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An Indoor Flea Market this Saturday!

Posted on by Sharon

From my friend Walt Kolenda:

Laurel Tarantino is hosting an indoor flea market at the Pond View Village Community Center on LePage Ln. off of Essex Ave. in West Gloucester.So far there are at least 12 vendors. It looks like there will be everything from crafts to antiques, art & junk!

Where: Pond View Village Community Center, on LePage Ln off of 133 (aka Essex ave.) West Gloucester, MA

When: Sat. Feb. 23 9am-3pm

What: Flea market, antiques, crafts, home-made items etc!

cdI’ll be there, too, with prints, calendars, notecards, framed prints, music CD’s, etc. etc. Cleaning out the old stuff!

See you there! ~Sharon

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The PC Race To Eliminate The Term Midget Takes Another Victim

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Barstool Sports reports-

Cains Pickles Stops Selling Midget Pickles After The Mother of A Midget Complains

This just a couple days after my “When did a midget not become a midget?” post-

Serious Question- When Did A Midget Not Become A Midget?

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Joey C

Community Stuff 2/20/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Celebrate Purim with TAA!

Join us THIS Saturday, February 23rd at 6 pm!
There will be a Megillah reading, great Purim schpiel actors from the Yiddish Theater, and adults in costumes, as well as games, crafts, and a magic show by the Sylvia Cohen Religious School teachers, Madrichim, and members of Endicott Hillel!

Free admission! Costumes suggested!

Purim - An Unexpected Journey

Noreen Burke, the director of the Gloucester Department of Health, is the next guest on Cape Ann Profiles. She talks with host Rich Sagall about how she came to the public health field, her work as director of the Department of Health, and the services the department provides residents of Gloucester

Cape Ann Profiles can be seen on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 on Friday, February 22 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, Februrary 24 at 2:00PM. It repeats on Friday, March 1 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, March 3 at 2:00PM

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Towle’s Candy Shop

Posted on by God's Morning

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I was in your store a few weeks ago. I am looking for a picture with “Towle’s” candy shop located at 118 Main St. in Gloucester (now the site of Franklin Cape Ann). I believe my great-grandfather Ransellear Towle had the shop from around 1928-1948. I am hoping some of the Good Morning Gloucester readers will go through their old photos and be willing to share any of interest with me. I added a picture of him taken about 1914 and his obituary. I think the readers at the very least will get a kick out of the menu with the prices. 

Thank you for your help!
 
Sincerely,
 
Deborah O’Brien
Essex, MA

Sue and Lynne From the Tavern Representing On The Today Show With The Good Morning Gloucester Sign #Boom!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Check out Sue and Lynne to the right of Matt Lauer in the Sou’ Wester Holding The GMG Sign. Nice Work!
Thanks Phil Scannell For forwarding the pic!

Phil writes-

If you look to the right of Mayor Menino and Matt Lauer-and Savannah in the yellow with  sou’wester Lynne & Sue  from the  Tavern with Good Morning Gloucester sign

Dr. Laurence J. Peter Quote of The Week from Greg Bover

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

"The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance."
Dr. Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990)

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and educated at Washington State University, Dr. Peter was a coordinator of programs for emotionally disturbed children at the University of Southern California. As a student of bureaucracies, he was famous for his theory The Peter Principle, and his 1968 book of the same name, which posits that in a hierarchical organization an employee rises until he or she reaches one level above that at which they are competent. In later life he was active in the Kinetic Sculpture Race which occurs in many locations around the world (and looks like a whole lot of fun. Couldn’t we have one on Rocky Neck?)

Greg Bover