My View of Life on the Dock
NEW AT F&W! In addition to our full menu, we are now offering prepackaged GRAB-N-GO ITEMS and introducing ONLINE ORDERING!
Visit our website for this week’s menu — available Thursday through Saturday from 4-7pm! Please be patient with us as we implement our online order system… if you are unable to place your order online, please call us — 978.999.5917
Feeling grateful for the ocean air. Went to the beach to read on Tuesday after work keeping social distancing.
Fisherman’s Wharf Gloucester would like to provide an update, starting this Friday we will be offering order by phone Curbside Pickup. To make our local fish easily accessible the curbside pickup will be open 5 days a week starting this Friday April 17th. Our ordering process will be fast and simple. Tomorrow we’ll post details to our Facebook page on how to order. Thank you for your continued support!
Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Public Library weekly Story Time with Christy resumes despites Covid-19 closure. Christy Russo is the Director of Children’s services at the library. She effortlessly brings a Mister Rogers kind flair and expertise to programs. See the first week’s video below focused on friendship. The production quality is well done, and the emoji adds feel sweet and festive. This episode format includes a greeting and “visit” with garden friends, stories*, and activities.
*We Are Brothers We are Friends by Alexandra Penfold and Little Elliot Big City by Mike Curato (Macmillan publishing, both)
Also of note: Now in its 18th year, the annual Poetry without Paper competition, co-founded by Russo with poet John Ronan, is open to children in grades K-12.
Manchester Public Library is offering story times as well via social media (including Facebook LIVE). Look for upcoming events here
Weekly Tuesdays at 6:30pm PJ Story Times with Carol Bender, another stellar children’s librarian on Cape Ann, began April 14th, 2020. “Remember to wear your PJ’s and bring your special animal friends for a Facebook live story time!” Upcoming April 21, 28 and May 5
I know some of you have been asking about the farm stand opening. Please see our page for more information on curb side pick up! https://www.marshallsfarmstand.com/
Stay safe❤️
Masking up to protect YOU. Share yours!
We decided take out last night would be Haddock Rockefeller and Seafood Cannelloni from Windward Grille. It was worth the short ride. Thanks Windward! Available to call for take out from 3-8 PM (978) 768-0050
Today’s update from the Mayor included the following regarding City Landings and Property Tax deadline This has been a topic of discussion and I thought you’d be interested:
New Updates & Information
• CITY LANDINGS: Effective immediately, until at least May 4, all City landings are restricted for use by emergency or commercial vessels only.
• PROPERTY TAX DEADLINE EXTENDED: Today Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken announced the City of Gloucester will extend its due date for property tax payments from May 1, 2020 to June 1, 2020. This new due date will also apply for applications for exemption and deferral, which were previously due April 1.
A huge shout out goes to Chad and his son Oscar. I spotted them from across the beach. Chad was methodically taking in tons of garbage and his little son’s blond curly head was bobbing along. When I got closer, I noticed Oscar had his own trash pick-up stick. Thank you Chad and Oscar for helping to keep Good Harbor Beach and the surrounding marsh and roadway clean of garbage.
I’ve mentioned my friend Karen Gorczyca and her husband Mark Andreasson from Design Communication Ltd., or DCL, because they recently began diverting resources in their fabrication facilities to making and producing Personal Protection Equipment parts and face shields. On Friday, they made a custom delivery to the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) and donated 50 face shields that were made in their Avon facility.
I just think this is the best, manufacturing and employing people in Massachusetts, and with Heart!
Thank you so much for sharing Susan!Susan writes, “I spotted one piping plover contemplating whether these beach scrapes would be good for nesting? So excited to see one up close! A wonderful Easter gift!”
Susan Frontiero
Gloucester
Another great read from Gail McCarthy in the Gloucester Daily Times:
Gail McCarthy. “Making Connections in an era of isolation: Bottle with messages from Maine Found,” Gloucester Daily Times, 14 April 2020, front page
For more of the story, here’s Jeanne Blake “Message from the Sea” blakeworks.com
Good Morning Gloucester 