Ann writes-
How about starting a support group for those of us whose vacations are over-ha! Could be called GMG ( "Grieving, Missing Gloucester")! There is still so much great stuff going on in town–love reading about it all!
Category: Video
Sista Felicia Makes Pumpkin Cannoli On The GDT Taste Of The Times
Check out the recipe on The Gloucester Times website here
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Gloucester Film Maker Emile Doucette & Co Are At It Again! His 100 Hour Film Is In The Running
100 Hour Film Race 2011 Top Films
His film has made the top 20 and if you feel they deserve your vote you can support their efforts by clicking the ballot below
The top films created for the 100 Hour Film Race 2011, a competition that challenges filmmakers to create short films in just 100 hours based on a theme, action, and prop assignment.
Click here to vote and help determine the Audience Award!
The winners and awards will be announced by November 18, 2011. Good luck to the filmmakers competing!
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October 30, 2011 Nor’ Easter East Gloucester Ride
Music Instrumental I’ll Move On By Dan King, Filmed By Paulie Walnuts
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Terry Weber, Gail McCarthy and Nancy Gaines Cover The 20 Year Anniversary of The Perfect Storm For The Gloucester Daily Times
Terry, Gail and Nancy get all the interviews in these big time pieces-
Perfect Storm: 20 years after
Memories fresh for those closest to losses
By Gail McCarthyand Terry Weber
Roberta Tyne Smith, now 60, recalls hearing the phone ring 20 years ago this weekend — at 5 p.m. on Halloween in 1991.
On the line was the ex-wife of Smith’s brother, fishing captain Billy Tyne, calling to tell Roberta that the Andrea Gail was three days overdue.
"I was in the middle of getting ready to go trick-or-treating with my three sons," said Smith, who now lives in Manchester. "But life changed dramatically from that day forward.
"My biggest regret is that Billy never got to see his children grow up. Billy loved his children more than anything. He always looked forward to coming home and spending time with them."
Tyne and his five-man crew on board the Andrea Gail were lost in what is today known as The Perfect Storm.
And the telling of their story — both in Sebastian Junger’s best-selling book "The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea," published in 1997, and again in the blockbuster Hollywood film of the same name, released in 2000 — has made the term "perfect storm" a common part of the American lexicon.
But memories of the storm — and the Andrea Gail tragedy — remain painful here in Gloucester, especially for the families who can never forget those days two decades ago.
Click here for the rest of the story at The Gloucester Daily Times website
and because I can never get enough of this song by Earl and Arch and the video made by Mike Lindberg The official Song od GoodMorningGloucester- Gloucester Til The End
Nancy Gaines Piece Here-
Tragedy, film lore still driving economy
By Nancy GainesCorrespondent
In the 20 years since what’s now known as the Perfect Storm, the story of the nation’s oldest seaport reads like a tale of two cities.
The economic impact on the home of the seafaring tragedy that inspired the best-selling book and blockbuster movie has been, by most measures, a wallop. And, in a sad paradox, it’s also been a boon to a place that’s been beset by a dwindling fishing industry and is now retrofitting with retail, commercial and development ventures.
The working waterfront of fishermen who go down to the sea forever — at least 30 since the Andrea Gail, says the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association — still works.
The fishing industry is worth about $200 million to the city annually, considering the ripple effect (economists use 3.5) for shoreside businesses, taxes and temporary employment, from $56.6 million in sales last year.
Yet, the business is a shell of itself 20 years ago. Fish landings in Gloucester were 126 million pounds in 1990; 41 million last year. At 100 boats, the fleet is half what it was when the movie hit, never mind the storm.
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Autumn In Rockport Video from Ann Kennedy
Ann Kennedy Writes-
I really am leaving town…but for those who love all of Cape Ann, here’s a look at Rockport.
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Gloucester Ad Agency Bait and Tackle’s Film For Essex County Greenbelt Assoc.’s 50th Anniversary
Video- A Perfectly Ducky Dawn From Kim Smith
Starring Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos). Filmed at Niles Pond, Sunday, October 23, 2011
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Good Night Gloucester from Ann Kennedy
On leaving Gloucester…
GMG is the daily dose of pleasure, news, sights and sounds that make Gloucester come alive for us all. It continues to remind us that true community is created through thoughtful engagement of time, energy, and care for one another, on-line and off. GMG informs and shares, and it opens a welcoming door for visitors and residents alike.
October is passing far too quickly for me, and now it’s time to return home to Missouri. I am not ready to leave. Thank you, Gloucester and all of Cape Ann, for what and who you are. Thank you for your infinite natural and industrial beauty, your citizenry, your hard work and kindness to those of us who visit. Thank you blog contributors for the incredible content! May the fish be plentiful, the art and music flow freely, the winter calm and hard work always rewarded!
Peace,
Ann
you must watch Ann’s video below-
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Gloucester Webcam- Where We’re At
As of October 22 at 5:15 AM
We have 9 Live Cams with 17 more to come online within two weeks time- Live Cams- 7 Seas Whalewatch, Latitude 43, The Cut Bridge, Toodeloos, Discover Gloucester’s Outer Harbor, North Shore Kid’s Wonson Cove Cam, The Blue Shutters Beachside and today’s installs- Cape Pond Ice and The Vista Motel!
Click below to check out the Cape Pond Ice Webcam which is currently the view of it’s 300 ton ice block tank and production area. Scott will have his cam in several locations but look especially Monday morning for when they are doing production!
The Vista Motel’s webcam is a stunner and should have ridiculous sunrises!!!
Here are the list of Webcams that will be installed within the next two weeks-
Cruiseport
Schooner Lannon
Island Art & Hobby
Cape Ann Marina
Mile Marker 1
Atlantis Oceanfront Inn
Atlantis Oceanfront Breakfast Cafe
Ryan and Wood
Bass Rocks Ocean Inn
Rocky Neck Accommodations
Manny Simoes
Annisquam Village Realty
Harborview Inn
Bluefish Property’s Motif Number 1
Schooner Adventure
Gloucester Quilter
Feel free to fill out this form to get on the list
Last night we got another application to add to the list- Gloucester Quilter Cam from FOB Dot! with views high up on the hill behind Espressos looking down on the State Fish Pier and Inner Harbor! Gloucester Quilter Cam will be the 25th cam in the line up.
Here is the post explaining how it all came to be-
OK Kids It’s Time you Know About Our Latest Plan To Promote Gloucester www.gloucesterwebcam.com
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Joey C
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BOATLIFT, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience
Cynthia Hill forwards-
Tom Hanks narrates the epic story of the 9/11 boatlift that evacuated half a million people from the stricken piers and seawalls of Lower Manhattan. Produced and directed by Eddie Rosenstein. Eyepop Productions, Inc.
BOATLIFT was executive produced by Stephen Flynn and Sean Burke and premiered on September 8th at the 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Summit: Remembrance/Renewal/Resilience in Washington. The Summit kicked off a national movement to foster community and national resilience in the face of future crises. See http://www.road2resilience.org to become a part of the campaign to build a more resilient world. The film was made with the generous support by philanthropist Adrienne Arsht, Chairman Emerita, TotalBank (www.arsht.com)
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The First Good Morning Gloucester DVD Is In The Can In Time For The Holidays!!!!
The DVD menu-
Awaiting The DVD Case Artwork from Beth Swan and I’ll be sending it out for the DVDs to be pressed.
It was a ton of work and there is as much footage as I could fit onto the DVD- 154 minutes of GMG Videos
I’ll be donating 5% of the proceeds from the sale of this DVD to The Saint Peter’s Fiesta to rebuild the Greasy Pole.
21 Chapters in all-
Gloucester at Dawn Featuring Music By Dan King - 2011 Friday Greasy Pole
- 2011 Jr Womens Seine Boat Champs Donna Del Mare
- 2011 Saturday Greasy Pole Featuring Footage From Adam Bolonsky & Sam Hartson
- Building The 2011 Greasy Pole Shrine
- Down The Fish Hold Of The Sanfilippos Captain Domenic
- Gloucester Zen 6/3/11 Good Harbor Beach at Dawn
- Why I Love Gloucester Interviews
- How Your Lobsters Were Harvested- Aboard The Trapper John
- Blue Lobster Landed In Gloucester By Lobster Boat The Connemara Bay
- Lobster Molting In Real Time At Captain Joe and Sons
- Monkey Balls or Sea Squirts -European Invader Ascidiella Aspersa
- One Inch Baby Lobsters Filmed and Released
- Rare Golden Sea Robin Landed Videotaped and Released
- Triple Pincer Claw Lobster
- The Back Shore 3/16/10
- Salting Herring At Cape Seafoods
- Gloucester Zen 6/3/11 Good Harbor Beach at Dawn
- Lobstermen Matt and Mark Ring Prepare A Trawl For The ’11 Season
- Fontana Family St Joseph Novena 2011
- Ferrante Family St Joseph’s Novena 2011
I saw it for the first time on a television yesterday at Cape Ann TV. The women couldn’t tear themselves away from the set.
The goal was to make a DVD which you could show people and blow them away with stuff that they have never seen before. Especially cool are the mutant lobster and marine life videos on the larger screen.
As a Christmas or Hanukah present it’s a no-brainer. Small size, easy wrapping, totally unique, totally Gloucester, easy shipping, perfect price point- $20.
This will be the perfect gift to have a couple wrapped and in the front hall closet for when those people stop buy with a present for you but you didn’t think to get them one- you have a couple Good Morning Gloucester DVDs all wrapped up in the closet and ready to go!
No brainer, right?
They will cost $20 for 1 Buy 5 and get 1 free, buy 10 and get two free.
I’ll put up a paypal link once I have them in my possession.
Huge thanks to Dan King for the background music for the DVD menu and The Joey C’s Gloucester at Dawn Slideshow, Adam Bolonsky and Sam Hartson’s Greasy Pole Footage and Beth Swan for Designing The DVD Artwork.
Screenshots-
If you have a relative that has moved away, if you want to show something during Thanksgiving, if you want to try to explain Greasy Pole to friends that have never seen it- this is it.
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The Rollout Begins on www.gloucesterwebcam.com – 7 Seas Whale Watch Is Now Live!
Last night 16 webcams were delivered via Fedex and the rollout has begun!
We have now have 5 up and running and we will contact the businesses who have signed up in the order that they committed to it and roll them out.
Now once they embed the webcam feed on their websites we will drive traffic to their sites.
You can view them all as they go live on www.gloucesterwebcam.com
Click here to get an email when new webcams go live
Tim Blakeley from GloucesterBytes has been banging out the installs very quickly and is only charging people $50 for a regular install if it doesn’t include additional hardware.
If you want your business or community organization to be part of it you can fill out the form-
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After School Video Club at Cape Ann TV
After School Video Club
at Cape Ann TV
for Cape Ann Middle School
and High School Students
Tuesdays
3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Begins October 4, 2011
at the Cape Ann TV Studio
38 Blackburn Center, Gloucester
Sign up for Cape Ann TV’s exciting after school program.
You will write stories and create television programs
to air on Channel 12!
A $20 fee includes a one-year membership to Cape Ann TV
For more information and to register contact Lisa:
978-281-2443
lsmith@capeanntv.org
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Cape Ann TV Interview
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41" striped bass fishing Gloucester MA rare top water for 2011 fall run big fish catch & release video from Brianmoc
Brian writes-
Fishing has been slow and big fish are rare to come by in the 2011 fall run. There have not been to many big fish taken from this fall run but they are around? Its still is a slow fall run but if you put your self in the right place at the right time big fish can be had in this sad fall run. the added fun was i had my friend Porter standing in my back why i was bring this fish in! yes skip its a 41 inch fish!
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Tenderloin With Fig Sauce Video With Sista Felicia On The GDT Taste of The Times
click here for the entire video and recipe
Figs are used extensively in Mediterranean and Middle East cooking. You may have heard of Italian sweets such as Fig and Ricotta Tarts, Fig and Pistachio Biscotti and of course Italian Fig Cookies. But they are also used for more savory foods, such as this Pork Tenderloin marinated in an onion and fig mixture and then served over couscous with an onion and fresh fig sauce.
If you can get them, there is nothing quite like the unique taste and texture of a fresh fig. They can be eaten whole, skin, seeds and flesh. Since fresh figs are one of the most perishable fruits, they should be purchased only a day or two in advance of when you are planning on eating them. Look for figs that have a rich, deep color and are plump and tender, but not mushy. Ripe figs should be kept in the refrigerator where they will stay fresh for about two days. California figs are available from June through September; while some European varieties are available through autumn.
You can click below to see a listing of all Felicia’s previous recipes on demand (for free!)
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Eastern Point Lighthouse Sunrise Video From Kim Smith
(with help from bodyguard Terry Weber)
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Interview with Kim Palaskis Public Health Nurse for the Flu Clinic at the Essex Clam Fest
click with volume on Thanks
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EMS Procession For Paul Frontiero III
Our Paul asked us to document this last part of his son’s life.
Special thanks to Kim Smith, Father Matthew Green and Patricia Natti for providing pictures as well as the music.
During the moving mass by Father Garibaldi, Patricia Natti sang Ave Maria which sent a chill up my spine. I obviously wasn’t about to whip out my camera to record it but was thinking of how nice it would have been to have as the backdrop to the video Paul asked us to take. I said it to Kim Smith who was sitting next to me at the time.
After the ceremony the family gathered downstairs in the church where I ran into Patricia and Father Green who agreed to meet back at the church at 4:30 PM to record the audio for us.
I spoke to Paul and he sends deep thanks for such an act of kindness.
Here is a link to the editorial in the Gloucester Daily Times
Good Morning Gloucester 