Hi Joe, I hope all is well with you!

I wanted to share an idea for Good Morning Gloucester that will touch your readers hearts and inspire the North Shore community.

I’m working on a project for local contractor, Jim O’Neil who has put together a fund-raising effort for JD Martz, a 29-year-old family friend from Beverly who became paralyzed from the shoulders down last year.  JD has a supportive family and a loyal girlfriend who has stood by him as he works toward rehabilitation and recovery.  Their goal is to build JD a home in Danvers that will accommodate his electric wheelchair and new way of life.  They’ve created an online fundraising drive at www.jdmartz.com.  Jim is also coordinating in-kind donations of services, time and materials from sub-contractors and suppliers in the North Shore area. Jerry Noble Electricians of Gloucester and New England Design Works of Manchester by the Sea have already committed.

JD’s story went relatively under the radar last year and we hope this fundraising effort will bring a new focus to his ongoing cause. Attached is a press release and a bio that gives an overview of JD’s story.  I’ve also attached a flyer that we put together to garner support from the building community.

Possums May Be The Most Terrifying Animals On The Planet.

Proof:

Do The Women Today Wearing These High Waisted Pants Know They Are Wearing Mom Jeans?

“Hello! We were out for an afternoon beach walk and noticed filming at Wingaersheek. They told us it was an action movie before shooing us away. Any insight? Lousy photos below.”

THE WRITER’S BLOCK

with

John J. Ronan

Season Premier October 4, 2018

1623 Studios and Gloucester resident John J. Ronan have announced the 29th season of the television series, The Writer’s Block with John J. Ronan. The award-winning production is one of the oldest, continuously-running public access shows in New England. In 2005, The Writer’s Block was awarded First Prize for an Educational Program Series by the New England Cable Television Association.

Once more, the season starts with a celebration of young writers: the student-poet winners of the spring’s Poetry Without Paper contest, sponsored by the Gloucester Lyceum! Students from elementary, middle, and high school will read and discuss their poems in front of a live audience of family and fans. The program airs Thursday, October 4, 2018, at 8:00 p.m., channel 12, and is repeated week later. All of the year’s shows present interviews with writers and artists of varied backgrounds.

John Ronan, producer and host of The Writer’s Block, is a former Gloucester Poet Laureate and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in poetry. His most recent book, Taking the Train of Singularity South from Midtown, appeared in 2017. (theRonan.org)

“1623 Studios is a dynamic force for culture on the Cape and we are proud of The Writer’s Block record,” Ronan declares. “Twenty-nine seasons is a long run in any market, at any level. And with the transition of Cape Ann TV to 1623 Studios, this season will be innovative and fresh, our best yet!”

For more information, send an S.A.S.E. to: The Writer’s Block with John J. Ronan

Box 5524, Gloucester, MA 01930

The third annual Cape Ann Plein Air Arts Festival and Competition is nearly here!

Please click on the link below and find the Gala Night ticket links. There are 2: the Premiere Party is $150 per ticket and those tickets are extremely limited, so if you’d like to get up close and personal with the artists and see their art in a more intimate setting, those tickets are for you. The Gala tickets are $65 ea from now until 9.30, and $75 after that. The cost of your ticket can be taken off the price of a painting when you buy one.

Please let me know if you have any questions! I am the Project Manager this year and would love to have you support the eveny (and me!)

Susan

http://www.capeannpleinair.com

Hi Joey,

This little guy showed up at Maritime Gloucester yesterday and is still here today. We’ve managed to give it some water. It has two leg bands, one has the number 4101. We think it is a domesticated pigeon who is lost. We’d love to know how to help it or who might be best to contact. Would you mind putting this out to the community to see if anyone knows who to contact?

Thanks,

Mary F Kay