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More Holiday Lights and cocoa drives #GloucesterMA 2019

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Here are a few more twinkling neighborhood lights in Gloucester,  Massachusetts, from December 2019, including a few GMG reader requests and tips following the “merry drives and cocoa” post part 1.

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(you can double click the photos to enlarge and pinch and zoom)

 

There are plenty of local homes decorated with white lights only or candles in every window aglow with single color bulbs. I love these, too, but my phone camera not so much.

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photo caption below- I’ve always been in love with holiday lights. Personal distinction or traditional inspiriation- I’m grateful for all creative cheer each year. Decades ago ca.1970s, this home and yard (on Lowell Street between Peabody and Lynnfield) was trimmed all in pink lights. Just pink. 

Peabody home had pink Holiday lights 1980s decorated homes_ ©c ryan

photo caption below: Decorated Saugus condos just off Rt. 1 and homes off surrounding streets  if you happen to be in that neck of the woods. 

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(Saugus condos just off Rt.1)
Lobster Trap buoy tree Gloucester MA © Margaret McDonald 2019
Home is best! Gloucester lobster trap tree lighting photo from FOB Margaret

dusting of new snow | on rocks like molasses crinkles, a Hopper house, and Good Harbor Beach

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winter view across Good Harbor Beach, gulls, tai chi, Twin Lights © c ryan.jpg

12/18/19 Gloucester, Ma. 

GHS boys basketball home games today! 🏀🏀 And a great read Charles Barkley basketball story

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Home games tonight! 5:30PM vs. Peabody GHS boys JV basketball / 7pm GHS boys Varsity. (Girls’ basketball games alternate with the boys’ so they’re Away today in Peabody.)

Shout out to outstanding communication by Athletic Director Bryan Lafata! Essential content updated on Facebook and twitter (GHS Fishermen Athletics @FishermenGhs) and all that parent email correspondence. There are a ton of winter sports (boys’ and girls teams; varsity and JV): basketball, hockey, track, wrestling, cheerleading, swimming…

Here’s a must read basketball story. I  know. I know. It’s not a Celtics story. Trust me if you’re a sports fan and have a beating heart you’ll enjoy the read here. “My Pal Charles: An NBA Star, an immigrant scientist, and a friendship no one believed”, story by Shirley Wang for WBUR.org published in Reader’s Digest Dec.2018-Jan 2019 issue.

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public street art | artist Josh Falk mural on Stone Barn Lane behind Rockport Public Library #RockportMA

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Gray and sunny day views of the beautiful street art mural by Josh Falk  on Stone Barn Lane behind Rockport Public Library,  Rockport, Mass., with support from Awesome Rockport. Falk’s work on display at Blume coffee shop in Whistlestop Mall is striking. How exciting to see his vision on a monumental scale!

 

 

The AIDS quilt comes home: the Names Project | special public art display at City Hall

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aids quilts on display november december 2019 Kyrouz Auditorium City Hall Gloucester MA ©c ryan

 

Thank you for bringing this display Gloucester Health Project

Read more about the project: “On December 1st, the Health Project is unveiling Cape Ann portions of the AIDS Quilt in the Kyrouz Auditorium at Gloucester City Hall. Please join us at 2PM as we read names and share stories, and refreshments will be served. The 3 squares will be on display for the month of December whenever City Hall is open. Please check the city website for a calendar of meeting times and visit the quilt when the auditorium is not being used. This is an important and historic art installation and we are grateful for the support of the Mayor of Gloucester and for the financial support of Awesome Gloucester and The Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.” – Gloucester Health Project

Scenes from Middle Street Walk 2019 #GloucesterMA

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aids quilts on display november december 2019 Kyrouz Auditorium City Hall Gloucester MA ©c ryan

public art- AIDS quilts from the Names Project on display Kyrouz Auditorium City Hall Gloucester MA Nov-Dec 2019 

 

More scenes from Middle Street Walk 2019 here  of Sawyer Free Public Library

Lobster Trap buoy tree Gloucester MA © Margaret McDonald 2019

Middle Street Walk | perfect weather for Harry Potter themed festive fun at Sawyer Free Library #GloucesterMA

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Middle Street Walk Gloucester, Ma. – Friends of Sawyer Free and Gloucester High School National Honor Society students helped with bustling stations of Harry Potter themed crafts and treats from creative librarians. 

 

Holiday wreaths and cocoa drives day #GloucesterMA 2019

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Merry drives and cocoa – daytime

It’s beautiful out here! Wreaths adorning decorated homes and businesses make for merry daytime drives throughout Gloucester neighborhoods and Cape Ann.

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Twofers- bonus night illumnation for many!

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Merry drives and cocoa – part 1, nights Holiday lights: here

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Holiday lights and cocoa drives #GloucesterMA 2019

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Merry drives and cocoa:

If you’re wondering about holiday lights near you, in addition to the city’s beautiful seasonal trees and festive sparkle downtown, rewarding drives through Gloucester neighborhoods abound. These local homes were shining last week. Can you guess which street was most lit up? Grab some hot chocolate and go!

With each new day, more merry lights brighten December nights. Did we miss a street?

Answer- Reynard Street is dazzling and concentrated. (See if you can spot the back fence illuminated with fish shapes when you go. Neighborhood kids could set up a hot chocolate stand 😉 easy. Walk or drive with the great complete street work by the City DPW.) Other streets with decorated homes: Maplewood, road into Annisquam (coming from Gloucester look off to second story star shining off Goose cove), Rt. 127, Abbott, and) 

Combine it with Middle Street Walk! Mark your calendars: December 14th

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Before 8AM winter storm #GloucesterMA

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Lots of plows and shovelers keeping up with the wintry mix. Weather reports estimated one inch an hour to continue over the next few hours. Next high tide 4:09pm.

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Gloucester MA winter storm GIF Dec 3 2019 ©c ryan

schools CLOSED Tuesday #GloucesterMA ❄️⛄

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Forecast for the winter storm this first week in December is troubling enough to call the first snow day for the 2019-20 school year.

Gloucester schools closed tomorrow 12/3/19

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It’s the last weekend! 3 full days to visit major Winslow Homer art exhibition at Cape Ann Museum #GloucesterMA

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Last chance to see Homer at the Beach: A Marine Painter’s Journey, 1869-1880 closing December 1, 2019.  “Eyewitness” companion show at Harvardcontinues through January 5, 2020.

Cape Ann Museum hours Thanksgiving week
11/28/19 THANKSGIVING — CLOSED
11/29/19 Friday 10am-5pm
11/30/19 Saturday 10am-5pm
12/1/19 Sunday 1-4pm  last day extended hours 10am-5pm!

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-0455

installation view_HOMER AT THE BEACH_Cape Ann Museum Gloucester Mass. special exhibition_2019_© c ryanextended hours at Cape Ann Museum for Winslow Homer exhibit

PBS News Hour broadcast https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/winslow-homers-long-love-affair-with-the-sea  with Jared Bowen

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Continue reading “It’s the last weekend! 3 full days to visit major Winslow Homer art exhibition at Cape Ann Museum #GloucesterMA” →

Brief delays on Rt. 127 Days Pond | Gloucester DPW new sidewalk work

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Warm weather allots time for quick “on the queue to do” projects.  This Gloucester DPW sidewalk project by Days Pond should be through tomorrow.

 

Read more about the history of Days Pond here

Read more about the DPW project here

Gloucester DPW hanging wreaths Main Street and by Fisherman at the Wheel

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Busy DPW- Gloucester DPW crew installing wreaths on Main Street and the Boulevard on a gorgeous November 25, 2019.  

What’s coming next for 20 and 37 Main Street #GloucesterMA?

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Available stores on the west end of Main Street.

Fisherman’s Outfitter flagship store is moving from 20 Main Street just around the corner to 18 Washington Street. They’re targeting a January 2020 opening.

exterior 20 Main Street retail/office space & 12 car parking | exterior 18 Washington Street 

 

Across the street, 37 Main Street is available again.  Rose & Dove Gift Shop closed up shop at the Gloucester location.

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Artists Sally Gregg and Michael McKeen photography exhibition opening at Jane Deering Gallery

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Please join photographers Sally Gregg and Michael McKeen for the opening reception of Two from the North Shore | Odd Bits two person show November 30-December 22, 2019 (Friday-Sunday 1-5).

Opening Reception Saturday November 30, 2019 2-4PM

Jane Deering Gallery 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester MA.

Read more about the show and the artists below the break.

Continue reading “Artists Sally Gregg and Michael McKeen photography exhibition opening at Jane Deering Gallery” →

super swag & banquet | GHS Boys Soccer Gloucester House #GloucesterMA #FishermenAthletics

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Well done super boosters – Grace Ferrara and family, Carlotta , and Diane Horne – for organizing such a special event and all that went into it! The Gloucester House meal and service were outstanding. Thanks to the generous folks who bought raffle tickets and game day snacks and many volunteers and supporters. There was serious swag and a wonderful celebration for a great season. Congratulations players.

A few scenes from the GHS boys soccer dinner banquet at Gloucester House, Gloucester, MA.

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super booster Grace Ferrera and crew 🙂

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Head Coach Armando Marnoto

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JV Coach Jason Rutkauskus

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courtesy photos from Kristin and Peg:

 

Link to slideshow

 

Umass surf competition results | the November 2019 winners at #GoodHarborBeach …

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winners November 2019 UMASS surf club hosts surf competition at Good Harbor Beach Gloucester MA
At Good Harbor Beach (courtesy photo)

I asked the UMASS surf club how the Lake Atlantic Invitational competition fared on November 16, 2019 at Good Harbor Beach. The ocean was rather “lake” in the morning and the air a brisk 22 degrees.

“The competition was a huge success! The waves got better throughout the day, and we had a lot of creativity with crossstepping, handstands, and laying down backwards almost like a coffin.” The final results:

John Lane (3rd place from last year) in first

Colby Kelly (last year’s winner) in second

Juliet Dodson of UMass Surf Club in third

“We’re not sure yet if we’re going to try to do these competitions annually or biannually, but keep an eye out for another competition in April, most likely still somewhere in Gloucester. And yes it was chilly, but most of us are used to that weather having grown up in the area, and even the competitor from California did a good job overcoming the cold with help from a nice winter wetsuit.”

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UMASS Surf Club https://www.facebook.com/umasssurfclub/

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photo caption: “On the left is Myles Wrinn, the Forecaster for the club for the last 2 years and on the right is Peter Roy, current President of Surf Club. The club was founded by alumni in 2014.”

 

Boston Globe rave review for Yella on the Water restaurant #GloucesterMA

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Love the title and wonderful review!

“On the menu Yella on the Water seems to have become instantly popular, and we could see why.”

Read “Lebanese cuisine with a splash of Gloucester” by Coco McCabe and Doug Stewart Boston Globe 11/20/19 here

 

Yella on the Water Gloucester Massachusetts_ November 2019 © c ryan (2)