The entire team from Lyon-Waugh Auto Group are to be congratulated on yet another outstanding Bluefin Blowout event. A check for $473,000 was presented as a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association. We are proud to play a small part in this amazing cause.

Cape Ann experienced the outskirts swells from Hurricane Erin last week so we chased the waves at Good Harbor Beach and along the Back Shore. We were blessed with beautiful sunny skies under which to observe the majesty of the ocean.

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So, we are less than a week away from our Labor Day weekend fireworks display and Concert on the Boulevard. This year we will be adding a tribute to Chris Dailey. The display starts with an “Opener”, which we will pause in the middle of the opener, then do the tribute to Chris, then finish the opener and continue with the display.

The tribute will be as follows: 6 flights of 3 shells, alternating red and white for the GHS colors, and the 6 flights honoring Chris, 1 for family, 2 for friends, 3 for education/scholarship, 4 for sports, 5 for surfing on the blue ocean, and 6 for everyone’s best friend. The 18 shells represent Chris’s number on the hockey team. At the end of the 18, there will be a large blue shell to drape down over the rest, representing Chris’s favorite color.

Please share the info about the tribute with everyone so it can be meaningful to the Dailey family.

High and Drying…

Sunday September 7th @ 7:00pm
Annisquam VIllage Church
820 Washington Street . Gloucester MA

The Lobster Cove String Quartet embarks on its third season with a performance at the Annisquam Village Church, Sunday, September 7 at 7:00pm. The program’s title, In Search of Lost Time, is a nod to the novel of the same name by Marcel Proust, and the ways memory, art, history, and inner life intertwine in the human experience. The quartet is joined by guest clarinetist Bill Kirkley, whose playing the Boston Globe calls “emotional, committed, and intensely exciting.” The Brahms Clarinet Quintet anchors the program, alongside works from living composers Caroline Shaw and Kenji Bunch,as well as miniatures by Schumann and Gershwin.
Scott Moore, LCSQ violinist and Artist-in-Residence at the Village Church, writes: “We are all shaped profoundly by the past: the stories and relics we carry with us, and which we continue to discover as we move ever on into the present moment. We might look back with nostalgia, or else seek to learn from earlier lessons. We study the works of past masters, looking to them for inspiration as we try to make some kind of sense of our own experiences, searching for meaning or connection. We are moved by a work of art, and realize the artist was also a person on their own similar search. Brahms came out of compositional retirement to create the Clarinet Quintet: a piece only a master could write, whose autumnal tone and retrospective feeling are unmistakable. The music is quintessentially Romantic, quintessentially Brahms; yet if we listen carefully, we hear in Brahms the influence of Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, at every turn. This piece was loosely modeled after Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, written a century before. Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte is a sort of riff on the classical minuet and trio; inspired partly by Haydn, it nonetheless sounds completely fresh and new—contemporary in the most attractive, vital, and approachable way. Kenji Bunch has referred to his String Quartet No. 3, subtitled Apocryphal Dances, as a ‘love letter to the 18th and 19th centuries’. Yet while the forms take inspiration from the old, the harmonic and melodic language is playfully postmodern. Meanwhile,Gershwin’s ‘Promenade’ and Schumann’s ‘Abendlied’ (written for his children) are charming vignettes from times gone by—little glimpses into the past, which stir our souls across the years.”
In Search of Lost Time
the Lobster Cove String Quartet with Bill Kirkley, clarinet
Sunday, 7th September at 7pm | $35 suggested
Annisquam Village Church | 820 Washington St . Gloucester, MA 01930

We offer MA State Inspections of passenger and commercial vehicles (commercial vehicles – Saturdays only)!

Stop by this week before August is over!!

We are offering an Executive Detail for the price of an Express detail – $130 in savings

$15 off an oil change for new customers

Doc Fee waived on Used Vehicle Purchases!

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Additional Specials for today!

$16.99 Lobster Rolls

 $4.99 cheeseburgers w/ Chips & Pickles

Your ticket gives you samples from over 20 breweries, with food trucks on site and great bands keeping the energy high. Breweries are being added daily — check out the lineup and purchase tickets at blackburnbrewfest.com.

🎟️ Tickets are $50 in advance ($60 at the door) and just $10 for Designated Drivers. This is a 21+ event. Don’t wait to grab your tickets!

The sunflower field in Ipswich at Felix’s Family Farm on Lowes Lane (behind Dairy Queen) has recently opened for the season. Copied from their Facebook page: (*For additional photos and story details please check out Pat D’s Photos and Adventures on Facebook. We’d appreciate comments on your favorites as I consider new notecards and prints*)

Our sunflower field IS NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON!

We are open EVERYDAY from 9am-sunset and we are dog friendly.

The location of our sunflower field is at 20 Lowes Lane in Ipswich this year. For GPS you can use the Dairy Queen in Ipswich (158 High Street) and once you are at Dairy Queen, you will see Lowes Lane next to the Dairy Queen

Our sunflower field will have more and blooms everyday and we expect peak bloom for the first sunflower field over Labor Day Weekend

We have another sunflower field that will open up early in September, so we will have sunflowers in bloom everyday until later in September. So a whole month of sunflowers!

In addition to sunflowers, we have lots of other flowers in bloom!

Dahlias, Snap Dragons, Zinnias, Marigolds,etc

Additionally we have lots of farm animals too! Cows, sheep, goats, bunnies, chickens, etc

Weekday Admission for Adults is $10

Weekend Admission for Adults is $12

For Kids Ages 4-17: Admission is $5

For Children under 4: Admission is Free

Our 2025 sunflower field theme is LOVE and if you read our post from yesterday (8-22) and respond to the 3 questions in that post, we will select one person at random to win $369 at the end of the sunflower season.

August 26, 2025 ~ Sawyer Free Library ~ 

After nearly two years of renovation, expansion, and modernization, the Sawyer Free Library is thrilled to welcome the community back to its historic home at 2 Dale Avenue in the heart of Gloucester!

Join us for a special Ribbon Cutting Celebration on:

Friday, September 5, 2025
3:00 – 4:30 PM
School Street Entrance, Sawyer Free Library

Be part of this once-in-a-generation moment as we unveil your newly reimagined 21st-century library—a vibrant, inclusive space built for learning, creativity, and connection.

Enjoy remarks, a ceremonial ribbon cutting, a performance by the Cape Ann Youth Chorus, and light refreshments.

This rain-or-shine event is free and open to all—come celebrate with neighbors, friends, and fellow library lovers as we turn the page to an exciting new chapter!

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Don’t Miss the Fun!
Come back the next day for our Community Open House on Saturday, September 6 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, featuring musical performances, activities, and family-friendly fun for all ages! Stay tuned for even more details or visit sawyerfreelibrary.org!