Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

I am very happy to announce that my book of photographs, Tutta La Famiglia: Portrait of a Sicilian Cafe in America, has been published by Lecturis publishers of Amsterdam!

It is a hard cover book, with 60 black & white photographs, and an essay by Frank Viviano.

Books can be purchased at the publisher’s website:
https://lecturis.nl/en/product/tutta-la-famiglia/

I have a very limited quantity of books available to sell directly. The cost is $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping per book.

Also available: a limited edition of a signed print, 7 in. x 10 in., together with a copy of the book, for $250.00

Please contact me directly for more information:
pcg@paulcarygoldberg.com
978.821.9920

With great appreciation to you all,

Paul

Here’s the calico lobster that Mike Tupper landed yesterday at the dock. I bought it and donated it to Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute 🧬 where they will analyze it and hopefully do a gene sequencing study on it to determine what are the specific genes that make it a rare calico lobster. Pretty cool stuff!

Here’s an interview with Tim Sullivan we did when I went to drop it off this morning-

 Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken today announced that residents and businesses will notice a change to their utility bills later this month as the City of Gloucester launches a new billing layout.

The new billing layout is a result of the City completing the transition to new utility billing software. This will be the first quarterly bill to be presented in the new format. The redesigned utility bills create a more customer friendly design with the important aspects of customer’s bills available and easy to view.

Mayor Romeo Theken said, “Our top priority is delivering first-rate customer service and ensuring our customers stay informed about their accounts.  The new bill has a clean design that makes it easier for customers to find important information about their bills and usage activity.”

The transition took a bit longer than anticipated resulting in this bill being issued slightly later than the normal billing date. The quarterly consumption period covered by the bill however remains the same as in past years, April 1, 2019 to July 2, 2019.  Bills are due October 28, 2019.

John Dunn, Chief Financial Officer, said, “This was a complicated project and required considerable effort on the part of a small number of staff from IT, Treasurer/Collector and DPW departments to complete it.  We hope that all utility customers find the bills to be informative and easier to read than the previous format.”

Payments can be made in person at the City Collector’s Office at Gloucester City Hall, by mail or on-line, by visiting the Online Services page, www.gloucester-ma.gov/payments.  The enhanced on-line portal is now available on all web browsers and payments are free by e-check or a small surcharge is added to pay by credit card.

For those with a balance due prior to June 30, 2019, there is no balance forward on the new bills.  The City will be issuing demand bills in early November 2019 under the old billing software. Instructions and directions related to paying old balances and new balances will be posted on the City’s website on the Online Services page.

Questions regarding meter reading, usage or service should be directed to the Department of Public Works at 978-325-5600. Questions regarding utility payments should be directed to the Collector’s Office at 978-281-9735.

This is one of the final steps in Munis integration which has been a four year project to modernize the City’s financial systems. The implementation of various Munis financial software modules has continued to make budget and finance reporting and billing more transparent. This final transition included months of collaboration between the Department of Public Works, Treasurer/Collector’s Office and Information Technology to transfer account information, test for quality assurance and prepare for distribution.

The next bill will be mailed out on or about November 28, 2019 and bills thereafter will be produced on the regular historic cycle.

I promise you you won’t be disappointed.  Looking at the store from the front it doesn’t look very big but it goes a long way back- long and skinny.  Medford’s version of J Pace.