My View of Life on the Dock
Thanks to Mayor Sefatia for the great idea! I put together a chart of Gloucester restaurants currently offering limited groceries, pantry items or other essentials in addition to takeout menu items. I am sure this is not complete and I will take suggestions for corrections and additions and post updated lists as needed. I don’t need to remind anyone how rapidly everything is changing so please be patient with these efforts to supply complete information.
Fishermans Wharf now has their own Mobile Seafood Market from which you can pick up fresh seafood. Drive up order at window or call ahead orders 978-281-7707. Please stay in your vehicle. Cash and Credit accepted. Awesome.
Smile on he mask and six feet apart
SIX FEET APART FROM ALL OTHER WALKERS
GloucesterCast 414 With Pauline Bresnahan, Jon Hurst President of Retailers Association of Massachusetts, Peg at Pop Gallery, Donna Ardizzoni, Jimmy D and Joey C taped 5/7/20
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Thank you to the people on the front lines of the crisis that are sacrificing being away from their families- First Responders, Health Care Workers, Grocery Store People, Truckers and anyone else sacrificing to keep things moving.
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Jon B. Hurst, President
Jon Hurst has served as President of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts (RAM) since 1990. As CEO of the 4,000-member statewide trade association, Hurst manages the member services,
education and public affairs of the organization. RAM was organized in 1918 as the Voice of Retailing in Massachusetts, and today represents stores and restaurants of all types and sizes.
Hurst also serves as Chairman of the Board of the MA Retail Merchants Workers Compensation Group, Inc., a non-profit group organized by RAM in 1991.
He also heads the Retailers Association of Massachusetts Health Insurance Cooperative, the first non-profit small business health insurance cooperative authorized in 2012 by the state.
Hurst has served on various state advisory boards, including current roles with the Economic Development Planning Council, the Statewide Healthcare Quality Advisory Committee, the Health Policy Commission Advisory Council,
and the Workforce Competitive Trust Fund Advisory Committee. Hurst has served on numerous non-profit boards, including the Beverly YMCA, Beverly Main Streets,
the National Retail Federation, and also served as Chairman of the National Association of State Retail Association Executives.
Prior to serving at RAM, Hurst worked in public affairs roles for the Hershey Foods Corporation and the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants,
as well as at the Ohio House of Representatives. Hurst graduated from the Ohio State University in 1981.
www.retailersma.orgAbout RAMRAM has been the voice of the Commonwealth’s retailers for almost 100 years. Our knowledge of retail issues and our understanding of the challenges facing small businesses in Massachusetts today allows us to uniquely serve our members’ needs. We provide our members with valuable regulatory and policy briefings, money saving tools, and highly-effective representation on Beacon Hill. |
Link to article about the new guidelines from Gov. Baker on May 4,2020
Here’s another great option for your Mother’s Day dinner. The Village Restaurant in Essex is offering a “Heat and Eat” Takeout menu in addition to their regular menu. Order by Friday by calling 978-768-6400 or message them on Facebook. YUMMMMMM but time is running out to place your order.
I cannot tell you how happy I am that this current state of isolation and social distancing is occurring as winter turns to spring. Spring brings birds back from their winter homes to our backyards. Certainly, some have stayed all winter and others are back for the season. I even spotted a hummingbird but didn’t have the camera handy. BUT these are regular visitors outside our big back window.
Yesterday Sista Felicia and I added an Uuni Pro Multi-fuel Pizza Oven to our arsenal of outdoor cooking devices. This particular unit can run off of propane, wood or charcoal. We used it with propane for our first cook and will experiment with charcoal/wood and report back our findings.
The unit performed flawlessly with the gas maintaining deck temps of between 650-725F in yesterday’s cold windy conditions.
We were banging out pizzas as a team. Felicia prepped them and I cooked them.
Roughly 60-90 seconds per pizza depending on how many toppings or how thick she stretched the dough.
I launched the pizzas so the edge of the pizza was roughly 3 inches from the mouth of the oven. Then let it sit for about 20 seconds and turned the pie with the peel 120 degrees so that there would be three turns around to get all sides cooked as…
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In light of the postponement of fiesta this year a look back. Viva St. Pietro! I think this was 1979.
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Dear Joey:
Just wanted to take a moment to follow up on your comments in GMG for the Storms Rage, Gloucester Endures banners at the Cape Ann Museum.
President of the Board Charles Esdaile, Director of the Museum Oliver Barker, and the Board of Trustees wanted to unite with the community and let them know how important it is to stand together, and endure.
Nina
It is so easy to order fresh fruit, meats and veggies from Marshall’s Farm stand. Please follow the link below to order your food. The food is fresh and after picking up your food you can go visit the Alpacas and goats at the farm. Always fun.
https://www.marshallsfarmstand.com/
photos: © Catherine Ryan, 2020
May 2020, Gloucester, Mass.
Original concept designs for Stacy Boulevard in 1908 were by Thomas Warren Sears, major 20th century landscape designer and Olmsted student. Recent garden expansions were designed by Ann Gilardi Johnson with DPW for the City of Gloucester and with Generous Gardeners. The Betty Smith Garden has sprung, too!
Gloucester’s Fishermen’s Wives memorial by Morgan Faulds Pike
Gloucester’s Fisherman at the Wheel Memorial (Man at the Wheel) by Leonard Craske
Before/After
March 2019 (below) vs May 2020 (above)
Excerpt from my post March 2019 about the garden revamp-
The Elizabeth Gordon Smith (Betty Smith) park & gardens were cleared and the small Picture garden past Stacy Boulevard’s Avis R. Murray tennis courts was unearthed. Because Gloucester garden groups pre-date 1900, it’s especially moving to see the work in progess shoring up inspiring legacy connections. Incredible volunteers past and present serve the city’s Department of Public Works (DPW). Stacy Boulevard & Stage Fort Park advocates like Betty Smith, Louise Loud & the Gloucester Civic & Garden Council tended and protected Gloucester’s natural beauty — the very same grounds that are so lovingly served now by dynamos like Ann Gilardi Johnson and Susan Kelly & the Generous Gardeners. Plaques for Lucy Brown Davis, tribute by her sister Catalina Davis, and for Lucy P. Rogers, “president of the Gloucester’s Woman’s Club 1927-29″, are nearby.
Walker Hancock TRITON TRIBUTE PLAQUE / PAINTED SIGN TRANSCRIPTION:
THE SCULPTURE- Triton was the son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. He was thought to be able to control the sea’s wild movement by blowing his conch shell.
THE SCULPTOR- Walker Hancock a sculptor of international reputation and a long time resident of Gloucester
THE PARK- The Gloucester Civic & Garden Council created this park to honor Betty Smith its founder, a woman who has dedicated more than thirty years of her life to preserving the natural beauty of Gloucester.
We hope this small island of beauty will inspire visitors to cherish and create their own beauty wherever they go.
Good Morning Gloucester 