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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.
Bob Represents From Sturgeon Bay Light Station
Ann Kennedy forwards-
Lake Michigan…fun, big water, good fish, lots of boats, nice art and music…but it’s not Gloucester. Here’s Bob representing from Sturgeon Bay light station.
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Herbert George (H.G.) Wells Quote of The Week From Greg Bover
"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."
Herbert George (H.G.) Wells (1866-1946)
Born in the county of Kent in England, Welles is primarily known for his speculative fiction successes, The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine, although he wrote novels in other genres and a great deal of non-fiction history. His early training as a biologist is reflected in the Darwinian nature of many of his plot lines, though he was a prominent member of the socialist Fabian Society. A controversial figure in English literary circles, Welles supported eugenics and spoke against Zionism until his horror at the actions of the Nazis caused him to reverse both stands. He had several lovers of note, including early contraception proponent Margaret Sanger and Rebecca Sackville-West, with whom he fathered a son, Anthony. Welles was the founder of an organization to promote better industrial design in Britain, as well as another to combat diabetes, from which he suffered. Along with Hugo Gernsback and Jules Verne he is often called “The Father of Science Fiction.” It is reported that he wished his epitaph to read “I told you so, you damned fools,” but he was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea.
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Big Time Props To The Efficient, Friendly and Hard Working Staff At Cape Ann Insurance
I go to get a sticker for my pick up and the kind folks at Gaybrook inform me that my truck isn’t registered.
I call up the girls at Cape Ann insurance (they open at 8:30AM) head down and within 3 minutes I have myself a registered truck and sticker for my license plate.
All done with a smile and some friendly banter about how we all dig Tacos Lupita.
But beyond the stellar friendly service, the rates that they give to me personally and our business is far and away less than what we were paying at the old school insurance agency where our family had been for years. We were loyal to that old company for a long long while and when we asked to re-examine our policies because they seemed way out of line with what our friends were paying for similar vehicles with similar coverage they didn’t seem to be able to compete for one reason or another.
So now we are with Cape Ann Insurance and couldn’t be happier. I’m not getting any special treatment for writing this, we aren’t doing advertising for Cape Ann Insurance I just want to forward on when I think my readership can benefit from something.
They rock. If you are happy with your insurance agency then stick with them. But if you feel like your rates are way out of line, give them a call. It can’t hurt. (and they’re really really nice)
Cape Ann Insurance
23 Dale Avenue Gloucester (next to the Post office)
978-283-7757
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Chickity Check it! Sandy Leonard Snaps
Hey, neighbor,
I have been loving your blog for so long.
Thank you.
Here’s a link to some of the Gloucester-based entries on my own blog.
http://sandyleonardsnaps.blogspot.com/search?q=gloucester
Keep up the good work.
And all best wishes from Highland Court.
-Sandy Leonard
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Barred Owlet at Ravenswood From Bill O’Connor
Hi Joey,
We had a nice walk through Ravenswood Park this past Sunday, and even though it was pretty wet, we still had a great time! We were fortunate enough to see the barred owlet perched on the edge of the tree he temporarily calls home. When I scoped the trees with my telephoto lens, I saw the mother owl in the next tree over keeping a close watch! In the wider shot, you can see the mother blurred in the background near the left edge of the photo, and the owlet on the right edge.
Ramona Latham, Ravenswood’s Program Director, seems to think he’s getting ready to spread his wings! When he does, he’ll leave the nest and head deeper into the woods.
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
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Community Stuff June 6th, 2012
FREE ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS AT NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION
The following free artist demonstrations will be held at NSAA during the month of June: Caleb Stone-Watercolor, Sunday, June 17, 2pm; Carole Berren-Yupo Watercolor, Saturday, June 23, 11am; and, Lynda Goldberg-Monotype Printmaking, Sunday, June 24, 2pm.
Demonstrations are given by NSAA artist members, many of whom will be teaching fine art adult workshops throughout the season. For a complete schedule of demonstrations and workshops please visit our website at http://www.nsarts.org/Workshops___Classes.html.
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 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sundays from Noon to 5:00 pm. In addition to exhibitions, NSAA also offers adult, teen and children’s workshops, lectures, a live art auction and more. Please call 978-283-1857 or visit http://www.nsarts.org for more information
June 19th the Rockport Senior Center will be hosting a FREE Continental Breakfast at 9AM
Come by, Relax & bring your friends. RSVP 978-546-2573
Hi Joey,
Wanted to let you know that I am having a one-woman art exhibit at the
Unitarian Universalist Church at 4 Cleaves St. in Rockport for the
month of June. There will be a reception on Saturday, June 9th from 10
am – 12 noon.
My bio :
Eileen Patten Oliver has been painting in oils and acrylics in both Maine and Massachusetts for 40+ years. She was the Art Chairperson and managed the art gallery at the West Quoddy Head Light visitor’s Center in Lubec, ME for several seasons in the early 2000’s, taught Adult Education Painting at the Lubec Consolidated School, and has had several one woman shows around New England. She studied with Paul Shea, Peter Nyren and Constantine Sgouras & was chosen to take a class at Mass College of Art while still in high school, but is predominantly self-taught. Her paintings hang in many private homes.
A member of the Rocky Neck Artist Colony and Newburyport Art Association, Eileen is originally from Waltham, MA and lived in Lubec and Randolph, Maine from 1998-2010. She currently lives and paints in Rockport, MA with her husband, James Oliver, a Rockport native, who is also an accomplished painter, illustrator and print maker (etching).
The photo I’ve attached is me with my painting of the "Hard Merchandise" at the Best of Rocky Neck show that just ended at the Rocky Neck Art Colony gallery. I’m also going to be hanging work at Khan studio and Good Morning Gloucester Gallery on Rocky Neck in July.
LOVE Good Morning Gloucester!
Eileen Patten Oliver
Calvo Studio Sculpture Class Starts June 11th Sign Up Now!
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Gloucester At Dawn- 4:47AM 5/27/12 The Miss Sandy and Razzo Tied Up At Felicia Oil
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Congratulations Beasly and Amandacakes!
Congratulations on your graduations.
We couldn’t be prouder of you both.
You are both beautiful, smart and kind and to say that we are proud of the young adults you have become would be the understatement of the year.
Also kudos to Sista Felicia the maniac and the guy who does so much and leads their family with quiet strength Barry. You both are inspirational as to how to shower your children with love and always put them first. The results speak for themselves.
You guys have always been great kids. Kids that any family would be proud of. Now you’re great young adults. Keep on the track you’re on. 
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And So It Begins. T Minus- 22 Days
2012 Saint Peter’s Fiesta Altar construction begins. Kudos to those who do the work behind the scenes to bring us the best time of the year.
Saint Peter’s Fiesta Dates 2012-
Click below for a schedule of events
The 2012 festival starts on Wednesday June 27 thru Sunday July 1
Get your hotel reservations now while there may be some availability.
Check out the live views from Gloucester Inns and Hotels on www.gloucesterwebcam.com
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Other Side of the Paint Factory From Kathy Chapman
Day and days of fog…
Photo © Kathy Chapman 2012
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New Good Morning Gloucester Series: Tips For PR Professionals
Hey I just created and edit a blog that reaches an average of 38,000 people a day and won CBS Boston’s Most Valuable Blogger Award. What do I know, right?
I’m no professional but I’d like to offer up tips to the PR professional who may be responsible for getting out their client’s messages or their community organization’s message.
From an editor’s perspective who gets to decide what makes it on our pages I’ll offer up some tips on how to get the stuff you are interested in promoting, promoted.
Tip #1
Make it easy for the editor.
I’m running a business and get to tend to the blog in the sparse down time that I have from running the business that pays my bills. Make shit easy for me.
The best press releases are interesting stories that provide some type of payback for my readership.
In the email that you send me pitching your idea, type it out the way you would like it written and in the subject line type the title of the post the way you would like to see it on the blog.
I’m not too proud, I’m a goddamn professional copy and paster, believe me. If I can easily copy and paste your copy without it being in some crazy font or weird formatted margins that makes me happy. The worst is when I have to backspace 40 lines of copy to make it look like a normal paragraph and I tend to get irritated when I get something preformatted in some weird 7 words of copy per line. The absolute worst. I have better stuff to do than to realign your message. I can create much more interesting stuff for my readership in the limited time I have to work on my publication than what I will be editing for you, believe me.
In the email you send, include the hyperlinks to the corresponding organization or where you want the reader to go for more info.
Provide a nice pdf and think about where it will be displayed. For example: if your organization is making flyers to post on standard sized 8.5 x 11 inch paper for around town and you send that to me with standard sized font, when it gets shrunk down for display on the blog, the column which we display it will be about half that. So the standard sized font you used for a coffee shop flyer will be half that size when posted the blog and barely legible if legible at all.
If you continually send me stuff that I need to edit the shit out of to make work I will ignore you (unless I really like you and you bring me food).
This will be a weekly feature.
Pass it on.
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Boston Tea Party Museum and Gloucester Built Beaver Photos From Anthony Marks
Hi Joey
Was in South Boston the other day and shot these pictures of the Tea
Party Museum and the Tea Party ship Beaver .
Anthony
Check Out The Construction Of The Beaver In Web Videos By Clicking Below-
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Meet Goetemann Artist in Residency Program Artist Of The Month Ekaterina Smirnova
This is a sketch from a photo of some herring she took down our dock which she will use as reference for a much larger piece she will be working on. Look for our video interview tomorrow on these pages in which she begins her work on the larger work.
She also would like for people to pop in and check out her works in progress at the Goetemann Artist in Residency Studio (GRS) at 51A Rocky Neck Avenue
Check out her website here- www.katapostrophe.com
From the Rocky Neck Art Colony Website
Ekaterina Smirnova, a Brooklyn based artist, started painting in a Russian art school in Siberia in 1991. Her style has been further developed at The Art Students League of NY, where Ekaterina has been a member since first moving to the United States in 2006. Watercolor, her main medium, and etchings are often exhibited at art shows around New York and the Northeast. In the past 4 years, Ekaterina has received various awards in juried shows including from The Salmagundi Club, Allied Artists of America and Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition (BWAC). Currently she is a Junior Scholar and a member of The Art Committee at The Salmagundi Club.
About The Goetemann Artists in Residency Program from The Rocky Neck Art Colony website:
This is the 8th year of the Goetemann Residency Program. The quality of the applications submitted continues to rise and there has been an increase in our geographical range. Applicants have come not only from the Boston area, state of MA and New England, but now there are many more national and international candidates. Choosing only 3 from this list caused us to examine more carefully candidates who best serve the colony’s interest in diversity of stylistic orientation, career level, and understanding of the mission and objectives of our community of Rocky Neck.
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Inside The Numbers: 41,862 Views and Top Ten Posts For 6/4/12
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Lady J Fishing Charters Gets A New Web Address
Good evening,
Just wanted to send a quick email to let you know I changed our blog from wordpress to blogger we are now ladyjfishingcharters.blogspot.com, I just find it easier to work with. Thanks so much for all of your help, your mentions drive the hits on the site! Everyone keeps telling us how much they liked the pics you posted of Dave and Maddie the day we visited, I might have to get some of those with your permission they will be great for the family album I will get around to making someday. Thanks again.
Erin K. Jewell
Check out all these previous posts about Dave and Zack aboard The Lady J-
Captain Dave Jewell and Family at Captain Joes
Rare Yellow, Blue, Calico Lobster and Other Mutant Lobsters
Dave Jewell Aboard The Lady J Catches Rare Yellow Lobster
Chickity Check It! Dave Jewell and Tom Ring On CBS news Last Night With Lauren Leamanczyk
Did You Know? (No Frozen Fishcakes Here)
Chief Archaeologist Board Of Archaeological Resources Victor Mastone
Our Lobsterman Dave Jewell Aboard The Lady J Snarls A Huge Ancient Anchor In A Lobster Trawl
Georges Bank- Dave Jewell and Crew Land Two Fat Bluefin Tuna Video
153 Miles and and 18 Hour Steam Dave Jewell and Crew Land Two Fat Bluefin Tuna
Blue Tinted Lobster
Setting Lobster Gear With Frankie and Dave Aboard The Lady J Video
Dave Jewell Talks About The White Clay Pipe He Discovered Video
W. White Clay Pipe Found in 285 Feet Of Water
Captain Joe and Sons In Glamour UK On Newstands Now
CJ Morgante- Day Two Aboard The Lady J
Fishermen Tattoos- Dave Jewell’s Tribal Fish Hook
Bluefish Caught By Captain Dave Jewell Aboard The Lady J
David Burton Directs Dave Jewell and Cyntia on The GlamourUK Photoshoot
Filming For The History Channel, Dave Jewell
Dave Jewell- Movie Star
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Community Photos June 5th
Old Bike Rocky Neck From Anthony Marks
Hi Joey
Saw this old bike in the bike rack at Sailor Stan’s on Rocky Neck were
there is art everywhere you look on the Neck.
Anthony
Rowboat, Gloucester MA From Elinor Teele
all in the golden afternoon…
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Update Kayak Found and More Info: In Search of Lost Kayak
This report was filed yesterday 6/4/12 by Bill O’Connor:
Hi Joe,
My neighbors lost their kayak overboard last night and I was hoping you would post this photo of it on the slim chance that it is still floating around in the harbor somewhere. People can call Anne at 978.281.4476 if they find it!
Thanks,
~Bill O’Connor
Bill O’Connor says:
June 4, 2012 at 5:17 pm (Edit)
Update: This was found on Eastern Point!
Bruce MacDonald chimes in with some useful information:
Hi Joey!
I saw the posting on the lost kayak and thought it might be useful to remind the GMG’ers about the Vessel Identification Sticker for Canoe, Kayak or Rowboat. They are usually available at the Coast Guard and Harbormasters office and serve a couple of purposes.
First, if it gets stolen or floats away, there are points of contact information on it, second if a canoe or kayak is found floating off shore and a man overboard is suspected, the same contact info may be used to confirm that someone may be missing or OK.
I hope this helps!
Bruce MacDonald
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Community Stuff June 5th, 2012
June 6th D-Day Program at The Essex Shipbuilding Museum
Hi Joey, We are having a talk on June 6 at 7 PM at the Shipbuilding Museum.
I have attached our poster in case you have room. Thanks!
Nancy Dudley Ed. Coordinator ESM
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Calico Lobster Landed At Captain Joe and Sons 6/1/12 One In 30 Million? Really?
A couple of weeks ago the New England Aquarium took possession of a calico lobster and was touting it through their marketing efforts as a one in 30 million lobster.
Either the numbers they are using are off or we here at the dock are the luckiest lobster dealers on the planet and should be stocking up on megabucks tickets because we get 2-5 a year.
Click here for pictures of the Calico Lobster at The New England Aquarium
I’m pegging the over/under on number of speckled lobsters that are landed at our dock this year at 3.
Here’s the first one I’ve seen this year landed June 1st by our Fisherman Mark Davis aboard the Holy Mackerel-
Just another mutant to add to the gallery of blue, marbled, albino, speckled, yellow, double clawed, triple clawed and other odd lobsters landed here at our dock, Captain Joe and Sons.
Click below to see the pictures I’ve taken over the years of mutant lobsters landed at our dock.
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