Be inspired by someone you may have seen at our amazing YMCA.”
Julianna and her mom have been seen working out together on the gym floor and weight machines at the Y. She is such a positive and inspiring young woman. It was really by chance that we learned about her disease, Friedreich’s ataxia, which affects her mobility, and wanted to help get the word out.
With her Walk for a Cure coming up next weekend, I’m reaching out to anyone who may recognize her from the Y or around the community and would like to support her efforts.
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What a beautiful day to be painting beautiful Jones Marsh! We came across this crew a couple of days ago. From a distance, it appeared some very nice work is being created here.
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Trash cart deliveries are in process and we wanted to let you know the current route progress, right now the crews are working along Thursday’s trash route.
Deliveries for each route may take more than one day to finish. Check back for delivery area updates.
Reminder that standard cart rollout takes priority during this initial deployment pass. Additional requested carts will be delivered following the completion of the city-wide deployment
Received the wrong size cart? Please call the DPW at 978-325-5600 to schedule a next-day swap. (Note: Delivery drivers cannot exchange carts in the field.)
Thank you for your patience as crews make their way through each neighborhood!
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Walking the Boulevard the other day, the shadows and sunshine made for a beautiful day. The Claudia Marie was used in the movie, Manchester by the Sea.
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At Sprian Lodge’s pancake breakfast, guests have a great breakfast, enjoy the friendship of their neighbors, and pick up some delicious sweet treats at the Nordic bake table. Everyone is happy with their breakfast of Swedish pancakes, fruit cup, sausage, juice, and coffee.
Make tonight a pizza night with some seriously good specials:
🍕 Buy any 18” Pizza and get the 2nd 18” Pizza HALF PRICE! Limit of 2 per customer
✨ BONUS SPECIALS ✨ 🦞 $17.99 + tax Lobster Roll served with Chips & Pickles 🍕 Buy any 16” Pizza and get the 2nd 16” Pizza HALF PRICE! Limit of 2 per customer
Grab your favorites and take advantage of Wednesday’s deals! 🙌
I am jumping on the dahlia bandwagon in case you were unaware that you can help out our Generous Gardeners in a couple of ways including sponsoring one. You see here the tags added to the sponsored plants. Here’s a link to this and other ways to help : https://generousgardeners.org/staging/ways-to-donate/ Wouldn’t you be pleased to know your name was attached to a beautifully blooming flower along the boulevard?
In a related note, a woman stopped by the store to ask if I could make a nightlight using a photo of the dahlias. And yes, we can do that. If you have a favorite subject or photo of your own, we can help you make that into a nightlight, glass print, magnet or more. “Special orders don’t upset us.” If you’ve started thinking about the holidays and have a special project in mind, this is the time to start working on it so we can guarantee delivery in plenty of time. We’d be happy to speak with you about your ideas. Store hours this week will be tomorrow Thursday Sept 17 from noon-5 and Friday/Saturday from 11-5. No Sunday hours this week. You can also message me or comment to get in touch. My email is pdalpiaz19 at gmail.com (not a link to avoid spamming)
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GEF is starting the 2026-27 school year with a big investment in Gloucester students and educators: $293,000 in funding for seven programs across Gloucester Public Schools.
This is possible because of the tremendous generosity of the Gloucester community, which continues to step up for our schools. Every gift to GEF, from individual donations to business support to foundation grants, helps create opportunities for Gloucester students. The $293,000 awarded at the start of September will support:
O’Maley Academy: $30,000
Grades 4-8 Band: $30,000, with another $30,000 coming in January
GHS Medical Assisting: $64,000
K-8 STEM Coordinator: $100,000
O’Maley Science Central Wilson Intern: $5,000
GHS Engineering Lab: $50,000
Gender Equity in STEM Club: $14,000
Together, these programs expand opportunities for Gloucester students in music, STEM, career and technical education, enrichment and more, across grades K-12.
And this is just the start!
GEF’s competitive grant program gives GPS educators the opportunity to bring forward new ideas, creative approaches and promising pilots for their students. Grants will be awarded in November, February and May this school year, and we’re making sure educators across the district know how GEF can help turn their ideas into reality with colorful new teachers’ lounge posters and detailed instructions on how to apply, delivered to every GPS staff member’s mailbox over the past two weeks.
To everyone who donates to GEF, sponsors an event, supports a campaign, or helps spread the word: thank you. Your generosity is what makes investments like this possible, and what allows GEF to keep expanding opportunities for Gloucester students year after year.
