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Show Up At The Farm Bar And Grille Tomorrow Night And Compete For The Affection Of A Young Fit Athletic Bachelor!

That this is grave of Rev. Epes Davis at Mount Adnah Cemetery in Annisquam?  Rev. Davis was a Free-Will Baptist who held services at his house until 1830 when he built a meeting-house, now known as the Annisquam Village Hall and still regularly used for community events and functions. 

In addition to being a Baptist minister, Davis was also a shipbuilder in Annisquam, probably most known for building the original schooner Fame.  When the War of 1812 appeared imminent, privateers out of Salem purchased the fast little pinky schooner that had recently been built by Epes Davis in Annisquam. Fame could carry two small cannon and a crew of up to 30. Fame had originally been designed for fishing, so her new owners brought her to Salem and fitted her out to carry the armament and larger crew of a privateer. 

The replica of Fame, which was built by Harold Burnham at Burnham Boat Yard in Essex and launched in 2003, first sailed to Gloucester, where her fitting-out continued, and then made her return to Salem on July 12th. On July 25, 2003, she carried passengers from Pickering Wharf for the first time.

Two legacies of the Rev. Epes Davis.

E.J. Lefavour

Plan B Fishing Vessel Gloucester Harbor 2009

Here are links to the dozens of posts and videos we’ve taken of The Plan B here on Good Morning Gloucester over the years

2 Crewman Rescued

BOSTON — The Coast Guard assisted two fishermen after their fishing vessel began to take on water nine miles east Kennebunkport, Maine, Tuesday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received a call at 7:20 a.m. from the 81-foot fishing vessel Plan B reporting that they were taking on water and pumps were unable to keep up with the flooding. The men were donning survival suits.

The Coast Guard immediately launched an Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, a Coast Guard Station Portsmouth Harbor, N.H., rescue boat crew, a Coast Guard Station South Portland, Maine, rescue boat crew, and diverted the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma. The Coast Guard also issued an urgent marine information broadcast asking boaters in the area to assist the fishermen.

The crew of the fishing vessel Cameran Lee responded to the UMIB and safely transferred the two fishermen from the Plan B to their vessel.

Weather on scene was 10 to 15-knot winds and two-foot seas.

The Tahoma and Station South Portland are currently on scene monitoring the situation.

“This rescue highlights the importance of communication in an already hazardous environment,” said Lt. Nick Barrow, command center supervisor at Sector Northern New England. “The value of good Samaritans in our tight-knit community is invaluable.”

The Coast Guard protects roughly 20,000 commercial fishing vessels in the northeastern U.S. and encourages fleets to prepare for the unexpected as the season continues.

The Plan B is still afloat and crews are arranging commercial salvage. There were no injuries or pollution reported.

http://knox.villagesoup.com/news/story/rockland-fishing-vessel-sinks-off-kennebunkport-fishermen-rescued/486171
Thanks Penelope for the link

Dodgeball Armageddon! Still No Response From Muffy!

An interesting construction on Bearskin Neck.

Dear Joey
Last week end Feb 10th thru the 12th 13 of our skaters competed at the Bay State Games in Williamstown MA.  Almost all of them cam home with
a medal that qualified the to compete at the State Games of America in Hershey, PA August 2013.  Some photos attached:
Alexandra Arnaud, black dress layback, Emily Askwyth: black and white dress: spiral leg to the left. Johanna Coutre Porcaro black dress skating backward,
3 girls with medals all competed in the same event JiaLi Mulvey won the gold, Kimberly Way won the silver and MeiLan Mulvey won the bronze.
Samantha Way in the orange dress with fan and Kayley Wright in blue dress.
Thanks so much for showing them off!!

Samantha Way won a bronze medal, Kayley Wright a gold medal and Alexandra ARnaud a gold medal.
Thanks

Cape Ann Figure Skating Club VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Maryanne Askwyth
For more information regarding Cape Ann Skating please visit"

http://www.facebook.com/CapeAnnSkatingClub

website: http://cafsc.org/

GWC – Saturday, March 3rd, 7:30 p.m. – Poetry Salon – Brian Blanchfield & Christian Hawkey

Please join us

for a Poetry Salon

featuring Brian Blanchfield and Christian Hawkey

on Saturday, March 3rd, 7:30 p.m.

at 126 East Main Street (please park across the street).

For more info -  call 978-283-7738 – or go to  gloucesterwriters.org.

Reminder: The Charles Olson film "Polis is This" by Henry Ferrini and Kenny Riaf will be shown at 126 East Main Street on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 7:30 p.m.

Click here to play or save the podcast 

Taped February 20th, 2012 with hosts Joey Ciaramitaro from GoodMorningGloucester.organd Kenny MacCarthy from www.CapeAnnInfo.com

Topics:

Charles De Gaspe Beaubien Letters to the Editor In the Gloucester Daily Times

Harbor Walk

The Fort Discussion

Bikini Speedo Dodgeball

Hearts All Over Town

Local Real Estate Buys

Mug Up at Donna Ardizzoni’s

Kenny’s No Sugar- No Caffeine Diet

Joey’s Juicer

Deb Clarke;

This is a painting that I started several years ago, and have not finished. The painting is in the attic. why did I stop working on it? I have misplaced the background fish that is the shadow wall for the verre eglomise.

someday I will finish this work. btw: some of the white areas is paint, other white areas is aluminum leaf, other white areas is where the light shows through from behind, other white areas is the surface light reflection.

best

deb.

Here are the links to the Video Joey took of Deb’s Demo

https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/debbie-clarke-verre-eglomise-demonstration-video-part-i/

https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/debbie-clarke-verre-eglomise-demonstration-video-part-ii/http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/

https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/debbie-clarke-verre-eglomise-demonstration-video-part-iii/

https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/debbie-clarke-verre-eglomise-demonstration-video-part-iv/

The Hood® Sportsmanship Scholarship™ Program rewards eighteen deserving high school students with $5,000 towards furthering their education at a two- or four-year accredited college or university.

There are 3 students from Gloucester High School that deserve your daily vote, you may vote for more than one student!!

Angelo Bertolino, Phillip Curcuru, Sean Kennedy

Please go to http://www.hood.com/ Vote now Scholarships

We invite you to help us select the finalists! Vote once a day, now through March 15, 2012, at 3 PM EST, for the students whose essay you think deserves to be a finalist for the Hood Sportsmanship Scholarship.

The ten students from each of the 6 New England state (MA, VT, ME, NH, RI, CT) who receive the most votes will be selected as finalists. The finalists will be interviewed by a panel of judges and three students from each state will be selected as winners. The winners will be honored at an awards ceremony and entered into the Hood Sportmanship Scholarship Hall of Fame.

Hood Milk has helped kids grow healthy and strong for more than 160 years. For the third consecutive year, we’re proud to offer $90,000 in scholarship funds to celebrate the integrity and sportsmanship of New England students as they continue their education. Support them with your vote!

Chorus North Shore 80th Commemorative Concert in Gloucester on 3/4

The 2011-2012 concert season marks the 80th year since the founding of Chorus North Shore and the 50th Year for Sonja Pryor as Artistic Director! 

March: Commemorative 80th Anniversary Concerts

Chorus North Shore conducted by Sonja Dahlgren Pryor presents “BRAVO! ENCORE! Favorites from Chorus North Shore: 80 Years of Choral Performances”

with Frederick A. MacArthur accompanist.

Saturday, March 3, 2012, 8:00 PM at Our Lady of Hope Church, Linebrook Road, Ipswich

Sunday, March 4, 2012, 3:00 PM at St. Ann’s Church, 70 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

Tickets Available online at www.chorusnorthshore.org , or call 978 890-7091 or at the door

$20 General Admission, $17 Senior/student

The concerts celebrate 80 years of music making by the chorus and Sonja Dahlgren Pryor’s 50th year as conductor.

For more information visit www.chorusnorthshore.org

The concerts are supported in part by grants from the Gloucester, Essex, and Ipswich Cultural Councils , local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

You may remember that the Chorus started in Rockport  in 1931 as the Community Carol Choir.  Then in 1932 it became the Rockport Community Chorus, a name it retained until 1983 when it became the Rockport Community Chorus of the North Shore to better reflect that its membership came from the greater north shore area, and then in 1995 it became Chorus North Shore and started having rehearsals in Ipswich as that location was more centrally located for its members.

tuesday evening artist salon at The Annie – Gloucester

ramani rangan writes–

Dear fellow artists – I would like to invite you to an Artist Salon every first and third Tuesday evening of the month at The Annie, Gloucester. Please go to www.capeann.org website and looking to the right go to ‘Cape Ann After Dark’ and then scroll down to ‘Beyond Imagine’ and you will see the invitation.  I look forward to see you. Come chat and share about art and more among other artists, be well, Ramani Rangan.    

http://www.capeann.org