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FREE Harbor Loop Concert Series Starts TOMORROW

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

This just in from Harbor Loop Concert Series organizer, Bradley Royds.  He says we’ll have the full summer lineup soon. What better way to kick off a summer of free outdoor music than with Mamadou & Jake! — Thanks, Bradley, for making this happen again this year!

Harbor Loop Concert Series 2014

(photo by Mamadou Diop)
Mamadou Diop

Summertime in Gloucester – its time for a party!

Thursday, July 10th marks the launch of the 41st Harbor Loop Concert Series. This is the perfect event for music-loving folks of all ages and the fun-loving musicians who enjoy playing for their hometown crowd.

Concert organizer Bradley Royds proclaims “The kick-off acts are sure to cause unbridled happy-feet and impulsive head-bobbing.” Jake Pardee will open at 6:30pm, and Mamadou will hit the stage from 7:45pm until 9:00pm.

Headliner, Mamadou, is well-known for whipping up original world-fusion rhythm and reggae based music. The band is comprised of a variety of well known Boston based musicians, featuring multiple percussion players and Pardee as lead guitarist. Royds adds “Jake is fantastic and he will knock it out of the park before Mamadou does the same.”

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Jake Pardee

Lawn chairs, blankets, picnic baskets and coolers are all welcome in the park. A variety of food and beverage vendors will be on-site. As the sun sets over Gloucester, come enjoy the music while overlooking the scenic-historic Inner Harbor from the hillside of Fitz Hugh Lane Park.

The Harbor Loop Concert Series is totally kid-friendly, and the park offers an environment that is safe for the whole family. Shows are every Thursday in July and August, 6:30pm to 9:00pm. Please go to http://www.harborloop.com for further information and for notice of cancellation in the event of rain.

Burnham’s Field Renovation – VIDEO Update

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joey,
Why is project manager Steve Winslow standing knee-deep in a trench in slacks and a button-down shirt? It’s “Trench Week!” Here’s your Burnham’s Field renovation project video update.

John McElhenny, Friends of Burnham’s Field

Video- Fiesta Traditions: Lia Militello, Kathy and Marissa Numerosi-Generations Build Fiesta Floats Part I&2

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Sista Felicia recognizing another beautiful family today, Lia Militello and her daughter and granddaughter Kathy and Marissa Numerosi for their dedication to the Saint Peter’s Fiesta and building floats for The Sunday Parade.

Happy Birthday GMG Contributor and The Best Film Shooter/Editor I Know Craig Kimberley

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Huge Hugs and Ninety-Nine Thank Yous to the Amazing and Super Hard-Working Friends of the HarborWalk Crew

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Thank you to our most awesome crew today. We had friends from as far away as Spain (the Ryan’s cousins), Rosemary Banks from Boca Raton, and Kim from Medford, all lending a hand with the gardens today and it was a joy to meet you all. And special thanks to our Gloucesterites Maggie Rosa, Ed, Catherine, George, Charles, Lisa Smtih, April,and Sam.Friends of the HarborWalk Gloucester ma © Kim Smith 2014

SAFETY 80s Summer Solstice Meltdown

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GMG Contributors Just All Over Local Media Today- Kim Smith Cover Story In Cape Ann Magazine Just Released Today!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

First Sista Felicia is Featured on CBS Boston this morning and then Andrea Holbrook from The Times posts on Google + that the new issue of Cape Ann Magazine came out with the feature story and front page by our own Kim Smith. #Boom!

It’s what we do here, media mogul type stuff all day long baby!  Smile

Congrats to all our fantastic contributors!

Check It!

June 20, 2014

Time to pick up summer issue of Cape Ann Magazine

By Times StaffGloucester Daily Times

Summer is finally here, and with it comes the latest issue of Cape Ann Magazine, which has started arriving in mailboxes and on local newsstands.

Inside are stories highlighting some of the people and places that make this region special. Features include:

A whole lotta clams: A fifth generation of family is growing into the restaurant business as Woodman’s of Essex celebrates its 100th birthday this summer.

Where the monarchs go: Travel to Mexico with Kim Smith as she follows the majestic, but vanishing, monarchs to their winter grounds.

 

She’s got the cover photo too-

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Go to The Bookstore of Cape Ann and get yourself a copy!  Or better yet, subscribe!!!

Linda rae castagna Has Some Nice Things To Say

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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There was no way that lobster was going to cooperate with our GOOD MORNING MILFORD card.  Thank you again for the inspiration to do GOOD MORNING MILFORD Facebook page for our merchants in Milford on the Delaware, New Jersey (the other Jersey shore).  It has brought a special feeling to our little town and valley, especially when people share the card all over the world like your followers of GMG.

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Wanna Race Our FOB- 53 Year Old Lindle Willnow?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Remember the movie The Color Of Money where Tom Cruise hustles his way through the pool circuit?

Well I think we just may have landed the perfect horse to bet on- our boy Lindle.

Unassuming, old, not particularly in any type of ectomorph runners body shape and the absolute perfect man to back with odds against these young hot shot runners.

So we’ll just trot out our Horse Lindle, take odds against the youngsters and clean up when he kicks their butt all over the place!  Winking smile

Our boy Lindle laid an absolute beat down, finishing 12th out of 218 runners at age 53!!!

To me that was a seriously impressive feet.  Almost as impressive as TJ finishing and winning a whole 2 and a half minutes before the second place finisher.

But the story in this post isn’t about TJ’s extraordinary race as a 34 year old in the prime of his life.  It’s about 53 year old Lindle Willnow and how he showed that you don’t have to be a 20 or 30 year old elite physical specimen to compete, you just gotta get out there and do it!

Congratulations Lindle, from all your GMG buddies we are seriously proud of you!

 

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On Behalf of Pathways for Children and Myself ~ Thank You to the Beautiful Manchester Garden Club Ladies!!!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Manchester Garden Club at Pathways ©Kim Smith 2014After months of planning and coordinating, this week we installed the new butterfly garden at Pathways for Children. We’ll be bringing you more updates from the garden but I wanted to first thank our super hard-working, fabulous and fun, beautiful team of volunteers from the Manchester Garden Club. We planted the garden in record time due to their can-do-attitudes. Thank You Ladies–you were simply the BEST!!!

And, success! As Bernie Romanowski, the facilities director, and I were tidying up, not one, but two butterflies stopped by to investigate the new garden, a Cabbage White and a Canadian Tiger Swallowtail. I wished our volunteers had seen that. Plant and they will come!

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE REVEALED!

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IMG_7916Nathan writes: 

Bottle was opened, pictures were sent to Kim. 🙂
Date was May 11, 2014
Found on June 1, 2014

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IMG_7924Message said : To who finds this. My name is Josh and I am eleven. Please write back (address included, and was to a local business in Gloucester).

The bottle survived a 3 week journey in the ocean and 3 day journey on land, before I opened it.

I called the company today and I am hoping to return the bottle and message to the boy! 🙂

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Thanks so much Nathan! I think this story has really captured people’s imaginations and made for wonderful fun. Perhpas we’ll hear from Josh. Thank you so much for sharing all!
See previous GMG post here: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE FOUND ON NILES BEACH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

BREAKING NEWS: Stage Fort Park Trolley Shuttle is BACK!

Posted on by Vickie & Peter
Stage Fort Park Trolley Shuttle

We just got word from Bob Ryan at CATA that, since the Blynman Bridge weight restriction has been lifted, he was able to scramble and get the Stage Fort Park Trolley Shuttle up and running starting on June 21!  See the trolley schedule here.  This is excellent news for everyone who drives in Gloucester during summer weekends because it means fewer cars — as well as anyone who benefits from tourists coming to Gloucester (which is just about everybody who lives and/or works here as I explain in this post).

Way to go Bob!

One Hundred Friggen Thousand Dollars Awarded To Gloucester’s Backyard Growers Program- Wooot!!!!!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

BIG NEWS! Backyard Growers has hit the big time! We were just awarded a 3-year $100,000 grant from the Cummings Foundation for the Schoolyard Garden Program in the Gloucester Schools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy Cannoli Batman!!!  Huge!!!

Congratulations to Sarah Gale ~ Recent Boston College Grad School Graduate!!!

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Gales 1 ©kim Smith 2014Our very best and dearest summer friends, Kristina’s and Ben’s oldest daughter, Sarah, graduated from Boston College graduate school this spring. The beautifully growing Gale family gathered from far and wide to celebrate Sarah’s graduation. Usually we see the Gales in late summer and it was an especially wonderful treat to attend Sarah’s graduation party over Memorial Day weekend. I can’t wait for their return in August!!Gales 2 ©Kim Smith 2014JPG Isabell and Avery ©Kim Smith 2014

Gales 4 ©Kim Smith 2014Gales 5 ©Kim Smith 2014Gales 7 ©Kim Smith 2014Sam Gale ©Kim SmithSam Gale, who recently graduated from college, works at Cape Pond Ice. 

More snapshots from Sarah’s graduation ~ Continue reading “Congratulations to Sarah Gale ~ Recent Boston College Grad School Graduate!!!” →