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.

Lou Holtz Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

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September 7, 2012

“Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

Lou Holtz (1937-    )

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Best known as a football coach and motivational speaker, Holtz is a West Virginia native who had a brief career as a player at Kent State. He held head coaching positions at six different academic institutions and compiled a 249-132-7 record. Although hired by Notre Dame with a lifetime contract, it is rumored that he was forced to retire before he broke Knute Rockne’s record of 105 wins with that team.

Community Stuff 9/11/12

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Adult Pickup Soccer in Gloucester

Julie Ledwig submits-

 

Hi Joey,
Something to pass along…
Adult Pickup Soccer in Gloucester.
Come play pickup Saturday mornings in Gloucester.  The first get-together is at 9am at Kettle Cove Fields in Magnolia.  We’ll begin with some light drills at 9, followed by a scrimmage at 9:45 to 10:30.  Email julieledwig@yahoo.com to get on the weekly invite list.

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Here is an opportunity to do something wonderful for your dog and yourself. On Sunday, September 30, from 3-4:15 PM, I am offering an introductory session on Canine Massage called “The ABC’s of Canine Massage”. The cost is $15

If your answer to the following list of questions is a rousing YES, then I think you will get a lot from this session

-    Would you like to develop a deeper bond with your dog?
-    Would you enjoy an activity in which your whole family becomes more involved with your dog?
-    Would you wish to have an all-new way to connect, pay attention and express affection to your dog?
-    Would you love to be able to detect any changes in your dog’s health very early in the process?
-    Would you like your dog to be more receptive to touch, and easier to handle at veterinary visits?
-    Would it make you happy to help your older dog with her / his stiffness or arthritis?
-    Do you enjoy seeing your dog in a blissed out happy state?
-    Would you simply like your dogs to relax her / his muscles and de-stress?
-    Would you like to learn new skills that allow you to be creative with your touch?

If there is sufficient interest after this introductory session, I will consider offering a four session course that will help you become even more comfortable and confident in massaging your own dog. I have already done this at several other places with excellent results. There is always a “getting to know you” period at the beginning of these sessions and then the dogs tend to settle in and really enjoy themselves. If you are interested or have questions, please respond to me by email because space is limited.

For more information about dog massage, go to my website http://skillfulhandsdogmassage.com.

David Feldman

Free ESOL/ABE & GED Classes

Action, Inc. is offering three levels of adult education classes beginning in October. Level 1, ESOL/Adult Basic Education: Mondays and Wednesdays starting Oct. 1. Level 2, Pre-GED: Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Oct. 2. Level 3, GED: Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Oct. 2. All classes run from 6:15 pm to 9:00 pm and take place at Action, Inc.’s main offices, lower level, at 180 Main St., Gloucester. Registration and placement testing are required. Registration dates: Tuesday, Sept. 25 and Thursday, Sept. 27, 6:15 – 9:00 pm. For more information call Michele Ameno at 508-284-6186.

Volunteer Math Tutors Needed

Action, Inc. is seeking volunteers to provide tutoring to adult students at a range of learning levels, from basic math to geometry. Volunteers will assist participants in three levels of adult education classes: Level 1, ESOL/ABE; Level 2, Pre-GED; and Level 3: GED. Beginning October 1st, classes will run Mondays – Thursdays, 6:15 – 9:00 pm, and will take place at Action, Inc.’s main offices, lower level, 180 Main St., Gloucester. For more information call Michele Ameno at 508-284-6186.

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For Those Subscribers That Don’t Know They Can Access GMG Throughout The Day- A Simple Tutorial

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GMG subscriber  Paula asks-

Hi Joey
I receive my GMG each night around 8:15. Is there anyway I can get it earlier? I feel like I miss a lot going on that day or night because I am reading it late.

Thanks
Paula

Paula what many subscribers may not realize is that we update GMG all day every hour on the hour from 6AM-8PM with occasional breaking news stories thrown in at random times or live blogging events as they happen.

To check out GMG as it unfolds all you need to do is to bookmark

www.goodmorninggloucester.com

If the thought of learning how to bookmark a site intimidates you watch this simple tutorial and then you can check in with the very latest happening on Good Morning Gloucester all day long at your convenience rather than waiting til 8:15PM for it to come in to your email box.

Uhmmmm The World’s Greatest Lobster Roll Just Got Even Better By Subtraction. You Heard Me- Subtraction.

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You’ve heard me rail on about the world’s greatest lobster roll for four years now.

We’ve dismantled countless frou frou high brow chefs and food bloggers who couldn’t leave perfection alone and had to go and mess up the perfect lobster roll with such atrocious ingredients as paprika, celery, lettuce, relish onion, pickles, avocado and such ridiculous platforms for rolls such as French baguette rolls and anadama bread.

Yu can read about all those abortions these dopes tried to pass off as lobster rolls here-

How to F^@K Up a Lobster Roll -For The New Readers

Grandma Ethel Needs To Put Down the Crack Pipe

The Broads Out In California Try To Defend The Undefendable

IDIOTS!!!!!!!!

Bastardized Lobster Roll on Tap Today At Gloucester Gourmet

But what I’m about to tell you is going to turn a lot of what I’m saying on it’s head I guess.  Or another way to look at it is actually more accurate in that as I’ve told you from the beginning- that simplicity and not overthinking the lobster roll and it’s perfection is the way to go so simplifying in the way I’m going to explain actually falls right inline with what I’ve been saying.

Night before last the Mrs asks me to bring home some lobster so she can make lobster rolls.  She tells me she wants to try something different than her traditional recipe.

I brought home 5 lbs of medium shell lobster and she made two lobster rolls based off her original recipe-

Ingredients For The Worlds Greatest Lobster Roll

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Joey C

Ingredients For The Worlds Greatest Lobster Roll, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Has to be Cains mayo, and hot dog rolls so you can grill them to a golden brown with the unsalted butter.

Notice there is no lettuce, paprika, celery or any other filler. If anything else appears in your lobster roll, you have an inferior lobster roll.

steam the lobsters and shuck the meat

tear the meat into 1/2 inch chunks or so and mix with cains mayo

refrigerate

once lobster and mayo is chilled, butter each side of cheap hot dog rolls (the kind you tear apart)

you do not want to use any goddamn baguette or crusty overpowering roll

you want white bread tear apart soft hot dog rolls

once you butter the sides of the hot dog rolls with SALTED butter you pan brown the roll so its warm and golden brown

just barely browned but the roll should still be very soft

then load up your cool lobster/mayo filling into the warm soft buttery roll and you have yourself the perfect lobster roll

note- NO  LETTUCE- NO  CELERY-NO  PAPRIKA- NO FANCY CRUSTY FRENCH ROLL

I’m here to tell you that there is an upgrade to this and it is by simplifying.

Leave out the mayo and serve with hot drawn salted butter drizzled over the top of the cooked lobster meat inside the grilled buttered bun.

It actually intensifies the taste of the lobster instead of masking a bit of it with the mayo.

It’s now the official recipe of the World’s Greatest Lobster Roll.

#Boom!  That Just Happened!

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Best lobster roll pictured in back.

Update: Sold. New Good Harbor Beach Footbridge At Dawn Canvas Wrap Just In

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The last one sold in minutes so I decided to have another one made.

I’d be just as happy if no one buys this one because I’m gonna make up one for the house if it sells anyway.

It’s dream like. 16×20 with and inch and a half thick frame.  Also comes with backing and mounting hardware.  No need to pay for expensive framing, the canvas giclee is ready to hang.  If you need a present for someone that loves Gloucester or Good Harbor Beach or Thacher Island, it’s got it all.

Let me know at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com $120 and $16 if it needs to be shipped in the continental US.

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check out www.capeanngiclee.com for your canvas wrap needs

Update: This One Sold In Minutes Too-

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If you would like one for a present or a leaving Gloucester for the winter gift to yourself let me know and I’ll order up another one.

Craig and Helen Whitney Have Some Nice Things To Say

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My wife and I really enjoyed last night’s Nights on the Neck at the Rocky Neck Art Colony and noted to a couple of artists that, after growing up and living on the North Shore our whole lives, we have never been to Rocky Neck before. Gotta be among the North Shore’s best kept secrets! So as one artist suggested, we found and will now read GMG.

We especially enjoyed listening to the Julie Dukas Jazz Trio at the Madfish Wharf (also mojitos at the Madfish Grille). We remarked that they should have their CDs for sale, and were amazed to find online this am that they apparently don’t have any CDs. Too bad as we would love to buy them!

Great place and great program last night overall.

Craig and Helen Whitney, Hampton, NH

Fox 25 Zip Trip to Gloucester Photos From Ron Gilson

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What Kind Of Human Being Does This To A Bicyclist?

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Newton cyclist’s ‘dooring’ allegation sparks debate about police response

Posted by Deidre Fernandes September 7

A Newton police officer’s response to a biking incident earlier this week has triggered a firestorm of criticism from cyclists and spurred the Newton Police Department to take a closer look at the case.

It all happened during Molly Schaeffer’s usual commute home from work this past Tuesday. Schaeffer, a software management consultant and grandmother of two, said she rides her bike to work daily.

But as she traveled down Beacon Street toward Hammond Street, she said, an old Mercedes pulled up in front of her. While the car was moving, according to Schaeffer, one of the passengers on her side opened the door and yelled “doored.”

Click here for the rest of the story on Boston.com

Those of you who read GMG know of my disdain for bicyclists who ride two abreast and don’t allow you to pass them safely (not informed and courteous bicyclists, but the ones who think they own the road and that they are training for the Tour De France)

But this trend of opening up doors in front of bikers intentionally is disturbing regardless of how out to lunch the biker may be.  Hopefully they get to the bottom of the trend and force these offenders to do some serious road safety training or pull their license and force the motorists to ride a bike to work for a month or two and see what the bicyclist has to deal with.

Community Stuff 9/10/12

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Corliss Family Fundraiser

A friend of mine, Wayne Corliss, has been diagnosed with a terminal form of Cancer. A bunch of friends are joining forces and (struggling) are putting on a Fundraiser for Wayne and his wife, Dianne. Can you help us spread the word?

It will be held at the Cruiseport Gloucester on Wed. the 12th of September from 7-11pm. The evening includes: Food, Music (Major Nelson and the Screamin’ Jeanies) Silent Auction, Chinese Auction, Dancing and a cash bar. Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased at the door or at these locations: Cape Ann Travel Services @ 978-282-8216    NorthShore Veterinary Hospital @ 978-283-0214     Putnam Veterinary Clinic @ 978-887-3836    Cape Ann Veterinary Hospital @ 978-283-3238

Monetary donations & auction items are gratefully accepted!

ALL proceeds to benefit Wayne & Dianne Corliss       

I have know Wayne for over ten years…he has a very special place in my heart. We all know what the outcome for him is. It’s very upsetting for me as well as others around him. (not to mention Wayne) We are all trying to stay optimistic and are gathering to help them out financially…Wayne has been out of work for months and Dianne has taken alot of time off to care for him. There is nothing more we can do…the battle itself is his & his alone.

If you can get this information out on Goodmorning Gloucester, I think it will reach out to lots of folks who would want to pitch in, but are unaware of Waynes struggle.

You can reach me by Email or my Cell- 978-423-9819

Thanks Joey!

Donna Piraino

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How can you take pictures of galaxies and comets without owning a
camera or a telescope?
Long-time GAAC member Gary Meehan has been taking photos of the night
sky using remote, robotic telescopes located out in the Sacramento
Mountains of southern New Mexico for a couple of years now. He’s
imaged comets, emission nebulae, star clusters and galaxies, using
none of his own equipment other than a computer.
At the September 14 GAAC meeting, he’ll explain the advantages of
taking this approach, and explain how you can do this too.
He’ll give a quick overview of the New Mexico facility, and show how
to go about planning an imaging session, including the need to use
different sorts of tools to monitor the remote weather conditions, and
demonstrate an imaging session. If time permits, Gary will show you
how to go about forming a final color picture from a series of images
taken through several filters.
GAAC meets at 8:00 pm on the second Friday of every month, at St Paul
Lutheran Church in Lanesville. We’re online at http://www.gaac.us ,
and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/GAACpage

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Gloucester MA Fish Landings August 20, 1917- Over 5 Million Pounds. Aug 21, 2012 Gloucester MA 97,300 Pounds. Less Than 2% of the landings in 1917 were landed in 2012

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Less Than 2% of groundfish landings in 1917 were landed in 2012 on the same day yet we have a call for more subsidized on the taxpayers back commercial dockage while there’s another $100 Million Dollar buyout of Gloucester Commercial Fishing Boats and a DPA that strangles any reasonable investment in our waterfront unless you are so deep pocketed that you can fight the obstructionists who still think it’s 1917 every step of their way through the permitting process. 
Brilliant.

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August 21, 2012 97,300 lbs of groundfish

Fish landings

Gloucester Daily Times

Cape Ann Seafood Exchange

The Cape Ann Seafood Exchange handled 38,200 pounds of fish Monday. No report was received Tuesday.

Top species landed and average prices Monday were: Small dabs: 7,200 pounds ($1.37) Large hake: 5,900 pounds ($1.92) Large pollock: 4,100 pounds (96 cents)

Small and medium pollock: 3,800 pounds (95 cents) Medium dabs: 2,600 pounds ($1.52)

Other landings

The Buyers And Sellers Exchange (BASE), an electronic auctioning company that sells landings at owner Whaling City Seafood Display Auction in New Bedford, Boston’s Whaling City Auction, and Gloucester’s Whaling City Auction,handled 59,100 pounds of fish and 108,700 pounds of scallops Monday.

August 20, 1917 –Over 5,000,000 lbs of groundfish landed in Gloucester

from www.downtosea.com–

"The Board", August 20, 1917

Check out www.downtosea.com it’s an excellent site with historical photos and stories about Gloucester Fishermen.

97,300 vs over 5,000,000

Are You Backing Up Your Digital Life? I Just Bought This 2TB External Drive For a Steal.

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Here’s the link to this crazy good deal

My last 500GB external drive filled up about a year ago and I was searching for a larger external hard drive to save all those photos, videos and music that you see on the blog but the prices were insane.  The reason was because of the Earthquakes in Japan had knocked all these manufacturing plants offline.  now that they are back operational the costs for safeguarding your data against failure has never been cheaper.

And when you think about those precious photos of your children or grandchildren or those vacations to special places that you took and have saved on your computer how can you not get on it and back up your digital life.  I was naked for the past year without having the past year’s data backed up.  Not any more.

I highly suggest you get one of these external hard drives and set up your computer to automatically back up your essential files.  Think about your baby or grandbaby’s first steps in video.  Can you honestly say that $120.33 is too much to pay to insure that?

Anyway, prices have come down.  Your computer WILL fail eventually. They all do.  Back it up or lose life most precious moments, the choice is up to you.

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Compatibility
Formatted NTFS
Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7
Mac OS® X Leopard®, Snow Leopard™

SEPTEMBER 15 DOWNTOWN GLOUCESTER BLOCK PARTY FEATURES FIVE OUTDOOR STAGES AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION!

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Celebrate summer’s end at another entertainment packed Block Party in downtown Gloucester. Main Street transforms into a strolling mall featuring al fresco dining; stores open for shopping; Kids’ Town games and multi-performances at five outdoor stages. Diverse bands, dance troupes and you, the audience, perform! It starts at 6 pm and it’s free!

Enjoy big band jazz and rock with the Docksiders and the Cape Ann Big Band; virtuoso Ken Bonfield plays a dazzling handcrafted guitar; folk, blues, Doo Wop and rock from groups celebrated for distinctive harmonies and styles – Livin’ on Luck. Lauriellen and the Boys, Honky Tonk Women of Gloucester and Not That Blonde; emerging star guitarist/vocalist Marina Evans, London busker XN Trick and dance from OmBelly, Rockport Academy of Dance and Greg Coles Dance and Drum. Hit the street dancing with The Teal Street Band, Will Hunt and Friends, The Fraternal Combustion Engine and the Good Harbor Band. Acoustic Noir? Neo-Steampunk Cabaret? Check out the eclectic What Time Is It Mr. Fox? at the Dog Bar.

Center stage is you – sing Karaoke with Daddy O’Kee and his Incredible Invisible Band. Be the star of the show! Join us at the Info Plaza next to Mark Adrian Shoes and let’s hear what you’ve got!

Be on Main Street at six pm this Saturday evening for the opening acts. Enjoy a drink or a meal at any of the al fresco restaurants. Run in for a drink, run out for a dance! The stores are open until 11 pm – and every one of them is exceptional!
See www.glostablockparty.com for details and restaurant reservation information

Community Stuff 9/9/12

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The Cape Ann Center for Dance is Expanding!!

During the summer, the Cape Ann Center for Dance has been very busy in between performing at the Block Parties and offering  classes.  Due to the growing numbers of students enrolling at the studio, the owner/director Kimberly Blisard, has built an addition to the original space.  The new studio is gorgeous with high ceilings and a floating floor.  Dancers can enjoy some "down time" in the Dancers Lounge, complete with refrigerator, microwave and other amenities.  For parents, there is an observation window in the hallway (one way mirror), and a comfortable lobby .  Two beautiful studios with a lot of wonderful class offerings!  Come join us as we enter our 10th year in business!  Classes ages 3-adult.  www.capeanncenterfordance.com

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The Annisquam Exchange, 32 Leonard Street, will hold its annual furniture sale on Saturday, September 15, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the schoolyard. The Annisquam Exchange, a nonprofit organization, offers antiques, collectibles, linens, cards, and gifts. Call 978-281-0358.

Schooner Adventure’s History Sharing Program – September 14, 2012 (10am)

Come see images of old Gloucester and share your own memories during these free monthly presentations at the Rose Baker Senior Center. This month – “Mr. Schooner”, aka Gordon Thomas presented by his son, Jeff Thomas II, who will share images and stories about Gordon Thomas, former fish store operator and local historian of Gloucester fishing schooners. (Program supported by New England Biolabs Foundation, Bruce J. Anderson and Thomas Anthony Pappas Charitable Foundation). For more information – call Schooner Adventure @978-281-8079.

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HISTORIC GLOUCESTER CHURCH IS GETTING A LIFT!

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For the first time in its history spanning more than two centuries, Gloucester’s historic Universalist Meeting House will be able to welcome visitors with physical handicaps to its many civic and musical events as well as to its services starting later this fall.
The Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church, which was founded in 1779 as the first Universalist church in America, is currently installing platform-lift elevators connecting all three levels of the church. Handicapped-accessible lavatories are also being built.
The project is being supported in part by generous private donors and a grant from the City of Gloucester Community Preservation Committee and the City Council, recognizing the importance of this iconic building to the community.

In addition, to help see the project through to completion, the church will be conducting an online Internet auction, called “Reaching for the Stars,” featuring restaurant deals, vacation opportunities, entertainment, art, gift items, personal services, and more.
The auction is for 10 days only, beginning Sept 20 and ending Sept. 30. Bidding is open to the public.  Bidders may visit http://www.gloucesteruu.org for details and a direct link.
The 206-year-old Meeting House is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a popular venue for concerts, lectures and civic events because of its excellent acoustics and large seating capacity.
Upcoming events at the church include sea chantey concerts on Saturday, Sept. 22, by two local groups, Baggywrinkle and Three Sheets to the Wind, as part of the Captains Courageous Festival, and the Cape Ann Forum lecture series beginning Sunday, Sept. 23.
Also, on Sunday, Oct. 28, the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Concert Series will make its only North Shore appearance this season at the church. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance from the Boston Symphony Orchestra (www.bso.org).
Visitors also will be welcome for tours of the church and talks about its history during the Essex National Heritage Area’s annual Trails & Sails weekend, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 21, 22 and 23. Tours will be at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Here are the pictures from the "cement pour"

Identification:   Todd Main Company, Inc. employees:                             Peter Bennett (white shirt), Carlogero Taormina (grey shirt), Sal Oliva (red shirt)

Gloucester Unitarian Universalist member:                 Newton Fink, Jr. (chair, Building & Grounds Committee)

All pictures taken by Church Administrator, Karen Rembert

Cape Ann Real Estate MarketWatch From Kenny MacCarthy

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Open Houses This Week From Kenny MacCarthy http://www.capeanninfo.com  for your real estate needs.  Tell Kenny Joey sent ya!

Get Your Sexy Ass Down To Fort Sq Cafe For Some Muffins, Smuffins and Puffins Oh My!

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Live from Fort Square Cafe:
Pictured, Heidi’s Latest Creation- The Puffin


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First Breakfast Of The Season. People please remind me to eat more here. I’m needing to eat more.

Gloucester Parade of Sail 2012 Video from Kenny MacCarthy

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Kenny writes-

http://www.capeanninfo.com We took a boat ride out into the middle of Gloucester’s Parade of Sail. The weather was perfect. The tide was right. And the schooners were under sail in our harbor. More good reasons to love living on Cape Ann.

Captain Pete Libro and Crew Prepare To Set Lobster Gear Aboard The Cabaret V At Captain Joe and Sons

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Photos From Ron Gilson

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