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Author: Joey Ciaramitaro
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The Gift That Keeps On Giving- From Todd Harrington
They were taken at Plum Cove Beach this evening. There were at least a dozen disks washed up. Must be the "gift that keeps on giving"……here we are in May.
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Free Health Services at Safe Boating Day at US Coast Guard Station in Gloucester Saturday May 21st
Here is CWO2 Luis Munoz at US Coast Guard Station Gloucester speaking about Boater’s Safety Day.
I’ve attended this event in the past and there really are some interesting things to see. It’s not just for commercial fishermen, the entire public would enjoy the event and it’s free. Iespecially encourage people to bring their children, they have some cool demonstrations.
On Saturday, May 21, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. free health screenings, vaccines, access to health insurance, overdose prevention training, safety resources and other educational materials will be provided by: Addison Gilbert Hospital Gloucester Family Health Center CAB Health & Recovery Services Gloucester Health Department and Healthy Gloucester Collaborative
This program will be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Station, 14 Harbor Loop in Gloucester. There is no fee and all are welcome to attend.
For further information about the health fair, please contact Kathy Day at Gloucester Health Department 866-964-4604.
The free health fair is being held in conjunction with Safe Boating Day that will be held from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The event is help to promote safe boating awareness through demonstrations and informational booths.
“The goal is to put all aspects of boating safety back in the public eye as we approach our spring and summer boating season,” said Chief Warrant Officer Luis Munoz, the commanding officer of Station Gloucester.
The station will showcase an assortment of search and rescue demonstrations to include a live helicopter demonstration from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, MA, damage control simulations, live distress flare exercises, de-watering pump operation and live fire extinguisher demonstrations and flare demonstration.
Information on commercial fishing vessel safety, tours of Station Gloucester and its vessels, structured boating and paddling safety and various booth will be available to visitors.
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will also be offering free vessel safety exams for recreational vessels at the boat launch, located by the Gloucester High School and at the Gloucester Harbor Masters dock for vessels not on trailers. If the inspection is conducted at the boat ramp, and the vessel passes the inspection by the examiner, the launch fee of $10. will be waived by the City of Gloucester.
Tour of the station and of the visiting U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jefferson Island, a 110-foot patrol boat will be available to the public during the day’s event. Partnering and businesses along with the Coast Guard will have booths set up throughout the station grounds to offer information on:
– VHF radio and digital selective calling/distress operation
– Salvage
– Medical information and Services
– Boating Under the Influence
– Commercial vessels
– Kayaking safety
– Cold water survival
– Fire extinguishers and operation
Representatives include: U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Power Squadron, State of MA Marine Environmental Protection, Commercial fishing safety representatives, Gloucester Fisherman’s Wives Association, Gloucester Fire Department, Gloucester Harbor Master, Gloucester Police Department, REI, Seatronics and North Shore Fire.
Parking for these events are available at the lot adjacent to the Building Center and on Harbor Loop.
For more information about the Safe Boating Day Events, please contact Adam Smart at 978-283-0705.
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GMG Exclusive- Sugar Mag’s Dinner Menu
Although this is subject to change we have the preliminary menu from Sugar Mag’s which will be officially opening for dinner Thursday and Friday nights beginning May 26th and 27th.
There will be no reservations so get there early!
Some pictures from Sugar Magnolia’s when they served outside on Main St for the Block Party-
Lobster Risotto
Sugarcane Skewered Diver Scallops
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Mike & Jackie DeFalco Celebrating Anniversary Represent! In Provincetown
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Gloucester and Rockport 50’s, 60’s Photo Series From Mark Holzman Part XIV Rockport MA
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Skeptics in the Pub May 17th
Skeptics in the Pub
On May 17th, the next meeting of Cape Ann Skeptics in the Pub will feature “Nineteenth Century Medicine in the Twenty-First Century”. The presentation will be made by Rich Sagall, MD, and Rosella Park Sagall. This theme will include some facts about familiar topics that may surprise you and some unfamiliar facts that may make you even more skeptical. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet skeptics such as yourself. We meet at 6:00, at The Dog Bar, 65 Main St., Gloucester. You can find us at www.capeannskeptics.com
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Unveiling Of The Magnolia Memorial Stone Event May 21 10:00
Hello Joe
Thank you so much for your wonderful web site that so many enjoy. At our Magnolia Historical Society a few nights ago, we were discussing publicity of our event and everyone shouted out GOOD MORNING GLOUCESTER!
We are very excited about this huge undertaking, a lot of hard work, fundraising, planning and execution has gone into making this dream reality!
Please contact either myself or Lisa Ramos for additional information about this community wide, all invited event!
Cathie Hull
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Benefit Concert In Essex May 21st
Hi Joey,
I’m a Worship Leader at Emmanuel Community Church in Essex. We are a small non-denominational congregation with a very active recovery & prison ministry. We are having a benefit concert on May 21st to raise money for repairs and improvements to the building. Below is some information about the event and the poster. Would you please include this on GMG as the event gets closer? THANK YOU, AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
The Upper Room Project is a capital improvement effort to the facilities at the church. The subfloor on the kitchen side of the building in need of repair. The project includes upgrading the kitchen and bathrooms, the nursery, and adding an upstairs multi-purpose space to house Sunday School Classes, AA & NA Meetings, Community Events and Concerts.
The concert will be a blast with food & fun. Ev Harlow "The Bad Boy of Folk" starts the show with a Comedy Set. Pastor Jim LaFontaine & Jeff Davis (with surprise guest or two) "Sons of Thunder" bring the 60’s Classic Rock. Mark Earley & Larry Sortwell "The Earley Birds" will cover the Blues and R & B portion of the evening, then Bob & Jeff Davis "Johnny Carwash" will close the show with some Telecaster Mastery.
This is a Clean & Sober event, and kids are welcome.
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Viva Blue Shutters — Another Great Food & Wine Tasting….with a Spanish Flavor
The New Owners At the Blue Shutters Inn have turned the place into a lively event center.
The latest from Tony Sapienza-
Viva Blue Shutters — Another Great Food & Wine Tasting….with a Spanish Flavor
When we planned our most recent Food & Wine Tasting around a Latin America theme (in celebration of Cinco de Mayo) little did we know that we’d have folks with South American roots as part of the crowd. So on Saturday afternoon when we began bringing out Chilean and Argentian wines and South American dishes like lamb and dried cherry quesadillas and grilled shrimp with almond romesco sauce, we were concerned that this might not stack up to their expectations. Well, we impressed even the girls with family from Argentina — as well as guests from Gloucester, GreaterBoston and New York. Speaking of Argentina, one of the more interesting dishes was Carne Arsado with Chimicurri sauce — it turns out the term "chimichurri" was based on the name of American cowboy Jimmy McCurry, who brought the recipe to the ranches of Argentina. So not only did everyone enjoy great food and wine — and lots of laughs and a few cigars after the tasting; we also learned something new. A big thank you to our wine expert Kathy Hill, from the Traveling Vineyard, and our visiting chef, Mark Sapienza from the Langham Hotel, for the wine and food (that’s Kathy in the photo here with Mark’s brother — and Blue Shutters innkeeper — Tony Sapienza showing off some of the dishes from Saturday night). We’ll start up our food and wine events again in the fall — we look forward to seeing everyone back for more tastings then.
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Help the Gloucester Dog Park Secure $100,000!
Please help yourselves & your dogs by raising some much needed funds to make the Gloucester Dog Park a reality! The Gloucester Dog Park has already been approved from the city and it’s future home will be within the Stage Fort Park!
PetSafe is running dog park contest, Bark For Your Park, and the winner receives $100,000 towards construction costs!
We need your vote of support! Please help us garner votes by:
Visit http://www.barkforyourpark.com/city/Gloucester_Massachusetts
You’ll see the Gloucester, MA entry
If you haven’t registered yet, click the link that says: Not a registered user? Click here to show your support
A survey will pop up asking how you will support the park: as a user of the park, and/or in other ways. For example, maybe you can donate some fill dirt or your time in fundraising, PR and so on. The more we show how we as individuals will support the park in various ways, the better our chances of winning. We encourage you to please fill out the optional text area of how you will support the park so we have a robust entry.
If you can support the park in more than one way, then go to the website 2 days later and any day thereafter and complete the survey again to note the next way you can lend a hand. If you can only be a “Park Enthusiast,” i.e. plan to use the park regularly, that’s okay. If you can support it in a variety of ways, that’s, of course, even better.
Right now we are trying to get into the top 25 semi-finalists list, so from now until June 1st (semi-finals deadline) the push is on for us to vote!
Thank you for your support and be sure to follow the Gloucester Dog Park on Facebook or check out our website for further updates!
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The Restored Tower Of The Annisquam Villiage Church
photo from Jackie Ganim DeFalco
husband Mikey may have had a little something to do with it 
A few babies could be found in the Bell Tower-
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I’m Just Sayin…
As worn By David Cox
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Highway Construction in Danvers
I’m not sure if it’s Moe, Larry and Curley or Charlie Sheen and his two goddesses who are doing the highway work up in Danvers but I swear I’ve never seen more than three stooges working there at a time.
They’ve been working there forever. I have no idea why thus stuff takes so long. In other parts of the country I visit I swear they put in entire interstate highways in less time than they take around here to do a single overpass.
Is it a union thing? I’m not sure why they don’t bring in an army of workers and equipment and bang out one job at a time quickly rather than have 20 projects going on at once with just a handful of workers at each project and dragging it out for years.
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Happy Birthday Madeline!
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Khan Studio & Good Morning Gloucester Gallery Video
Tonight EJ will have The Khan Studio/GMG Gallery Open on Rocky Neck for an unofficial opening! She decided since Jenny Dee and The Deelinquents will be jamming down at The Madfish that she’d open the doors. Here’s a preview-
Stop in and say hey if you are around (you can even get a sticka!)
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Gloucester and Rockport 50’s, 60’s Photo Series From Mark Holzman Part XIII- Captain Joe and Sons
This slide was put in the machine the correct way. East Gloucester
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One Hour At a Time Gang Notice For Saturday
Hi all:
Received a nice email from John McElhenny from Matters Communication.. They are doing a garden at Burnham’s Field in central Gloucester on Saturday. What we should do is the morning cleanup of the litter that accumulates there.
Time: Let us make it 9:00 if that works for all
Where: Burnham’s Field in central Gloucester
I will bring the bags and please make sure you bring gloves.
Thanks all and have a nice day.
Donna Ardizzoni
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Motif #1 back in the 70’s Photo Number 2 From Len Burgess
Here’s a 35mm shot of the original Motif #1 back in the 70’s.
You can see it was a patched-up rugged old building.
Also, thanks Joey for including the information of the Digital Photo Workshop at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum,
It filled up very quickly.
Len Burgess
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When did middle school children’s activities get so bananas?
When did middle school children’s activities get so bananas? Travel teams, pro style uniforms, traveling overseas, non-stop fundraising?
Remember Babe Ruth and pee-wee baseball with iron on numbers on t-shirts? Now they wear the same uniforms as the pros.
Why promise kids that if they earn enough through fundraising that they can go overseas? What’s wrong with taking a 4 hour bus ride to NYC? A big city is a big city, believe me.
Good Morning Gloucester 