Category: Good Morning Gloucester

City of Gloucester Trash Update 9/14/26

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Attention Residents – Trash Talk!

Reminder that the new trash program starts October 1st. If you have not gotten your new trash carts already, don’t panic! Carts are being delivered on a rolling basis and you will get them before October 1st. They are being delivered right to the front of your property, so please keep an eye out for them! Please note that if you requested additional carts, their delivery may come later than the standard carts.

Later this month, we will have a form on our website for folks to fill out if they haven’t received their carts yet. Until then, thank you for your patience and remember to use up all your purple bags while you still can!

SURFSIDE SUBS MONDAY MADNESS is here! 

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
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Start the week with some seriously good specials! 

 $13.99 + tax Lobster Roll
Served with chips & pickles

 Buy any 16” Pizza, get a 2nd 16” Pizza HALF PRICE!
Limit of 2 per customer

 BONUS SPECIAL 

 Buy any 18” Pizza, get a 2nd 18” Pizza HALF PRICE!
Limit of 2 per customer

Excludes gluten free
Excludes online orders
Pizza specials cannot be combined

Pretty Light at Harbor Loop

Posted on by Pat D

When I encounter visitors during my shift at the Stage Fort Park Welcome Center, I usually recommend they take a walk down to the pier at Harbor Loop. This lighting is one of the reasons it’s such an attraction there.

In the Midst of the Wildlife — pat morss

Posted on by patmorss

It’s great when the local wildlife comes to us.

A young Osprey has taken over Hank (The Great Blue) Heron’s favorite branch near our house.
It departed and came back with a fish that it promptly devoured.
It could be one of Annie’s and Squam’s kids, Sunny or Stormy (seen on Essex Greenbelt’s Osprey cam).
Returning after a walk, a Garter Snake was chasing a House Mouse at our front door.
The snake headed the mouse off at a crack between RR ties, that was too narrow for the mouse.
So, off in a different direction with the snake in chase.
This continued until they both froze in place at a safe distance. I was betting on the mouse when we went inside.
Many Painted Ladies were feeding on our butterfly bushes. Upright wing undersides provide camouflage.
The open topsides are are bright like Monarchs. This butterfly is carrying on with a damaged wing.
Whereas, this one has near-perfect symmetry.
The proboscis (“straw”) that uncoils for the butterfly to sip nectar is pretty neat to watch.

Surfside Subs RAINY SUNDAY SPECIALS — 9/13! 🦞🍕🌧️

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Rainy Sundays call for comfort food! Skip the cooking and let us take care of lunch or dinner today! 🙌

🦞 $16.99 + tax Lobster Rolls
Served with chips & pickles!

🍕 Buy any 16” Pizza, get the 2nd 16” Pizza HALF PRICE!
*Limit of 2 per customer

🍕 Buy any 18” Pizza, get the 2nd 18” Pizza HALF PRICE!
*Limit of 2 per customer

Stay dry, grab your favorites, and make this rainy Sunday a delicious one! ☔️❤️

Excludes gluten free
Pizza specials cannot be combined
Excludes online orders

Fall Has Arrived at Marini Farms

Posted on by Pat D

Like it or not, we are at the start of a new season. September and October are fantastic months here on Cape Ann but Mother Nature is signaling Fall. It’s evident at Marini Farms in Ipswich.

CITY OF GLOUCESTER AND METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL TO HOST “THE POWER OF ARTS AND CULTURE PLANNING” EVENT

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

GLOUCESTER, MA – The City of Gloucester, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), will host “The Power of Arts and Culture Planning: What Could a City-Wide Arts and Culture Plan Do for Gloucester?” on Tuesday, October 6, from 6PM to 8PM at the Kyrouz Auditorium in City Hall.

The community meeting will explore how a city-wide arts and culture plan could help support Gloucester’s vibrant arts and cultural community and strengthen the role of arts and culture in the City’s future. This would be a first for the City, as Gloucester has never created a formal arts and culture plan. 

The event will open with a reading from Gloucester’s Co-Poet Laureate Heidi Wakeman, and will provide an opportunity for residents, artists, cultural organizations, businesses, community leaders, and other interested community members to learn more about arts and culture planning and share their ideas about what such an effort could mean for Gloucester. Discussion topics will include what an arts and culture plan is, why it is important for a city to have. Speakers will include Mayor Paul Lundberg, Chair of the Gloucester Committee for the Arts Karen Ristuben, and Gloucester’s Arts, Culture, and Events Coordinator Miranda Aisling. 

This will be a community discussion that includes a question and answer segment so members of the public can ask our city staff and MAPC staff about what an arts and culture plan in Gloucester would look like for them. MAPC staff will help facilitate the conversation and share examples and lessons from arts and culture planning efforts in other communities.

Residents and community members are encouraged to attend and participate in the discussion. RSVP is requested.

What: The Power of Arts and Culture Planning: What Could a City-Wide Arts and Culture Plan Do for Gloucester?
When: Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 6PM – 8PM
Where: Kyrouz Auditorium, City Hall, 9 Dale Ave, Gloucester, MA
RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeW9q2EoPefMYkeEj-2husNkLSy7G25sx6ZACnNZiVWfCYp0w/viewform?usp=header  

Surfside Subs TODAY’S SPECIALS — SATURDAY 9/12! 🦞🍕🚨

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Saturday plans = solved. Whether you’re craving a lobster roll or pizza for the whole crew, we’ve got the deals today! 🙌

🦞 $17.99 + tax Lobster Roll
Served with chips & pickles

🍕 Buy any 16” Pizza, get the 2nd 16” HALF PRICE!
Limit 2 per customer

🍕 Buy any 18” Pizza, get the 2nd 18” HALF PRICE!
Limit 2 per customer

☀️ Good food + Saturday + these specials = the perfect combo!

📞 978-281-1700

Excludes gluten free
Pizza specials cannot be combined
Excludes online orders

Marini Farms Sunflowers

Posted on by Pat D

We usually take time to visit Felix’s Family Farm for the sunflower field but this year it worked out that we went to Marini Farms on Linebrook Road in Ispswich instead. Though the sunflowers were a bit past peak, the entire flower field experience was pretty cool. You are invited to cut your own and there are plenty of colorful blooms left if you are interested. I hope to get to Felix’s Farm also in Ipswich before it’s too late in the season.

The Latest City of Gloucester Purple Beg Update

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Trash Talk – Purple Bags!

As we come to an end of the era of the purple bags, we’d like to remind everyone that they can still buy them at Stop and Shop and Shaw’s, and if you’re a senior you can join the Rose Baker Center for Aging Well Gloucester and get smaller purple bags there as well.

There is no refund on extra purple bags, so don’t get more than you need! The new cart program starts October 1st, so make sure to buy enough to last you through the end of this month.