Good Morning Gloucester

The fishing must go on, even with Fiesta activities in full force. Some of the boats and crew we pray St. Peter will watch over coming home:

Jerry Greely submits-

Gloucester, MA – 4th of July parade (1976) celebrating Betsy Ross, creator of the original flag, with13 stars representing the 13 original states and our Nation’s 200th Anniversary – Betsy Ross Float won a nice trophy – Mary Anne Greely was Betsy Ross, along with our three children, two nieces and two neighbor children.   

God Bless the United States of America

Photo left to right: Mary Anne Greely, Jay Greely, Jerry Greely, Cindy Greely, Steve Frontiero, Sherrie Greely with trophy, Kim Greely, Donny Favaloro and Susan Greely (front).

With the Greelys in the photo were Steve Frontiero (trumpet) and Donny Favaloro (drums), members of the GHS championship marching band.

Gloucester  After years of collaboration between federal, state and local officials, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued an invitation for bids yesterday for the dredging of the Gloucester Harbor and Annisquam River.

The project will dredge nearly 140,000 cubic yards of sand from the channel and Lobster Cove.  To minimize impacts on natural resources in the area the Corps plans the dredging over two seasons with work taking place between October 1 and January 31.

“Dredging the Annisquam River is critical for our economy, public safety, our quality of life, and the preservation of this incomparable natural resource,” said State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R- Gloucester). “Steadily increasing accretion continues to reduce the navigability of the channel, and that demands remediation as soon as possible. Getting it done requires collaboration, focus, and persistence. Our partnerships at the state, federal and local levels have driven our progress to finally get approval for this project.”

Senator Ed Markey, along with Congressman Seth Moulton and Senator Elizabeth Warren, successfully lobbied to include federal funding for the Gloucester Harbor and Annisquam River dredging projects in the Army Corps’ 2018 Work Plan last June.

“The Annisquam River is an important means of transportation, commerce and safety for Cape Ann. The Annisquam River is Mile No. 1 of the Intracoastal Waterway; and important passage for commercial fishing vessels and for the Harbormasters and Coast for responding to emergencies in Ipswich Bay,” said Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D – Gloucester).  “We must commit ourselves to continuing the by-partisan multi-jurisdictional collaboration to ensure the viability of this unique natural resource as an environmental gem and as a practical necessity to our community.”

Following the opening of bids in August, a private vendor will be put under contract to operate a mechanical dredge and remove the material.

Gloucester Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken said, “We eagerly await the dredging operations to commence to restore the navigability of the federal channel in the Annisquam River for commercial fishermen and to correct the deteriorating channel depths that limit the ability of search and rescue vessels.  The economic development and public safety implications are substantial and the project benefits will be profound.”  

Gloucester Harbormaster TJ Ciarametaro has noted that tens of thousands of boaters and commercial vessels navigate the Annisquam annually with conditions growing increasingly more hazardous in low tides.

According to the Army Corps of Engineers’ Project Management Division natural process have reduced water depths to as little as 1 foot in some portions of the river “making  navigation hazardous or impossible at lower stages of the tide,” said Project Manager Erika Mark.

Tarr, who serves as Chairman of the Northeast Coastal Coalition, Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante and Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken in a June 2018 letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works R.D. James wrote “beyond serious economic injury to the commercial fishing industry, additional harm from the worsening conditions in the river can and will impact other areas of the local and regional economy.”  They also cited both added delays and dangers for vessels circumnavigating Cape Ann at times of critical conditions.

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Named Roxane, from Cyrano de Bergerac (who was a whore), Roxie for short.

Two questions- Will it shit all over the office like our mascot dog Beau? And how long before Beau gives Roxane the love hammer?

Should we offer prop bets?

Happy 4th!

I love this parade.  Whether walking in it or watching it.  It takes a ton of unpaid time to put it on and it’s such a gift to us that get to participate.

Just like Fiesta and the Block Parties it’s another opportunity to hang out with friends, be entertained and see so many people that you otherwise might not have seen throughout the year.

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH FOR GIVING YOUR TIME AND MONEY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN EVERY YEAR!  WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO!!!!!