Glorious Spring Afternoon Along the Boulevard

Posted on by Pat D

It was a simply glorious afternoon recently with the tulips blooming in the fresh sunshine following the rain. Makes me wonder how or why we ever leave…….thank you Generous Gardeners! Happy May Day one day late…..

The Patriots Not Overpaying For Any One Position Is How They’ve Stayed Competitive Year In And Year Out. Mac Jones Rookie Deal 4-5 Year Salary Compared To Other NFL QBs

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joey Ciaramitaro's avatarThe Homie Cast

 QB economics: Jones’ contract with the Patriots will be four years, $15.58 million, fully guaranteed, and include an $8.6 million signing bonus. The deal, like all first-round picks, will include a fifth-year option. That’s a great contract for the Patriots — assuming Jones pans out. Had Jones gone to the 49ers at No. 3, he would have signed a four-year, $34.105 million deal that was fully guaranteed.

Source: ESPN

You pay a QB 30 million a year and that money isn’t available for other positions and the entire team suffers. By being economically savvy they don’t mortgage the future on any one player.

Mac Jones is going to make 6 million a year. If he works out as QB for the Patriots they have him locked up for 4-5 years at 6 million a year.

Consider the top ten highest paid QB in the NFL salaries-

Source: Over The Cap

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Great Marsh Brewery, Stage Fort Clean Up + Oragami

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

grandbanksbp's avatarCape Ann Home

Driving through Essex, MA it’s hard to take in all the beauty. As you wind along on 133, you are at time surrounded by the marsh. The incredible landscape has turned Essex into more than just a destination for clammers. It’s a place to spend the day, to take in the beauty of the world, and to gather with your friends.

Great Marsh Brewing Company, Marvin Signature Windows

The latest addition to Main Street is the Great Marsh Brewing Company. The dining room on the second story offers a more elevated view of the surrounding marsh. In creating the building, we wanted to ensure that the view would be obstructed as little as possible. Windows with a 2 over 2 divided lites allow for that, while still maintaining some of that classic New England Style. We used Marvin Signature windows to achieve the sleek lines and large glass size.

Great Marsh Brewing, Marvin Signature Windows

There are few things finer than gathering with…

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Sawyer Free Library to present screening of Jane Eyre followed by Cast & Director Talkback on May 6th

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Sawyer Free Library's avatarCape Ann Community

Join the Sawyer Free Library on Thursday, May 6, from 6:30-9 p.m. for a free virtual screening of a new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel Jane Eyre. Adapted by Salem, Mass., resident Julie Butters and performed by Flock Theatre of New London, Conn., the production was filmed over Zoom during the COVID pandemic and supplements live-action performances with shadow puppetry. Butters, who also plays adult Jane, will discuss making the film following the screening alongside director Derron Wood and actor Eric Michaelian (Mr. Rochester) to share the film’s details.

Jane Eyre, an orphan in early nineteenth-century England, overcomes a loveless childhood to become a governess to the ward of the enigmatic Mr. Rochester. Jane soon believes she’s found the home and the love she’s always yearned for, but Mr. Rochester’s dark secrets threaten to keep them apart. Blending gothic romance with a powerful story of personal…

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GHS bids farewell to Mrs. Tarr and more stories from the Gillnetter this week 

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

GHS bids farewell to Mrs. Tarr…https://thegillnetter.com/11019/news/ghs-bids-farewell-to-mrs-tarr/

…and more stories from the Gillnetter this week 
https://thegillnetter.com/11010/news/high-school-students-to-return-full-time-in-person-may-17th/

Updated 4/30: Tracking COVID-19

Board of Education waives MCAS requirement for class of ’22

New Parking Kiosks Downtown

Posted on by Pat D

We go away for a couple of weeks and come back to find a few changes downtown. For one, it appears the location of Stone’s Pub is preparing for outdoor dining. We will be glad to see them return.

And the big change are the parking kiosks along the streets awaiting unveiling. The shrouded standing kiosks look like a screening of Handmaid’s Tale, but I guess it’s progress. Just about one year after the City announced it had been granted a loan for various improvements, these new kiosks appear ready for the tourist season to begin! They are solar powered and will accept cards or quarters. An app can be used as well. Bring on the Handmaids I guess!

UU Church

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Attached is a press release summarizing the strong support given the April “Socks and Undies” community drive conducted by the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church. We thank you for the support YOU gave by helping publicize this successful event.

From: Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church

10 Church Street, Gloucester MA 01930

Telephone: (978) 283-3410; Email: info@GloucesterUU.org

Date: April 30, 2021

 

MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

UU CHURCH’S ‘SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR’ DRIVE

NETS AN OUTPOUIRING OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT

 

A drive by the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church to provide new socks and underwear to Cape Ann families and individuals far exceeded expectations, collecting 424 pairs of socks and 345 pieces of underwear and more than $550 in donations to buy additional undergarments.

The beneficiaries of the April campaign are children who attend Pathways for Children preschool or after-school programs, and adults who are guests at the Grace Center, a day shelter and counseling program that the downtown Gloucester church hosts.

“We had socks with kittens, socks with camouflage, athletic socks, fuzzy socks and baby socks,” Patricia Cronin, a drive volunteer, said, “I won’t mention unmentionables other than to briefly say that boxers and hipsters ruled the day.”

The church took on the challenge to meet a reality, cited by Pathways and Grace Center, that underwear and socks are often forgotten in clothing gifts to people in need.  “It must be an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ thing,” Jerry Ackerman, another volunteer, said. “The result is that while outer clothing may be new, what’s underneath may be literally on its last legs.”

“We were all gratified and thrilled by this outpouring of care,” Rev. Janet Parsons, the church’s minister, said.

Significant contributors included the “We’re All In This Together” Cape Ann movement created to build community spirit during the coronavirus pandemic, and two local businesses, Nelson’s of Gloucester and The John Tarr Store in Rockport. The two shops acted as collection points for donors and offered discounts on purchases made for the drive. Dozens and dozens more children’s socks also were given by Carol Lee’s Cottage, on Bearskin Neck in Rockport.

Cash donations came from as far as Lowell, Lexington, Bedford, Cambridge and Worcester, some apparently made in response to publicity in the Boston Globe as well as Cape Ann’s 1623 Studios, the Good Morning Gloucester blog, and print media.

“Also, a resident of the Gloucester ARC group home on Washington Street donated,” Holly Tanguay, co-president of the Gloucester UU Church board of directors, said.

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