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.

The Biggest Hugest Most Ginormous Blue fin Tournament To Hit Gloucester In Decades Begins IS UNDER WAY! The Bluefin Blowout! Mile Marker 1 Is Gonna Be Off The Rails

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Mile Marker 1 is Undoubtably Going To Be The Place To Be This weekend For The Weigh Ins For The Bluefin Blowout.  video coming

Follow the progress on twitter @BluefinBlowout

and on Facebook for leader updates /BluefinBlowout

Pics from Brianmoc

 

For updates click here-

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Community Photos 8/24/12

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Gloucester Marine Railways photo makes it to juried NJ show

Our long time FOB Kevin From NJ writes-

Hi Joey,

I shot the attached out in the yard of the Railways during a Sept. ’08 visit.  It’s been accepted to a juried show at the Monmouth Museum here in (Lincroft) N.J., 14 Sep- 28 Oct.

Best, Kevin

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Motif #1-A Different View from Janet Rice

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That would make an awesome canvas print vertically.

I’d call Cape Ann Giclee and see about getting it done in a canvas wrap.

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Community Stuff 8/24/12

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Joey—
Cheesie Mack—that Gloucester kid—is at it again!
The second book, Cheesie Mack Is Cool in a Duel, came out in June, and I’m planning a return visit to Gloucester schools in October.

More about Steve and Cheesie Mack here

I have had terrific responses to my author events. During the last school year I spoke at 84 schools from Gloucester to Los Angeles…and from Ann Arbor to Miami, including, as you know two in Gloucester. I gave over 300 presentations, speaking to more than 16,000 students. One of these visits was captured on video and is online-

Most recently, the school librarians associations of New Hampshire and South Carolina selected Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything as one of the best children’s books of 2012-13…and NYC’s Bank Street College of Education selected it as the top book in the humor category (ages 9-12). The series’ third book, Cheesie Mack Is Running Like Crazy!, will be out in 2013, and I have just been signed to write books #4 and #5.
I hope you’re doing well, lobster prices are favorable, and GMG is thriving!
—
Steve Cotler
Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything

Cheesie Mack Is Cool in a Duel
(published by Random House Children’s Books)

http://stevecotler.com/books/main.php

Captain Mike Parisi Has Some Nice Things To Say

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Hey Joe,
        I had a fishing charter today with 4 guys for L.A.  Ca. that wanted to catch a tuna.We used some of Capt. Joes  famous bait  and caught 2 nice tuna for my clients.
Kept 1 and release the other
Thanks for the Great bait
Capt. Mike
www.Amandamariefishing.com

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Got Great Goat Cheese?

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Gloucester Quilter submits-

Here in Gloucester, we know great food. And we know the importance of fresh, local food. Gail Hobbs-Paige is a James Beard Award Winning Chef and a dear friend of Gloucester Quilter. She left the kitchen to start a goat farm in rural Virginia. Since 2007, Gail has also become the face of "slow food" advocacy efforts (chefs communicating the value of cooking with locally grown products) in Virginia. Her work and cheese has been written up in Bon Appettit, Washington Post, Southern Living to name a few. Like our own E.J. Lefavour, Gail has turned to KickStarter to take her homegrown business to the next level – because her product is that good.  Gail and Caromont Farm are in the final stages of "Vats the Idea" campaign to buy the next generation vat-cheese-making machine.

LIMITED TO 10: If you pledge $100, you will get 1000g of Caromont Cheve along with a selection of her small-batch, specialty cheeses or charcuterie cured meats 6-times a year = every other month you will get a sample of great, fresh, local, artisanal goat cheeses and/or cured meats.

There are lower pledge-levels to support Gail and Caromont Farms. Trust us: you will not be disappointed.

Click here to email Caromot Farms. Call Caromont Farms at 434-831-393.

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Gloucester Quilter

http://gloucesterquilter.wordpress.com/

Henry Allen Done At The Annie.

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From the annie website

Henry Allen Closes The Annie’s Doors… and Sprouts Wings!

Dear friends, community and supporters:

After a year and a half of a lot of hard work and so much heart, I regret to inform you that The Annie will be closing its doors at        1 Washington Street within the next month.

Phyllis A Association Welcomes Melissa Cox’ Husband Bill

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Hey Joey!

I just wanted to share the announcement that I have recently joined the Board of Directors for the Phyllis A Marine Association. As you may know, we are a group dedicated to restoring this historic vessel whose owner helped bring gillnetting to Gloucester and we are located at the Gloucester Marine Railways, Rocky Neck. I am looking forward to helping in any way I can to get the Phyllis A back in service so that people will be able to enjoy the experience of sailing on her as well as learn more about the fishing history of our awesome city, for years to come.

I also wanted to let everyone know that this weekend we will be down in Salem for the Antique and Classic Boat Festival (please see flyer below) and would love to see all you GMGers come on up the line and say hi!

Thanks for the support!

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Right NOW LIVE!!!!!! Click To Watch The Launching Of The Bluenose II

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From Bluenose II: "The yard has advised us that the side transfer will take place tomorrow. Thursday 23rd. Probably starting in the morning and lasting as long as it takes. The steps are being taken away now. "
http://www.novascotiawebcams.com/south-shore/bluenose-ii.html

We’ve done dozens of posts on The Bluenose II when she’s in Gloucester for Schooner Festival you can view the links below-

https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/?s=Bluenose

and here- https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/page/2/?s=Bluenose

Click to watch the webcam-

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Community Stuff 8/23/12

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Joey,
Thanks so much for all you do to keep Cape Ann informed of what’s happening!  Can you please include the attached announcement and flyer either today or tomorrow (in time for our opening reception Thursday evening) to remind people that our show is happening this week?  Your coverage of our call for artists last week brought some great responses!
Our community is so fortunate to have your blog!
Linda Walker
thacherart@gmail.com
www.thacherisland.org

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Ruth Mordecai: Welcome to my second Annual Open Studio and Sale

Ruth Mordecai

Collage/Landscape Series 15" X 11"

Brown paper, handmade paper, acrylic and oil

From Ruth Mordecai:

Welcome to my second Annual

Open Studio and Sale

Two Weekends:  Noon to 8:00 p.m. each day

• Sat/Sun August 25-26

• Labor Day Weekend: Sunday/Monday September 2-3

Paintings – Drawings – Monoprints – Collages

Works on paper $100 to $400

Framed works   $450 to $3300

10% of sales donated to the Rocky Neck Cultural Center

Major credit cards accepted.

4 Terrace Lane Gloucester,MA 01930

617 462 9171/ rglouc@comcast.net/www.ruthmordecai.com

Directions:  East Main Street to Rocky Neck Avenue.  Park near shop

called imagine.  Cross Rocky Neck Avenue from Imagine and walk

up the stairs to Terrace Lane.  Follow balloons on the stairs and porch

of 4 Terrace Lane (3rd house up the hill on the right.)

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Hi Joey,

We have a little over a week left until the 36th annual Magnolia 5K and 1K Fun Run.  As you know, 100% of the proceeds go to the Magnolia Library and Community Center.  For the first time we are also helping the Library by raffling off a couple of fantastic luxury box Red Sox tickets, courtesy of Dennis Drinkwater and Giant Glass.  These $850 seats are in the EMC Club level and just below the press box behind home plate..  I am sending along our mail form with more information, but the best way to enter is with a credit card by going to www.magnolialibrary.org and clicking on raffle banner.  Each entry is $10 and 5K racers can enter for $5.  The drawing will be held just after the race on August 30 at around 7:30 in front of the Library.  You don’t need to be present to win.

Thanks,

Randy

PS We are getting the race shirts in this week and thanks to your input we are going again with the dry-fit material.  First 100 entries to the 5K get a free t-shirt.

Hi Joey,

We will be celebrating our 6 Year Anniversary this weekend (August 24th – 26th) in both our Glocuester and Danvers Locations.

The weekend will be filled with free gifts, free $6 Play each day, free drawings, refreshments & more.

We would really appreciate it if you could promote our event.  Complete details online at www.lucky7arcade.com

Thank you!

Rosalie Parisi
Manager, Lucky 7 Arcade

Sista Felicia and The Mrs Will Be Rocking This Week’s Cape Ann Farmer’s Market With Mason Jar Iced Teas and GMG T’s

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Thursday 3-6:30 Stage Fort Park.  If you haven’t got yours yet, then this is your chance!

Look for them!

For more info and a list of all the vendors who will be present click here

 

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Photos by Amanda Mohan

Yo, If any of you twitter folks out there don’t know it, Maritime Gloucester Has a Twitter Account.

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Someone asked me for a couple of the must do things in G Town and I replied a sunset cruise on The Lannon, A Visit To Maritime Gloucester, The Cape Ann Museum and a mudiga steak bomb sandwich at Virgilios.

Bill O’Connor from North Shore Kid just so happened to send me in this little blurb about Maritime Gloucester-

Hi Joey,

One of the best things about Maritime Gloucester is that this time of year, there’s always something new to see.  We stopped by on Monday and they had a couple of baby squid in the large tank.  This one was only about 2 ½” long, and was doing his best to camouflage himself…

Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

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What you twitterites may not know is that Maritime Gloucester has a Twitter presence an dthey are pretty active.  follow them here- http://www.twitter.com/MaritimeGlou

Piper Cub–Gloucester Harbor–1946

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Hello Joey,

Thought the picture attached might prove of interest to some.  It was taken in 1946 by a friend of mine as I taxied out for takeoff from the base at Stage Fort Park, in a Piper J-3 Cub on floats.  The veiws from the air around Cape Ann were spectacular.  I would fly over and land and take off in Magnolia Harbor.  Just back from military service that summer, I got my long yearned for solo at the Beverly Airport, then got checked out in float planes at Gloucester.  That operation only lasted a few years, but I was glad they made it possible for me to get that seaplane solo while living in Magnolia.  Accumulated a few thousand hours thereafter in other parts of the country.

Keep ’em flying!

George Krewson

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Why Hurry?

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You will find this poster and much more at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum.  Two good books on the topic:

A Race for Real Sailors “Bluenose and the International Fisherman’s Cup 1920 – 1938” by Keith McLaren

Caught in Irons “North Atlantic Fishermen in the Last Days of Sail” by Michael W Santos

The 28th Annual Gloucester Schooner Race will be upon us September 2nd.

Al Bezanson

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For more info about the Gloucester Schooner Festival Check Out The Chamber of Commerce website-

Gloucester Schooner Festival Information