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.
Community Photos 8/7/12
Joseph Ciaramitaro (not Joey C joseph ciaramitaro) writes-
Hi Joey,
Check out this photo. It was taken on 7-26-12 from Ipswich facing Gloucester.
Joe Ciaramitaro (another joseph ciaramitaro)
Hi Joey,
I wanted to send in this photo of my amazing friend Leslie Witham who came down with her hubby and adorable 2 year old daughter to run the beautiful and scenic Cape Ann 1/2 Marathon today. They left their house in Waterboro, ME this morning at 5:00 AM so they could get her packet etc. This is her running on Bass Ave across from Gloucester Elks, what she called the sun stretch. It was great seeing not only her run but so many runners out there today! It was crazy hot and it was amazing how many people ran. Congratulations to all the runners. You all did a great job!
Jess Bean
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Community Photos 8/7/12
Clocking the TRIAD at Eastern Point
Hi Joey,
We came across the TRIAD at Eastern Point Saturday and clocked it by keeping pace: 12.6 MPH!
That’s pretty fast considering the wind that afternoon.
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
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Community Stuff 8/7/12
FRI, Aug 17 : Pass the Hats, 6-10pm, The Center at Rocky Neck
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck presents “Pass the Hats” – a Gala Celebration of Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District on Friday, August 17, from 6-10 pm. at 6 Wonson St. in Gloucester.
In the spirit of Rocky Neck’s Beaux Arts Ball and with the theme of HATS, the Rocky Neck Art Colony and its Cultural District partners will celebrate their Massachusetts Cultural Council recognition as one of the first five districts to be designated statewide. Tax deductible proceeds will benefit The Cultural Center of Rocky Neck, future community center and headquarters of Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District. Tickets ranging from $30 – $300 are available at the door and at Imagine Gallery, Khan Studio, and the Rocky Neck Gallery, all on Rocky Neck.
All are welcome for food, music, and dancing with cultural partners: Rocky Neck Art Colony, City of Gloucester, Gloucester Stage Co., Gloucester Writers Center, Gloucester Marine Railways, Schooner Adventure, and Ocean Alliance, and the many other individuals and businesses on the Rocky Neck area.
For more information call 978-282-1346.
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Sweet Shots Secret Spots Tour With Violet and Cory
This is what I’m talking about! A guided personal tour around the island to incredible hidden spots off the beaten path in a brand new macked out Jeep- soooo cool.
Must do!
click for the video-
Check out the facebook Page here
Violet writes-
Hey Joey,
Thanks again for taking the ride with us this morning. We wanted to make an offer to your readers that if they mention GMG we will donate $10 of proceeds to non profits (5 to cultural center on rocky neck and 5 to whomever you; (Joey) chooses).
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Merluzzi- If the old timers were still alive they’d be having a field day.
Guys like Mickey Red, Leo The Flounder, they’d be going crazy for the whiting that’s been coming in. Fried, in a broodu, you name it- Whiting, my favorite fish to eat.
Let the Menagani Babu eat 30 day old swordfish, I’ll eat a mess of fried whiting any day over that crap.
When we were in Ravello, Italy we saw the Merluzzi at a Farmer’s Market. Same fish in the Mediterranean that we’re landing here in Gloucester.
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dun fudgin’ from kenny maccarthy
Kenny writes-
http://www.capeanninfo.com/ Still hot? Take your dog and your chair down behind Gloucester High School for a "secret swim".
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Well Lookey Here At What Lily Linqs Made Me! You Rock Lily!
If your company doesn’t have one of Lily’s unique and expressive authentic hand painted lobster buoy then shame on you!
Lily produces these works of art herself and there isn’t anything more expressive of local flavor than a lobster buoy painted with your logo now is there?
Check out her website www.gloucestergoods.com and order up yours like right now.
What, you’re still reading? You mean to tell me you didn’t click on the www.gloucestergoods.com link and get to ordering your very own personalized buoy? That is totally unacceptable!!
Thank you Lily!
Also follow her on twitter. She’s badass. Well badass in a pixie ingénue kinda way. If that makes sense. Probably not, but whatever- @lilylinqs
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I Propose A Monster Lobster Bash At Maritime Gloucester’s New Harriett Webster Pier for Schooner Festival
At night under the lights- huge rows of picnic tables. The crews of the Schooners, Our Fishermen, Our Community- A lobster, ear of corn. Kegs of Fisherman’s Brew, Ryan and Wood Folly Cove Rum, fun under the lights!!!!
A bash, proceeds to Maritime Gloucester, fun for all, move a ton of lobsters which help promote our local lobster industry. Let’s Do It! Let’s make It An Annual Tradition!
Kinda Like The White Party Where everyone brings their own picnic baskets and tables.
Our lobster dock Captain Joes will provide them for tiny margin over cost.
Schooner Festival should be one of the Top 3 events in this whole city but it always seems to come and hardly anyone except for the schoonerheads knows about it.
Lets get the community down the Heritage Center and blow it out! Reminiscent of the old Lumper picnics.
Gino Mondello what do you say? Tom Balf what do you say?
Mary Kay Taylor what do you say?
#LetsDoThis!
Schooner Festival Lobster Fest FTW!
Check out the scene of the proposed crime at The Maritime Gloucester Web Cam
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Quarry Dance From Kathy Chapman
“Quarry Dance” was performed by members of the New York City dance troupe, Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre, at Rockport’s waterfront Halibut Point State Park on this steamy Friday afternoon.
Photo © Kathy Chapman 2012
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Captain Lou Williams Catches A “Rare For These Waters” Triggerfish
We usually see one of these a year. In the past years Aaron aboard the Lady Margaret, Doc Herrick aboard the Dog and I caught one. If you notice all three got landed in August with the warm water temps.
Triggerfish At Captain Joe’s
Posted on August 12, 2009 by Joey C
Day before yesterday Aaron on The Lady Margaret brought in this Triggerfish. In my 33 years down the dock and after handling a bajillion pounds of fish at our dock I’ve only seen a couple of these. The wikipedia page … Continue reading →
Johnny “Doc” Herrick Catches A Triggerfish
Posted on August 30, 2010 by Joey C
We don’t see these too often. About once or twice a year. Dave Jewell caught one a year or two ago and we got some video for you below. This picture was taken by FOB Joey Ciolino when Joey and … Continue reading →
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Ten Days Of July 2012 Downtown Gloucester Block Party Faces From David Cox Day 9
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Emily Dickinson Quote of The Week from Greg Bover
“My friends are my estate.”
Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886)
Born to an Amherst Massachusetts family with deep Puritan roots, Dickinson was better known in her lifetime as a gardener than as a poet. Famously reclusive, she spent decades brooding on the mysteries of life and death, and became more and more preoccupied with the latter. A few of her poems were published in the The Atlantic Monthly, but the vast majority of the more than 800 she wrote were not known to the public until after her death. A complete collection did not appear until the 1950’s.
Because I could not stop for Death-
He kindly stopped for me-
The Carriage held but just ourselves-
And Immortality.
Greg
Gregory R. Bover
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36th Annual Magnolia Road Race Info With Randy and JD
36th Annual Road Race
5K Road Race and 1K Fun Run
Magnolia’s 36th Annual Road Race will be held Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 6:30pm. This 5K Race will be held rain or shine along a beautiful, scenic route in Magnolia. Proceeds from the Road Race benefit the Magnolia Library.
$20.00 Pre-entry fee for all entries post-marked by August 23, 2012.
$25.00 Fee after August 23, 2012 and on day of race.
$3.00 Fee for Fun Run/Walk.
Registration Information
You can register several ways:
1. Online at the following websites:
http://www.active.com
http://www.coolrunning.com
2. Register online here 
3. Print the Registration form and mail:
Race Route
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Your Opportunity To Sail in the Gloucester Schooner Race!
Hi Joey… Some visitors may not be aware of the opportunity to sail in the Gloucester Schooner Race. To do so is an unforgettable experience. Besides Gloucester’s THOMAS E LANNON there are other schooners with sites available for paying passengers. In these tough times participation for some schooners is dependent on passenger bookings. Here are two historic schooners in that category.
Mystic Seaport’s BRILLIANT (1932) is one of the world’s most beautiful wooden boats. There is an opportunity to sail the round trip from Mystic to Gloucester. Info on this website http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=FF10EA76-B0D0-D05E-1A1360424E13F653
TYRONE (1939) designed by Manchester’s Sam Crocker sails out of Chatham and has a few berths available. This includes a sail to the Block Island Schooner Rendezvous prior to the Gloucester Festival and the race to Provincetown that follows.
http://www.chathamclassicyachtcharters.com/
http://www.blockislandschoonerrendezvous.net/
http://www.provincetownschoonerrace.com/
Al Bezanson
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Flatrocks Gallery and Business Plan
Great news!
Here are a couple of pics of our new gallery, and the way we plan to make money to pay for it.
The sign is getting plenty of laughs around Lanesville. So far we’ve made $1.05, but somebody stole the dollar.
Greg Gibson
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26 Days Til The Gloucester Schooner Festival from Al Bezanson
Hi Joey___ That was a nice piece in the GD Times today about Amazing Ed Boynton and SUGAR BABE. Here she is footing along smartly next to us in GREEN DRAGON in the 2011 Gloucester Schooner Race.
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Community Photos 8/5/12
Moon Row From Janet Rice
Moon Shot August 2, 2102 From John Nasser
Hey Joey,
I took this shot during a commercial break while watching the Olympics (August 2, 2012) and thought your GMG fans would enjoy it as well.
I believe the night before was the official "full moon", but thought last nights looked great too!
John Nasser
Birds Eye View Eastern Point Light From Anthony Marks
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Ten Days Of July 2012 Downtown Gloucester Block Party Faces From David Cox Day 8
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Community Stuff 8/5/12
Flatrocks Gallery Opening
PAINT ESSEX WET PAINT DAY AND AUCTION
The Essex Merchants Group and Eventide Gallery of Essex, Massachusetts will be sponsoring their First Annual Paint Essex Day and Wet Paint Auction, on Saturday, August 18, 2012 (Rain date August 19th). On that day scores of artists from near and far will be arriving in Essex to artistically capture the Town’s limitless variety of local scenes and its magnificent landscape.
The event is two-fold: Registered painters will Paint Essex from
9 AM – 3 PM followed by a Wet Paint Auction and Reception from
5 PM – 9 PM at the Essex County Greenbelt’s Cox Reservation, 82 Eastern Avenue (Rte 133) in Essex. A wine reception, hors d’oeuvres and live music will accompany a silent and live auction of the days’ paintings.
Painters of all levels are welcome to paint at various outdoor locations including the Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Cogswell’s Grant, the Cox Reservation and along Main Street, as well as the interiors of participating local antique shops and other businesses (one painter per interior, must sign-up in advance). The split for paintings sold will be 50/50.
Bob Coviello, Chair of the Essex Merchants Group, says Essex is a perfect fit for this event. There are innumerable natural views, historical settings and enough quirky locations and artifacts to fill a thousand canvases. The Merchants Group is excited to add this unique event to its repertoire of town activities.
Advance registration is suggested. Registration the morning of the event will be at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum on Main Street beginning at
8 AM. Cost is $5 per painter. Tickets for the Wet Paint Auction and Reception are $25 per person (ticket includes one beverage) – $10 for registered painters. Tickets to the Auction and Reception will be available for purchase August 1st from various merchants throughout Essex including Eventide Gallery, Main Street Antiques, Bider’s Antiques and the Essex Shipbuilding Museum.
Proceeds from this event will be utilized by the Essex Merchants Group to promote the Town as a destination for shopping, dining, recreation, historic sightseeing and the enjoyment of open space.
For information and advance registration, please contact Teri Canelle Eramo of Eventide Gallery, 63 Main Street, Essex, MA at 978-890-7198, or email Teri.eventide@gmail.com or Kimberly Brennan at kimberlyabrennan@aol.com . In addition, visit the Essex Merchant Group website at www.VisitEssexMA.com to learn more about what to see and do in Essex.
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