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Sargent House celebrates Block Party from 6-8pm

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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This Saturday, 8/17, the Sargent House celebrates Block Party from 6-8pm.
SHM will have costumed actors roaming the garden, historic lawn games for
kids, and first floor Open House during the festivities on Main Street.
Boxed lunches by Beach Gourmet will be for sale; bring your blanket to
picnic on our scenic lawn.
At 6:30pm Henry Allen’s North Shore Folklore Theatre Co. will perform an act
from Judith Sargent Murray¹s 1795 play “The Medium” on the Block Party
stage. Judith¹s plays were the first plays by an American woman to be
staged. They have never been performed in Gloucester, and have rarely been
exhibited since their original debuts at Boston¹s Federal Street Theater.
Witness history in the making!
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Kimberlee A. Cloutier-Blazzard, Ph.D.

Wicked Tuna Taping

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Lowell Peabody Submits-

Appears the helicopter was out filming for Wicked Tuna. Caught Pin Wheel on its way out.

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A Beautiful Night ~ Start the weekend by walking to live music @ 6 downtown venues

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Start at Captain Carlos with Cripple Cove Quartet at 5.  Walk out the door to catch Alek Razdan & A-Train at Harbor Loop at 6:30, followed by Johnny Carwash.  Then you can walk to Rhumb Line to see Punk legend, Wille Loco, with Dave Sag.

Yes, I said walk.  It’s not that far.  If you’re not from Gloucester check out Google’s Walking Directions (still in beta, but they work well).  Here are Google’s directions for the 13 minute walk from Harbor Loop to Rhumbline.  And it’s a nice walk — especially on a night like tonight.

While they’re on break you can walk down to the Dog Bar, Brew Pub and Minglewood.  No cover for any of these shows tonight, so start the weekened NOW!

Trouble deciding where to go?  See the full live music schedule here.

Harbor Loop Concert 2013 ~ Razdan A-Train Orchestra and Johnny Carwash

Posted on by Joanne

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Willie ” Loco” Alexander to join the Blues Party @ The Rhumb Line Tonight 8:30-11:30 . 8.15.2013

Posted on by Joanne
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We’re having too much fun this summer,so, let’s make it even better. Please welcome back Gloucester’s own Godfather of punque, Mr, Willie Alexander. Just indited into the Gloucester Rock and Roll Museum, right next to Sylvester Ahola and Joe Pal, Willie’s sure to get tour fluids movin’. That is, if he can find the place. I’m gonna help him out.

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Blazing his saddles will be that cosmic gas-giant, Mr. Billy Loosigian , who’s been in more fabulous Boston Bands than you can imagine. Presently in Willie’s band, this guy plays like he has four hands and 24 fingers.
Rounding out the heavy lifting will be our favorite tonsorially-challenged drumambulist, Mr. Steevie Chaggaris ,keeper of the flame and general mucky muck. A great nite! We hit at 8:30  and play till exhaustion. Somebody help me!

 

THE RHUMB LINE BAR & RESTAURANT

40 Railroad Ave.

Gloucester, MA 01930

phone: 978-283-9732

Email: shred1946@yahoo.com

Next Tuesday please come to City Hall and participate

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey

Let them know what you think! Next Tuesday, August 20th, Community Development will host the second of its three public meetings geared towards all thoughts/suggestions for downtown, see the details below:

Downtown Work Plan: Second Public Meeting Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 6:00 PM: The Conversation Continues!

Last month 90 people came out to City Hall to share what they love about downtown Gloucester and what they thought could be improved. It was a great discussion, and we hope you will join us for the second public meeting on the Downtown Work Plan.

Meeting 2 will be held next Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at 6:00 PM in the Kyrouz Auditorium on the second floor of City Hall.

We will provide feedback on the first meeting, share additional information, and get your input on next steps. If you were able to attend the first meeting please spread the word, our goal is to involve as many folks as we can. If you cannot attend, always feel free to email your thoughts and ideas. Tom Daniel, tdaniel@gloucester-ma.gov

Gloucester’s Community Development Department is holding these public meetings to frame future opportunities and develop a set of shared values for downtown. This initiative is an opportunity to take a half-step back, talk with the community, and look at downtown holistically. We are building from past work and integrating on-going economic development efforts with various stakeholders. These combined discussions and efforts will inform the City’s work downtown.

The last public meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 (also at 6:00 PM in the Kyrouz Auditorium).

Video: The Good Harbor Seal ~ What to do if you find a seal on the beach

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The beautiful juvenile Harbor Seal was found on a foggy morning in midsummer. The seal was beached at the high tide line and its breathing was heavy and labored. It had no interest in returning to the water and needed only to remain at rest.

For the next six hours the seal struggled to survive the world of curious humans.

Learn what to do if you find a seal on the beach.

Written, produced, edited, cinematography, and narration by Kim Smith.

The Good Harbor Beach Seal PSA was created because of the lack of understanding on the part of my fellow beachgoers on how to mangae a seal encounter. Please help get the word out and please forward the link to friends and neighbors in other communities, whether or not the community is located by the sea. It was the folks from out of town that did not understand that the seal needed simply to be left alone. Thank you!

Although the Good Harbor Seal was not injured, help was needed with the gathering crowd. I called our local police, who in turn sent Lieutenant Roger Thurlow from the Environmental Police. Has anyone had experience with a marine stranding, and if so, is the following the best number to call: Northeast Region Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding and Entanglement Hotline ~ 866-755-6622? I will post your hotline recommendations here.

Technical note–The video was filmed without a tripod because I was afraid the tripod would look like a gun and didn’t want to further stress the seal. After reading more about Harbor Seals, I learned that their big brown eyes are particularly adapted to sight in murky water (i.e. harbor waters), but that their eyesight is not that good on land. In retrospect, I don’t think that the seal would have associated the tripod with a weapon. Also, I filmed at a distance much further away than my camera’s capabilities, which caused much vignetting around the edges of many of the clips. I didn’t want to stand close to the seal and be the filmmaker-who-becomes-part-of-the-problem, and not the solution.

Breaking News: Good Harbor Beach Seal Survives

 

Allen Estes to host “Wednesdays with Fly Amero” with Special Guest: Marina Evans

Posted on by Joanne

Special: Tenderloin Tips over Salad!
Wednesdays Only!

Hello everyone!
Wednesday, August 14th
This Week’s Host: ALLEN ESTES!

Allen’s Special Guest: MARINA EVANS!

It’s starting to be that, each time I’m outa town, Marina pops
up on the Wednesday Rhumb Line calendar.  Frustrating!  I
think the world of this gifted young talent!  Have fun!  ~ Fly 🙂
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Tenderloin Tips over Salad –  $11.95(while they last)
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Upcoming…
Aug 21: Allen Estes hosts w/guests The Backwoods Ramblers

Looking forward…
…to seeing you there!  🙂 ~ Fly

Shark Week At Maritime Gloucester Photos

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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We had a totally jawsome Shark Week at Maritime Gloucester! 

For more info about Maritime Gloucester check out their awesome website- http://maritimegloucester.org/–

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The Manchester Athletic Club Has a New Fitness Director and She Rocks!!! The Get ‘Er Done- True Energy- Fitness Pro Nan Gorton!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Tremendous things will be happening at the MAC with Nan at the Helm of The Fitness department- Mark My Words!

Can’t wait for lobster season to end so I can get back in there!

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Manchester Athletic Club Strengthens Fitness Program with New Director.

Manchester Athletic Club is strengthening its fitness program with leadership from Nan Gorton. Gorton was recently chosen to helm the business’ growing Fitness Division, which includes Manchester Athletic Club in Manchester by-the-Sea, MA, MAC Fitness in Rowley, MA and MAC Fitness in Gloucester, MA.  

Gorton has been a staple at Manchester Athletic Club for the past seven years as a fitness trainer and co-owner of Hilltop Training, a popular running program among members. Most recently, she launched North Shore Sports Performance Institute (NSSPI), which offers sports performance training to kids 10-18 years old. She comes to the position with a myriad of backgrounds in addition to fitness, including careers as a lawyer and as an Olympic caliber athlete in the sport of women’s ice hockey.

The move will bolster the club’s already booming fitness department, which includes a ProFitness Program, personal training, TRX, pilates, swimming, basketball, nutrition and wellness, and over 75 group fitness classes—from strength to cardio, indoor cycling, Zumba, mind body, aquatics and Les Mills Body Pump and Body Combat.

“Nan brings a tremendous amount of energy, expertise and creativity to our members and, importantly, to our local community,” said Keith Callahan, General Manager and Managing Partner. “With Nan’s leadership, we’re excited to launch new programs for our members and have already developed a unique program called Commit to Get Fit that will be provided for club members as well as open to the community this fall.” 

“I have always believed that great success comes from sharing a common goal and working together to make it happen,” added Gorton. “I am excited to get to work getting the best out of everyone I work with both as a coach and a manager.”

Manchester Athletic Club is a full-service health club featuring 12 tennis courts, the Gymazing! Child Center for preschool-aged children, iXl programs for young teens, a fitness and strength training center staffed with certified professional trainers, indoor aquatics center, multiple group exercise studios, and an outdoor pool with playground.

Gloucester, MA and Gloucester, England

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Had a very interesting visit Sunday at the gallery from Lisa Hogan, originally from Gloucester, MA and Andrew Garfield from Gloucester, England.  The couple were married in February 2000 in Rockport at the Old Sloop Congregational Church, where Lisa’s mother and grandmother had also been married.  That in and of itself I found interesting, but the more we talked, the more interesting they became.  The couple now lives in Rockport in the winter and summers in Gloucester on their boat which they keep at Cape Ann Marina. 

Andrew and Lisa co-founded a company called Glevum Associates LLC.  Glevum was a Roman fort in Roman Britain that became a “colonia” of retired legionaries in AD 97. Today it is known as Gloucester, located in the English county of Gloucestershire. Glevum Associates LLC a company that specializes in conducting face-to-face research and analysis in conflict and post conflict societies. Since its inception, Glevum has supported numerous U.S. Government and military clients – including the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, and more recently the Department of State – providing actionable and vital political, security and quality of life information on local populations including in Iraq (550,000 interviews to date) and Afghanistan (250,000 interviews to date).

From 2005 to 2012, Andrew has taught two modules on “Winning the War of Ideas” and “Exploitation of the Human Terrain” to the commanders and staffs of almost every Army and National Guard brigade, division and corps that has deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2005, as well as multiple supporting formations and specialist units.

Andrew has recently completed a fascinating paper based on in-depth interviews with 78 active Taliban insurgents, living and operating in many of Afghanistan’s most volatile provinces, titled “Understanding Afghan Insurgents: Motivations, Goals and the Reconcilation and Reintegration Process.  Who Are They?  What Do They Want?  Why do They Fight?” https://www.fpri.org/docs/Understanding_Afghan_Insurgents_Garfield_and_Boyd.pdf  

You meet the most interesting people on Rocky Neck.

PS Joey – I don’t have any GMG stickas left, so they had to hold up my Deviled Egg Competition ribbon!  Don’t let me forget to get some more when I come by the dock.

E.J. Lefavour

Reggae Weekend ~ Mile Marker One Presents ~ Inner Visions ~ World Class Reggae Band from US Virgin Islands

Posted on by Joanne

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Innervisions has been playing Castle Hill in Ipswich the last few years but the crowds became too large for them to handle so we’re hosting them over two nights at Cape Ann Marina Mile Marker One. Friday August 16th and Saturday August 17th On Friday the 16th we have an Opening act from Newburyport called Freevolt.

Doors are at 7pm. 15$ at the door. Cape Ann Marina 77 Essex Ave. Gloucester Ma Mile Marker One 978 283-2122

We also have Free Shows on our Bridge Deck All weekend with Jah N I on Friday 8/16 and The Glostafarians on Saturday 8/17 plus The Runaround Sunday 8/18 at 5pm.

1. When was Inner Visions formed? The band is dated back to when Phillip “Grasshopper” Pickering returned from the military in 1979 and joined “Prophecy” Reggae Band. Over the years the band saw a name change and has continued on since that time as Inner Visions.

2. What is the history of the band? Inner Visions has been the around since the golden days of reggae when the likes of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Dennis Brown, Toots and the Maytals, Peter Tosh, Third World, Steel Pulse, Inner Circle, Aswad and so many other foundation Artists presented the world with a music that would not be denied. Because the Virgin Islands dominant music art form was Calypso and now is Soca music, (and the fact that St. John was so far removed from the limelight), it was not until 1995 that the band started getting some recognition when we released our first official recording. Since then the music has taken us through the Caribbean, to Cancun Mexico, Europe and all over the USA. We now boast six self produced recordings to our credit.

3. Who are the current members of the group? Current members are Alvin “Jupiter” Pickering (Bass/Background Vocals), Phillip “Grasshopper” Pickering (Guitars/Percussions/Lead Vocals), Akiba “Mr. Snooze” Pickering (Keyboards/ Lead and Background Vocals), and Aswad “Hollywood” aka “Black Lion” (Drums). Just incase you are wondering about those Pickering last names, “Jupiter” and “Grasshopper” are brothers and “Mr. Snooze” and “Black Lion” are the son’s of “Grasshopper!”

4. Who are your Musical influences? Wow, there are so many to mention! I think the group Culture for the energy, Third World for the message of love, Aswad for the party style grooves, Steel Pulse for the consciousness, Bob Marley for the universal strength, and many, many more!

5. What keeps you coming back to New England? The awesome love we feel from our fans many of which we have had the opportunity to greet on our Island home long before performing stateside.

6. What is your connection to Gloucester? Joe Loiacano (Manager at Mile Marker 1) had known of us as he had lived and managed a venue on St. John a few years back. We had played Gloucester before at the Rhumb Line, but after hearing about the crowds we were packing in at the Castle on Crane Beach’s Summer Concert Series, he decided to have us. It was such a great success last year, he up-scaled it for this year’s performance.

7. What is Island life like on St. John? It is a rewarding way of life as one might expect but the drawback is it is very expensive to live there. We boast some of the most beautiful beaches in the world and some of the most wonderful people but like everywhere these days things are tough all around. Still we would not trade it for the whole wide world!

Adventure Takes First Sail With All Sails Up Photos From Len Burgess

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Listen, you can put all that talk around town that The Schooner Adventure was Gloucester’s Big Dig to rest. You can also put to rest the talk that it could have been rebuilt five times over brand new with the money they spent by saving a little corner of the hull and rebuilding around it like they’ve done with the Bluenose up in Nova Scotia. 

None of that matters now.  She took her first Sail With All Sails Up Today!

A GLORIOUS DAY! 

Congratulations to all those that have put in the time, effort and cheddar to make this day happen.  Huge accomplishment.

Look for the Adventure to Sail In This Year’s Schooner Festival which To Me Is THE STORY of this year’s Schooner Festival (along with the first annual lobster bake on Harriett Webster Pier)

Len Burgess writes-

Hi Joey, I didn’t get to sail on Adventure’s great day but arrived in time for the crew’s celebration. -Len Burgess

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Eloise Como Brown Writes for Info

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Fred Bodin Submits-

I got a request from former Gloucester resident Eloise Como Brown about this photo: “I’m sending you a photo of some ladies circa 1900, one of which is my grandmother, Addie Wadsworth (back row, third from left). I have no idea who the others may be, or the children hanging out the window. In 1900 Mary Adelaide (Addie M) Wadsworth is listed as a bookkeeper in Gloucester. She and her family lived on Cleveland Street. In 1905, Addie married Edward T. Como, also of Gloucester.

 

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From my Facebook posting about this, some theories are bookkeepers at a fish plant such as Gorton Pew, or schoolteachers.  Any input ask to the people or location would be appreciated. Thanks, Fred (and Eloise).

Sclafani’s does it again

Posted on by Matthew Green

Having just gotten back from vacation, I don’t have much food in my fridge, so today I went across the street to grab a sandwich from Sclafani’s (49 Washington St.) for lunch. It’s only the second time since I moved here (I don’t eat out often when I’m alone).

I got a small turkey sandwich with provolone and all the toppings except hots (lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, mayo, oil with spices…). As you can see from the photo, “small” isn’t exactly tiny – more than enough for someone like me. The meat and cheese were freshly cut, and the veggies tasted fresh and were not at all wilted or soggy. Of course, the bread was also fresh and delicious! And it only came to $4.28, which is a great price for a sandwich that filled me up! Granted, I usually have a small appetite, so a small sandwich might not be enough for everyone, but the “large” is only a little more expensive, and the quality is great. It seems to have been a while since Sclafani’s got any significant GMG love, but from my experience, they sure deserve it!

They are open Mon – Sat: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm.

– Matthew Green

Gloucester Sea Scouts- Get Involved and Like ‘Em On Facebook

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Hey Joey,

I’m a long time fan of Good Morning Gloucester. I wanted to let you know about the new Sea Scout program running out of Maritime Gloucester. Sea Scouts is a branch of the Boy Scouts, and is open to men and women age 14-21.

Back in the day there was a huge “Ship” in Gloucester. Right now there are about 10 boys signed up.

Our next meeting is August 24th at 7pm. Every Thursday though, the boys are signed on to go out with the Gloucester Gig Rowers at 6pm to get some instruction and develop some skills out there rowing. They also have been learning how to crew on the Ardelle which is super cool.
If you’re interested in checking the program out, I’ll be running the August 24th meeting, but will also be there  next Thursday for the Gig Rowing…

We have a facebook fan page set up if you want to check it out. 
https://www.facebook.com/NSSeaScoutsShip5