Cape Ann Youth Hockey is hosting two Open House/Clinics at Talbot Rink for all girls interested in learning about the Cape Ann Girl’s Travel Teams for the 2013-14 Hockey Season! Next year we will be offering teams at the U10, U12 & U14 levels. Registration is currently OPEN on the website for the 2013-14 Season!
If your daughter or someone you know is interested in playing hockey on an All-Girls team for next season, or in the future, please come for our on-ice clinics and Open Houses to learn about our program from the players, coaches and parents from last year’s inaugural season!
Dates/Times:
Thursday, April 25 6:00-7:00 PM @ Talbot Rink, Gloucester
Saturday, April 27 4:00-5:00 PM @ Talbot Rink, Gloucester
2012-13 Inaugural Season Highlights

• Lifelong friendships and memories made!
• 14 players playing travel hockey for the first time
• U12 & U14 teams competing in the Middlesex Yankee Conference Girls League
• U12 Division Championship
• U12 Bronze Medal in Maine Tournament
• U14 Division Semi-Finalists
• Friendship with Harvard University Women’s Hockey Team
• Clinic with USA Olympic Gold Medal Coach – Ben Smith
• Team trips to local Women’s College Hockey Games

Hope to see you there!
Robie MacLaughlin

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Hello! My name is Labrador and I bet you were expecting a dog! I don’t bark, swim or go jogging – but I love to lounge and play. I am a mellow two-year-old black-and-white male cat. I am residing at the Cape Ann Animal located at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter in Gloucester. Check our website at: CapeAnnAnimalAid.com
There are lots of sunny spots for me to nap and the staff and volunteers are wonderful to me. Remember, when you stop by the shelter to adopt me, ask for Labrador the cat. I am not certain why, but someone asked if I am tuxedo cat? Do humans really think that we cats would wear a tuxedo? I don’t even like wearing a collar!

 In parliamentary usage, to lay, as a report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding officer, – that is, to postpone the consideration of, by a vote;

This post is more personal than usual, but it’s big news for me and I wanted to share it with the GMG family.

Almost two years have passed since I came to Cape Ann and began my ministry at Holy Family Parish. It’s been a really great time! This is a wonderful community, and I am very grateful for the warm welcome I have received. Becoming a part of the GoodMorningGloucester team has been a hugely positive part of my experience! Special thanks to Joey for that!

As some of you know, a lot has happened in my life in the past four years. Not all of it has been as good as coming to Cape Ann. A terrible scandal came to light in my religious congregation (the Legionaries of Christ) in 2009, and since 2010 I have been working in parishes, seeking to discover the new path that God has planned for me. I have not really had time to step back and process all that has happened, and it has raised personal issues that I am still trying to work through. I have come to realize that it is not possible for me to deal with these things adequately at the same time as trying to serve the community in active ministry at a parish. I need some time without pastoral duties in order to heal and discern. As a consequence, Cardinal O’Malley has agreed to allow me to take a year off, starting in early June.

I hope that this period of leave will help me to find greater peace and clarity so that I can better carry out God’s will in my life. Another priest will take my place at Holy Family Parish, and I hope he will love and enjoy this community as much as I do. At the end of this year I will either take a new parish assignment or explore other avenues.

At first I was planning to move closer to Boston, because leaving my position at the parish means a change in my role in the community of Cape Ann, and the adjustment could be awkward. However, in the past couple of days I realized that I have such great friends and community here, and there are so many great things going on in this city, that I don’t want to leave. So, I am looking into affordable, possibly shared housing (i.e. sharing a house or apartment – hopefully with room for lots of books and origami) in Gloucester or Rockport from June 2013 to June 2014, and I will be looking for light employment to help me cover my expenses. If I could support myself financially for the year with just photography and/or teaching origami classes, I would, but I don’t think that’s likely…

Anyway, I hope to continue posting to GoodMorningGloucester throughout the year! Just don’t be surprised if you don’t see me showing up as a lead player in Church functions this coming year, even though I will be around town.

– Fr. Matthew Green

My sister Judy came to visit last weekend with two Guatemalan exchange students they have staying with them. 

Marcela Pineda is in an OBGYN program at Mass General; Federico Murga is studying sleep therapy and neurology at Beth Israel.  They are both from Guatemala City.

When it was time for lunch, it was straight to the Causeway, Judy’s favorite place to eat in Gloucester.   Marcela and Federico both enjoyed it immensely.  We all got chowder (my favorite is the fish chowder) and shared seafood platters (yummmm!).

E.J. Lefavour

CAPE ANN TRAIL STEWARDS

Inaugural Event

Cape Ann Trail Stewards (CATs), a new non-profit organization, announces its upcoming inaugural event.

Cape Ann Trail Stewards was founded by citizens of Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester and Essex to help landowners and conservation organizations protect, maintain and expand Cape Ann’s trail networks.

By matching volunteers with trails in need of stewardship, CATs will connect Cape Ann residents with the vast network of trails in the area and help preserve these recreational resources for our community. Cape Ann Trail Stewards will arrange workdays where volunteers can learn about trail construction and maintenance.

The board of directors includes residents of Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester, and representatives from the Essex County Greenbelt, Essex County Trails Association, Cape Ann Climbing Coalition, the New England Mountain Bike Association and other user groups.

Cape Ann Trail Stewards invites the public to join the inaugural clean up workday at the city of Gloucester’s Goose Cove Reservoir on Sunday, April 21st (the day before Earth Day) beginning at 1PM.

We will meet in the lot along Gee Avenue. Participants should wear sturdy shoes and dress appropriately for the weather (the event is rain or shine). Bring rakes, shovels and buckets if you have them. CATs will supply gloves and other materials.

Register for this event, join our roster of regular volunteers and learn more about us atwww.capeanntrailstewards.org

Joey! How are ya? Was wondering if you could help my 7 year old daughter Bailee out and post about her Cookie & Lemonade Stand which has been running for two days now, we will run again tomorrow from 12-3pm, her goal is to raise $1000.00 for the children injured in the Boston Marathon Bombings, so far she has raised $471.00, we are hoping to raise the last $529.00 tomorrow, hopefully she can do it! It will be happening outside our house @ 29 East Main Street Gloucester MA

Thanks!

Brieana Militello