His name is Monty. He’s a Maine Coon with double paws and is 11 years old. He lives and was lost in Rocky Neck.
I really appreciate this. My name and number is Rose, 508-932-7777.
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.
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Oceanside Sea Dog From George Krewson III
Hi Joey,
The attached pictures show the boat called the Sea Dog which my Dad, George Krewson Jr., purchased from a lady up in Canada who had won it by buying a charitable lottery ticket in Gloucester, back in the 1930’s. He offered her $700 and she accepted. Herman Melanson, maintenance man at the Oceanside, took one winter to remodel it, after getting it up behind the Oceanside. The bottom picture shows the great job he did on the forty footer. Dad was the captain and got great enjoyment from taking out Oceanside guests from Magnolia Harbor to the surrounding ocean views. He retained it for a few years after selling the Oceanside.
George Krewson III
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Only $12,000,000 To Go
Ocean Alliance, based on figures provided by the lead architect, has a goal of raising approximately $12 million to restore the ~ 20,000 Sq.ft buildings in a way that mediates existing contamination, maintains their historic exterior appearance while modeling the interior as a practical, accessible research, education and historic center.
Only $12,000,000? Hopefully the architect throws in a blowjob to sweeten the deal.
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Cape Ann Artisans 2012 Spring Studio Tour
Cape Ann Artisans 2012 Spring Studio Tour
Come find out why
American Style Magazine named Gloucester #6 in Top 25 Arts Destinations for cities under 100,000
Cape Ann is home to a thriving arts community, one of the oldest in the country. For twenty-nine years Cape Ann Artisans has been inviting the public to visit their studios during their Open studio weekends. This year’s spring tour will be held June 23rd and 24th from 10 am to 5 pm each day. The self-guided tour along the scenic coastline of Gloucester and Rockport presents a unique opportunity to meet 21 professional artists and see their work in the setting in which it was created. The work represented includes: pottery, painting, sculpture, photography, mosaics, jewelry, hand-made glass beads, and weaving. Several of the artists will be demonstrating their working process during the tours.
Brochures with route maps will be available at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, the Rockport Information Booth on Rte 127 and at each of the artisans. A bright magenta Studio Tour banner will mark each location.
For further information: tel: 978-281-3347 www.capeannartisans.com
Many studios are open year round.
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Community Stuff June 15th
Young Poets at the Sawyer Free Library
The winners of the 10th Annual Poetry Without Paper contest were honored last Thursday (June 7) at the Sawyer Free Library. Director Carol Gray welcomed all and introduced Mayor Carolyn Kirk. She began the evening by reading a poem written by Amy Dengler, “Conch,” which illustrated quite impactfully the power of words. Mayor Kirk presented Gloucester students of elementary, middle, and high school age, with their awards (a certificate, a book of poetry, and a cash prize). The students read their winning poems in front of a full audience that included family, friends, and poetry fans. The winning poems will also be featured on the Sawyer Library website. Sponsored by the Lyceum Committee of the Sawyer Free Library, the contest drew almost 300 entries from students attending various schools in Gloucester.
The winners by category are:
Elementary
1st Place: Willa Lepionka Brosnihan, West Parish (3rd grade)
2nd Place: Owen Bryan, East Gloucester (5th grade)
3rd Place: Diane Story, East Gloucester (5th grade)
Honorable Mention: Calhoun Dyer, East Gloucester (3rd grade)
Honorable Mention: Luke Pata, West Parish (5th grade)
Middle School
1st Place: Aislinn McCormack, St. Ann’s School (8th grade)
2nd Place: Gabriela Llanos, St.Ann’s School (7th Grade)
3rd Place: Kaitlin Marques, O’Maley School (6th grade)
Honorable Mention: Lexi Orlando, St. Ann’s School (8th grade)
Honorable Mention: Caroline King, St. Ann’s School (8th grade)
High School
1st Place: Sarah Zuidema, Gloucester High School (12th grade)
2nd Place: Phoebe Weissblum, Waring School (10th grade)
3rd Place: Hannah Morris, Gloucester High School (12th grade)
Honorable Mention: Maryka Gillis, Gloucester High School (12th grade)
Honorable Mention: John Interrante, Gloucester High School (12th grade)
Y Camp Spindrift Open House – Sunday June 17
On Sunday June 17, Y Camp Spindrift will be holding its annual Open House celebration from 10am – 3pm to kick off our 50th season. Whether you attended camp years ago, are planning to come this summer, or have never graced our properity before, all are welcome to come enjoy a free cookout, swimming, games, arts & crafts and met our staff team. Wake the neighbors and call the kids and come on down for a great day of fun! This is a prime opportunity for new campers and families to visit and eliminate any pre-season anxieties. Registration and camp shirts will be available. Y Camp Spindrift meets or exceeds all regulations of MA DPH and is liscenced annually by the Gloucester Health Department, providing programs for ages 4 – 16, including traditional day camp, adventure camps, C.I.T. Program, and othe rspecialty camps. For more information, please visit www.cayteenandcamp.org or contact Rick Doucette, Executive Director at 978-281-CAMP (2267).
Dine at Friendly’s to benefit JPs Tree House @ Y Camp Spindrift June 17 – 23
Friendly’s Restaurant is very generously donating 20% of sales (when you present specific fundraising voucher) to benefit the creation of JPs TREE HOUSE at Y Camp Spindrift. This fundraiser takes place from Sunday June 17th through Saturday June 23. Jeff "JP" Paul was a very popular Spindrift camper and staff member for fifteen years before tragically losing his life last year. In JPs memory, family and friends are creating JP’s Tree House, construction is expected to begin by the end of the month.
For copies of the FRIENDLY’S FUNraising vouchers, please visit www.cayteenandcamp.org or stop by the YMCA or Camp Spindrift. For more info, please contact Rick Doucette, Executive Director at 978-281-CAMP (2267).
Hey Joey,
I wanted to inform your many readers that Rockport Dance Academy’s Broadway themed dance recital is this Saturday 3pm at Rockport High School Auditorium. Come see the kids dance their hearts out and support local businesses. Admission is FREE!
Keep up the great work,
Emily Twombly
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Get the Water Shuttle at the Madfish Grill Restaurant this summer / seasonal passes now available
Sweet, people will be picked up and dropped off right at the dock where the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery and Khan Studios are located. Harbor Shuttle To Mug up Next Sunday?
Hi Joey,
Nikki owner of The Madfish Grill Restaurant has confirmed that the Water Shuttle will be the pick-up / drop-off point on Rocky Neck this Summer.
A huge cheer to her.
Thank you Nikki .
A reminder to all $ 50.00 seasonal passes now available. Email : harbortours@gmail.com or call 978-283-1979 for more details.
Thank you.
Harbor Tours, Inc. Gloucester, MA.
America’s Oldest Seaport
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2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap The Bait Savour
Do I know if it works? Hell no, but I thought our readers would be entertained-
Forwarded by Eian Woodman-
2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap
The Bait Savour adds the critical time dimension to crustacean catching
Bait Savour Riley Smith
During a regular fishing season, most lobstermen can afford to check and rebait their traps only every three or four days. Each run to the traps can cost as much as $600 for fuel and take 18 hours of work. But three or four days can be more than enough time for lobsters to eat the chunks of herring or mackerel that serve as bait. With no bait left, lobsters don’t enter the trap and fishermen are left with a smaller catch. Thus, the millions of traps that dot the Atlantic from Newfoundland to North Carolina remain empty about half the time.
Vince Stuart, the owner of a Nova Scotia company that makes winches, gantries and other fishing-boat rigging, first heard about the lobstermen’s problem from his clients on the docks in 2003. He soon began building the Bait Savour, a device that would release an extra supply of lobster bait a few days after a trap was laid. It allows the lobstermen to check their traps less frequently (about once every five days instead of every three or four), saving time, labor and fuel.
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Baitin’ Up On a Rainy Day- The Degelyse
Yep, we’ll have lobsters for Fathers Day thanks to the hardworking lobstermen that head out in all conditions to make dads everywhere happy! Be sure to place your order ahead of time if you want certain sizes.
Captain Joe and Sons 95 East Main Street, Gloucester
978-283-1454
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Discover Gloucester Weekly from Linn Parisi
Gloucester is getting a lot of exposure from all the familiarization tours (FAMs) that have been here lately-and they’re still arriving! Some of them are sent here by MOTT- the MA Office of Travel & Tourism- via the North of Boston CVB (Convention & Visitor Bureau), and some are generated by PR for Gloucester, via Matter Communication – thanks John McElhenney!
The week before last we had a the UK Travel Channel crew here filming for their show, and last Sunday an Italian TV RAI 3 crew was here.
This coming mid-week, there will be four different FAMs here- and it’s all good for Gloucester.
Thanks to all the accommodations, attractions and dining establishments who host and welcome these valuable FAMs!
You’re probably wondering why the re-run of your fabulous photo of lobsters?
Because tomorrow, June 15, is NATIONAL LOBSTER DAY!
Over 40 restaurants on the island to get your lobster fix…. and if you want to cook ’em and have your own feast at home like my Father in Law will as our gift on Father’s Day, then you get ’em at Capt. Joe & Sons!
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13 Year Old McKenzie Plante Recyled Lobster Rope Mac’s Mats
HI Joey!!
My mom Marcy told me that I should send you pictures of my business, Macs
Mats. I am 13 and I am going into 8th grade. You can find my story on
www.macsmats.com. I have my mats in many stores in Gloucester like Willow
Rest, Cape Ann Marina, Emerson Inn in Rockport and the Island hobby art Shop
on Maine Street. Can I answer any questions for you? Thank you again for
helping promote my business.
Mac
Saving Whales One Mat At a Time
Here’s the Story-
THE STORY………
Off the coast of Maine, Northern Right Whales were getting entangled in lobsterman’s rope. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) enacted a regulation mandating that fishermen use sinking rope in order to prevent right whales and other marine life from dieing. At the same time, the regulation provides a “buyback” of the floating rope, giving the fishermen a voucher to purchase new sinking rope.
Every piece of rope used in the dog leashes and the mats is part of the recycle effort!
Contact us You can contact me atmacsmats@gmail.com or 978-758-8825
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Gloucester Family roots? Arnold, Arundel, Alcot, Curley, Olcut
Rich Bean writes-
Hello Fellow Friends of the Blog!
After moving here last year, I discovered I have family roots here. My Mom has been doing some research and the folks at the archives at City hall are amazing. I thought I’d also give a try here and see if anybody thinks they are related. I know there are a lot of great resources connected to this blog. Thanks for the time and positive thoughts!
cheers!
Rich Bean, rbean2@gmail.com
Hugh Curley
Mary Alcott
Daughter: Nellie M Curley 1871 (Gloucester) – 1948, Married Michael Foley in 1894, split at some point, not sure how. Married Robert Arundel (when?), Moved to Lynn, had 2 kids, Moved to Somerville, Buried in Gloucester.
Joseph Arundel
Mary Olcut
Son: Robert J. Arundel 1863 - 1948 Married Nellie Curley (when?), Moved to Lynn, had Two Kids, Moved to Somerville. Buried in Gloucester.
Robert J. Arundel
Nellie M Arundel
Born in Gloucester, Lived in Lynn at some point, then Somerville. Two Kids. Helen Arnold 1906 - 2001, Robert Arnold ? – ?
There was a name change of Arundel to Arnold. We dont know why.
Helen had 9 kids and over 35 grandkids, including me. :- ) Thanks to all the names above I am breathing and writing this email :- )
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Sir George Savile Quote of The Week from Greg Bover
June 11, 2012
"Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no."
Sir George Savile, First Marques of Halifax (1633-1695)
Among the foremost intellectuals of his era, Halifax was the son of minor nobility. He served in the House of Commons, and later, the House of Lords, after being raised to the peerage in recognition of his service to the King. A centrist in an age of extremists, he navigated between Catholic and Protestant interests, eventually siding with William and Mary during the revolution of 1688, and urged them to follow a path of toleration. During their reign he was elected Speaker of the House of Lords and eventually rose to Lord Privy Seal. An early advocate of publicly funded education, Halifax is among the most quotable of English statesmen, having written numerous essays on the moral and ethical place of the state in the everyday lives of men and women.
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More west Parish Stuff From Susan O’Leary
New sign for west parish from the 2012 5th grade class
New wallboard from W. Parish 5 the graders 2012! Everyone’s a Star!!
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Community Stuff June 14, 2012
Father’s Day Special At Maimie’s Kitchen
Hey Joey
Just incase you do a community segment on what’s going on in the city for Fathers Day
here’s what we are doin!
Join us on Father’s Day where Dad’s get FREE Coffee!
We have a special brunch menu that’s DAD FRIENDLY!
Mudiga Steak and Eggs, Homemade Linguica Scramble, Meat Lovers Omelet and More!
Parties of 5 or more call and reserve 978-283-0474
Thacher Island Association Annual Meeting.
The public is invited on Monday June 18, at the newly restored Rockport Community House, Broadway, Rockport, 7:30pm.
Learn more about both Thacher and Straitsmouth Islands, how you can come for a visit, become a member or a volunteer. We will have a special presentation on the past year’s accomplishments and our future plans. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free!
Paul St.Germain President
Thacher Island Association
web site www.thacherisland.org
GHS Class 1947 65th Reunion
Gloucester High School Class of 1947 will celebrate their 65th Reunion on July 14th from 2-6 pm at the Gloucester House, 7 Seas Wharf. Classmates are reminded to send their check now for $45.
GHS Class 1947 Class and indicate haddock, chicken or steak on the check. Send to Virginia McKinnon, 2 Stanwood Terrace, Gloucester MA 01930. Souvenir engraved pens, notebooks and booklets will be distributed. Classmates are coming from Texas and Georgia. Anyone who started with the class is welcome, even if they did not graduate. St. Ann’s Class of 1947 is welcome.
Submitted by Virginia McKinnon, 2 Stanwood Terrace, Gloucester, MA 978-283-3968 mckinnon02@msn.com
"Just, one word…" upcoming performances from Karen Ristuben
Greetings friends & family!
I will be presenting "Just, one word…", a performance/lecture on the
issue of marine plastic pollution, plastics toxicity, and public health on
the following dates:
*Thursday June 28*, 10:15 am, National Marine Educators Association annual
conference, Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage AK
*Monday July 16*, 7 pm, at Seabrook Beach Civic Association, 210 Ocean
Boulevard, Seabrook Beach, NH
*Wednesday July 25*, 7 pm, at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson
St., Gloucester MA (former Christian Science Church).
Future performances are scheduled for the Boston Harbor Islands (Aug),
Maine Maritime Academy (Oct), and American Cetacean Society’s Annual
Meeting in San Diego (Nov).
Hope to see you soon!
Karen
www.karenristuben.com
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Gloucester Quilter Has a Litter
…in a good way
Check out our litter of puppies!
http://gloucesterquilter.wordpress.com/our-labrador-retrievers/
Bex
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Snoop Maddie Mad and Mammaw On Graduation Day
Mad, STOP GROWING!!!!!!!
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Sparkling Wine Dinner June 21st 7:00pm with Kathleen Erickson The Wine PHD
Passports Restaurant
110 main street Gloucester, Ma. 01930
Seating is limited!!! $50 per person
Start Time 7:00 pm
1st course – Thai Chicken lettuce wraps
Wine pairing – Brut Champagne, Cordon Rouge, G.H. Mumm – France
2nd course – Jill’s Lobster Roll
Wine pairing – Brut Prestige, Napa Sparkling, Mumm Napa – USA
3rd course – Jerk Tuna w/ papaya salsa, purple potato salad and kale chips
Wine pairing – Brut Rose, Cremant d’ Alsace – France
4th course – Local Strawberry Tart w/ pastry cream and sugar short crust
Wine pairing – Zonin Prosecco Bellini – Italy
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Apple’s Next Generation MacBook Pro is a Hardware Beast at a Price
The hardware apple pumps out is without parallel. The specs on the new MacBook Pro makes it a dream machine.
I am a fan of the iPhone, I am a HUGE fan of the iPad, I am a ginormous fan of Apple hardware. What I know though is that for editing my blog quickly and for creating video clips with titles and credits and transitions and getting them published to the web I can do all of this faster on my windows 7 based PC for 1/4 of the price of the MacBook Pro.
I’ll challenge anyone, anywhere to a blog content creating competition- them using the new MacBook Pro and me using my 3 year old Gateway with an Intel i3 processor and Windows 7 with the free Windows Live Essentials suite of software which includes Live Writer and Live Movie Maker.
Keep in mind that I paid $550 for my gateway and the new MacBook Pro starts at $2200.
The "MacBook pro with Retina Display," the starship’s official name, starts at $2200 with a 2.3 GHz Ivy Bridge processor, 8 GB of RAM, and a 256 SSD. Ships today. If you want to max it out—2.7 GHz processor, 16 GB of RAM, and the 768 GB SSD, it’ll hit you $3750.
The pricetag is a whole lot of dough and you get what you pay for if you are only concerned about having the very best hardware available. But I believe when Microsoft introduced Windows 7 it introduced for my uses an operating system that allows me to do things way faster. Ask Kim Smith when she needs to render a movie on her iMac and it takes half a day what would take me 30minutes on my PC.
Hardware is only part of the equation. if you don’t have the software for what you want to do because they don’t make it for Apple it’s tough luck for you.
So if you have money to burn (and I mean if you have the kind of money where you light your cigars with $100 bills) and are already happy with Apple’s operating system and basically use your computer for surfing the web 99% of the time, knock yourself out and buy one of these gorgeous, powerful machines.
But if you want something to blog on and do a fair amount of power using, save your money and buy a slick windows based Ultrabook which might be spec’d out a little less but will cost you anywhere from 1/2 to 1/3 of the price and will allow you to create content much quicker.
I wish that MacBook Pro was introduced a little cheaper, not so I could buy one, but just so the Windows based Ultrabook which it competes with and will be the next family computer would come down in price as a competitor. At that outrageous price of $2200 I think the Ultrabooks won’t even budge down in price a little and actually might have a little better pricing power.
7 Ways Ultrabooks Beat the New MacBook Air
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Tick Tock. Two Weeks Til Fiesta- Can You Believe It?
Good Morning Gloucester 