Can anyone guess who is in the kayaks?

Rick and I were on the Ardelle on Saturday and when taking this photo did not know that FOBs were kayaking.

Plastic Bag and Polystyrene Public Hearing

When we go out and clean, we see so much plastic and Styrofoam floating around in our waters and on the streets also the plastic bags in the trees is a problem. Hope we can do something. Thank you all.

Plastic Bag and Polystyrene Public Hearing

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 City Hall

Tuesday, September 12 at 7 PM – 9 PM

Gloucester City Hall
9 Dale Ave, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930

Help Name our Marine Debris Skimmer

Vote here
https://fans.vote/vote/ACqjSt-Fuh8/cape-ann-maritime-partnership/help-name-our-marine-debris-skimmer

Our Marine Skimmers belong to everyone who wants our water free of debris, so we want you to help us name our first skimmer. Every newborn needs a name!

TB1

Trashy McTrashface

Frank

Other

The Parade of Sail on Monday

What an amazing sight watching these beautiful Schooners sail around Gloucester Harbor.  Rick and I were on the Lady Jillian and as always it was fantastic.  Thank you to all the Schooners who helped have this beautiful event take place.

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Schooner Festival on Saturday

Oh another glorious day for Schooner Festival. We went to Maritime Gloucester and had a great time. We also took a sail on the Ardelle. So relaxing.

Looking forward to Monday to see the parade of sail on the Lady Jillian.

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Parade or Sail and Schooner Race have been postponed until Monday

Parade of sail and race have been postponed until Monday

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Beautiful waves on Thursday, Magnolia Beach

On Thursday the waves were awesome on Magnolia Beach. Had to be very careful do to quite an undertow. Just beautiful.

It is that time again

2017 Cover

Gloucester Rotary Photo Contest,
Photo submission deadline: September 29, 2017 12:00 pm EST

The Gloucester Rotary Club will publish a 12-month Cape Ann photo calendar for 2018 as a fundraiser. All profits will go to the Gloucester Rotary Club’s efforts to raise money that supports the many community and international activities in which the club is involved.

In Order to publish a beautiful calendar, the Club is requesting high quality digital photos that show the unique beauty of Cape Ann throughout the year– landscapes, seascapes, harbor scenes, sunrises/sunsets, boats, wildlife, etc. As we will be featuring one photo per month, we need images from each season: winter, spring, summer and fall. Photographs from Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester will be accepted.

Full contest rules and requirements are available online at http://www.gloucesterotary.org. All entries must be received by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 29, 2017.

More information about the Rotary Club of Gloucester is available online at http://www.gloucesterrotary.org and http://www.facebook.com/RotaryGloucesterMA
Gloucester Rotary Club Announces Photography Contest

What?

A 12-month Cape Ann photo raffle calendar that will be sold through the Gloucester Rotary Club. A raffle ticket will be attached to each calendar and a winning number will be chosen each week in 2018. All profits from the calendar sales will go to the Gloucester Rotary Club’s efforts to raise money that supports the many community and international activities in which the club is involved.

2018 Calendar Theme: Land, Sea and Sky of Cape Ann

Landscapes, seascapes, harbor scenes, sunrises/sunsets, boats, wildlife, etc. Most importantly we want very high quality digital photos that show the beauty of Cape Ann. As we will be featuring one photo per month, we need images from each season: winter, spring, summer and fall. Photographs from Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester will be accepted. A selection committee from the Rotary Club will make the choices.

Technical specifications & rules:

Horizontal, color, minimum size 12 x 8” digital .jpg files at 300 dpi, maximum size 12 mb. In your entry submission email, title and identify where the photos were shot (e.g., Smith Cove) and, if possible, the month they were created. Photo title must be in your file name (example: kayakers-smith cove-may.jpg). Make sure to give your name and contact info in the email with your entries, including your mailing address, phone number and email address. Because of the large number of entries we expect, entries that do not meet the minimum size requirements and/or photographers who fail to provide the required entry info will be automatically rejected. In addition, no copyright watermarks are to be embedded in the photos or they will be disqualified.

Photographers who submit photos understand that we may need to slightly crop or downsize the winning entries for printing purposes and accept this. We reserve the right to use low res files of winning entries to help advertising the sale of the calendar. Winning entrants will have the photo title or location and photographers name printed under the photo.

How many?

Maximum 3 entries per person

For you

$50 will be paid for each winning entry chosen for the calendar, as well as photo credit.

Where to?

All entries must be emailed to: photocontest@gloucesterrotary.org

Entry Deadline: Friday, September 29, 2017, 12:00 PM

Download flyer here

Excitement starting for the Schooner Festival

The Columbia and the Roseway are already in. Went to the Maritime Gloucester Pier and could see The Columbia, Ardelle and The Schooner Adventure. When driving through Stage Fort Park, saw the Roseway coming into port.

The Roseway

Ardelle, Schooner Adventure and The Columbia

Masts

Magnolia Library has a new Pop Up Library

Thank you Darren Taylor for Magnolia Library’s new pop up library. Love the fact the pop up looks just like the Library.