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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.
The Great New England Hurricane, Boston, 1938
The Great New England Hurricane of September 1938 killed 600 to 800 people, damaged or destroyed 57,000 homes, took out 26,000 automobiles, and felled 2 billion trees. It was the first major hurricane to hit New England since 1869. In New York City, the East River surged three blocks inland. This photo was taken on Boston Common where the Ducklings sculpture is now.
Fredrik D. Bodin Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street Gloucester, MA 01930
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Pick Those Tomatoes Before The Storm and Make Sista Felicia’s Sun Dried Tomato Recipe
There are tons of tomatoes ripe on the vine what will undoubtedly fall off when the storm hits. So if you had an event planned for today which was cancelled or if you’re looking for something to do, go pick some tomatoes and make some delish Sun-Dried Tomatas!
Sista Felicia recipe
This time of year I find myself daydreaming of my childhood! I remember Sunday mornings, while the grownups in our family had coffee and Italian pastry with my grandparents, my brother, cousins and I would play outside in my grandparents’’ yard. Every summer while playing I watch my grandparents’ garden grow. I always knew that school days were approaching, when their tomatoes were ready for picking! Tomato time at my grandparents’ house was a family affair! Canning tomatoes for the winter was a ritual.
Ingredients:
2 pints of vine ripe small tomatoes (use a verity of small tomatoes)
Kosher salt
Fresh ground pepper
Olive oil
Step 1: Rinse and dry tomatoes
Step 2: Cut tomatoes in half
Step 3: place cut tomatoes in a medium bowl 
Step 4: Season tomatoes with 2 teaspoon of Kosher salt
Step 5: Drizzle Olive oil over tomatoes
Step 6 : Gently toss to evenly coat tomatoes with oil
Step 7: Pour tomatoes onto a cookie sheet fit with a cookie rack
Step 8: Using your hands turn each tomato on rack with cut side facing up and season with 1 Tablespoon of Kosher salt
Step 9: Dust tomatoes with freshly ground pepper
Step 10: Place tomatoes in preheated in 200 degree oven for 3-4 hours until tomatoes are dehydrated
Step 11: Pour a ÂĽ cup of olive oil into each mason jar.
Step 12: Place 1 garlic clove in each jar.
Step 13: Layer sun-dried tomatoes and garlic Âľ of the way to the top of the jar and top with olive oil.
Step 14: Place a lid and ring onto each mason jar and store in refrigerator until ready to use.
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The Only Hurricane Irene Strike Prediction Map You’ll Need- the Official GMG Hurricane Irene Pasta Zugu Models
NECN? Bah, Matt Noyes has nothing on our Official GoodMorningGloucester Pasta Zugu Hurricane Irene Potential Path Model Map.
We’ve been monitoring the storm all week long (not really) and have the latest technology available which came up with these very detailed Hurricane Irene projected path models. As you can see we’ve really narrowed down where the potential impacts may occur.
OFFICIAL GMG HURRICANE IRENE PASTA ZUGU MAP
Make sure you check on your elders and keep your children safe. Don’t be the bananahead that feels like you need to go out on the rocks on the back shore and get swept out to sea.
and yeah, it’s not gravy, it’s not sauce, it’s ZUGU if you’re from G-Town Baby!
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Claire D. Way Makes Team USA as Only Skater from new England To Be Chosen! Way To Go Claire!!!!
Hi Joey,
I know you are a big fan of the Boston Derby Dames. One of the skaters, Claire D. Way, a local girl from Ipswich,
made Team USA. Team USA will be skating at the World Cup to be held in Toronto Canada – Dec. 1 thru 4, 2011.
Claire D. Way is the only skater from New England to be chosen for the team. There will be 13 countries participating
in this event. This should be an historical event. The team would be proud if you post this on GMG. Thank you.
Here is her skater profile link:, Meet Team USA: Claire D. Way | DerbyLife
Claire D. Way On Good Morning Gloucester-
Allana Taranto Photo for The Derby Dames 2011 Calendar-
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Chickity Check It! Ally O’Connor’s NXT Event Blog
Ally writes on the new blog-
All Things Boston, All Things New England
Thanks for visiting our blog and new website. It’s summer here in the city, and it’s always an interesting juxtaposition in terms of time … while we all live with the hustle and bustle of the city, we are also chasing the best that summer has to offer while the fair weather stays. It’s easy enough to do in our destination. I love the breeze that blows through my new offices rolling right over the top of the Cruiseport Boston, while sneaking peaks of the masts from visiting Tall Ships or the vessels in Extreme Sailing. I imagine all the folks headed out on the seas and the ferries to / from the Boston Harbor Islands or maybe the amazing whale watching. Streets and sidewalks are busting with al fresco style dining and foot traffic, from one of my favorite secrets – North 26 overlooking Fanueil Hall Marketplace, the terrace of Mamma Maria’s in the North End and the hot new dockside deck and patio at Jerry Remy’s in the Seaport.
Yet, on Thursday nights, my head has already turned north to Cape Ann, where I grew up and now live with my husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs, and 2 cats. Residing nearby the Back Shore of Gloucester, where the coastline meets the expansive never ending Atlantic views, we spend our days lulling by the sea, at the beach, on a boat, biking, or walking. Just a few weekends back, I was excited to find out my friend Bea Flammia has recently come to Gloucester and experienced the new water shuttle, as well as the re-emerging Arts and Cultural District, and that she brought this back to her hotel concierge at the Fairmont Battery Wharf … got me thinking about all my own homeport has to offer that I take for granted and need to do a better job sharing.
That’s the next step at NXTevent. Communicate to our friends and relationships all that Boston and New England have to offer. The sneak peaks behind the scenes that we take for granted, whether its the growing organic farming communities and markets to exploring Chinatown’s cuisines, to a fresh new concept in evening events and dine arounds – exploring our coastline restaurants by water instead of foot. Tell you our story, as it occurs, and let you share your story with us.
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Video- Schooner Ardelle Essex Built Welcomed To Gloucester
Pinky Schooner Ardelle Enters New Home In Gloucester Harbor For First Time. Filmed By Barbara Luster
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Community Weekend Cancellations- Essex Music Festival- Fish Box Derby Inspections
Essex Music Festival CANCELLED!!
The 18th Annual Essex Music Festival Saturday, August 27, 2011
CANCELLED
Please stayed tuned and check the website for further updates. Noon – 10:30 pm
Centennial Grove
on Chebacco Lake, Essex
Fish Box Derby vs. Hurricane Irene
Dear Joey,
Due to Hurricane Irene’s threat, we of the the Fish Box Derby committee are forced to reschedule the inspection date for cars and drivers from this Sunday, Aug. 28th until Sunday, Sept. 11th. The inspection will still be at C. B. Fisk, 21 Kondelin Road, Cape Ann Industrial Park, Gloucester from 9AM ’til noon. The race date remains Sunday, Sept. 18th. Link to our website follows. Could we please ask for your help in posting this on GMG?
Thank you for your help!
Rick Isaacs, Vice-president Fish Box Derby, Phone: 978-590-7427
Dan Conrad, President Fish Box Derby, Phone: 978-828-9816
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The News From Rocky Neck via Judy Robinson-Cox
Khan Studio Deviled Egg Contest Winners
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Through August 30: PROPRIETARY CHAOS
Photography by Laurence Kent Jones
Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave.
Due to his assignment to the U.S. Embassy in Haiti, Jones resided in Port-au-Prince for the last four years. This collection of photographs taken before and after the 2010 earthquake, include journalistic street scenes and oversized panoramas of informally built hillside neighborhoods in Haiti.
Rocky Neck Gallery| www.rockyneckgallery.com | 978-282-0917
Guest Artist
at Khan Studio
Paintings by Sinikka Nogelo, Through Sept 1
Khan Studio / Good Morning Gloucester Gallery
on Madfish Alley
Tidal River, painting by Sinikka Nogelo
Sinikka Nogelo, a Gloucester artist, was a familiar face on Cape Ann Television until her retirement last summer. The works she is exhibiting at Khan Studio / Good Morning Gloucester Gallery encompass a "year of re-discovery."
Khan Studio, Madfish Alley | www.khanstudiointernational.com | 857-891-9054
August 31 – September 13: From Cape Ann to Tahiti
Oil paintings by Rokhaya Waring
RECEPTION : SAT, September 3, 6 – 8pm
Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave
Sunset, Opunohu Bay 20" x 20" , oil by Rokhaya Waring
Last June, I traveled to Moorea, a volcanic island in the middle of the South Pacific and part of Tahiti. Moorea can truly be called "Paradise on Earth". A place I had only read about was suddenly the place I stood, paints in hand. I often had the feeling there of being in a dream. I couldn’t help but think of Fletcher Christian and the Bounty or wonder where Gauguin and Matisse might have walked… My greatest challenge was seeing through its picture-postcard beauty. It is a real place, after all. On Tahiti I was drawn by the swiftly changing clouds, lush vegetation, and the colors of the ocean- the same elements I love about my home in Gloucester, Mass., on the Atlantic. As far apart as they are, each place has helped me see the other- more often contrasting though at times reminiscent.
Music at the Madfish
Thursday, August 25 – 9pm to close ~ Soul Rebel Project
Friday, August 26 – 9pm to close ~ Runaround
Saturday, August 27 – 9pm to close ~ Madhouse
Sunday, August 28– 8pm to close ~ Jack Lee and Diversity
Apples Hanging from the Sun, oil, 15" x11"
Ruth Mordecai : Open Studio & Sale
Saturday, September 3 & Monday, September 5
Paintings, drawings, monoprints, collages, 1980 – 2007, framed and unframed
All work priced to sell to make room for new work.
4 Terrace Lane, Rocky Neck
(up the stairs across Rocky Neck Avenue from IMAGINE. Look for Balloons on the stairs andBalloons on the porch of the third house up on the right.)
Conrad Eric Armstrong (September 8 to October 7)
Thursday, September 8, Introductory Slide presentation, Rocky Neck Gallery
Brain Buggy (part of the Mnemonosphere cycle), 2010, 21.7" x 29.5"
Watercolor on glue gesso on panel
Conrad Armstrong is an American artist who currently lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic, where he splits his time between teaching English, making art, and exhibiting. One of Conrad’s primary interests is the intersection between landscape and memory in human culture and history. Over the last decade, Conrad’s work has dealt with this theme in various media and from different perspectives. Landscape paintings made from memory, topographic paper sculpture, mnemonically-encoded images, landscape installation, and drawing and painting in situ are all manifestations of this interest. In addition to this theme, Conrad has also produced other bodies of work and exhibitions on other subjects including fetish objects, the role of social networks in contemporary life, the relationship between cars and alternative modes of transportation, and the potential of the classroom as a creative space. Underlying all of Conrad’s work is a sense of curiosity, playfulness, and whimsy that results in a compelling and often funny experience for the viewer. Though he is quite familiar with the North Shore, Conrad is delighted to have the opportunity to deepen his relationship with the area while developing his work at Rocky Neck in September 2011.
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Mad Hungry Lucinda Scala Quinn’s “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner” As Prepared By The Mrs
My wife was absolutely beside herself when I told her that Lucinda stopped by the dock to pick up some lobsters the other day.
The reason she was so upset was because she religiously DVR’s Lucinda’s show Mad Hungry and one of my favorite dishes that the Mrs has been making for a couple of months now came from the show- “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner”
The Mrs is a huge fan of Lucinda and the show mostly due to the simple recipes that all pack great taste.
Me personally? I’ve never had a love affair with beans but the beans in this dish I could eat for days they are so packed with flavor.
here’s the recipe and the show’s website-
Recipe’s from Today’s Show: Weeknight Dinner Challenge Winner
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Junior Seau and Pablo- Separated at Birth?
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Chickity Check It! Dave Jewell and Tom Ring On CBS news Last Night With Lauren Leamanczyk
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GLOUCESTER (CBS) – Hurricane Irene could cause major damage to homes and the economy in Gloucester.
Gloucester residents still talk about The Perfect Storm back in the 90′s, but no one is quite sure what Irene is going to bring.
People in the fishing industry and those who live along the water are preparing for the absolute worst.
“It’s certainly going to get rough, and that could impact the whole lobster industry, the gill netters, everyone. It’s not good for us at all,” said Tom Ring
Click picture below to go to CBS Boston where you can watch the video.
When you are done watching the video you just gotta check out the website of cameraman Rick Macomber www.macomberproductions.com. He does a series of videos of the Tekka fresh fish marketplace in Little India Singapore. Visually stunning work really.
Here’s the team who brought you the piece on Twitter-
Cameraman Rick Macomber on twitter @boston_camera
Lauren on Twitter LaurenWBZ
also Assignment Editor and Uber Boston News Twitter Star Andrea Courtois@AndreaWBZ
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Chamber Contractor’s Mixer At The Building Center
If y’all haven’t seen the kitchen center at the Building Center and are thinking about remodeling, it’s a must visit for ideas. They have all the latest stuff and it is very well laid out to give you ideas.
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GMG Nominated For CBS Boston’s Most Valuable Blogger In The Everything Else Category
If you feel that we deserve it you might consider voting each day through the 9th of September.   CBS Boston’s Most Valuable Blogger In The Everything Else Category
Here’s a link to the site-
Here are the rules-
Voting for Finalists will be limited to one vote per day.
Very cool!  Thanks to whoever of you guys nominated us!
I’ll leave the widget they provided the nominees in the sidebar so you can vote daily.  Please only vote if you think we deserve it and thanks again, it’s a great honor to be nominated out of the probably millions of blogs throughout Massachusetts.
Congratulations Team!!!  and by team I mean every single reader, contributor and commenter because we’ve said all along that this thing we love doesn’t exist without all of you.  Without our readers and people writing in to let us know they like what we are doing we don’t really have a reason to keep trying to churn out the very best content we can possibly offer.  Thank You Team!!!!!
YOU ALL EARNED THIS NOMINATION!!!
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Curley – Pet of the Week – Cape Ann Animal Aid
Hi, my name is Curley, I am the big kitten in the front.
I am here at the Cape Ann Animal Aid in Gloucester with my brothers. We are four-month-old short-haired kittens. Moe has a handsome black coat, Larry is a sticking tiger kitten and I have a shiny orange coat.
It is so nice here at the shelter, everyone is so kind and caring. If you would like a kitten, please stop down and meet us. The only problem is, we are all so cute, you won’t know which one of us to adopt. My vote goes with me! I think I am so cute it should be illegal!
I have to run, that comment just made Moe cry!
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The Mrs and Her Buddies Suffer Through Another Day at The Beach, Capture A Huge Lobster And Release It
Here is our pal Amy Foster displaying the large crustacean before releasing it back to the wild like a pack of Karma inspired Buddhas!
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What Up Homie?
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Video- Behind The Scenes Shooting For Tonight’s WBZ News- Storm Prep at Captain Joe and Sons
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Look for WBZ Hottie Lauren Leamanczyk Shown Here With Cameraman Rick Macomber and Dave Jewell and Tom Ring On Tonight’s WBZ News
Lauren came down to talk to our fishermen about storm preparations. We shot some “C” roll material with your boy Joey but hopefully they won’t have to use my ugly mug in the telecast.
Cameraman Rick does a great website- www.macomberproductions.com check it out!
AlsoFollow Rick on twitter @boston_camera
Lauren on Twitter LaurenWBZ
also Assignment Editor and Uber Boston News Twitter Star Andrea Courtois @AndreaWBZ
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