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.

SFL Local Music Showcase: Steve Lacey, Jazz Guitarist on Saturday at 3PM

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SFL Local Music Showcase: Steve Lacey, Jazz Guitarist on Saturday at 3PM

The Sawyer Free Library is thrilled to welcome local jazz guitarist STEVE LACEY on Saturday, January 27 from 3:00 to 4:00 PM as part of the Library’s Local Music Showcase Series @ 21 Main Street. 

All are welcome to come and enjoy some live jazz performed by the incredibly talented Steve Lacey at the Sawyer Free Library located at 21 Main Street, 2nd floor, Gloucester. 

For more information, visit sawyerfreelibrary.org or 978-325-5500.

Valentine’s Day Is Coming Orrrr… You Just Might Want This For Yourself- Travis Mathew New With Tags Thirsty Seagull Shacket Retails for

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Travis Mathew Shirt Jacket Size XL Retails For $160- Our Price $60 New With Tags

My Design- Lobster American Flag Black Camo Cap

Thirsty Seagull Performance Rope Caps

Beanie Caps Are Sold Out and On Reorder!

contact me at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com if you would like to purchase or go to our shop at 44 Main Street Gloucester in between The Cave and Caffe Sicilia

I got a parking ticket and guess whose fault it is?

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If you guessed my fault, then you’d be 100% correct. Not the meter maid’s fault, it was all mine. I’ve been trying to be good about parking in St Peter’s lot or on Rogers St and feeding the meter through the Flowbird app, but I was traversing Main St talking to other downtown retailers about doing something special for the Saturday before Valentine’s Day and I let the meter run out due to a foggy brain.

But the fact is, it was my fault. Not the meter maid. She isn’t a bitch for doing her job like some people resort to expressing their frustration when they are clearly in the wrong.

I messed up, I own it, and I’ll pay it.

Grove Street Self Storage not only offers climate controlled storage units.. We also have RV, vehicle, and boat parking spots available for rent on site. Rates can be found directly on our website. For more information or to secure yours visit us at www.grovestreetselfstorage.com

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Sawyer Free Library’s Gloucester Genealogy Group: “Getting Started in Italian Research” 

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Sawyer Free Library’s Gloucester Genealogy Group: “Getting Started in Italian Research” 

The Sawyer Free Library is pleased to share that the Gloucester Genealogy Group is back in action and kicking off its monthly meetings this January at 21 Main Street in downtown Gloucester. 

Researching your genealogy can provide information about where your ancestors lived, what they did, and how they may have lived.  The Sawyer Free Library holds a vast and diverse collection of resources to help you with your research. In addition, each month, the Library’s Gloucester Genealogy Group will present genealogy-related programming, including lectures from guest speakers with expertise in numerous related topics. All events are free and open to the public. Registration is required at sawyerfreelibrary.org. 

On Saturday, January 27 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. nationally recognized professional genealogist, author and lecturer, Senior Genealogist Rhonda McClure will present virtually to the group at 21 Main Street on “Getting Started in Italian Research.” This lecture looks at how to start researching your Italian ancestors by examining records generated in the U.S. and Italy and what is most important in effectively researching Italian records. 

Then on Saturday, February 17, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Rhonda McClure will again join the group virtually to share about the importance and details of “Organizing Your Family Papers.” The March meeting will be presented in partnership with the Rockport Public Library. On March 9 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., the Libraries will welcome Michael Brophy, a nationally known, professional genealogical researcher, heir search specialist, and lecturer from the Boston area. This event will occur in the Brenner Room of the Rockport Public Library.

Registration is now open for all three Gloucester Genealogy events at sawyerfreelibrary.org or by calling 978-325-5500.  

Currently the Sawyer Free Library offers a wide variety of local history resources, in person and online, at its temporary location at 21 Main Street. The Library’s Local History Collection contains materials about Gloucester and Cape Ann and written by and about Gloucester and Cape Ann authors. Subjects include local history, genealogy, biography, and some fiction. Materials are in the form of books, hand-printed items, maps, city documents, and more.

The Sawyer Free Library is looking forward to officially opening its renovated, expanded, and modernized space in the fall of 2025 which will feature a Local History Research Center. This new center will revolutionize how Gloucester’s historical research materials are curated, archived, preserved, and accessed, offering an insider’s passport to the rich cultural history of the city and region.

For more information about Sawyer Free Library’s digital archives, local history resources, and services or to register for the Gloucester Genealogy Events, visit sawyerfreelibrary.org or 978-325-5500

To learn more about or to invest in the 2025 Sawyer Free Library’s History Research Center, please visit sawyerfree2025.org.

Register here-

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Cape Ann Museum – CAMTalk
Saturday, February 3, 2024
2:00 – 3:15 pm
with Susan Morreale, visual storyteller
CAM Auditorium, 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester MA Free for members, $10 for non-members

with Susan Morreale, visual storyteller
CAM Auditorium, 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester MA
Free for members, $10 for non-members
Live streamed on Vimeo and Facebook
REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

https://www.capeannmuseum.org/events/camtalks/

This one-hour, visual journey is largely based on Cape Ann Museum’s vast, historic photograph collection. The presentation is extensively researched and illustrates a lovely and short-lived time gone by, c1900. Learn about the 15 hotels, who they served, and what happened to them. Susan will take you around the East Gloucester peninsula to a world where guests stayed, not for a week, but for a season. Understand how the land changed from one of farms and pastures to a center of resort life, and became the most dense area of summer hotels between Boston and Maine.

Oak To Ember Sunday Brunch _ Huevos Rancheros, Avo Toast and Chicken &Waffles!

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Address: 9 Rogers St, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: (978) 289-5859

Menu: oaktoember.com

From The Oak To Ember Instagram:

oaktoember

rise and shinnnnne brunch lovers
🍳our sunday brunch from 10 to 2 🍳

what’s it gonna be? chicken and waffles, breakfast sandwich or an osa mimosa with a sunday crueller?
whatever it may be, we are excited to see you. check out our menu online now and make your reservations.

ELECTRIFY EVERYTHING

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The Sawyer Free Library is pleased to host the Cape Ann Climate Coalition on Thursday, January 25, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at 21 Main Street for an interactive presentation on the benefits of electrifying everything in your home.

Whether you rent or own, are ready to make decisions, or are gathering information for future decisions, you’ll want to attend this free discussion. Learn from Cape Ann residents about what you can do as a Cape Ann resident to “Electrify Everything” and make your home here on Cape Ann more energy efficient.

The event will feature a “Breakfast for Dinner” demonstration on induction cooktops. They will make pancakes, hot cocoa, and tea for everyone to eat and drink using induction cooktops; explain the benefits of cooking with induction stoves; raffle off a portable induction cooktop; and discuss the energy rebates and incentives for all income households, including tenant households. The event is free and open to all. Registration is requested at sawyerfreelibrary.org.

The Sawyer Free Library, temporarily located at 21 Main Street and online 24/7, is looking forward to officially opening its new and modernized space in the fall of 2025. The renovated and expanded 2025 Sawyer Free Library will be the first public building on Cape Ann that generates renewable energy from solar and uses no fossil fuels for the building’s site energy. The Sawyer Free Library is committed to achieving a LEED Gold Certification and Mass Save Path 1 Net- Zero-Ready Verification —a status achieved by minimizing energy demand, generating as much electricity on site as possible through solar, and securing a renewable source for additional electricity to achieve net-zero energy.

The Sawyer Free Library knows that every action we take individually and collectively toward making our environment resilient and sustainable is a step toward a net zero-impact future.

To learn more about or to invest in the 2025 Sawyer Free Library’s sustainability features, please visit sawyerfreelibrary.org/sustainability.

For more information or to register for the Electrify Everything presented by the Cape Ann Climate Coalition on Thursday, January 25, at 5:30 pm, go to sawyerfreelibrary.org or 978-325-5500.

ELECTRIFY EVERYTHING