My View of Life on the Dock
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.
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.
Twofers- bonus night illumnation for many!
Merry drives and cocoa – part 1, nights Holiday lights: here
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
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.
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.
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
PBS News Hour broadcast https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/winslow-homers-long-love-affair-with-the-sea with Jared Bowen
Busy DPW- Gloucester DPW crew installing wreaths on Main Street and the Boulevard on a gorgeous November 25, 2019.
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.
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.
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Read more about the show and the artists below the break.
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.
Head Coach Armando Marnoto
JV Coach Jason Rutkauskus
courtesy photos from Kristin and Peg:
Link to slideshow
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.”
UMASS Surf Club https://www.facebook.com/umasssurfclub/
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.”
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
Shopping for books this season for friends and family? The Friends of the Sawyer Free Library have gently used books for sale. Middle Street Walk is December 14, 2019.
Enterprise slated for former gas station site, 123 Eastern Avenue (Rt. 127), Gloucester, Ma., just before Cape Ann Marketplace shopping plaza.
Status of build out mid November 2019:
The exterior of 222 Main Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts was switched up this week.
I don’t know if the shutters are returning.
A new CVS store is going up at Gloucester Crossing across from Starbucks. People mentioned a rumor about Panera coming to one of the empty build outs.
The CVS store at 177 Main Street will be closing.
Beautiful day! Conditions now
UMASS Surf Club https://www.facebook.com/umasssurfclub/
11/26/19 – 10-2pm Lake Atlantic Invitational
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The first competition was held back in April 2019. “Colby Kelly, 18, of Gloucester, was named the competition’s first champion. Rhodes Cole, of Rockport, came in second and John Lane, of Yarmouth, Maine, came in third.” read more here and scenes below setting up the first time.
Good Morning Gloucester 