The Final Bracket In the Gloucester’s Best Bar Staff Has Been Set With The #1 seed @thelobsterofgloucester (seeding determined by number of community nominations) blasting its way through to the final tallying large margins of victory along the way facing off against #7 seed @seaport_grille which has plodded its way through the tournament in the last three rounds with an average margin of victory of 1.5%. Will The Lobster continue its wrecking ball run or will the fans of Seaport Grill rise up to take down Goliath? Only time will tell. Voting has begun and runs through Wednesday morning at 5:30AM! Vote for your favs at http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com Good luck!!!

The Silver Martini Shaker will be presented to the champs this weekend!

Link to vote: Once you go here you click start voting button at the top!

Link to vote: Once you go here you click start voting button at the top!

𝓣𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂’𝓼 𝓢𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵𝓼
🍕Buy any 18” Pizza get an 18” Cheese for $5
🍕Buy any 16” Pizza get a 16” Cheese for $5
🍕Half off any 18 Inch pizza
(Pizza deals cannot be combined)

🎉Additional Specials for today!
🦞$19.99 Lobster Rolls
🍔 $4.99 cheeseburgers w/ Chips & Pickles
Have a great day! ☀️

Saturday , May 17th 8:00AM to Noon

Annisquam Village Hall Lawn

34 Leonard Street

Gloucester, MA

Website: AnnisquamSewingCircle.org

Calendar

Facebook: www.facebook.com/AnnisquamSewingCircle

Instagram: www.instagram.com/annisquamsewingcircle/

YouTube: AnnisquamSewingCircle01930

Blog: ASC Blog

Email: AnnisquamSewingCircle@gmail.com

Village Website: AnnisquamVillage.org

MAY 7, 2025 ~ BACKYARDGROWERSGLOUCESTER

🥕 Join us for a Sip & Sow evening at Cape Ann Lanes and Laneside Pub & Brewery, where we’ll share tips and guidance for successfully starting your own veggie garden in containers this year. Backyard Growers will be planting herbs and veggies for the season in the brewery’s beer garden planters.

🍻 Thanks to Laneside Brewery for collaborating with Backyard Growers on Grow Wild, their new limited edition sour featuring prickly pear. $1 from every Grow Wild goes to supporting Backyard Growers’ programs in the community connecting people with the resources, space, and knowledge they need to grow their own food.

💚 Your ticket purchase for this event also supports Backyard Growers’ programs.

🍅 Come on down to chat veggie gardens and enjoy a delicious brew!

Learn more & purchase tickets

https://www.facebook.com/share/16X9XUnzni/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Hey Joey,

Thanks so much for meeting with us today.  Attached is the flyer for the three upcoming events and the flyer for the Azorean fundraiser.  This can be printed out and brought to the event, or can be picked up at the Chamber of Commerce and other places that will be posted on the Fireworks Facebook page.  

And below is the link to our Facebook page.

If you have any questions, please just reach out.  Thanks again!

Emily Tarr Oliver

https://www.facebook.com/share/19Zq9YH2um/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I was walking at the waters edge when a group of Plover chicks started moving towards me. That’s not fair we’re not allowed to approach them but where are the signs for the Plovers to stay away from us? Is that fair?

Always fun being part of this wonderful community.

Bill Funk

East Gloucester

Link to Gloucester Apparel- https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/

https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/product/01930-patch-cap/76

🌊♻️ Protecting Our Waters – Together! ♻️🌊

The City of Gloucester is proud to partner with Seaside Sustainability to host a free, easy, and eco-friendly way for boaters to recycle their shrink wrap this spring! 🚤🌱

Why It Matters:
Discarded shrink wrap can harm our waterways and marine life. This program helps keep Cape Ann clean and beautiful — one wrap at a time.

Here’s How It Works:

✅ FREE – No cost to you!
✅ OPEN – Available to all Cape Ann boat owners during the month of May
📍 LOCATION – Drop off at Gloucester DPW: 28 Poplar St, Gloucester (Check the link for hours: https://tinyurl.com/22s27yxd)
♻️ CONVENIENT – Bring shrink wrap only (no wood or trash), and we’ll make sure it’s responsibly recycled

𝓣𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂’𝓼 𝓢𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵𝓼
🍕Buy any 18” Pizza get an 18” Cheese for $5
🍕Buy any 16” Pizza get a 16” Cheese for $5
🍕Half off any 18 Inch pizza
(Pizza deals cannot be combined)

🎉Additional Specials for today!
🦞$19.99 Lobster Rolls
🍔 $4.99 cheeseburgers w/ Chips & Pickles
Have a great day! ☀️

GLOUCESTER, MA

Jon Sarkin’s Fish City Studios, the heartbeat of outsider and experimental art on the North Shore will transform its 39 Main Street gallery into a three‑hour mash‑up of turntables, live painting, and new, fresh boundary‑pushing visuals on Saturday, May 24, from 5-8 PM.

The one‑night happening features:

• Music from Lowell’s vinyl-enthusiast DJ collective Spins ’n’ Needles: Sets by Killed by Scott, DJ No Comply, and Heather Noecker will keep the vibe at a “reasonably raucous” level. Genres include garage, punk, and rocksteady.
• Live painting by Patrick O’Donnell: Watch the Beverly-based punk rocker / house painter build a large‑scale work in real time.
• Group show spanning five artists and two generations:
  • Fresh vault pulls from the late outsider legend Jon Sarkin
  • Vintage Janet archival prints by Globe photographer Janet Knott
  • Textural photo experiments by Tom & Judy Robinson‑Cox
  • New mixed‑media canvases from Patrick O’Donnell

“We’re turning Sarkin’s studio into a living laboratory where DJs, painters, and photographers collide—live, loud, and unfiltered,” says gallery director Mark Henderson.

The exhibition itself is open May 15–30 (Mon-Sat 10am-5pm) but the Memorial Day weekend reception is the only chance to experience the DJs and live art performance together.

Admission: Free. Walk‑ins welcome; RSVP appreciated on Facebook.
Parking: Free after 4 p.m.
Address: Jon Sarkin’s Fish City Studios, 39 Main St., Gloucester, MA 01930

1 Whistlestop Mall
Rockport, MA

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MAY 6, 2025 ~ TODTHEOPENDOOR

Want to help alleviate the impact of hunger here on Cape Ann? Donating to help stock the shelves at The Open Door is as easy as leaving a bag of nonperishable food by your mailbox this Saturday for Gloucester AND Rockport residents thanks to local letter carriers. 

Each year, members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) organize the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive to collect donations of food in their communities. Donations on Cape Ann will be delivered directly to The Open Door.

Most needed donations include:  

• Coffee 
• Condiments (ketchup, mustard, mayo, and salad dressings) 
• Cooking Oil 
• Peanut Butter 
• Canned Tuna 

The Open Door asks the community to please avoid donating anything in glass containers.  

Locally, the Ipswich and Manchester-by-the-Sea post offices are also participating in this year’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. 

Those that live in communities other than Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester-by-the-Sea, or Ipswich can check with their local post office to see if they are participating in this weekend’s food drive.