Hey Joey – big fan of GMG, thx for being such a community force and for providing a forum for all of the positive influences in and which support Cape Ann. 

Respectively requesting a post to support one of Cape Ann’s most established Preschool’s – the Sandy Bay Preschool in downtown Rockport.  We have an open house tomorrow, Tuesday April 12th from 10-12 am and from 6:30 – 8:00 pm.    Sandy Bay is a cooperative-based educational atmosphere with a highly experienced, structured, yet loving staff based at 12 School Street (Rockport Congregational Church) which offers a diverse learning environment both in and outside.

Website is – http://www.sandybaypreschool.org/welcomeopenhousedates.html

Additionally, since I know that your user community are dog lovers, wondering if you have seen the local Rockport and Gloucester dogs sporting Rockport Dog Collars and Leads???

My wife, Laura, lead the design of Rockport Dog products.  They are high quality, brighly colored products that depict the essance of Cape Ann living – Motif #1, lobster bouys, and seagulls.   All proceeds benefit Sandy Bay Preschool!   Details are at:  http://www.rockportdog.com/

If you have a dog, let me know what kind and where I can send you some product.

Regards, Scott DeLuca

Pete Yukins writes-

Hey Joey, this is Pete Yukins form First Light Anglers tackle shop and fishing
guide service in Rowley MA.  I actually know you from when I worked on Jon
Herrick’s (Doc) boat Dog & I a few years back and have run into you a few times
since at Al’s Cafe. We are hosting the third annual Fly Fishing Film Tour on
April 17th at Chunky’s theater in Haverhill MA on April 17th at 7:00pm.  The
tour is a compilation of short films about fly fishing from filmmakers around
the country and around the world.  It plays around the country over the course
of the winter and now its our turn to show it off.  All of our proceeds go to
stocking the Mill river in Newbury MA with Sea Run Brook trout which was a
native species that we are trying to bring back.

 

“Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish,
a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.”

James Thurber –

 

Dear Friends, Please join Good Morning Gloucester on April 23rd for a citywide Gloucester clean up and concert!

Celebrate and Be Celebrated this Earth Day! 

It has been a long winter and now that the snow has finally melted, it is time to give the City we love a good Spring Cleaning!  So here is your chance!!  We are asking folks to turn out for a citywide clean up on Saturday, April 23rd.   And after you are done cleaning, you are invited to an Earth Day Concert featuring Chelsea Berry and friends at the Cape Ann Brewery from 6 to 8 pm! 

Interested participants (all ages welcome!) should plan to meet at Stage Fort Park Visitors Center Saturday morning starting at 9 am until noon to pick up gloves and City provided yellow trash and clear recycling bags.  A limited number of pick sticks will be available so volunteers are encouraged to use their own tools if they want.  The clean up will take place rain or shine.  The Clean City Initiative will be focusing on Stage Fort Park from 9 to noon, the One Hour at a Time Gang will be working downtown, but the clean up is citywide and participants are encouraged to choose a public area in Gloucester they would like to see cleaned up.  We are also asking different groups to reach out to their members and pick a problem area to clean that day.  We will also have a list of suggested sites on hand, if folks need ideas. 

The Concert!!

Berry Green Earth Day Concert April 23rd from 6 – 8 at The Brewery 

Chelsea (Berry) will be doing an Earth Day Concert at The Brewery (from 6 to 8 pm) that night along with Pete Lindberg and Jake Pardee.  Anyone can go, not just volunteers, but it is hoped that volunteers go and be celebrated for their work.  All ages are welcome!   

 To sign up or for questions about the event, contact:  Sharon Byrne Kishida at skishida@beverlyma.gov or 978 605 2409 / 978 317 9701.

Thanks to the City of Gloucester for providing the trash bags and trash collection, Hiltz Waste Disposal, the Gloucester Clean City Initiative, the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, the One Hour at a Time Gang and to the MassDEP for their help in coordination of the event.

That the last plank to be affixed to a boat is called the rum (or whiskey) plank because of the spirits traditionally imbided after its completion?  In the old days, this was the time the crew would finally get their first pay and a celebration would often ensue.  These are some shots of the ARDELLE and rum plank being prepared.  The first shot is of the ARDELLE awaiting shuttering (the final planking).  The second photo is of the inside starboard section of the whiskey plank.  The third photo is of the Steam Jenny where planks go to be steamed and made pliable enough to be bent and twisted into place before being affixed to the boat.  The fourth photo is of the schooner MAINE, whose masts and other useable parts will be recommissioned for use on the ARDELLE.  Next we see Steve Willard, volunteer helper on the ARDELLE, who is also working on the Schooner ADVENTURE in Gloucester, and is a member of the Three Sheets to the Wind sea chantey group that do a chantey night at Brew Pub on Tuesday nights (got to do that, I love sea chanties – Marit, you want to go with?).  Finally the sails being made by apprentice sailmaker, Chuck Redman (not pictured), for the ARDELLE, as well as replacement sails for schooner FAME.

Harold Burnham, not pictured, is the 11^th generation Burnham to operate a shipyard in Essex since 1819.  I’d say shipbuilding is hardwired into his DNA.  The Pinky ARDELLE, scheduled to be launched this summer, (something I definitely want to experience) will be the sixth full-scale historic representation and the third Coast Guard-inspected passenger vessel he has built including the pinky schooner FAME of Salem, owned and chartered by Michael Rutstien. Pinky Schooners were a common type of fishing vessel that sailed out of Cape Ann harbors from the early eighteenth century through the early twentieth century. In 1839, there were 64 registered out of the Gloucester district. Pinkies were generally smaller vessels but were known for their seaworthiness. 

The ARDELLE will operate out of the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center, where she will serve as the centers’ research and educational vessel as well as taking passengers out during the season. The ARDELLE will be certified by the Coast Guard to carry 49 passengers and it is anticipated that she will run several two-hour public trips a day and be available for charter for weddings, birthdays, family events or other special occasions.

The ARDELLE is named after Harold’s grandmother Ardelle and his daughter, Perry Ardelle. As far as her design goes, the ARDELLE is a typical clipper pinky schooner and her lines are based largely on the original Pinky MAINE built by Ebeniser Burnham in Essex in 1845.

To keep up with the progress of Schooner ARDELLE, visit http://boatbuildingwithburnham.blogspot.com/.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Good morning! Will there be a sunrise service at Good Harbor Beach

this Easter? Where can I find the details? My daughter and I were
there last year and hope to repeat the wonderful experience.

Thanks, Jennifer Wright

Hi Joey,

I’m looking for some old photos of my grandfather’s fishing boat the Rosemarie. I was wondering if you could put something on the Good Morning Gloucester website to see if anyone has some. The boat sank years ago. My brother (Tom Scola) and I don’t have. My father, Joe Scola, is now 88 and would love to see some. Please let me know if this is something that can be done. Thank you.

On another note, I remember as a teenager, my father and his brothers would “take out” their fish at Capt. Joe’s. I’m assuming that is your grandfather. I use to work there for a short while before going to college. That was a long time ago. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely, Mary Ann Anderson

Yep, we offloaded the Rosemarie for years. Great people.

I appreciate and I’m sure our contributors appreciate the thanks the GMG community sends us in the comment section daily

Speaking for myself though, you all ought to know that just by checking in here from time to time and being part of our positive thing, that is plenty of thanks back. Our community that choses to send in special contributions like the FRONTIERO Family’s Cigar Joe audio and the people who chime in in the comment sections after posts that speak to them keep us motivated and constantly striving to be better for you, our viewership.

So instead of thanking me, pat yourselves on the back just for being here and reading these words. YOU are why we do what we do in bringing you the best community blog around.

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Your pal Joey 🙂

Here are some pics from the Road Race and Easter egg hunt
at Stage Fort Park

Hello Joey,

On behalf of St. Mary’s Episcopal church where David C. Pike is the music director, would you post this flyer and link for a special benefit screening of this important film?

Here is the link to the film’s website and trailer:

http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/vision/

Thanks so much, Morgan Faulds Pike

That the Black Brant, or Pacific Brent Goose is a small sea goose, about the size of a Mallard duck, that stages one of the most spectacular migrations of all waterfowl. Over 140,000 Pacific black brant migrate along the pacific flyway each year. In the fall virtually all Pacific Coast birds gather at Izembek Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula to prepare for their journey south. Ninety-five per cent of the brant diet is composed of eelgrass, which this flock was reaching underwater for, grabbing and flipping around in the air and then eating.  I don’t recall seeing them before, but they are very attractive and shy.  As soon as they noticed me photographing them, they booked it.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

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