My View of Life on the Dock
click below for the video-
Added to our Collection of Mutant Lobsters that have been Landed here.
click below for the slideshow of all the mutant lobsters landed here at our dock.
Past pictures and videos of mutated lobsters landed at our dock
We have more documented mutated lobsters here than any other dock on the planet as shown in the slideshow below-
Spoke with Matt Maguire from Compass Rose Tattoo- The Tattoo Parlor That Gets The 100% GMG Endorsement and Evie, our canvas and they are working on the final design and we are looking at early next week for the installation!
Can’t wait. We are planning to tape it. As soon as we get the mock up I’ll post it here and we will keep you updated.
Book sale @SawyerLibrary in #GloucesterMa starts now: Great T-shirts for sale, too. Go there.
Friday June 8, 2012 - Saturday June 9, 2012
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Annual Friends Book Sale 
The Friends of the Sawyer Free Library are holding their annual book sale on Friday, June 8th, and Saturday, June 9th. Come support the library and buy great books at discounted prices!
Location: Friend Room
Kathleen writes-
Wanted to let you know we’re opening our shop up this Monday, June 4. We’re located at 50 Maplewood Ave, Suite 3, next to 7/11 and the new McDonalds (we’re between Miguel’s and the car wash.) Our hours are going to be 10-7 Monday-Friday, with late Thursday hours until 9. Saturdays and Sundays we’ll be open 11-4, with extended hours for pre-registered rental customers to pick up and drop their bikes.
We have an awesome selection of used bicycles – road bikes, vintage cruisers, and mountain bikes, all of which have been tuned up and gone over with a fine-tooth comb – they all come with 30 day warranties. And from now until the end of June, if you buy a used bicycle from us, we’ll give you up to $10 in free accessories!
Big Mike also offers tune-ups for $45, and we are still offering mobile service for an additional $5 each way (so if you don’t have a big car or a bike rack, you can still get that bike fixed!) We do all manners of repairs, especially rehabs of those bikes in the cellar you’ve been ignoring for the last decade. They’re probably still good!
We’ve also got some great accessories here, from training wheels to grips to lights, locks, and helmets. We do rentals, as well! We have a fleet of hybrid/city bikes that are brand new, stylish, and locks and helmets are provided at no additional cost.
Hope to see you soon!
Kathleen
Big Mike’s Bikes
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Specializing in used bicycle sales and service.
New and used parts and accessories.
978-222-3737
http://www.bigmikesbikes.org
This past Friday night, June 1, six teams came in from a beautiful sunny day to play in one of three games with and against friends at the Dorothy Talbot rink. But this was more than just getting together for what could be the final skate of the 2011-2012 hockey season. Each player paid to play in a friendly competition so they could memorialize Aran Patrican, who passed away suddenly from a heart infection in January – two weeks following the birthday of Thomas, his one year old son. The night was a wonderful experience and such a success that we raised $2,620 for the growth fund set up to benefit his son’s education, the Thomas Patrican Scholarship Fund (http://www.thomaspatricantrust.com/Donation_Information.html).
This event brought together those who knew Aran, a decorated officer with the Gloucester Police Department, having skated with and against him during his lifelong hockey career – from youth hockey, through GHS and various teams in the Gloucester Industrial Hockey League, summer leagues, on the ponds, pick-up games, etc. – and friends of his friends. Some of the guys who skated had the distinct honor of also being coached by him. Additionally, we had a strong, albeit small (only 2 this year), contingent of women hockey players.
The games were competitive, but especially focused on having a fun time. This carried from the locker rooms to the on-ice action then afterwards at Espresso’s. The level of camaraderie that exists within the hockey community is rivaled by few other groups. This was in evidence all night long and has been expressed to me by everyone with whom I have spoken since. Whether breaking down a play from one of the games, retelling any number of Aran-centric stories — writ large because his presence always made it so, laughing, or commiserating; the night was special. Emotions ran the gamut when the discussion turned to reflection. Being granted the opportunity to catch up and hang out with old friends and teammates is a luxury that tends to fall by the wayside as life continues on and we grow out of some circles while new responsibilities and commitments crowd them out, necessarily. So it was in this spirit that the event, highlighted by the culmination of so many positive elements, drew sincere appreciation by those who participated.
Special thanks go out to every single person who contributed to this event. A few individuals deserve to be recognized by name because they ensured that this first annual Aran Patrican Friendship Skate lived up to its potential – which it did in spades. Rusty Harnish, aside from refereeing the first game, helped oversee coordination of the event with Paul "Vuda" Genovese, Barry Clifford, Jimmy Marr, and Rob Bouchie. Kim Philbrook and Eric Russell donated their time and officiating expertise to the cause by refereeing for the night. And, obviously, we couldn’t have done this without the teams involved: Vuda and Barry (Old Timers) vs. Doc Cunningham and Doug Grimes (JP Truckers), Doc Twombly and Mike Hale (Monday Night Crew) vs. Bob Cooper and Frank Souza (Diggers), and Doc T. and Mike H. (MNC II) vs. Tony Frontiero, Jr. and Tony "The Legend" Frontiero (Road Kill). And, also, for the Gloucester Police Department – though we had a limited number of players from the force this year, they provided Doc Twombly with a uniform that he hung below the scoreboard to represent the spirit of Aran.
We look forward to the second annual Aran Patrican Friendship Skate which will take place in about a year. Planning this event for 2013 will be done with more lead time than we had this year so we will be able to include many of the individuals and teams that couldn’t attend this year.
We will also be organizing a similar fund-raising event in August. The Patrican Brothers Memorial Golf Invitational "Classic" will memorialize both Aran and Ryan Patrican to support the Thomas Patrican Scholarship Fund. Details on this event to follow.
The Aran Patrican Friendship Skate 2012 organizers
Back row (L to R): Rusty Harnish, JD Perry
Front row (L to R): Jimmy Marr, Paul “Vuda” Genovese, Barry Clifford, Rob Bouchie
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Old Timers
Back row (L to R): Jim Douglass, Carl Wall, Dominic Sanfilippo, Darren Marques, Sean Cranston, Fred Parisi, Jimmy Marr, Connor Cranston, Tim Marques, Jake Dube
Front row (L to R): JD Perry, Barry Clifford, Paul “Vuda” Genovese, Bob Marshall, Dirk Wierbicky, and not pictured Rob Bouchie
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JP Truckers
Back row (L to R): Darrell Seppala, Steve Cahill, Doug Grimes, Marc Cunningham, Chris O’Brien, Nick Novello
Front row (L to R): Pete Sutera, Jack Russ, Dana MacDonald, Steve Militello and not pictured Steve MacDonald, Kevin Riley
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Doc Twombly’s Monday Night Crew
Back row (L to R): Sean Keefe, Tom Callahan, Tad White, Nick Parisi, Mike Hale, Nate "bubba" Levie, Andrew Marques, Dave Smyth
Front row (L to R): Doc Twombly, Jeff Towne, Myriam Callahan, Chris Seely, Ben Levie, Pete Smyth, Tiffany Bichrest
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Diggers
Back row (L to R): Jerry Ciaramitaro, Brian Horne, Jason Thibodeau , Mike Muniz, Robie Mac Laughlin, Bob Cooper
Front row (L to R): Frank Souza, Sean Lyons, Jim Muniz, John Collins and not pictured Kevin Fitzpatrick
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Doc Twombly’s Monday Night Crew II
Back row (L to R): Tad White, Tom Callahan, Chris Seely, Mike Hale, Dave Smyth, Andrew Kirkaldy, Andrew Marques, Tiffany Bichrest, Myriam Callahan, Nate "bubba" Levie
Front row (L to R): Doc Twombly, Jeff Towne, Pete Smyth, Nick Parisi, Sean Keefe, Ben Levie
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Road Kill
Back row (L to R): Chad Movalli, Dave Collins, Adam Brown, Jason Harrington, Tyler Philbrook, McKenzie Quinn, Steve Philbrook, Rob Parsons
Front row (L to R): Anthony Cusamano, Tony Frontiero Jr, Tony Frontiero Sr
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Rusty Harnish
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Eric Russell and Kim Philbrook
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Aran Patrican, Braeden Perry during 2011 Stanley Cup Championship series
Click below for the slideshow of pictures from JD Perry-
Stormy Seas From Len Burgess
Life on the rocks. Gloucester’s eastern shore. The never ending storm.
–Len Burgess
Good Harbor Beach Sign from George Burton
Rain Rain Rain from Len Burgess
Pair of Mourning Doves waiting for the constant rain to end.
–Len Burgess
Photo L – R ~ Rick Doucette, Executive Director of Teen and Camping Services, North Shore YMCA, Scott Hitchcock, Executive Director, Cape Ann YMCA and Gerald MacKillop, Jr., Public Relations Manager for Northeast Health System.
Gerald MacKillop shown donating "Safe Summer Fun Kit" to Rick Doucette and Scott Hitchcock. This is the fifth year of the program which provides a beach pail/shovel, beach ball, sun screen and information from the American Cancer Society’s Slip Slap Slop program to the youngest age group of YMCA summer campers. Northeast Health System donated over 500 kits through the North Shore YMCA’s summer camps. This project was partly funded by Northeast Community Bank.
MARSDEN HARTLEY (1878-1943)
Summer Outward Bound, Gloucester
1931
Oil on board
17 ½” x 23 ½”
Collection of the Cape Ann Museum, gift of Robert L. and
Elizabeth French, 2009
This special exhibition of paintings and drawings of Dogtown Common by American modernist Marsden Hartley includes oil paintings and ink drawings from the Cape Ann Museum’s own holdings as well as from museum collections across the country, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln, Nebraska, and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) visited Cape Ann and Dogtown just a handful of times, between 1920 and1936, but carried a vision of the area with him throughout the rest of his life. When he arrived for the first time in 1920, Dogtown looked much as it had for the preceding century. Pasture lands and woodlots which had helped support a Colonial-era settlement were still visible. Quietness hung over the place which stood in sharp contrast to Cape Ann’s bustling harbor front and beach areas. For Marsden Hartley, Dogtown offered the chance for renewal through contact with the land. He wrote that the place looked “like a cross between Easter Island and Stonehenge—essentially druidic in its appearance.”
The Museum is publishing a color catalog with essays by Curator Martha Oaks, James F. O’Gorman and Peter Anastas to accompany the exhibition. Additionally, a generous selection of related programming will be offered, including walking tours into Dogtown, book discussions, children’s programs and more.
DECA advisor and business teacher at GHS Ann Grassetti contacted me yesterday to help get the word out about Gloucester Soda. So I met with the future business leaders of Gloucester at Art Haven, we had a conversation and taste test.
Click here for the video-
They are really hitting it on all cylinders with great specials every night of the week, a great drink menu, one of my favorites on a hot day is a cranberry margarita concoction that one of the best bartenders in town Brian Eastman makes-
The wood fired pizzas are excellent-
and the best salad in town the blackened chicken cobb, just bursting with flavor-
Kid friendly too-
Brian Eastman forwarded me this story about why we love crispy stuff in reference to my soggy French fry rant (Minglewood also has outstanding crispy on the outside/fluffy on the inside hand cut French fries)
The Manchester Athletic Club has got me from 187lbs 3 weeks ago to 177 today and my strength and endurance while doing my exercises has gone up considerably.
I’ll be in bikini shape in no time 
For more info- 978-526-8900
sent in by Kathleen from Big Mike’s Bikes
Specializing in used bicycle sales and service.
New and used parts and accessories.
978-222-3737
http://www.bigmikesbikes.org
The reconstruction is well under way.
The building looks like it is mostly made of brick which blends in 100 zillion times nicer than the old building which was painted the most ghastly of primary colors of bright red, harsh yellow and glossy white.
Hopefully when the finishing touches are made that they use some tasteful accenting colors to the brick.
The neighbors across the street must be thrilled. I figure that on top of not having to look at the hideous old building they each will see the values of their homes go up by $15-$20,000 just by getting rid of that old primary color harsh yellow, red and white from the old building.
click below for the interview
The eight annual Summer Retreat is just a couple of months away!
For More Info- www.thesummerretreat.org
The Retreat is a rare opportunity for people to take a break from their busy lives and experience something wonderful. It’s a chance to:
Rest and revitalize with life-changing happiness teachings from world-class teachers and master practitioners – including the amazing Lama Marut, author of A Spiritual Renegade’s Guide to the Good Life.
Enjoy meditation, yoga at all levels and community in the beauty of pastoral New England.
Understand how to live in happiness for six days…so you can be happy the rest of your life.
The retreat is led by Lama Marut — an American Buddhist monk whose teachings are both profound and completely engaging. He will make you laugh. He will make you think. He will probably change your life.
You can check out his podcasts – including podcasts from last year’s Summer Retreat – on iTunes.
Thanks to Joey and Good Morning Gloucester for supporting the Summer Retreat!
Hi Joey
Can you post these photos that were recently taken of the restoration project of City Hall? As your site is so popular this is the best way to keep everybody informed as to the progress of the project.
The project has started in earnest but as the work being done is going on behind the green shrouding it’s not easy to detect the progress. These photos were taken of the small towers (ventilator towers) last week.
Craig Herrmann will be posting these photos on our website www.restoreourtower.com and we will be sending you more as we get them.
And I’d also like to invite people who are also taking photos to send them to me so that we can post them on the website as well as keeping a record of this project for posterity’s sake.
Thanks
MAGGIE ROSA
Progress report: Tea Party Ships Eleanor and Beaver are nearing completion in Boston.
Photo © Kathy Chapman 2012
Hey, Joey!
Fancy meeting you at the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Lock Up fundraiser at LobstaLand yesterday!
Pilar Garro from the Beauport Sleeper-McCann house on Eastern Point (which is open for the season, btw) recommended that I get "arrested" for the truly good cause- Thanks, Pilar!
I had a great time at the event. The best part is that so many friends and family members contributed to my "bail" ahead of my being "arrested" that I didn’t have to make phone calls. Thanks to all who donated to help put a halt to this horrible disease. We raised nearly $2400!
Thanks to Corey and his crew at LobstaLand for hosting the event and feeding all the participants.
The pics attached are of me being served my warrant by Manny Simoes’ nephew, Officer Simoes; getting into the police car to be driven to the Lock Up (my first and last time in the back seat of a cruiser :); yours truly behind bars; Pam Macaurelle from CruisePort making desperate calls for bail; and Joey bringing Pam a bail check. Too fun!
The last and totally unrelated picture is a UK Travel Channel TV show called "American Times" filming the star/host, Julian, eating a lobster in the rough at Roy Moore’s on Bearskin Neck- in the pouring rain on Monday. Everything we tried to do that day for their show, which was about fish & fishing, lobsters & lobstering, was derailed due to the nor’easter. Not a fish to be found in the City; too rough to go out on the water. They managed to get enough footage done, but it took us hours and we were drenched and cold at the end of the long day.
Thanks to all of the Discover Gloucester partners who tried to help during the day, and did help to get the job done.
Another TV show film crew will be here on Sunday. This one is from Italy, RAI 3- like our PBS channel 2.
This time the media FAM is about art, culture and history. Hopefully, no rain on Sunday- please?!
Linn Parisi
Discover Gloucester The Seaport Gloucester DMO
PO Box 6103 Gloucester, MA 01930
978-290-9723 Twitter: @DscvrGlstr FB: Discover Gloucester
VOLUNTEER
The Flower Field Program for Teens
Weekly June – August (call 978-921-1944 x1825 for days and times)
Ages 13-17
Get outside this summer and work side-by-side with your peers. Easily increase those community service hours here at Long Hill. Join the Garden Educator and help in the Flower Field, Demonstration Gardens and the Children’s Garden. We have a range of projects available for all abilities from planting, weeding, and staking, to deadheading, seeding, labeling, and much more. Weekly commitment working outdoors. Opportunity to work with the public during PYO Flower Field hours. You can cut your own FREE bouquet after each morning of work.
Email bogrady@ttor.org for more info.
Flower Field Volunteer Hours
Weekly March – Oct 9AM – 11AM
We need your help to prepare and plant and maintain Long Hill’s Pick-Your-Own Flower Fields. We’ve extended our garden this year to bring even MORE fresh flowers to the community! We have a range of projects available for all abilities from planting, weeding, and staking, to deadheading, seeding, labeling, and much more. Opportunity to work with the public during PYO Flower Field hours. Dig in and have fun with a great group of fellow volunteers! You can cut your own FREE bouquet after each morning of work! Email bogrady@ttor.org for more info.
PYO Flower Field Shifts
July 12 – Oct 13
Thur 3pm-5pm, Fri 12-5pm and Sat 10am–5pm
We need your help to cover the shifts of the PYO Flower Field. The garden will open July 12th and close Oct 13th. There are 6 volunteer shifts per week that need to be covered by a Long Hill volunteer. Thur 3-5, Fri 12 – 5, and Sat 10 – 5. A 2 to 3 hour commitment each shift. You will be greeting the public and assisting them with scissors, water and information about the garden. You will be required to do light work in the garden while it is open. Training will be provided and is mandatory. You can cut your own FREE bouquet after each shift!Email bogrady@ttor.org for more info.
Beverly Farmer’s Market Assistant
Every Monday starting July 30 – Sept 20
The Trustees of Reservations is looking for enthusiastic individuals or families to set up and manage our Long Hill PYO Flower Field table at the Beverly Farmer’s Market. Every Monday starting at the end of July and going through September you will be selling annual cutting flowers from our own annual cutting garden. We are eager to participate in the local farmer’s market this year but can not send staff at this time. Do you love fresh, locally grown flowers and hope that more people can have access to the bounty of our local fields? Then this is the position for your summer volunteering! Email bogrady@ttor.org for more info.
The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Businesswomen’s Committee is now welcoming applications for the Carolyn O’Connor Scholarship. Established in 2005, this non-traditional $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a woman who is looking to change careers or re-enter the workforce and would require some form of continuing education or training.
The Carolyn O’Connor Scholarship, named after the first chairperson of the Businesswomen’s Committee, honors Carolyn’s dedication and involvement with the committee and the Chamber through the years. Organized in 1986, the Businesswomen’s Committee aids in the growth of Cape Ann businesses and the professional development of the Chamber’s women members.
Contributions to the Businesswomen’s Scholarship Fund may be sent to the Chamber Businesswomen’s Committee, Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, 33 Commercial Street, Gloucester MA 01930. Checks should be made out to the Businesswomen’s Scholarship Fund.
The deadline for submitting the scholarship application is Friday, June 29. Applicants must have a high school degree or its equivalent, be a legal resident of Massachusetts, and be accepted to an accredited college, university or job training program.
Applications are available at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce office, online at www.capeannchamber.com, or contact Sharon Bragg at Sharon@capeannchamber.com.
June 2012
The Newsletter of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is now online!
Start Reading!
In This Issue:
Small Business Week
25th Annual Auction
Rockport Booth Opens
Scholarship Information
Membership Spotlight
Business After Hours
Matter Communications
Road and Bridge Report
Upcoming Events
Business Tips & Tricks
and much more!
Check out her work at the Goetemann Artist in Residency Studio (GRS) at 51A Rocky Neck Avenue.
Check out her website here- www.katapostrophe.com
Good Morning Gloucester 