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.

54th Annual Gloucester Sidewalk Bazaar Thank You’s From Grace Giambanco Numerosi

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The 54th Annual Gloucester Sidewalk Bazaar was a success!  Main Street was a hot, happening, fun filled place to be for three days!

I would like to personally thank Linda Palazola of Palazola’s Sporting Goods, Joe Ciolino of The Weathervane and Christine Orlando of Kids’ Unlimited  for their continued dedication to the Gloucester Sidewalk Bazaar.
I can assure you that without the commitment of these folks the Sidewalk Bazaar would not have happen and we would have lost a Gloucester Tradition.  I feel honored to have been part of the event for the last two years.

The summer is always a busy time for everyone, and we would not have been able to have such a great event if it wasn’t for the commitment of this amazing community.  Gloucester should be proud.

I’d like to thank Mayor Carolyn Kirk and especially Jim Duggan who was always willing to help address any concerns, City Clerk, Linda Lowe who guided me through the new permitting process, Mark Cole and Rose LoPiccolo of the DPW- street closing and trash are always hot topics, Food Inspector Rosalie Nicastro,  Deputy Chief Steve Aiello of the Gloucester Fire Department and Lieutenant Joseph Aiello of the Gloucester Police Department both are a pleasure to work with, and of course our financial sponsors: Howard Frisch, of Horvitz & Frisch, p.c., Bank Gloucester,
Cape Ann Savings Bank and Rockport National Bank.

Lastly, but definitely not least are the team of volunteers that helped keep the event running smoothly, manning the streets and providing useful information to visitors with a smile- all for the simple love of Gloucester and a bright yellow t’ shirt:  Mary Howard, Fred Bodin, Janet Robbins, Kettie Maclean, Amber Rose Rallo, Marlania Rallo, Evan Dombrowski, Josie Martell, Jack Brown, Chelsea Osborn, Joanne Marks, Pat & Phil Lambert, John Orlando, Fayette Severance, Nina Ryan Sargent, Julie Titone, Chris from Harbor Goods and Melissa and Bill Cox.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!  It was fun!

Sincerely,
Grace Giambanco Numerosi
2012 Sidewalk Bazaar Coordinator

For all the 2012 Gloucester Sidewalk Bazaar Coverage click here

Check Out The Bad Ass New Fish Sign Outside Jon Sarkin’s Fish City Studios

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Glosta being Glosta Baby.  You Can’t Fake The Funk!

http://jsarkin.com/

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Fish designed By chris williams and jon sarkin

Lumper’s Picnic, Labor Day, circa 1950 From Fred Bodin

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In the large pot of boiling water: Monsta Lobsta’s. Beers of choice: Ballantine XXX and Blatz.

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The Gloucester Lumper’s Picnic, Scandinavian Grove, circa 1950

From left to right in the photo above: Louie Houle, Jocko "Gas Bag" Powers, Mel Mountain, ?, ?, Bill Saint Pierre,?, ?, ?,and Wesley "Hank" Hannon.

Fred adds-

Hi Joey,

Glad you liked my Lumpers’ Picnic submission, scheduled for 6 pm tomorrow. I’m hosting a Lumpers’ Picnic themed reception in the gallery on Friday, August 10th for the Mayor and her Walk the Walk tour at 1:45 pm. I’m waiting to hear from Mark McDonough about a picnic platter before I put anything out. Maybe you’ll want to tack this onto my Lumper post, or do a separate one. Up to you my friend.

Thanks, Fred

Bodin Historic Photo

82 Main Street Gloucester, MA 01930 info@BodinHistoricPhoto.com

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Live At The Gloucester Harbor Walk Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

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Fred Bodin Photo-

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Photos from Donna Ardizzoni-


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Chickity Check It! Gloucester 2.0 From Derrick Z. Jackson Boston Globe

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Gloucester 2.0

By Derrick Z. Jackson Globe Columnist  

  August 09, 2012

GLOUCESTER

This town’s last national burst of buzz came from the movie version of “The Perfect Storm,” in which desperate fishermen going farther and farther out in search of dwindling stocks of swordfish were swept into the abyss by a hurricane. You may soon hear about Gloucester again, as visionary leaders chart out what they hope is a perfect scenario of renewal. There are still hundreds of working fishermen here, but officials now talk of Gloucester becoming a cluster for a much broader “marine economy.” Picture an aquatic Silicon Valley — a center of research on the “wired ocean” and a workshop for entrepreneurs developing products based on discoveries from the deep.

Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk demonstrates how QR codes enable an interactive smartphoe tour along the city’s HarborWalk.

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Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk demonstrates how QR codes enable an interactive smartphone tour along the city’s HarborWalk.

“This is what’s happening to the city, this is where we’re going,” vows Mayor Carolyn Kirk. “Come hell or high water, we’re going there.”

Touring the city this week, there was ample evidence that Gloucester can build on its seafaring heritage, even as it seeks to develop economic niches beyond fishing.

For the entre story click here

Community Photos 8/9/12

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Karen Pischke submits-

Hi Joey.
Cape Ann has the prettiest sunsets and night sky. Enjoy!    Karen

GMG Sunset Cape Ann Fire in the Sky

hi joey,

one more of an  endless number of glorious gloucester sunsets.

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Community Stuff 8/9/12

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Hi Friends, 
I am proudly involved in a four week show at the new Cultural Center at Rocky Neck. I will have three pieces on display and for sale from August 8 to September 4. The show is open Thursday through Sunday for visitors from 12-4pm. All are welcome to come to the Opening Reception this Sunday August 12 from 4 to 6pm. The Cultural Center, 6 Wonson Street in Gloucester, is a lovely carpenter/Gothic style church that has been newly transformed. Please come check it out if you can. I will be working the show this Sat, from 2 to 4 and Sunday from 12 to 6.
hope you all are well!

Warmly,
~Loren

To view recent artwork: http://lorendoucette.blogspot.com/

Cape Ann SUP Presents H2YO SUP Yoga & Fitness on the Water

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Schooner Captains At Your Service from Al Bezanson

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Joey… Here are some faces to go with the schooner photosThree captains

Schooner captains Linda Gunn (FAREWELL) Steve Briggs (NORFOLK REBEL) and Nicholas Alley (VIRGINIA) at last year’s Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race Pig and Oyster Roast Awards Ceremony.  Nicholas won the Mayor’s Cup with VIRGINIA in Gloucester in 2007 and in this photo had just collected his Gorton’s hat.  He is now in BRILLIANT and has space for passengers this year coming and going between Mystic and Gloucester.

http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=FF10EA76-B0D0-D05E-1A1360424E13F653

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Captains Matt Sutphin (TYRONE) and Ted Romanowski (GOOD FORTUNE) at an early breakfast at the Fort Square.  We were scoping out  places to berth 60 ft TYRONE during the Schooner Festival.  Matt has passenger spaces coming and going to Gloucester and also for these events.

http://www.chathamclassicyachtcharters.com/

http://www.blockislandschoonerrendezvous.net/

http://www.provincetownschoonerrace.com/

Al Bezanson

GMG Stats Tuesday August 7 56,179 Views- Last 30 days 1,230,232 Views- All Time 20,945,924 Views

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It’s funny because every time some newspaper of magazine interviews me for a piece on GMG they ask about the daily viewership and I tell them, then the magazine comes out a month or two later and the average views jump even higher.  We’re a freight train baby! 

In the North Shore Art Throb piece on GMG when Lou Mandarini asked me what we were doing for numbers I told him- 28,000 to 48,000 a day and that was just a month and a half ago.  If he asked me today I would say 38-56,000 a day. #Boom!

Check out the North Shore Art Throb article on GMG here

Gotta be doing something right.

An old timer calls me on the phone yesterday and tells me that I really ought to watch the language I use on GMG because it would be a shame to see us lose all the great things that we’ve built up here.  I’ll take it all under advisement buddy.

Yesterday August 7th- 56,179 views

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Last 30 days- 1,230,232 Views

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All Time- 20,945,924 views

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DOWNTOWN GLOUCESTER BLOCK PARTY AUGUST 18 FEATURES BERKLEE TALENT & FIVE OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE STAGES!-

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Summer’s best party starts at 6 pm Saturday August 18 on Main Street in Gloucester and it’s free!

Main Street is transformed into a strolling mall featuring al fresco dining; shopping until 11 pm; a Kids’ Town and multi-performances at five outdoor stages. Diverse bands, dance troupes and jugglers perform!

Center Stage the Block Party presents Berklee Jazz and Roots in Gloucester. The Berklee School of Music conducts master classes in Gloucester public schools and donates a music scholarship to a talented local student. Enjoy this excellent jazz and reggae group at 8 pm at the Sovereign Stage.

Shows and dining from 6 pm, Saturday evening. Bring a chair if you like and plan to dance in the street. The third jubilant Block Party will be held September 15.

See www.glostablockparty.com for more information.

Community Stuff 8/8/12

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Hello Joey,
My name is Talia DeWolfe, I am 12 years old and I am the founder of ‘Save a Star’ breast cancer walk affiliated with Susan G. Komen.
This is my second year organizing the walk at Stage Fort Park. This year it will be on Sunday, September 23rd and my goal
is to raise $5,000 for the local Susan G. Komen chapter. Last year I raised $2,500 from walkers and donations.
I named it ‘Save Star’ because I believe when we pass we become stars and I would like to help women fighting breast cancer from becoming a star.
The money not only goes to research but it goes to local women that are in financial need because of this disease.
I attached my flyer that people are allowed to print and pass out to whoever they would like. I also have registration forms for the walk for anyone
that is interested. They can email me at Saveastar@live.com
My mom said I should email you because you post positive events everyday on Good Morning Gloucester.
I was hoping you could help me spread the word about my walk this year.
Thank you,
Talia DeWolfe

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On the next Cape Ann Profiles show host Rich Sagall interviews Cape Ann TV resident and author Ron Gilson. They discuss what it was like to grow up on the docks during the 50s, the hsitory of Gloucester as a fishing center and the future of the city. His book, An Island No More, is a popular memoir of Gloucester.
Cape Ann Profiles can be seen on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 on Friday, August 10 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, August 12 at 2:00PM. It repeats on Friday, August 17 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, August 19 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.

Essex Wet Paint Day and Auction Tickets Available Now!
Saturday, August 18 (Raindate August 19)
Paint from 9 am to 3pm in Essex
Silent/Live Auction 5 pm to 9pm at Cox Reservation, Rte 133, Essex
Tickets $10 per participating artist
$25 per person
Tickets may be purchased by several Essex Merchants including Main Street Antiques, The Antiquarian,
Alexander Westerhoff’s, Bider’s Antiques, and Eventide Gallery
Visit Essex to watch painters at work…look for the RED balloons!
Hope to see you there for a fun night of music, friends and art!

Good Morning,

If there is time or any room, could GMG mention our wine tasting series on Thursdays from 5-7 beginning tomorrow, Aug. 9th?

We will share some cheese, wines and locally produced spreads. No cost associated, but must be 21 to attend. Peace out.

My best and thanks for all the shout outs you have given us.

Bottom Line The Camera You Should Buy- The new Sony RX100

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They did what no one else has done.

Stuffed a huge sensor in a small camera that can fit in your front pocket.

No one researches new cameras like I do.  No one, because what I do on this blog makes me appreciate what a large sensor and super fast Carl Zeiss 1.8 lens in a camera body that can fit in your front pocket can produce.

How many times have I told you the best camera is the one you have with you? A large DSLR that you don’t lug around with you because it is just too cumbersome is USELESS TO YOU if you decide to not bring it along with you.  But now there is no tradeoff.  they put that huge DSLR sensor into a camera that can fit in your pocket. #Boom!

This is the camera I’ve been screaming that camera makers should make and that people WOULD pay up for.  Something that would deliver excellent results in a small form factor.

I resigned myself last year to chalking it up to it not being possible because I figured I couldn’t be the only person that wants to be able to carry around a camera THIS CAPABLE IN LOW LIGHT in their front pocket.

NOT AROUND YOUR NECK, NOT HANHING OFF A STRAP OVER YOUR SHOULDER!

IN YOUR FRONT POCKET TUCKED AWAY FOR THE MOMENT SOMETHING AWESOME HAPPENS AND YOU WANT TO CAPTURE IT IN AWESOME DETAIL.

THIS IS THE CAMERA.  DON’T THINK- JUST BUY IT. 

It’s a premium constructed, premium picture quality Hi Def Video Monster in a small form factor.

They took what was really good about the Canon Powershot series S95 and S100 which are both very good cameras and blew it out with a sensor that is over double the size of those two cameras which are good performers in their own right but the RX100 crushes them in terms of performance.

NO ONE HAS DONE THIS BEFORE.  IT IS NOTHING SHORT OF REVOLUTIONARY.

Here it is-

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and the reviews-

First of all the RX100 sales success never stops. It still sells more than any other mirrorless or DSRL or High end compact camera at Amazon US (Click here to see the ranking) and slowly climbing the rankings at Amazon UK and Amazon Germany too. So let’s take a look at some of the most recent new tests:

The well know filmmaker and blogger Philip Bloom  usually tests heavy and expensive video stuff only but he could not resists to take a look at the Sony RX100 too: “This is aVERY small camera with a crap load of stuff in it and it does most of it, from what I have so far, very well. The best pocket camera I have used to date, beating my beloved Canon S100.” You can see some videos on his website (one of them I embedded on top of this post).

An enthusiastic review has been posted by the guys from The Verge (Click here): “Sony’s RX100 is nothing short of the best all-around compact camera I’ve ever seen. Where mirrorless cameras made waves by downsizing DSLR-quality photos into a package you could throw into your coat, the RX100 does the same for your jeans. It’s really no exaggeration to say that it produces images roughly on par with an average DSLR and kit lens combination, making this a revolutionary camera that means you’ll always be in a situation where you can take genuinely high quality pictures.”

You can buy it herehttp://astore.amazon.com/gmap-20/detail/B00889ST2G

Camilla MacFadyen Announces "Stock The Tank" Printing Workshop at Maritime Gloucester

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JoAnn Jastzab has Some Nice Things To Say

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Joey, I wrote you last week after learning about GMG on a work visit to Gloucester.  We picked up a couple of culls after a dentist visit last  week  Our dentist is in Rockport and my husband  was back there today before picking up a couple 2 lb culls from you. OMG, again, they were so good. Fortunately (for me, if not my husband) he has to be back at the dentist again next Wednesday and will be stopping back for more.  Making paella with today’s leftovers tomorrow.
So happy we found you. Love what you are doing to build the sense of community in Gloucester  It is special.
JoAnn

25 days to the Beam Reach From Al Bezanson

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Joey…  more photos from GREEN DRAGON and another reminder…

The Gloucester Schooner Race takes place September 2nd.  Nowadays the race is set up as a beam reach, usually three times around a pair of buoys set a couple miles apart.    Schooners are at their best reaching, with the wind on the beam, and if there is a good breeze their big mainsails provide all the  power they can use.  Reaching is also the most comfortable point of sail – no rock and roll.  There is still space available for paying passengers on the larger boats, and the cost is usually less than the price of a ticket to a major league sporting event.

So, spectators, get off the boulevard and get on a boat for an up close and personal experience! 

Al Bezanson

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36th Annual Magnolia 5k Road Race Presser From Randy O’Neil

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36th Annual Magnolia 5k Road Race

Online registration is underway for the 36th Annual Magnolia 5K Road Race.  The popular race, whose course includes scenic vistas along Magnolia’s coastline, will take place on Thursday, August 30th at 6:00 PM and is expected to draw some of the finest runners on the North Shore and beyond.  "This race has a great tradition and is a great way to kick off the Labor Day weekend for runners and spectators alike", states Doug Reny, one of the race’s organizers. 
The race is professionally timed by Yankee Timing with splits on every mile and several water stops.  The pre-race entry fee is $25 with registration and race results available on coolrunning.com.
$100 prizes are awarded to the top male and female runners and other prizes for winners of age brackets.  The first 100 Runners to register get a free T-shirt and there are fun post-race raffles for gift certificates and prizes.
"We are very pleased to again be associated with longtime sponsor Cape Ann Savings Bank as well as our new relationship with the Manchester Athletic Club", reports Reny. 
Prior to the 5K race is a 1K fun run that has proven to be very popular with first time racers of all ages.  Associated with both races is a raffle for EMC Club Tickets for a September Red Sox game donated by Giant Glass.   More information, course maps, registration to the 5K and 1K races  and on-line purchase of raffle tickets are all available at www.magnolialibrary.org Registration is also available on race day at the corner of Norman and Lexington Avenues in Magnolia. 100% of the proceeds go to the Magnolia Library and Community Center.