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Grace Marie Being Towed By Coast Guarg 178 Miles
Paul Frontiero photo
BOSTON – The Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba is towing the fishing vessel Grace Marie to Provincetown and plans to arrive around 6 p.m., today.
The Grace Marie, a 65-foot Gloucester-based fishing vessel, was reported to be adrift without engine power on the southeast section of Georges Bank.
The crew of the Escanaba responded to the Grace Marie 150 miles east of Nantucket, Mass., Wednesday June 09, 2010.
The Escanaba arrived on scene just before sunset and quickly took the fishing vessel in tow. The Escanaba plans to tow the Grace Marie about 178 miles to just north of Provincetown, Mass., where they will be relieved by the fishing vessel Christine Elani.
Once the tow is complete, it will have lasted around 21 hours through gale force winds.
The Escanaba is a 270- foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Boston.
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3 v. 3 Coed Youth Basketball League
Hi Capt., would you be able to list this activity in the GoodMorning Gloucester email?
3 v. 3 Coed Youth Basketball League
Player registration & draft Sunday June 13th @ 6 p.m.
Who: Teens going into grade 6 through 12th grade
When: Tuesday evenings June 22 – August 17
Where: Community Church of East Gloucester, 7 Chapel Street
pat or (978) 283-6147
Thanks,
Pat Keeley
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International Dory Event
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GMG Inside The Numbers Two and A Half Years Of Views
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Felicia from Spain on the Stanley Thomas
While taking photos off of St Peter’s Plaza, I ran into Felicia, she was posing with her friend on some of the boats tied up. I asked permission to also take photos and here are the results. I asked her to pose on the Stanley Thomas, for the color contrast.
The only information I got was that she was “Felicia”: from Spain, that was good enough for me. I hope they are enjoying themselves in Gloucester.
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You Asked We Delivered (Well Beth Swan Delivered)-GMG Facebook Fan Page
Continuing my Facebook Hold-Out people had been asking us to put our updates in a GMG Facebook Fan Page so that they could get their GMG updates through FB. There was no way for me to start a GMG Facebook Fan page without signing up for a Facebook account so new contributor (more about this soon) Beth Swan put one up for us. I guess you need to have 25 or more people who “like” you before they will give you the shortened http://www.facebook.com/GoodMorningGloucester URL without a whole slew of numbers and letters after it. Within a day the page had the required number for us to have the URL. So if you are a Facebooker, you can go to the URL and do whatever it is you do to get the updates to show up on your wall.
I think that’s what it’s called-a wall. I’m pretty much clueless as to the ins and outs of FB. But if it were Twitter it would be your timeline. Sample below-
Good Morning Gloucester Facebook Fan Page
In addition to Beth Swan I should also thank Jill and Kristen from North Shore Dish for the inspiration and how-to.
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Low Tide Shore Road Pic From Donna Ardizzoni
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The Savory Skillet – Great Breakfast and Lunch
 Jerry and Sheila run the Savory Skillet inside  Brown’s Mall.
For lunch I had the summer salad with grilled shrimp, option grilled scallops or chicken. Excellent!!!
Made with three varieties of lettuce, Cherry Tomatoes, Red Onions, Feta Cheese and cucumbers, and a special dressing that brings all the flavors together.
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For Tom Philbrook-
I did use a little PS- crop, brightness/contrast, and a warming filter.
Here’s the original:
And the Photoshopped image:
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GMG – Plum Cove Gives Back
Hi Joey –
On Friday, June 4th the students at Plum Cove School held a fundraiser – Popcorn for a Cause.
We sold popcorn and water during snack time and the children (and staff members) were allowed to choose a local charity to help. We had donation baskets set up and instead of giving their money to the cashier, they put their money in the basket(s) of their choice. I can’t tell you how happy they were to be helping members of their community and to have the power to make the decision on which organization would receive their donation.
Every child enjoyed a popcorn snack, whether or not they made a donation. Some even wanted to bring money in at a future time to help a cause that was close to their heart.
All of the proceeds from the event will help the following local charities –
Wellspring, Pathways for Children, Cape Ann Open Door Food Pantry, and Cape Ann Animal Aid
I think it is important for the children to know that their contribution (no matter how big) are helping children, elders, families, and animals in their community. Thanks for sharing this with your GMG readers.
This is also my last official fundraiser as the leader of the Plum Cove PTC and I wanted to do something extra special with our students. I think it was a huge success and I hope that it is a tradition that will continue.
I’d like to thank the community for their support and GMG for helping to spotlight all of the wonderful events that take place in the Gloucester Public Schools.
Plum Cove is proud to give back!
Kristin Michel
Team Leader 2009-10
Plum Cove Parent Teacher Co-op
ps – If any of the charities noted above are reading this post . . . . your check is in the mail 🙂
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Using The Good Morning Gloucester Search Feature To Find A Subject You May Be Interested In
Long time 80 something year old Friend Of The Blog(FOB) Ellie Cummings stopped by the dock the other day and we had a nice chat about what she likes about the blog. One thing that she told me was very helpful was the instructional videos on how to use the features on the blog to navigate and get the most from it. Based on Ellie’s comments I’m going to re-run this piece-
Lately I’ve been getting a lot of requests from people asking for pictures or videos that have been posted in the past. I’m happy to find these things for folks but it occurred to me that people must not either understand that I categorize everything that gets posted and also attach “tags” which are associated words which a search engine would pick up if you were looking for a particular thing, or they just don’t know that there is a GMG search engine to begin with.
Along the right hand column there is a search engine. It is below the “Get The GMG Podcast” Button and above the “Recent Comments” section.
Click this text to see a video of how it works
I’ll be giving more lessons on how to get more out of this blog and others.
There are many features you can use to navigate and find interesting things including the category links at the bottom of the page, the search engine, the calendar, and the older posts text near the bottom of the page. I think many people only think that the blog exists as one page and they can’t go back in time by clicking the older posts button. Most blogs including this one are rolling through with the newest posts at the top and as new posts are added the previous one gets bumped down one. Then when a certain number of posts are reached it goes to the second page which you can find by clicking the older posts text at the bottom, and so on and so on back through the timeline of the blog.
I hope this helps. Click on the highlighted text so you can visualize if you can’t understand the wording. Sometimes it’s easier to see it rather than follow written directions. Tomorrow I will highlight the older posts text in a video for those who might not get it.
How To- Blog Category Search
99% of the posts that I put up I place into a category or a couple categories. It takes a little extra time but as far as cataloging Gloucester and the blog itself for the future it pays incredible dividends. If I ever stopped posting people could use categories or the search function to find just about anything in Gloucester that I’ve posted in the past.
So for example if you are interested in lobster, you scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the word in the category section that says lobster and every post that I’ve ever put up that has to do with lobster will come up from the date closest to now back in time. There are other categories such as “eats” which contains all the food pictures from Gloucester restaurants, or pics from our kitchen.
Click this text for blog reading lesson #2 video
Do me a favor and let me know if you can hear the audio in the video in the comment section below this post, thanks.
GMG Blog Reading Video #3- The Comment Feature
Most bloggers will tell you that without people commenting or giving feedback they would probably end up not putting as much back into their blog.  You see without feedback you don’t know if people are into the blog, what they like, dislike or how the blog can improve.
I love hearing from the old and new GMG readers, it makes us feel connected to you.  So if you haven’t left comments in the past or didn’t know how-
Click This Text For The GMG Comment Feature Video
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Can You Tell This Was Painted On The Boat Ramp
Sent in by The Burtons
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Gloucester Little League Video (Follow-Up)
This is a follow-up on this morning’s post, the Slide Show was a bit slow, so I created a video, and added additional photos, please enjoy. Dunk the Coach is my favorite.
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Temple Achim Ahavat Foundation Poured Construction Update 6/3/10
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GH yesterday
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Farm Bar And Grille Volleyball Childrens Hospital Fundraiser
Hey Joe,We are hosting an all-day backyard BBQ Volleyball tournament on June 12th for Children’s Hospital Boston. All proceeds go to the Hospital. Could you post this stuff on GMG. Here are the details. Also, If you know any connections at the GD Times I would love to get the word out to them.
Thanks bro
On Saturday June 12 at the Farm Bar and Grille join us for our charity volleyball tournament to support Children’s Hospital Boston. Teams of 3 can enter for $75 dollars with proceeds going to Children’s Hospital Boston. We will put on a BBQ, have amazing raffle prizes and help out a great institution. For those that don’t have a volleyball team come on by anyways. $10 all you can eat BBQ, great music and enter to win amazing prizes at our raffle.
Prizes include:
Dinner for two on THE ODYSSEY cruise ship, Boston
http://www.spiritcruises.com$50 Gift card to PELLANA prime steakhouse, Peabody MA
http://www.pellanarestaurant.com/$50 Gift card to Sel de La Terre Restaurant – Boston
http://www.seldelaterre.com/Autographed hockey stick from all of the 2010 Boston Bruins*******
Complimentary one night stay for 2 with breakfast for 2 at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel at Boston Logan Airport
http:://www.harborside.hyatt.comMiniature football helmet signed by hall of famer “Howie Long” Oakland Raiders ( go figure i couldn’t the NFL didnt send me patriots!)
4 Free passes to the New England Aquarium
http://www.neaq.orgComplimentary one night stay at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge
http://www.cambridge.hyatt.comComplimentary one night stay at the Hyatt Regency Boston
http://www.regencyboston.hyatt.comComplimentary 2 night stay – Stoweflake Mountain resort. (Vermont)
http://www.stoweflake.comComplimentary 2 night stay – The Inns and Spa at Mill falls (lake Winnipesaukee, NH)
http://www.millfalls.comComplimentary 2 night stay- Chatham Bars Inn (Chatham, MA, Cape Cod)
http://www.chathambarsinn.com2 complimentary tickets for a concert of choice (based on availability) at the HOUSE OF BLUES in Boston.
$50 GC to LUCCA restaurant in the north end
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Bake Sale June 12, A Fundraiser For Grace Moceri and Grace Shrafft
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Please participate in the upcoming bake sale on June 12, a fundraiser for
Grace Moceri & Grace Shrafft. See attached for details.
Bake,
Buy,
Bring friends.
Pass on.
Thanks,
Lisa
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