucester Chief Commanding Officer Manny Munoz Offers Some Hurricane Sandy Advice To Mariners

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Pat Meier-Johnson Paints The Ice Company

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Hi Joey,

Thanks so much.  I love your blog!

After taking a course at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, we came to Gloucester to spend a few days. My husband and I went walking around 5:30am one morning this summer and shot some pictures. One was the Cape Pond Ice house, the basis for the attached painting.

Cheers,

Pat Meier-Johnson

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Pat contacted me a couple of days ago asking me what I could tell her about the Ice Company-

Hi Joey,

We visited Gloucester this summer and I am working on an oil painting that features the huge ice building on docks. What can you tell me about it? Would you like me to send you an image of my painting when it’s done?

Pat

Rather than write out a long explanation I just did a search in the GMG search box in the right hand column of the blog  and forwarded her the link (there’s probably 60-70 Cape Pond Ice Features We’ve done on Cape Pond Ice, some very interesting videos as well-

Cape Pond Ice Search On GMG

A Beautiful Fall Morning In Annisquam from William Dorey Langer

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Community Stuff 10/25/12

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Gloucester Youth Leadership Council is now recruiting. Applications will be accepted online https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG1sS21tY2VacVBINXZWWWZKeHQyVGc6MQ  or on paper until 11/9/2012. For more information contact:

Caitlin Kreitman
Healthy Gloucester Collaborative
Youth Coordinator
978-491-9052
Facebook.com/HealthyGloucesterCollaborative

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The Kids That The GMG Farm Bar and Grille Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Tournament Helped

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Aria McElhenny writes-

Hi Joey, Frankie and Ryan,

As the weather starts to get chilly, here at Next Step we all start thinking about one thing: bikini & speedo dodgeball.

Thought you guys and the 2012 tournament participants might like a reminder of how their hard work raising funds at the tourney had an amazing impact on teens with cancer. The video below is from our summer youth conference for teen cancer survivors. These youth spent four days together learning how to manage their disease, laughing, riding a zip line and sharing their stories. The music in the video is an original song written by the youth and recorded at the conference.

Way to go dodge-ballers, you changed a lot of lives this year.

Thanks again from all of us at Next Step,

Aria McElhenny
Development Director

Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/NextStepFund

The Next Step Fund
For Young People With Cancer and Blood Disease
www.nextstepnet.org

For those new to GMG here is a recap of the Tourney from Craig Kimberley-

Doesn’t The Judith Sargent Murray House Look So Much More Inviting Without The Big Iron Bars On The Street?

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To Learn More About The Sargent House Click This Text For The Website

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Barb Silberman and Judith Nast Show GMG Readers What’s Up At The House On The Hill

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Judith Sargent Murray’s Writing Closet and Concealment Shoes Found In The House

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Heres your first view of downtown from the second section of the turbine erection From Steve Spencer

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Heres your first view of downtown from the second section of the turbine erection via Steve Spencer

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Only On GMG Baby!  Stay tuned for your insider pics, much more to come!
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Panorama Time!
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