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2021 Veterans Day Schedule 9AM #GloucesterMA | June 1953 vets fishing at STrangman pond

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Cape Ann Veterans Services reminder:

Come join in! Celebrate veterans and honor Armistice Day. The 2021 Veterans Day outdoor service begins at 9AM tomorrow at City Hall, followed with a car parade –with CATA trolley option– to Washington Street locations (Seacoast Nursing and Gloucester Healthcare) in support of veterans in assisted living.

1953 “Disabled Vets Fishing Carnival” Gloucester, MA

Hosted by the Cape Ann Sportsman’s Club at Strangman Pond off Reservoir Rd., Dogtown.

In 1954, President Eisenhower signed the proclamation designating November 11 Veterans Day.

Scan of Gloucester Daily Times. Would love to see original photos by Marilyn Silveira (top) and Ralph Esty

photo caption: No fish story as photographer’s proof shows string of rainbow trout hooked by disabled veterans during Cape Ann Sportsman’s Club outing yesterday at Strangman’s pond, left to right are Robert Kwasnick of New Britain, Conn. and Chris Seros of New London, Conn. | Bottom photo: Battery of rods and reels on special-built platform at Cape Ann Sportsman Club site during disabled vets fishing carnival yesterday. Vets braved downpour to continue fishing for rainbow trout. June 1953 Gloucester, Ma.

Look for area businesses special notices like this one:

Beauport Hotel – Gloucester, MA
Offers 10 complimentary city-view rooms to any veterans who would like to come and have a little getaway. Once those 10 rooms are booked, any veteran can receive 30% off a room booked on Nov. 9 through Nov. 12.

Another brick in the wall: St. Peter’s Club exterior renovation with dressed up quoins #GloucesterMA 21 Main Street thru Rogers St.

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Brick cladding exterior renovation underway on a ‘for sale’ commercial building spanning Main Street to Rogers, 21 Main Street, with tenants Mystery Train and St. Peter’s Club. Before and In Progress photos below.

Before- June 2020

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photos: prior decorative pattern on facade (festive St. Peter tiling below with yellow tile above)

Prep in process – October 2021

Multi story major building prep foreshadowed extra weight

Underway – November 2021

Note the architectural details developing like the decorative pattern emphasized by quoins (pronounced “coins”) toothed (staggered), lighter in color, and running 2/3 the full height (at this point) where the building edges meet.

Beautiful how one can see City hall from St. Peter’s sq.

Stay tuned for the After photos.

GHS Fishermen: #GloucesterMA vs East Boston Varsity Soccer (Replay) 11/6/21 Cape Ann Live

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Did you miss Round 1 of the tournament? Not to worry! Cape Ann Live filmed the game. Find them on YouTube Cape Ann Live Gloucester vs East Boston Varsity Soccer (Replay) 11/6/21

Since the October storm: “Unfortunately, we had the same issues at Newell Stadium (11/6/2021)…Slow, sporadic internet connection which caused us to get knocked off while livecasting the soccer game. I’ve been in contact with the school IT guys and hopefully it will be fixed by Wednesday’s game. But fear not, the game was recorded in camera so it will be available in its entirety on Cape Ann LIVE’s Facebook and YouTube pages! Please share the link and enjoy the game!”– Cape Ann LIVE

How nice to have any film, whether or not the live feed is up. Thanks GHS Fishermen Athletics, IT, DPW, all!

game 2 is at HOME – 6pm Wednesday | at GHS stunning New Balance Field Newell Stadium | vs. New Bedford

Should be a great match up of a seed 8 vs. a seed 9! They have a long trip here for this game. Winner travels to Belchertown. See tix information below. $10 / $5 students & seniors

Read Nick Curcuru GDT coverage of Game 1 here:  “Gloucester Soccer Boys Dismantles East Boston in First Round Rout” 

Check out GHS Fishermen Athletics all sports – website, Facebook and Twitter

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bonus – Pretty fall sunsets

Marsh Rothko #GloucesterMA

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motif Monday photo: view across the marsh at the back of Good Harbor Beach

photo: portrait of David Cox at MFA, Boston, Rothko exhibition 2018

photos same morning, minus Rothko effects: sunrise motif with signs; when even the parking lot…

King Tide Long Beach – November 7, 2021

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About an hour after high tide (between 1:40-2pm), November 7, 2021

Photos: Walkway to Cape Hedge underwater; October storm seaweed pushed back to riprap; creek and marsh at the back of Long Beach

conference game Saturday! New Balance Newell Stadium GHS BOYS SOCCER (14-2-2) #GloucesterMA Fishermen

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No. 8 seed in Div. 3,

2021 Northeastern Conference Lynch Championship Winner, and — I believe — the GHS regular-season record.

Pentucket plays East Boston today. The winning team will travel to Gloucester Saturday. I will update Gloucester’s opponent for the home game Saturday asap.

Gloucester has a real opportunity to make history this season as no Gloucester soccer team has ever made it out of the second round of the tournament (formerly known as the sectional quarterfinals). 

Neil Curcuru, Gloucester Daily Times great sports reporter, read the article here

**update** THE BOYS ARE PLAYING EAST BOSTON ON SATURDAY AT NEWELL- COME SEE THE HOME TOURNAMENT GAME!

Earlier this week, Danny helped at scrimmage vs. Marblehead ahead of the conference tournament. Both teams also practiced penalty shots.

Seaweed Goldsworthy -after the storm Long Beach #RockportMA #GloucesterMA

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photo: The seaweed detritus after the October storm changes daily.

In one direction, the seaweed was tide rolled and divided, like dough readied by a bench scraper.

Heading from the Gloucester end of Long Beach to Cape Hedge, thin seaweed trails on the dry sand led to thick seaweed sushi rolls, buffet meadows for the gulls. Walking parallel to these seaweed lines brought artist Andy Goldsworthy to mind.

photo – Gulls feasting in seaweed churned over by tide after storm. One charged off with a little lobster before the others could grab it away

Find Andy Goldsworthy at Galerie Lelong, NY

YMCA of the North Shore Theatre Company | Holiday Delights Showcase #CapeAnn

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Heidi Dallin shares the handy flyer with all the scoop!

Rehearsals Fridays and Saturdays October 29-December 11, 2021

Performance December 12

Contact Heidi for more information phone (978) 729-1094 | dallinh@northshoreymca.org

Print out and share!

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Nature Prevails | Vanessa Michalak + Chloe Leigh Two shows November 2021 | Jane Deering Gallery

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Paintings by Vanessa Michalak Opens November 6-21, 2021

Handcrafted Fine Jewelry by Chloe Leigh – pop up November 20-21

Read the press release

NATURE PREVAILS -JANE DEERING GALLERY NOVEMBER 2021Download

Seaweed Serra – after the storm Long Beach #GloucesterMA #RockportMA

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There’s a sea of seaweed deposited on Long Beach, customary after a big fall storm. A couple of monumental sculptural masses stood out this time.

Read more about the variety of seaweed here: Post Storm Hermine, Sept. 2016

Day 4: down to 94 Power outages #GloucesterMa, under 100 #CapeAnn October Storm

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As of October 30, 2021, the Massachusetts no name storm power outages tally 92,600 dipping below 100,000 for the first time.

Gloucester Fishermen Boys Soccer away game vs. Danvers was **NOT ** called off last evening ahead of game due to the forecast.

*Author note- updated- apologies for typo. Game on

The repair crews carry on as they brace for foul weather and high winds.

Day 3: less than 500 Power outages on #CapeAnn. #GloucesterMa Essex Manchester Rockport in the green. MEMA Map shows 162,000+ across Mass still to go Northeast October Storm

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As of October 29, 2021. Massachusetts no name storm no power outages tally 162,436, dropping steadily.

Green/0% breaks down to less than 500 out locally.

http://mema.mapsonline.net

Day 2: school closed, Power outages #GloucesterMa 40%. Essex 25%. Manchester 68%. Rockport in the green 8%. Across MASS Some 350,000 Northeast No Name Storm #CapeAnn

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As of 4:30AM Thursday, October 28, 2021. Massachusetts no name storm no power outages 349,401

5:30 AM **update** Manchester improved to 25% and Essex 14%

http://mema.mapsonline.net

Back shore is busy- October storm downed tree limbs, light leaf debris #GloucesterMA at low tide

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Low tide 9:44.

Next high tide (4:30) comes in after the strong wind alert winds down. Gloucester buoys measured record swell during prior high tide.

407,000 plus- massachusetts power outage reports climbing fast

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before daybreak, 400,000+ and climbing, hitting the coast, both Capes up to Boston

http://mema.mapsonline.net

#gloucesterMa schools closed 38% Power outages, Essex 100%, Rockport 64% manchester 66% Northeast Storm #CapeAnn

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Massachusetts power outages 294,794 at 5:44AM are climbing near 387,676 by 6:30AM

Saw some Autumn

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Was awesome.

Errands with benefits thanks to all the local trick or treat eye candy. October 2021

Kids Halloween Festival at Stage Fort park a monster bash #gloucesterMA

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Mayor Romeo Theken and friends, Gloucester 2021 Halloween Festival at Stage Fort Park was a smash. Congratulations to the party planners, Roseanne Cody, Jamie Margiotta, volunteers, generous sponsors and partners. All of Stage Fort Park was in use on this beautiful autumn day. I forgot to take a picture at the dog park but it was busy and festive, too.

Enjoy a few snapshots of the Gloucester Halloween Festival Stage Fort Park 2021. How fun to see not one, not two, but three tractor hayrides looping Stage Fort Park.

Mayor Romeo Theken cues the crowd

See Jimmy Dalpiaz GMG post from the prep at City Hall readying for this big event

Breaking news: Heidi Dallin establishing YMCA of the North Shore Theater Company at Cape Ann Y offering inclusive professional theater arts training and performance opportunities #GloucesterMA

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Happy winds of change-

“Theater at the Cape Ann YMCA kicks off with a Holiday Delights Performance Workshop during which student actors can learn the basics of professional theater as well as be part of a Cape Ann holiday tradition.

The 7 week session culminates in a workshop performance of scenes from Holiday Delights for family and friends at Ames Hall in Salem.  Set in Gloucester, Holiday Delights is a festive evening of stories, music and movement recounting the special traditions that other cultures and families experience as seen through a young child’s magical journey on Christmas Eve to discover what is really important during the holiday season.

Theater training at the Cape Ann YMCA provides young people an outlet to nurture their creative potential while developing self-confidence, communication and teamwork skills as well as introducing them to the skills necessary for professional theatre. The YMCA of the North Shore Theater Company– NOW Offering Theater Training Performance Opportunities at the Cape Ann YMCA!”

Heidi Dallin | YMCA of the North Shore Theatre Specialist

Theatre Kids Save the dates –

  • For the first week only: 5-9 year olds will meet Friday, October 29 from 4-6 pm for a skills workshop and intro to the play
  • 10-18 year olds will meet Saturday, October 30 from 10 am to 12 pm for a skills workshop and intro to the play. 
  • Please note the workshop meets Fridays, 4pm-6 pm and Saturdays 10am -12pm. However, student actor schedules will vary according to their roles and the scenes being rehearsed. All participants must wear sneakers to each session. 
  • The workshop performance of Holiday Delights will take place at 2 pm on Sunday, December 12 at Ames Hall in Salem.

Contact Heidi Dallin | Cape Ann YMCA (P) 978-283-0470 (E) dallinh@northshoreymca.org (W) www.northshoreymca.org

YMCA of the North Shore arts programs

Heidi Dallin | YMCA – Theater training classes coming here and beyond

Dallin is also running a program at Manchester/Essex Middle School. Look for their “Annie” notices soon!