Ed The House Doctor Represents!

Ed the house doctor is a guy that doesn’t seek recognition but does a ridiculous amount of work to make Gloucester a better place.  I ran into Ed up at the visitors center a couple of weeks ago when we had that really warm day.  It was late in the afternoon and he was working away pulling weeds and sprucing up the Stage Fort Park area.  God bless good guys like Ed.   Video with Ed at 8PM

Ed The House Doctor Represents!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.


One Hour At A Time Gang Notice

From Donna Ardizzone-

Hope you all enjoyed today and the sun and of course our beautiful beaches.  Next week on Saturday, June 20th, is the first block party.  It sounds like a great time to do cleanup on Saturday morning on Main and Rogers.

Day:       Saturday:   June 20th, 2009

Time:     8:00 am

Where: Main and Rogers

We can meet at St. Peter’s Square…

I will get bags from Kathy Middleton..Fun night will follow…Looking forward to seeing all.

Donna Ardizzone
Donna Ardizzone

The Seine Boats Hit The Water

Sammy Scola and Anthony Saputo place the seine boats so they will be ready for the crews to practice in the morning.  It’s THAT TIME OF YEAR!

The Seine Boats Hit The Water, originally uploaded by captjoe06.


Inter-Continental Greasy Pole Champ Anthony Saputo Video

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Anthony Saputo Inter-Continental Greasy Pole Champ

I caught up with Anthony Saputo, the Inter-Continental Greasy Pole Champ.  Anthony won in Sicily and Gloucester which makes him a greasy pole legend in his own right but in the upcoming video we speak about other greasy pole champions, who he considers the best seine boat crews of all time and gives some props to the unsung heros of the Fiesta.

Video at 8AM

GARFISH performs at the Relay for Life of Cape Ann Benefit

Just got this from Gary Hiltz-

Relay For Life of Cape Ann welcomes the return of Garfish. Cape Ann’s own classic rock band Garfish will be returning to the stage Friday June 19 from 6:45 to 8:45pm at the Gloucester High School. The band is proud to be able to donate their time for this great cause. Its really inspiring to see the dedication of all these team members who work year round to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Garfish is honored to be able to provide some upbeat music to aid and entertain the walkers in this 18 hour event.

Childrens Pirate Parade At Art Haven For The Block Party

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Good Egg Brenda Malloy At Her Imagine Studio On Rocky Neck

Here’s Brenda Malloy, a super sweet person who brings much joy and happiness to everyone around her.  Brenda runs her studio and creates art on Rocky Neck.  She is also very involved with the Rocky Neck Art Association.   You can click this text to see a ton of her cool stuff and learn more about her.

Look for a video with Brenda at 1PM


Good Karma At Kate Seidman’s Art Room Video

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The First Ever Cape Ann Blogapalooza

With a little over 24 hours total planning we got about 20 or so of Cape Ann’s Blogging community together for a meeting of the minds and to enjoy each other’s company.  The Cape Ann Online community was well represented.  We live video blogged from Cape Ann Brewing Company, had a cake for Sharon’s 60th Birthday and enjoyed a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday from Alexander Thompson and Gardy.  What were the words to that song again?  All I know is it ended with “DEATH”

Fun was had by all. I’d love to make Cape Ann an official Chapter of the Beer and Blog group but after reading their guidelines they require a weekly meetup.  Weekly seems like a bit much for an old man like me but if there is enough interest I’d love to sign us up to be a chapter.  I’d only be able to make about one or two a month tops though.

The First Ever Cape Ann Blogapalooza, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

I’d like to thank the kind gentleman at the local supermarket who put the words on the cake for me without batting an eyelash.

Surprise!

Cape Ann Brewing was really a fantastic spot for the meetup with it’s long benches it allowed for a communal sharing of ideas and a free flow of people buzzing around.

I can’t believe they had their hours rolled back to an 8:30PM closing time when they were going for an actual extension to regular hours at last night’s liquor licensing hearing.

We should discuss weather we should change locations every so often or keep it at Cape Ann Brewing.  If people would like to mix it up a bit the one requirement would be that the joint would have to offer free wifi.

If the Blog and Beer guidelines do not allow us to become a chapter under their banner we will stick with the Cape Ann Blogapalooza moniker and just add roman numerals after each meetup.




The Shipwreck Lounge Video

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Gloucester Baseball Magnets And Fundraising

Gloucester Baseball Magnet
Gloucester Baseball Magnet

From Cindy Rich-

Thank you for all you do Joey!
I can’t keep track of how many people I tell each day about your site and the emails that I send out with your link – It’s awesome!
I have created a .JPG sign of the magnets and I’ll send you the original DOC as well.
Can you put up something like:
GET ‘EM HERE FIRST!
GLOUCESTER BASEBALL” MAGNETS
Stick ’em on your CAR, Stick ’em on your FRIDGE!
$5.00 each – Help support your local Gloucester Baseball Teams!
Can be found at Christine’s Variety on Washington St. or by calling Cindy at 978 239-9179
More local locations to be added this week…
Thanks Joey!

Chip Norton At The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center

Chip Norton in the oar shed at The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center.

Citizen Participation and Public Information

From Roz Frontiera-

hi joey, we’re inviting the public to attend these thursday night meetings, looking for input from the public on suggestions or resolutions.    below is our schedule for the next month.  could you post it to your website.  we would be so appreciative!
since this is all new, to enlist and inform the public in this manner, we would like to post well in advance of each invitation.  if someone cannot attend, they can email us at cppivolunteer@gmail.com

thanks :  ) roz

CPPI AGENDAS:  All meetings held Thurs. at 7pm, 3rd Floor City Hall

June 4 :    Volunteer packet / PR web

June 11:  Website input from Community

June 18:  Grant Writing

June 25:  No Meeting

July 2:     No Meeting

Public is welcome to attend and offer input.  Learn about opportunities to join the WebTeam or the Grant Research and Writing Team.  For more info go to www.cppigloucester.com

Jay Albert-Creator Of Cape Ann Images

Jay swung by the dock and took me for a quick ride through Smith Cove (Rocky Neck) past the North Shore Art Association, Beacon Marine, and all the way around past the restaurants, boats and Marine Railway. Jay has a bad ass 300mm zoom lens and it was fun fooling around with that for a bit.  I have major lens/camera envy.  I take pretty decent photographs but can only imagine how much better they could be with a good camera like Jays.

I made a three part video series which will debut tonight at 8PM

Check out Jay’s photo blog Cape Ann Images by clicking this text


Rudy!

Rudy left last night to go to Alaska for the salmon season.   He is from Honduras and been fishing out of Gloucester for over ten years.  For as long as he has been in the US he still hasn’t learned much English but is still one of the funniest guys you’d ever meet.  Video with Rudy tomorrow.

Rudy!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.