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Regis College Premiers an Original Musical about Gloucester’s Fishermen’s Wives
Henry Allen writes-
Joey, advance tickets are on sale NOW!!
A Very Special Event: Regis College Premiers an Original Musical about Gloucester’s Fishermen’s Wives
SIX PAIRS OF HANDS, A MUSICAL by Wendy Lement and Students in the Fall 2011 Oral History and Performance Course. Directed by Wendy Lement
In 1969 Gloucester fishermen’s wives formed an association to fight federal regulations that favored large corporations and would have destroyed their local fishing industry. Since then, the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association has become an international model for conserving and protecting valuable fish stocks for future generations. Through their dedication, solidarity and faith, these remarkable women have endured numerous hardships, obstacles, and tragedies with strength of spirit and grace. Based on oral histories of fishermen’s wives, the Regis College Theatre Company presents an original musical that honors the extraordinary lives and the political battles waged and won by these courageous women.
The Annie is proud to welcome
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Here’s Kim Smith Running To Catch The Novena Trolley
The Marino Family Novena Photos and Video On Tonight at 8PM
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Vernal Equinox Greetings From Thomas Philbrook
Greetings!
The Vernal Equinox arrives here in the Northern Hemisphere on Tuesday, March 20th, at 1:14 am (EDT) — bringing the earliest arrival of spring in 116 years. Wishing you and yours a very Buddha-ful season!
Tom Philbrook
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Coming Soon- Three Lantern Marine and Fishing
(Don’t Call It Three Lanterns)
My buddy Tina Greel (who I still can’t wrap my mind around as being a grandmother) is part of the team that will be reopening and expanding the former Three Lantern Ship Supply store at 7 Parker Street. Look for the interview tomorrow!
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Community Stuff
Heidi Dallin writes-
Hi Joey,
Cape Ann Symphony continues 60th Season on Sunday March 25!
Also Saturday March 24 at 7:30 pm at Fuller is the Open Rehearsal for the concert. Public is invited. It is $10 for adults; Free for 12 and under.
A great way to get a behind the scenes look at the symphony and Conductor Yoichi Udagawa. At the rehearsal break Conductor Udagawa will takes questions from the audience.
Thanks
Heidi
At our first "listening post" on the city budget on Feb. 27, a number of solid ideas were put forward, including:
- Ensuring that the budget advances the city’s and the citizens’ strategic goals.
- Setting aside money from hotel and meals tax revenues to support the visitor-based economy.
- Identifying how individuals and groups of citizens can have input into the crafting of the city budget.
Thank you to all who participated.
Our next session will be held next Monday, March 26, at St. John’s at 7 p.m.
The one topic on the agenda will be:
The preliminary school budget for Fiscal Year 2013.
The cost of education is nearly half of all that we spend as a city.
School Committee chairman Jonathan Pope will be a guest speaker. Jonathan will outline the process by which the School Administration prepares its budget including the input from individual schools and the departments within the system.
I will then talk about how the schools budget fits into the overall city spending and budget approval process. I will have a draft copy of the school budget with me. The School Committee’s formal budget hearing will be held on April 4.
This is a good opportunity to get an understanding of how we provide for the education of our children, and to see how we, as individuals, can participate in the process.
Some of Gloucester’s leading citizens are part of this effort. Our city depends on citizen involvement and creativity.
Please join us.
Monday March 26, 7 p.m.
St. John’s Episcopal Church 48 Middle St.
I look forward to seeing you there,
Paul McGeary
City Councilor, Ward 1
RSVP pmcgeary@gloucester-ma.gov, 978-283-8425
DISCOVER GLOUCESTER MUG UP MEETING FOR AREA TOURISM FOLKS
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012, 8:30AM
THE SHALIN LIU PERFORMANCE CENTER, ROCKPORT
GUEST SPEAKER: BILL STEELMAN, THE ESSEX SCENIC COASTAL BYWAY
The Essex Scenic Coastal Byway will positively impact your business. This is a great chance to learn about the Byway and why it is important to you as a part of our destination’s bigger picture. Find out how the Byway dovetails with the new Cultural Districts and see the actual Byway routes. Find out how you can become a Byway ambassador, and help usher visitors into your door.
This is also an exceptional opportunity to check out the Shalin Liu Center- another venue that will positively impact your business. If you haven’t been yet, you’ve really got to see it to believe it! All tourism related businesses need to support each other, and there’s no better way to learn about a place than seeing it yourself.
Thanks in advance to host Gregg Sorensen and his staff at the Shalin Liu Music Center for partnering to make this site visit and meeting possible.
Please RSVP to info@seaportgloucester.org asap.
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Keeping The Tradition Alive!
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Grace and Felicia Fill The Zeppole
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Video- 2012 Saint Joseph’s Novena With The Groppo Family
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Live Blogging St Joseph’s Feast at Sista Felicia’s
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Skinny Jeans Hipsters At Lane’s Cove
Dan Stevens Lane’s Cove Photo-
I really enjoy your blog — just figured I’d send this photo we took at Lane’s Cove the other day.
-dan
How to Be a Hipster
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Series- 100 Year Old Gloucester Postcards From Peter Dorsey- Annisquam Yacht Club House and River View
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Random Gloucester Business Tweet of The Day
In an effort to get more local businesses out of the stone ages and into 2012 I’ll be posting a random Gloucester Business Tweet every now and again. Don’t lobby for me to post your business tweet, just get your business active in the social media game, if what you post tweaks my interest you could see it here and folks that may not have even known you had a twitter presence might just find out about your bidness.
Hey, we had over 41,000 folks check out GMG just yesterday on a beautiful sunny Sunday, come get some of that love baby!
Today Island Art and Hobby Tweets-
Follow Don Boye, owner of Island Art and Hobby on twitter here
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Attention Restaurateurs- French Fry Rant and Kudos
There are more than a couple of  joints in town that can cook a great burger but there are only one or two that cook an exceptional burger and then pair it with exceptional french fries for under $10. The two that come to mind are Minglewood Tavern and Passports.
The key to exceptional fries IMO are their crispness on the outside and soft fluffiness on the inside. If you go to Passports ask for the “Joey Fries” They aren’t on the menu but they are hand cut done well and are killer diller just like the ones at Minglewood.
For other great french fries in town go to Leonardos. They have it down. Even if you get them to go they package them properly so when you get to where you going they still retain that crispness.
There isn’t much more disappointing in the french fry world than a soggy fry. So if you are running a restaurant locally ask yourself “Are my fries soggy?’ If the answer is yes, then take whatever measures necessary to figure that shit out. Your sales will increase and the people who patronize your joint will no longer say, yeah, the burgers are really good but the fries are soggy and limp.
If you have any questions as to the quality of the french fries you serve your patrons here’s what you do.
Hold the french fry from one end.
If the fry has any sag to it that is a fail.
Heat the goddamn oil up.  Use a different kind of oil.  I dunno, I’m no chef, I’m not getting paid to figure this stuff out.  All I’m trying to do is make your food better so you can increase your sales.
If the chef you pay inst willing to figure it out, get a new chef.
So to sum up this post- Soggy Limp Fries are unacceptable.
Fix this. Please. Thank you.
Minglewood Tavern Burger Below-
That’s some french fry excellence right there boy!
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GMG Stats- Sunday March 18th 41,864 Views
I guess we’re doing something right!
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Random Acts of Kindness- Giuseppe’s
Joey,
I wanted to share a story of kindness I was lucky enough to witness today. Some friends were planning a birthday dinner party on Sunday for their 6-year-old-to-be at Giuseppe’s restaurant on Main Street. Forty-four people had reserved weeks in advance but the big event got called off a couple hours before due to a sudden illness in the family.
I don’t know anything about running a restaurant but I’d be pretty upset to lose a tab of 44 people for dinner and drinks. Instead, Giuseppe’s co-owner Memory Layne heard about the illness and sent dinner on the house to the little boy, his family and their friends. Someone tried to pay her for it but Memory wouldn’t take a dime, instead asking how the sick family member was doing and wishing him a speedy recovery.
Little moments of kindness like this make life sweeter. They’re not all that surprising in Gloucester, a place where people look out for each other more than any other place I’ve ever known. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t stop and point them out once in a while.
Memory Layne and people like her are part of what we all love about this place.
– John McElhenny
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General Omar Nelson Bradley Quote of The Week From Greg Bover
"We are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind or whether to act, and in acting, to live"
General Omar Nelson Bradley (1891-1983)
Among the most intellectual men ever to command the United States Armed Forces, Bradley graduated from West Point just before WWI, in the same class as Dwight Eisenhower. He returned there to teach mathematics between the wars, and then worked at the War Department for George Marshall, eventually rising to command the 82ndAirborne at the outbreak of WWII. Sent to North Africa in overall command by Eisenhower, he moved to London in 1943 to help plan the Normandy Invasion. Later in the war he became embroiled in the political tussle between Montgomery and Patton and was blamed for reverses associated with the Battle of the Bulge.
After the war, Bradley was promoted to Army Chief of Staff and then the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Truman, and later NATO Commander. He was influential in the dismissal of Douglas MacArthur as the head of the United States forces in Korea, and in the policies that resulted in the Korean stalemate. Active in industry during his retired life, Bradley was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ford in 1971.
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Fish Is A Fighting Food Poster From The US Office Of War Information 1945
Ann Kennedy submits-
Hi Joey. I came across this cool poster online while doing some research for my blog. Meat was scarce in NE in ’45 and as you know, the promotion of fish was widespread. The poster was originally printed by the US Office of War Information. (If you want to post the poster, no need to include my comment unless relevant. The poster is available at www.artnectar.com.) I just think it’s a great image.
I know Joe Testaverde knows a little something about those take out baskets. I’d like to have a nickel for every one I ever dumped on the culling table at the dock. They had a long long life on the waterfront. We also used the ones with the same types of frame but with net which would allow the ice to drop through. Joe Testaverde, did they sell them with that canvas or with the net or once that duck canvas material wore away did they mend in the netting around the frame to keep use of them? I can’t remember if they were sold with the net or if they were just repaired that way. I can’t be that old can I?
Whiting, cod, haddock, pollock they all got offloaded the same way. They have a guy using that double pulley though and lifting it by hand. In my day at least we got to use the winch.
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Renewal of Newell Stadium Donor Recognition & Auction Event
The Gloucester Fishermen Athletic Association is closing in on its fundraising efforts for the Renewal of Newell Stadium. On March 24th, there will be an event at the Elks at Bass Rocks to help bring us closer to the goal line. The live auction will be run by professional auctioneer, Walt Kolenda. There will also be a silent auction with nearly 100 items!
- The GFAA is extremely grateful to the Gloucester community for its generosity to date and for its acknowledgement of the importance of rebuilding the recreational facility for the benefit of its student athletes as well as for the entire community.
Some featured items:
Original artwork by Mary Ann Wenniger, Phil Cusumano, Natalie Daley, David Sears, Fred Kepler, Mace Wenniger
Antique furniture
Autographed Curt Schilling jersey
Sporting event tickets
Golf outings at Essex County Club, Bass Rocks, Turner Hill
A private performance by The Docksiders
Bountiful gift baskets
Disney 1-Day Hopper passes for four
Attraction tickets and gift certificates galore!
Mariposa serving tray
And MUCH, MUCH more!
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets are now being sold at Destino’s, Cape Ann Savings Bank, Palazola’s, Jeff’s Variety and Christine’s Variety.
For more information or to make a donation, please email Kristin Michel, donation coordinator at newelldonations@gmail.com or call her at 978-290-6035.
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2012 St Josph’s Novena Trolley
Special thanks to all of the beautiful families who welcomed us into their homes, Sefathia for organizing the Trolley, Bob Ryan from CATA and Eddie Salah who donated his time to drive the Novena Trolley and our trolley mates who did the 2012 Novena crawl.
The work put in by these families is truly astounding and we are all honored by the welcoming by each and every house and huge props go out to the women, men and children that keep this tradition alive. You are what makes our community special.
Kim Smith will do her usual knock out job covering the entire thing in a much more refined manner than my stuff but it will take a bit for her to chew through all the footage.
In the mean time, I’ll be doing a separate post each day from each family, some had more coverage than other from me as while The Bean and Snoop Maddie Mad were still with us I wanted to spend that time with them.
First off, the Trolley-
Click the slideshow below to see the larger sized pictures of the thumbnails-
Video with Sefathia explaining what it’s all about-
Good Morning Gloucester 