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.
WARM WEATHER ALERT FOR ELDER RESIDENTS
The Rockport Police Department and the Rockport Council On Aging are asking residents to check in on their elderly family members, friends, and neighbors throughout the warm summer months.
Residents should pay extra attention to homes that are exceptionally hot and to warning signs of dehydration, heat stroke and exhaustion, which includes lack of energy, nausea and high body temperature.
The Rockport Council On Aging will also be welcoming seniors to the town’s air-conditioned Senior Center in the Community House at 58 Broadway.
Any resident concerned about an elder may contact the police at 978-546-1212 or the Council on Aging at 978-546-2573.
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4 Free Tickets To the Boston Lobsters Tonight
Courtesy Ryan and Wood Distillery and in Celebration of Our BONS Win.
To Win Be The First Commenter On this Post and Pick Em Up Here at The Dock. It’s That Easy.
Some great tennis being played here and the announcer is hilarious.
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Guest Post From Tuffy Skipper of The Degelyse
Tuffy Writes-
old salt —— tom burns — @ capt. joes , spring – 2012 telling me to go east , while he’s headin’ west . lied to me again !!! the real mcoy !!
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Local Artist & Artisans Sought 54th Annual 2012 Gloucester Sidewalk Bazaar
Summer is in full swing, and that means the Annual Gloucester Sidewalk Bazaar is only a few weeks away.
The Gloucester Downtown Association is happy to announce that they will continue to coordinate the efforts on behalf of Main Street Merchants and the City of Gloucester in celebration of 54th Annual Gloucester Sidewalk Bazaar. This annual three day event is scheduled to take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday: August 2nd, 3rd & 4th from 9:00 am to 5:00pm each day rain or shine.
Local artist and artisans are invited and encouraged to participate alongside the resident merchants in the event the draws thousands of people to Downtown Gloucester each year.
Come help create an event that is A True Celebration of our Downtown and showcase our history having America’s Oldest Art Colony.
To download and application go to www.businc.org and click on Sidewalk Bazaar applications or contact Grace Giambanco Numerosi at gloucesterbazaar2012@hotmail.com.
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Attention Nike: Make Me Up Some Dri-Fit Boxer Briefs Stat
I have the greatest idea in the history of underwear and I can’t believe this hasn’t been done already.
With the insano heat we’ve been experiencing I know men everywhere will agree that a sweaty nutbag that’s stuck to your leg is just no fun.
Nike makes the greatest Dri-Fit moisture wicking t shirts known to man so why not whip up some Dri-Fit Boxer Briefs?
Hey I’ll be the spokesmodel for free. I’ll be the first customer and I’ll promise to buy 10 pairs (white please, I don’t need any fancy wierdo colors or designs, call me traditional)
Just get on it and produce me some Nike like STAT.
Men everywhere shouldn’t have to endure heat induced sticky nuts all day long when the answer and the technology is there for the taking.
My platform if I ever run for President will be nice dry nutsacks for every man in America if I get elected. Screw wasting money on all these messed up pseudo environmental programs where the only one saving or making money are the hacks behind these pseudo green technologies who take bajillions from our taxes. I’m promising a better American guaranteed and it starts with nice dry nuts.
Dry Nuts are Happy Nuts- That’s what I always say.
Who’s With Me?
Signed Joey C
#Boom!
(I’ve dated some broads in the past that could probably benefit from some Dri-Fit panties as well) just sayin…
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GMG Inside The Numbers -Tuesday July 17, 2012 51,312 Views
We also posted our 23,000th post this morning.
That’s a whole lot of G Town Love. I’d say we’ve got a pretty good catalog of Gloucester material. if there is something you want to know about a search is worthwhile in the search box in the right hand column on the Blog.
I remember the first day GMG hit 100 views in a day and how psyched I was. Then I remember 1000, then 10,000 views, then I had the number of resident’s in the City of Gloucester as a target- BLAM blew that shit out of the water. I thought that there was a finite number of people with the nature of GMG being so hyperlocal that we would be bouncing off of barriers and topping off but no way Jose. Not yet anyway, the growth just keeps coming.
It’s a freight train baby. Jump on board and join the party or get run down by the beast.
#Boom! #KillinIt!
We gots a ways to go baby! Let’s Do This!!!!!!
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Community Photos 7/18/12
Susan LaRosa’s Lobster Mascot
American Glory At Cruiseport Gloucester From Anthony Marks
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Community Stuff 7/18/12
Disabled American Veterans Forget Me Not drive in Gloucester This Friday and Saturday
Joey,This Friday and Saturday the Disabled American Veterans,chapter74 will be holding it’s annual Forget Me Not drive in Gloucester.We are hoping that the people of Gloucester continue to be generous and give whatever they can.The monies raised go to help the patients at the Edith B.Nourse Veterans hospital in Bedford,Ma.
Thank you,
Thomas R.Dagle Commander.
Thacher Island Fund Raiser-Kayak-a-thon July 21
Fundraising Paddle to THACHER ISLAND
The third annual Thacher Island Kayak-a-thon is scheduled to launch from Old Granite Pier in Rockport at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 21. Under the direction of certified sea kayaking guide Michele Marina Desoto, paddlers will make the 3-mile journey past Rockport Harbor and Straitsmouth Island to Thacher Island. Food donated by Cape Ann-area merchants will be served on the island.
Registration fee is $25. Participants who collect enough sponsorship money to reach $75, which includes the registration fee, will receive branded T-shirts and gift bags. Additional prizes will be awarded to paddlers who raise the most money, with a grand prize of two nights’ lodging for up to four people in the Thacher Island assistant keepers’ house (transportation not included).
Profits from the Kayak-a-thon will help fund the Thacher Island Association’s restoration and maintenance projects on Thacher and Straitsmouth islands; all donations are tax-deductible. Parking at Old Granite Pier will be free to Kayak-a-thon participants, and Discovery Adventures of Gloucester will have rental kayaks available on site. To reserve a kayak, call 978-283-3320 or e-mail info@discoveryadventures.org.
To register for the Kayak-a-thon, visit www.thacherislandpaddle.com or call Michele Desoto at 978-836-7165.
9th Annual Seacoast Seven This Saturday, July 21.
Shortly after his wife Marion died, Art McCann conceived of a road race to honor her memory and as a fund raiser for the Friends of Seacoast Nursing Home. While Marion was a resident at Seacoast, Art took over the chairmanship of the organization which supplies residents with extras like live musical entertainment and a lovely garden they can enjoy during the warmer months.
It’s no surprise that Art chose a running event as he was a record-holding runner in his day at Quincy High School. As a long-time Gloucester resident, he set out to lay out a course that would provide runners with picturesque views of the ocean. And, as a serious runner himself, he made sure that the course qualified as a certified course.
This year the 9th Annual Seacoast Seven race is set for this Saturday, July 21 at Stage Fort Park at 9AM. Runners can preregister online at www.seacoastseven.com. They can also register Saturday at the park starting at 6:30 AM. The following flyer provides more information.
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“Lobster glut brings down retail prices, at last” Article In The Boston Business Journal
Lobster glut brings down retail prices, at last
by Jay Fitzgerald, Special to the Journal
Boston Business Journal
Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2012
An unexpectedly abundant catch this spring of soft-shell lobsters has finally begun to force down the price of lobster at restaurants and retail stores – much to the delight of consumers.
“We’re doing fabulous,” said Myalisa Waring, owner of the Lobster Pool restaurant in Rockport. “We’re serving lobsters like crazy. Everyone’s coming in and talking about the prices and want lobsters.”
“I haven’t seen catches like this in years,” said Frank Ciaramitaro, co-owner of Captain Joe & Sons Inc., a Gloucester wholesale dealer that buys lobsters direct from lobstermen on the docks. “For us, it’s been a record.”
Even though lobstermen began catching higher numbers of soft-shell lobsters in early June – about a month earlier than usual, creating an unexpectedly large surplus of lobsters early in the season – the retail prices for lobsters initially and generally held steady across much of Massachusetts through last week.
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2012 Blackburn Challenge Slide Show From Len Burgess
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Laurie Strickland Represents! In San Fran
Hi Joey,
Just sending some photos I took in San Francisco. One is representing from the Ferry Terminal looking at the Oakland Bay Bridge, the other is representing with a California homie. Enjoy!
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City Of Gloucester Heat Advisory
With the extremely hot weather forecast for the Commonwealth and the heat advisory issued for all counties including Essex, the Mayors Office in conjunction with the Health Department and the Council on Aging are opening a cooling shelter at the Rose Baker Senior Center. Please see attached.
We appreciate your assistance in getting the word out to those most at risk during extremely hot weather including the elderly, the very young and people with respiratory ailments.
For further questions please contact the Gloucester Public Health Director, Noreen Burke, or Manager of Environmental Health Services, Max Schenk.
Thank You,
Noreen M. Burke, MPP Public Health Director City of Gloucester Health Department 978-282-8016 (phone) 978-281-9729 (fax) nburke@gloucester-ma.gov http://www.gloucester-ma.gov
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The Downtown Gloucester Block Party Series Summer 2012 Needs YOU!
Inaugural Patrican Memorial Golf Tournament on August 3
Hi Joe,
On the heels of the very successful Aran Patrican Friendship Hockey Skate that raised over $2600 for the Thomas Patrican Scholarship fund, I have teamed up with the same group of Aran’s close friends to hold the inaugural Patrican Memorial Golf Tournament on August 3, beginning at 7:40 a.m. at Cape Ann Golf Course in Essex. Aran, a new father to son Thomas — who was just one year old when Aran was suddenly and tragically taken from us due to a heart infection this past January — served as one of Gloucester’s finest police officers for 18 years. Aran was a student of the human condition and, as a decorated officer, served the best interests of his fellow citizens by maintaining fierce vigilance with the level of care, justice, and sense of humor required for such an important role in our society.
The 18-hole, shot-gun start, tournament will be played by teams of four (foursomes) in a scramble format with the winner taking home a replica trophy of the NHL’s Stanley Cup, engraved with the names of each champion. The champions will stay in possession of the trophy until the following year’s tournament. Aran was predeceased by his brother Ryan in 1991 who died just six months after his mother, Pauline (Blackburn) Patrican succumbed to cancer. Aran and Ryan’s aunt and uncle, Bernadette and Peter Blackburn of England, have donated the trophy to show their support of all the good that is now taking place to help raise money for Aran’s son, and Pauline’s only grandchild, Thomas.
The entry fee for the Patrican Memorial Golf Tournament is $125 per player ($500 per foursome) and must be paid in full by July 23. Please remit checks payable to the Thomas Patrican Education Fund.
Please email this completed form to PatricanMemorial@gmail.com to enter your foursome and arrange payment of fee.
Thank you for helping support our cause in memory of some very special friends.
JD Perry
Inaugural
Patrican Memorial
Invitational Golf Tournament
Cape Ann Golf Course
Friday August 3, 2012
7:40am
A golf tournament will be held in the honor and remembrance of two great, respected individuals. Both Aran and Ryan Patrican passed on far too early in their lives, although their spirits will forever be with us all.
The golf tournament shall be a shotgun start, with a scramble format. It is expected that each group have one principal representative, responsible for payment, and coordinating the group. The $125.00 payment (per player) will include a full round of golf (18 holes), golf cart, and a full hot lunch. One should expect raffles, prizes, and plenty of laughs.
A generous amount of the group fee will be placed in the Thomas Patrican Educational Fund. Please respond as timely as possible, as half the group spots have already been filled.
The winning team with the lowest score card will have their names eternally etched upon the Patrican Memorial Cup, and they shall house the trophy until the following years event.
Team:
___________________ (Principal)
___________________
___________________
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Please respond to: PatricanMemorial@gmail.com
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Mornin Photoshoot For The Boston Business Journal
The camera loves Frank. I guess the article comes out Friday
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Passed 20,000,000 Views Today GMG Inside The Numbers- Monday July 16, 2012- 47,373 Views, Last 30 Days- 1,034,814 Views, All Time 20,006,774 views
We passed 20,000,000 Views today
Monday July 16, 2012 47,373 Views and top 10 posts-
Top Ten Past 30 Days
All Time Views- Passed 20,000,000 Views
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Follow Up To The 50 Shades of Grey Poll
So after 24 hours as it stands 33% wish their men were more like Christian Grey and 67% don’t.
An obvious divide on this main character in one of the most sold books of the summer.
I’m curious to the women who voted yes, what qualities did you like about Mr Grey?
For the women who voted no, what attributes made you vote no?
I’ll also leave the poll running-
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Community Photos 6/17/12
Phyills A. Bow To Stern From Anthony Marks
Common Eider in Gloucester Harbor From Elinor Teele
Squam Creative Services
Freelance Copywriting, Fiction and Photography
The Doll’s Head: A Mystery for Girls
Discover the story and read a free sample
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Community Stuff 7/17/12
About Music at Eden’s Edge
Founded in 1982, MEE has come to represent the highest standards of musical performance artistry as well as a strong dedication to community outreach. Its Concert Series, which runs from June through October, features extraordinary musical artists performing in some of the area’s most beautiful and distinctive settings. MEE is known for creative programming that ranges from the Baroque period to innovative 21st century compositions, and for concerts that combine rarely performed works with more familiar and traditional pieces in the chamber music repertoire. For more information, visit http://www.edensedge.org or contact MEE at (978) 270-4463.
ADULT FINE ART WORKSHOP OFFERINGS AT NSAA
North Shore Arts Association is pleased to offer the following Adult Workshops in late July and August:
Charlotte Wharton – The Interpretive Portrait: Capturing More Than Likeness (5 days) July 28 – August 1 from 10am – 4pm.
Carolyn Jundzilo – Beginners Plein Air, Oil – August 4th & 5th from 1-4pm.
John Caggiano – Creating Depth En Plein Air, Oil – August 15, 16 & 17 from 10am – 4pm.
Shelly Eager –Pushing Color, Pastel – August 17, 18 and 19 from 10am – 4pm.
For a complete listing and registration information for our Summer Workshop Program including offerings for Children and Teens, please visit our website at www.nsarts.org . You are also welcome to call for information.
North Shore Arts Association has a thriving artist membership of over 300 contemporary artists recognized regionally and nationally. They come not only from Cape Ann, but throughout North America.
NSAA’s historic old building, located at 11 Pirates Lane in East Gloucester, provides the opportunity to view one of the largest collections of paintings and sculpture on Cape Ann.
North Shore Arts Association is open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sundays from Noon to 5pm. In addition to exhibitions, NSAA offers demonstrations, adult, teen and children’s workshops, lectures, a live art auction on August 11 and more. Please call 978-283-1857 or visit http://www.nsarts.org for more information.
Wed, July 18, 7pm : The Early Years of the Cape Ann Art Colonies, 1875-1925
Using newspaper stories, city directories and the artist files of the Cape Ann Museum, Mary Rhinelander McCarl covers the period from the earliest summer artists’ boarding houses to the establishment of the North Shore Arts Association and the Gloucester Society of Artists.
Good Morning Gloucester 