Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

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Gloucester Harbor Water Shuttle Kicks Off The 2012 Season With A Brilliant New Feature!!!! Brilliant I Tell You!!!

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Holy Crap How Brilliant!!!!!  You Can Call The Boat Directly and Request A Pick Up!!!!!!

Are You KIDDING ME???

HOW BRILLIANT IS THAT?

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Say you’re over by our dock at Captain Joe & Sons In Cripple Cove and you want to get downtown.   Simple. Save the number listed below to your cell phone, give them a calla and they’ll include you in the stops along the route.  So you hang out at Cripple Cove Playground (Benjamin Smith Playground really) and then hop on and get over to Rocky Neck, Downtown, Harbor Loop.

SERIOUSLY??????   THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!

SAVE THIS NUMBER DAMNIT!  Like Right Now, punch it into your smartphone

978 290 3496

Then when you’re casually strolling around Rocky Neck hanging out at our Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck Ave impress your friends and relatives by whipping out your cell phone and calling the water shuttle directly. 

#BOOM!  THAT JUST HAPPENED!

 

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Here’s The Presser-

Dear Joey,
Happy to announce the beginning of the Gloucester Harbor Water Shuttle 2012 season.
Memorial Day weekend we will be operating from 12 to 6 pm.
Weekends during the Spring and Fall, 12 to 6pm.
Also, we have expanded our Summer weekend hours as follows:
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 12 to 9pm,
Sundays through Wednesdays 12 to 6pm.
We will be adding a new stop (on request) at the head of the harbor (Three Lanterns).
Seasonal Passes will be available for $50 per season (great deal!!!)
Aside from the regular stops at Harbor Loop, St. Peter’s Landing and Rocky Neck,
the boat will be reachable by phone at 978 290 3496  to request stops from
Cruiseport, Cripple Cove and Three Lanterns.
Thank you for your support regarding the Shuttle operation, and HAPPY SUMMER 2012!
Steve Douglass
Harbor Tours, Inc
www.capeannharbortours.com

Passports Single Vineyard Boutique Wine Dinner

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Single-Vineyard Boutique Wine Dinner
Thursday, May 24, 7:00 p.m.
Passports Restaurant
110 Main St., Gloucester, Ma.
978 281-3680

with Chef Eric Lorden
and Dr. Kathleen Powers Erickson (The "Wine PhD")
4 artfully-prepared courses and 3 single-vineyard boutique wines!
$50.00 per person

First Course:
Mushroom caps stuffed with sautéed crab
and Gruyère cheese
Wine: Morgan "Double L" Vineyard (organic) Pinot Noir
Santa Lucia Highlands, California
(Wine List – bottle: $95.00)

Second Course:
Citrus salad of grapefruit and oranges on
a bed of Frisèe lettuce with spiced pecans
Wine: Hirsch Heiligenstein Vineyard (organic) Gruner Veltliner
Kamptal, Austria
(Wine List – bottle, $55.00)

Third Course:
Roasted Duck with sweet potato puree and
pomegranate reduction
Wine: Rosenblum Rock Pile Road Vineyard Zinfandel
(Wine List – $75.00)

Fourth Course:
Turtle Alley Chocolates with
Atomic Cafe Press Pot Coffee

Eric Smith of the Westland, Michigan Fire Dept. Selected as Chief

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Mayor Carolyn Kirk today announced the selection of Eric Smith, currently a Deputy Chief with the Westland, Michigan Fire Department, as Chief of the Gloucester Fire Department.  The announcement comes following a comprehensive search for new fire chief to lead the department.
 
“First and foremost I want to thank the Search Committee for their diligence in staying focused on the search and bringing the best candidates forward. Each finalist brought different strengths, and Eric Smith’s continual professional development and experience in Westland were the determining factors in the final selection decision.  He is a leader in a department that covers just over 20 square miles, has triple the population, double the emergency calls, fewer employees and a similar overtime budget to the Gloucester Fire Dept while ensuring that the community’s four fire stations are open at all times.

We will learn from Deputy Chief Smith’s professionalism and distinguished record of service in the fire/EMS service, and I look forward to the city and the Fire Department warmly welcoming him and his family to Gloucester” said Mayor Kirk. 
 
Deputy Chief Eric Smith is currently second in command of the Westland, MI Fire Department where he is responsible for comprehensive management of 70 employees, four fire stations, the department’s administrative office, training facility, and a fleet of 30 vehicles.  The department is the third busiest in Wayne County Michigan with over 9700 calls for emergencies in 2011.  The population of Westland is over 80,000 residents and covers 20.5 square miles. 
 
With the department since 1991, Deputy Chief Smith has continuously risen through the ranks having held the positions of Firefighter, Sergeant, Hazmat Team Leader, Captain, Battalion Chief, and Deputy Chief.  He is a licensed paramedic, served in the United States Air Force from May 1986 to January 1990 with a rank of Sergeant upon his discharge. 

He also holds a Bachelors degree in Public Safety from Concordia University in Ann Arbor Michigan along with Masters of Science coursework in Technology Studies and Emergency Management from Eastern Michigan University and an Associates of Science degree in Fire Technology from Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan. 

Deputy Chief Smith also holds many professional certifications and was a part time Paramedic Instructor for a number of years teaching all levels of EMS education at Baker College in Westland, MI.   
 
Deputy Chief Smith’s permanent appointment is contingent upon successful employment contract negotiations as well as confirmation by the Gloucester City Council.

Sarah Jane Submits Her Indonesian Barbecue Recipe For The GMG Easy to Prepare Loaded With Flavor and Healthy Recipe Contest

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The GMG Easy to Prepare Loaded With Flavor and Healthy Recipe Contest:

I’ll rate your recipe based on three criteria: Taste, Easy To Prepare (if you can make it in an office without a stove you get bonus points, without a microwave even higher), Nutritional Value. Minus 5 points for lack of photo.

I should also add that for nutritional value I’m going for something that will reduce fat, give energy but provide enough as to not lose muscle.  A fruit salad I understand is nice and all but it isn’t gonna get me through a work day.

For The First Four Weeks I will award one prize per week from our GMG Swag Bag to the highest rated pic/recipe.

Contest winner will have to pick up their award and if not claimed within two weeks it gets awarded to the next person.

Here is Sarah’s recipe for Indonesian Barbecue:

Indonesian barbecue is my go-to, low-cal preference–modified to be lower-cal!
1 lb ground turkey
1/2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground coriander
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 tbs bell pepper, diced (I use more)
1 tbs chopped onion (I use more)
1 egg, beaten (or Egg Beater, or 1/3 cup low-fat yogurt)
Preheat broiler (or barbecue grill). Mix all ingredients together well. Shape mixture into 2.5″-long, football-shaped balls. Broil for about 10 minutes, turning once halfway through. Done.

Okay lets get to the ratings, and of course I’m not tasting it but I’ll give the taste grade based on if a lack of perceived blandness getting highest scores.

1-10 in each category with the cumulative score being the final and minus 5 for a lack of photo.

Taste: All those spices you gotta go with a 9 on taste with the only ding being that I might like some type of dipping sauce to go over them so they wouldn’t be dry.

Easy To Prepare: Well it looks relatively easy.   Not a crazy amount of ingredients or hard to find ingredients, you mix everything together, shape them into balls and broil them.  Pretty easy but not simple enough to do in an office, I’m going 6 on easy to prepare.

Nutrition Value: Looks like a 10 to me.  Here’s a question and I reserve the right to change this score based on my lack of fundamental cooking knowledge- when you broil this, do you use oil?

So the cumulative score based on the three criteria is a 25 minus 5 for lack of photo gives it a total of 20.  If Sarah makes the dish and submits a picture within the next couple of days I’ll add in the extra 5 points.

Week 1 in the contest ends next Sunday night for submissions.

Check out Sarah’s Blog Here- http://seagardensandglass.blogspot.com/

FOB Linda Colman Sends In A Picture Of Her Joey C Gallery Wall

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Linda writes-

Joey!  I just framed my latest acquisition and added it to the Joey Ciaramitaro Masterpiece Collection.  Looks spectacular, don’t you think?  Linda

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Well Linda you certainly picked out some very “Gloucester” themed photos!  I thank you for your support!

Tea Party Ship Eleanor Video – Leaving Gloucester Railways From Kathy Chapman

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Viking and her crew (including Rob – pictured) prepare Eleanor for her trip to Boston.

Construction portfolio: http://kathychapman.viewbook.com/album/tea-party-ship-eleanor

Photographs © Kathy Chapman 2012

Http://www.kathychapman.com

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mamma agata cooking class, ravello italy

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A few short clips from our cooking class in Ravello Italy with Mamma Agata and daughter Chiara

and here are some pictures from their amazing home-

Magnolia MA 1930’s, From George Krewson

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Hi Joe!

The attached is from a brochure that my Dad, the owner,  had printed for soliciting guests for the Oceanside back in the 1930’s.  The poem was writted by my uncle, Elber Krewson.  It may not be readable, but if you can enhance it in some way to make it so, I think your readers would appreciate reading about the glorious little hamlet.

Best to you,

George Krewson

Click the picture for the full sized version-

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MUG UP #1 In The Books

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I could only stay for a short bit as I had to work but managed a few pictures and despite the incredible temptations of carbohydrate laden goodness surrounding me I stayed true to the diet and ate Kathy Chapman’s lettuce and flowers that she brought.

Greg Bover Bringing The Thunder with this powdered sugar GMG Logo Cake (he also bakes when he’s not banging out harpsichords in his spare time)- #Boom!

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Alicia Cox’ Re-Di-Cu-Lous World’s Greatest Coffee Rolls (don’t ask me how I resisted but I did) EJ’s Deviled Eggs, Muffins, Brownies, Cakes Coffee, you get the idea!

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Sista Felicia made some killer cookies from what I hear and everyone had a great time catching up.  The first of many Mug-Ups this summer!

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Nice to see the Greeleys make an appearance!

It was also great to see Jenn Cullen in attendance.  Oh wait she didn’t come?  Shocker! Smile

Watch The Maritime Gloucester Pier Dedication To Harriett Webster Streaming Live at 2:00PM Sunday

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Click the arrow to view The Maritime Gloucester Webcam

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May 23rd at 6pm Cape Ann Olive Oil Company will be hosting Mamie’s Kitchen for their cooking seminar!

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Hey Joey
May 23rd at 6pm Cape Ann Olive Oil Company will be hosting Mamie’s Kitchen for their cooking seminar!
Mamie’s Kitchen will be using the authentic olive oils and balsamic vinegars from Cape Ann Olive Oil Company!
Come in for marinara sauce and meatballs, salad, focaccia and tiramisu!
Did I mention this is a FREE event!
RSVP now! Limited space available!
Contact Lauren or Eric: 978.281.1061
or email: capeannoliveoil@gmail.com

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Community Stuff May 20

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Hi Joey –
Please help us spread the word about the Cape Ann Half Marathon and YuKanRun.com races.
The Building Center has generously agreed to return as the Premier Title Sponsor this year.

So far, early registration for The Building Center TripleThreat Race Series has been very strong and this is going to be a great day of racing!
Enjoy spectacular views as you race along Cape Ann’s scenic coastline in Rockport and Gloucester. Register for the Half Marathon, 5K race, 1-mile – or all three!  Run three epic races in one day! Compete in The Building Center TripleThreat Road Race Series to earn coveted prizes and bragging rights!

Participate in any of the three races and earn a YuKanRun.com technical race shirt.
Finish 2 or more of our 3 races will also receive a custom YuKanRun.com runner’s visor.
Complete all 3 races will also receive a custom Buidling Center TripleThreat finishers award mug.
With all that running, you deserve it!

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Schedule of Events
August 5, 2012
Rockport High School
24 Jerdens Lane
Rockport, MA 01966
7:00am    Packet Pick-Up
8:00am    1-Mile Race Start
8:00am    Walkers (Half Marathon)
8:30am    5K Race Start
9:15am    Half Marathon Start
11:30am  Awards Ceremony
Thanks so much for your help!
YuKan Sports, LLC | P.O. Box 780 | Rockport | MA | 01966

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Seaward Inn continues its Sunday Morning Live Series beginning May 20th —
brunch and live music are from 11am -2pm.
This Sunday, May 20, we are featuring 18 year-old saxophonist and
clarinetist Alek Razdan, who started performing at the age of 8, sitting in
at local jam sessions around his hometown of Rockport. Alek Razdan and
A-Train put on an eclectic and energetic show, intended to allow audiences
of all ages to have a great time. Alek performs frequently at venues around
the Boston area but this Sunday you can catch him at Seaward Inn, 44 Marmion
Way, 978-546-3471, visit www.seawardinn.com for musician and menu listings.

Saturday’s Pics of the Maasdam and Schooner Lannon via Susan LaRosa

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First cruiseship photos from West Gloucester.
Susan LaRosa  

GMG Has Been Nominated For For a Best of Northshore (BONS) Award For Best Blog

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If you feel the the hard work, quality of material, timliness of updates and positive energy that our team brings day after day without fail consider voting for us.  Thanks.

Once at the page there is a drop down box, you’ll see Good morning Gloucester.  It’s pretty simple.

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