Submitted by Helane Prottas. My apologies for not getting this shared sooner!

Jim and I were honored to be able to attend the 2023 Holiday Awards Luncheon presented by Discover Gloucester at the Cruiseport yesterday. Five awards were bestowed to a number of Gloucester’s finest promoters: Alana Horne and Kiley Davis (the MAG-nificent Contributors award); Isabel Pett (Most Valuable Event Planner award); Joey Ciaramitaro (Outstanding Appreciation award); The Gloucester House/Blue Collar Lenny and Dottie Linquata (Exceptional Service award); and Tobin Dominick (the Tobin Dominick Leadership award). A number of friends, family members, city representatives and politicians joined Discover Gloucester members to honor the winners. Here’s a few representative photos:

Kate and I are going to feature one or two local places to buy holiday gifts each day highlighting the fact that there’s no need to buy your presents online or trudge up to the mall. There’s excellent places to shop right here in Gloucester. For more visit www.goodmorninggloucester.com

Previous videos:

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Mystery Train

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Cape Ann Olive Oil

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- The Cave

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- The Bookstore Of Gloucester

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Sweats of New England

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Brass Monkey

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Design Of Mine

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Fireflies

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Good Linens

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Pop Gallery

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Shore Nutrition

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Nelsons

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Village Silversmith

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Toodeloos

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- The Floating Lotus

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Mark Adrian Shoes

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Mac Daddy Computers

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Made With Love

My name is Susan Harrington and Max is my Brittany Spaniel. We live in Rockport.

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Kate and I are going to feature one or two local places to buy holiday gifts each day highlighting the fact that there’s no need to buy your presents online or trudge up to the mall. There’s excellent places to shop right here in Gloucester. For more visit www.goodmorninggloucester.com

Previous videos:

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Mystery Train

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Cape Ann Olive Oil

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- The Cave

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- The Bookstore Of Gloucester

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Sweats of New England

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Brass Monkey

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Design Of Mine

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Fireflies

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Good Linens

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Pop Gallery

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Shore Nutrition

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Nelsons

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Village Silversmith

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Toodeloos

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- The Floating Lotus

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Mark Adrian Shoes

Pat D’s Photos is having a very special offer for today only (Dec 14 2023) to celebrate Mens Night. These ornaments/ suncatchers will be available for a discounted price of $20 at Castaways tonight from 5-8 PM. They are about 3″ in diameter, beveled glass and ready to hang (stands also available while they last). Stop by tonight or reach out in comments if interested in having some set aside for you. Local delivery also available. Contact Pat D’s Photos at GMGPatD@gmail.com

Sharing information from the Magnolia Historical Society regarding their event Sunday December 17 on Magnolia Ave:

We do not get to Nichols Candy on Crafts Road nearly enough so we made a special stop to shop for some holiday goodies. Stepping inside is the very definition of Winter Wonderland at this time of the year. You just can’t go wrong. And if browsing isn’t your thing, they also offer online ordering. Win Win.

DECEMBER 12, 2023 ~ SAWYER FREE LIBRARY

Kate and I are going to feature one or two local places to buy holiday gifts each day highlighting the fact that there’s no need to buy your presents online or trudge up to the mall. There’s excellent places to shop right here in Gloucester. For more visit www.goodmorninggloucester.com

Previous videos:

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Mystery Train

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Cape Ann Olive Oil

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- The Cave

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- The Bookstore Of Gloucester

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Sweats of New England

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Brass Monkey

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Design Of Mine

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Fireflies

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Good Linens

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Pop Gallery

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Shore Nutrition

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Nelsons

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Village Silversmith

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- Toodeloos

Good Morning Gloucester Shop Local Series ’23 With Katelyn Ciaramitaro- The Floating Lotus

I’ll Have My Quarter Zips and Everyone That Buys one Will Get A Bonus Present. You Can See From The Inventory Lists that we’re sold out of some sizes and getting very close to sold out on others. There’s zero reason to wait to get your shopping done for Christmas.

Here’s the link to purchase- https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/

Quarterzips are getting really close to being sold out! Link to purchase in my profile (Gloucester Apparel Online Shop) I hope you get yours! Right now everyone that orders one will get a bonus gift with a retail value of $20 or more. I doubt they will last til next week! I’ll be at @castawaysvintagecafeglo Thursday night 5-8pm for a holiday sip and shop with six other awesome vendors including my buddy Joe Higgins @fishprinter @templeofenora @hellbentvintage @britbarrydesign @shop.loro @vin.tea.age !!! Hope to see you all there!!!

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Beauty and the Beach…

Celebrating 20 years of making wearable art!

Friday, December 15^th   10AM-4PM
44 Thurston Pt. Rd. Back Barn
Contact:  jackie@capeanndesigns.com or 978-283-8333

This Friday, from 10AM-4PM, join  Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco at her studio for holiday shopping.  The Sea Glass barn is located at 44 Thurston Pt. Rd. in Riverdale – the back barn off the main road.   There will be a 20% Promotion on most of the jewelry and hair accessories.  For appointments outside of this time, please call 978-283-8333 (Landline) or email: jackie@capeanndesigns.com, you can make appointments for Friday or any other day.   For those that are out of town, the website, CapeAnnDesigns.com now offers nearly 200 pieces on its eCommerce site.

The items available for sale range from the smallest hair accessories to statement pieces designed with the rarest forms of sea glass – bottlenecks and perfume stoppers.  The latest addition to the collection are Sea Glass Stepping stones for the garden.  A few are available for sale, but most will be done by ordering for the Spring. Gift Certificates are available and custom work can be done if you have a favorite piece of sea glass you would like incorporated into the work.   The designs have evolved based on unique finds over the years.   Stop in for some holiday cheer!