Click this link to see complete coverage by Cape Ann TV of the second mayoral debate held at the Sawyer Free Library and sponsored by the League of Women Voters.
http://vp.telvue.com/preview?id=T01896&video=247573
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SELL OUT ALERT: Roomful of Blues Schooner Fest Cruise — only 30 tickets left
As promised, we’re here to warn you of an impending sell-out. All 3 of our previous concert cruises have sold out and this one will too — the only question is when? So please don’t be one of those people calling at the last minute asking us to break Coast Guard rules to get you on a full ship! Get your tickets RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!
Perfect weather will help us party with 5-time Grammy Nominees Roomful of Blues as we cruise beautiful Gloucester Harbor full of tall ships
Thanks to our generous sponsors, Atlantic Vacation Homes, Building Center and Beach Gourmet — you help us keep live music alive in Gloucester! And thanks to North Shore 104.9 for being a great media partner.
Check out how much fun we had last time Roomful of Blues came aboard The Beauport Princess.
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PEACHES RIPENING IN THE WARM SUN ~ DO I HEAR BELLINIS, ANYONE?
Today was simply a fabulous day, and it began very early with picking the first batch of ripe peaches from our peach tree. While washing the peaches, I turned to the large terrarium on our kitchen table and there were Monarchs galore beginning to emerge from their chrysalides. I had asked our gang of neighborhood kids if they would like to watch the butterflies as they emerge and help me with my film project and soon our home was filled with their wonderful selves. I’ll post the photos from our Monarch Day after the long weekend and don’t have time to get a new post together so here’s a favorite post from last year’s Schooner Festival/Labor Day weekend.
Reblogged from Kim Smith Designs September 2014
Our ‘Belle of Georgia’ peach tree never disappoints. Each and every year without fail, and always around Labor Day, this semi-dwarf white-fleshed peach tree gives us mouth-watering sweet peaches. Not all of the peaches are perfect and the ones that are not eaten out of hand are whipped into smoothies, cooked in confections, or macerated with Prosecco.
Bellinis make a festive addition to your Labor Day/Schooner Festival weekend brunch or dinner, especially at this time of year when the farmer’s markets and grocer’s shelves are brimming with tree-ripened fresh fruit.
~ Bellini Recipe ~
Marinate peeled, pitted, and sliced (halved or quartered) peaches in Prosecco for several hours. Just before serving, puree the peach-Prosecco mixture. Spoon the puree into champagne glasses, about 1/3 to 1/2 filled, and to taste. Gently add more Prosecco to the puree. Add a drop of raspberry liquor, Chambord, or a few fresh raspberries to the puree, to give the drink that beautiful pinky-peach glow.
Bellinis are traditionally made with white-flesh peaches such as ‘Belle of Georgia,’ but any variety of sweet peach will do.
‘Belle of Georgia’ Peach Blossoms
In flower and in fruit, the peach is a pretty tree for your landscape ~
Read an excerpt about the ‘Belle of Georgia’ from my book Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities ~ Notes from a Gloucester Garden here ~
Prunus persica ‘Belle of Georgia’
Cultivated by the Chinese for thousands of years, the peach tree is grown for its fruit as well as for its exquisite flowers and gracefully shaped branches. To better understand the significance of the peach tree in the Chinese culture it is worth noting that the development of the Chinese garden with its ying-yang symbolism was essentially Daoist in origin.
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LWV Mayoral Debate Airing Tonight at 7:30 pm on Cape Ann TV
Cape Ann TV Channel 12 will air last night’s Mayoral Debate hosted by the League of Women Voters of Cape Ann tonight (Friday, September 4) at 7:30 pm.
The Debate also airs this weekend on:
Saturday, September 5 at 9:00 am; 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Sunday, September 6 at 9:00 pm and
Monday, September 7 at 8:00 pm
For future airings of the Debate go to: http://capeanntv.org/schedule/
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BREAKING NEWS: Harvest Moon Music Fest Tix On Sale NOW!
We’ve just put tickets on sale for the Harvest Moon Music Festival benefit to help save Addison Gilbert Hospital.
Five years after Celebrate Gloucester, top north-shore musicians once again take the stage at Gloucester’s award-winning HarborWalk for an extraordinary day of music, food and family fun to help the Addison Gilbert Hospital Citizens Fund save our local hospital.
This is an all-ages festival with plenty of food, an artisan marketplace and a beer and spirits tent for people over 21.
North Shore Curtain Up host Aurelia Nelson will MC the show.
Dance, eat, drink, party and feel good about it because you’re contributing to a great cause.
Get your tickets right now, right here!
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Please Help Our East Gloucester Friend and Neighbor Ginny Harris
Ginny was in a life-threatening bike accident. She will be unable to work for awhile as her recovery will be long. She is a super hard working mom with two children. Please contribute whatever you can to help Ginny and her family. With thanks and gratitude.
Here is the link: YOU CARING
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For information on reserving space on a schooner during the 2015 @GlSchoonerFest :
Plus all the information including downloadable 2015 Festival programs check out the Schooner Festival Website-
http://gloucesterschoonerfestival.net/
Info from The Gloucester Schooner Festival website-
For information on reserving space on a schooner during the Festival:
Adventure, call 978-281-8079
Ardelle, click here
Mystic, click here
Roseway, click here
Thomas E. Lannon, call 978–281–6634
Click here for downtown Gloucester parking information.
Click here to download the 2015 Festival Program (printed programs will be available Sept 4)
Tickets now available for Festival Raffle. Grand prize is an oil painting by John Caggiano!
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SUNSET ON THE ANNISQUAM
With the full Sturgeon Moon low tide, many from Wingaersheek Beach walked out onto the sand bar to catch the sunset Sunday evening.
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Wednesdays with Fly Amero~ This week’s guest: SASQUATCH! 7-10pm 9.2.2015
This week only…
Fresh Baked Haddock – $12.95!
Wednesday, September 2nd – 7pm
Special Guest: SASQUATCH!
Sasquatch, a.k.a. Paul Cohan is a notorious fixture here
on Cape Ann. Paul’s love for our community and culture is
beautifully expressed in his powerful anthem, “Wrapped in
the Arms of Gloucester”, which you can see and hear live
at the Rhumb Line this week. All ya have to do is be there.
– 7pm! ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…
Allen Estes
J.B. Amero
Jon Butcher
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward…..to seeing you there 🙂
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BONNIE BONAPARTE’S GULLS!
While recording audio for film projects this past week I was wonderfully surprised to come upon this small flock of the beautiful and graceful Bonaparte’s Gulls feeding at low tide!.
The water was very clear and I think in the above photo you are seeing not the gull’s reflection, but its open mouth plunge for tiny shrimp.
Non-breeding plumage.
Bonaparte’s Gulls are exquisite creatures to observe. Appearing to delight in riding the waves, they twirl every which way before diving for krill.
In this flock you can see very clearly the changing feather patterns from breeding to non-breeding, with the signature charcoal gray smudge behind the ear on the gull on the left. Typically by mid-August they have gained their winter plumage. During breeding season the feathers of the hood become entirely black.
We see Bonaparte’s Gulls in Massachusetts in spring on their northward migration to the boreal forests of Alaska and Canada and again in the summer as they return to winter grounds along the Gulf of Mexico and southern Great Lakes region. I at first thought that these were Laughing Gulls but the pinkish-orange feet and legs and buzzy vocalizations tell us otherwise.
I ran into my friend and long-time Annisquam resident Hank Junker on Lighthouse Beach and he reports that every summer he sees at least one Bonaparte’s at Lighthouse Beach or the adjacent Cambridge Street Beach. Hank also mentioned that they are typically here earlier in the summer, around the first week of August.
Black wing-tips and pink-orange feet suggest Bonaparte’s Gulls
Ring-billed Gull in the background, Bonaparte’s in the fore.
The Bonaparte’s Gull is about half the size of the Ring-billed Gull. I have learned to observe closely groups of gulls because different species sometimes feed together and you never know what fascinating bird may be amongst the flock.
The gulls are finding a smorgasbord at dawn’s low tide, feeding on krill and other crustaceans. They get into tussles over feeding turf and, with a flourish of wings and a sharp, rasping “keh-keh,” they give each other the business, in no uncertain terms!
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September 4th 2015 Downtown Gloucester Block Party IS FRIDAY THIS MONTH!!!!!
IT IS FRIDAY NIGHT-NOT SATURDAY
September 4th Block Party INFO
Friday, September 4th, Gloucester Block Parties presents Sails & Tails. Main Street will be full of free entertainment and activities for all ages. The shops will be open late and the restaurants will serve al fresco. Kicking off the Labor Day weekend and celebrating the Schooner Festival, the Sails & Tails party will feature performances by the GHS Docksiders; GHS Cheerleaders; Glosta’s Got Talent competition winners, Alexandra Grace and Josh Cominelli; The Wave; Charlee Bianchini & Friends; Carlo Cicala and Friends; Keeping Company; and The Runaround. Plus, Brent McCoy returns to Main Street with The Secret Circus Act.
When: Friday, September 4th – Sails & Tails
Time: 6:00-11:00 pm
Where: Main Street, Gloucester
Cost: Free
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NILES BEACH HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOTUS!
Happy First Double–Digit Birthday Lotus!
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Look for our perfectly choreographed seagull in part two 🙂
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Are you a fair-weather fan?
As we get ready for this years football season a thought came to mind. With all the drama surrounding Brady do you think we will lose some Pats fans? Or do you think it will make us love the Pats even more and support Belichick in this process?
#patsfans #freebrady #patsnation
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Girls just wanna have fun…
Thanks for listening to my first Alicia Unleashed podcast and hopefully you laughed as much as we did!
Suggestions for musical intro’s welcome! Looking for something tailored more towards our crazy personalities.
Also i’m not super tech savvy and need to figure out how to even add an intro!
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A GOOD HARBOR BEACH GOOD MORNING!
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GET READY FOR THE GLOUCESTER SCHOONER FESTIVAL!!!
Coming next weekend, the 4th through the 6th, the spectacular 31st annual Gloucester Schooner Festival is an event not to be missed. Organized by the Gloucester Schooner Festival Committee and Maritime Gloucester, click here for a complete list of activities throughout the weekend.
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GOOD MORNING GLORIES BROUGHT TO YOU BY PLUM COVE GRIND!
Driving through Lanesville on my home from filming and the beautiful blue of ‘Flying Saucers’ caught my eye. I couldn’t resist taking a photo and circled back. Meredith Glaser, Plum Cove Grind proprietor, was just opening for the day and I couldn’t resist either her tempting blueberry oat scones. They were fantastic, chock full of blueberries and with a flaky texture, not at all glompy as is often the case with scones. Everything else on display looked very homemade and irresistibly delicious, too. I’ll definitely be back to sample more of Meredith’s yummy pastries.
Morning Glory ‘Flying Saucer’
Plum Cove Grind is located at 1064 Washington Street, Lanesville.
Closed Monday, Plum Cove Grind is open Tuesday through Sunday from 7:00 to 4:30pm. For more information visit their website at Plum Cove Grind.
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GORGEOUS PHOTOS OF SCHOONER COLUMBIA !
Len Burgess aboard Al Bezanson’s Green Dragon Schooner submits ~
Thomas A. Lannon and Columbia
Schooner Ardelle
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Saved by microwave bacon…
When Sista Felicia told me she uses microwave bacon for stuff like a BLT or breakfast for the twins, not gonna lie I snubbed my nose. Really? Microwave bacon?? She swore to me that she wasn’t yankin’ my chain and I agreed to buy it and try it out!
Well now I’m obsessed. No fuss and muss with bacon just for a sandwich and Tyler can make it himself for breakfast!
Microwave bacon has changed a part of my life!
#oscarmayerbacon
Good Morning Gloucester 
