Backyard Growers BUILD Day

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

One Hour at a Time Gang

We need your muscle power! 💪

Backyard Growers’ 10th growing season is off to a great start – in spite of the weather! For our BUILD Day 2019, we’re making a final push to build new garden beds for families and seniors around Cape Ann so that they can enjoy their own fresh veggies this summer and into the fall. But we can’t do it without you! WE NEED YOUR HELP to build these garden beds.

Interested in joining the party? Meet us at Backyard Growers HQ (271 Main Street) in downtown Gloucester at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, ready to get your hands dirty, make a difference, and have an awesome time! Rumor has it it’s going to be SUNNY🌞, too!

YMCA Backshore 5k on May 16th

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Backshore 5k on May 16th at 6:00pm. I have attached a flyer for the race and linked in our websites information regarding the race. This year our community race series races will support different causes serving our community. The Backshore 5k race proceeds will go to support camp scholarships for local children to attend summer camp. In addition to the camp scholarships we are offering a $5 discount to all middle and high school students that register for this race.
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MAC FITNESS GLOUCESTER MONDAY MAY SPECIAL!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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ARE YOU A MEMBER AT MAC FITNESS GLOUCESTER?

IF SO, BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE EVERY MONDAY DURING THE MONTH OF MAY! DEFINITELY A GREAT MOTIVATION BOOSTER RIGHT BEFORE SUMMER!

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Schooner Adventure’ Return

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And here are two slides I just scanned of Adventure’s triumphant return to Gloucester in 1988 from her second life as a windjammer on the Maine coast – Pat Morss

Adventure Escorted past Eastern Point Light
Adventure returning home in 1988

Schooner Adventure’s former rig

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I have been scanning my old Kodachrome slides and came across some interesting photos of Adventure’s sail plan. Consulting Joe Garland’s 1985 book Adventure; Queen of the Windjammers, I find she had topsails when launched in 1926, but spent most of her working life as a dory trawler without topmast. This shortened rig is close to her present appearance. Adventure retired to Rockland, Maine as a prized member of the tourist windjammer fleet in 1954. She was painted white, and and the tall rig was restored. This is how she looked in my first photo from Eastern Point in 1988. The next two photos are 1992 (black hull) and 1993, and the last shows how she looks today after her Gloucester return and restoration. – Pat Morss

Eastern Point 1988
Eastern Point 1992
Eastern Point 1993
Gloucester Harbor 2017

Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Contractors Division Event

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Contractors Division Planning Board is holding an event that is geared towards anyone who owns a business/operated vehicles over 10,000 lbs. The chamber also has a facebook event page for it.. link below.

https://www.facebook.com/events/434311224037503/

Free Friday Fun Schedule 2019

Posted on by Nichole S.

100 Venues! 10 Fridays!  All for free!

Thanks to the Highland Foundation, Free Friday Fun is back for the summer of 2019!

READ MUCH MORE HERE: http://www.highlandstreet.org/programs/free-fun-fridays-2019

Scroll down to see the FULL LIST OF FREE FUN on this year’s 10 different Fridays!

Our Free Fun Fridays offer visitors no-cost admission to many of the most treasured cultural venues in Massachusetts. This program was created to increase access and enrichment opportunities for children and families throughout Massachusetts during the summer months. Every Friday, from the end of June through the end of August, multiple sites are open for free. We reach out to schools, veterans groups, libraries, seniors centers, and many other community organizations to ensure that everyone knows that they are also welcome.

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Nichols Candy For the Win

Posted on by Pat D

I needed a little something as a thank you gift and Nichols Candy just seemed to call out as a solution. It’s always worth the trip! PS and FYI Mother’s Day is right around the corner.

Jazz Night this Thursday: Gorell-Landoni Duo at Feather & Wedge

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Stop in at Feather & Wedge this Thursday to hear some fantastic jazz from the Gorell-Landoni Duo. With Zach Gorrell on piano and Dave Landoni on bass, this accomplished jazz duo performs selections from the Great American Songbook as well as arrangements of pop, R&B, and original compositions.

Reservations highly suggested! 978.999.5917

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Feather & Wedge, 5 Main Street, Rockport , MA 01966 https://featherandwedge.com

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ROTARY’S HIGHEST AWARD TO THORPE, WILLIAMSON

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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The Gloucester Rotary Club has named Patrick Thorpe and Danny Williamson as Paul Harris Fellows, the prestigious award named after the Chicago lawyer who founded the Rotary movement in 1905. Thorpe was selected by a club committee of previous recipients of the award, while Williamson was chosen by members of the Interact Club, the very active group of Gloucester High School junior Rotarians.  Thorpe and Williamson will be honored at a special dinner on Thursday, May 23, at Cruiseport Gloucester, located at 6 Rowe Square in downtown Gloucester.  The social hour will begin at 5:30pm, followed by dinner at 6:30pm.

Patrick Thorpe joined BankGloucester in 1999 and was named President a year later. He is an active member of the community, serving on the boards of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, the Cape Ann YMCA, the First R Foundation, and as a board member and past president of the…

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Join the League of Women Voters at their annual meeting — all are welcome!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Author Laura Harrington will speak on her dynamic musical comedy of politics, power and persuasion, “The Perfect 36” about the struggle to persuade 36 states to ratify the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote. She is the author of two novels, Alice Bliss and A Catalog of Birds.

Breakfast will be provided, by the League of Women Voters of Cape Ann.
There will be a very brief business meeting before the talk.

Saturday, May 11, 2019 – 9:00 a.m.

Scout Hall, 47 Mount Pleasant Street, Rockport, MA

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SHOUT OUT TO YOUNG CONSERVATIONISTS DIMITRI AND SVETLANA!

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Svetlana, Dimitri, and Robert

This amazing family was in the parking lot at Good Harbor Beach. They had collected a trash bag full of garbage from around the lot. Dad Robert explained that because they love Good Harbor Beach so much, and go often during the summer, they wanted to give back.

Our DPW does an incredible job keeping the beach and lot clean however, it’s impossible for any one entity to keep up with the amount of litter that happens on our beaches. It takes a village, and it is people like Sveltana, Dimitri, and Robert that are making a real difference.

*Although I wrote down the names of the kids, somehow the message to myself was deleted. I think their names are spelled correctly, but if not, please write. Thank you 🙂

One determined seagull on Nautilus Road

Carry In, Carry Out

Scenes from Literary Cape Ann special event at Cape Ann Cinema featuring Rodman Philbrick, Andre Dubus III and Stephen McCauley

Posted on by Catherine

Literary Cape Ann presented  a terrific afternoon, Bestseller to Big Screen, featuring Rodman Philbrick, Andre Dubus III, and Stephen McCauley at Cape Ann Cinema 21 Main Street in Gloucester May 5, 2019.

The Toad Hall wheels behind Literary Cape Ann invited Beth Pocock, Asst. Director Sawyer Free Library, to moderate the first half of the program. Literary Cape Ann co-founder Rae Francoeur directed the second part.  The Book Store of Gloucester set up shop to handle book sales. Cape Ann Cinema had trailers queued up and fresh popcorn pop pop popping which was offbeat and endearing. All went off without a hitch thanks to great questions, event coordination/collaboration and three dynamite authors who were  frank, engaging, witty and bright. Make sure to look for the next Literary Cape Ann event.

Sponsored by Bach Builders and Gloucester Writers Center

Literary Cape Ann hosts Bestseller to Big screen at Cape Ann Cinema and Stage_Main STreet Gloucester Mass-flyer

“When a book becomes a movie, a lot happens. It’s a transforming moment for an author whose book takes on a new life. Three authors share their Hollywood stories on May 5, from 1 to 3 p.m. Rodman Philbrick: The Mighty; Stephen McCauley: The Object of My Affection; Andre Dubus III: House of Sand and Fog. Free. Book signings, refreshments, film clips.”

Celebrating Nurse’s Week and 19 Years in Business

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Nurses – Be Sure to Love and Take Care of Your SELF This Nurse’s Week!

Case Managers, Nurses, Nursing Students, CNA’s – For life-work balance and avoiding burnout, the most important lessons I learned have been to make time for vacations and learnself-care tools for daily relaxation and stress management. Self-hypnosis, meditation, mindfulness, reiki, tai-chi, and yoga are all helpful modalities that can be learned and practiced on your own or in a group.

Monthly Community Reiki Shares/Clinics and First Degree Reiki Training (CEU’s for Nurses, Case Managers and Social Workers) – Helpful ways to take care of yourself! When you take care of yourself first, you have more to offer to those you love. 

Loving Others Begins With Loving Yourself. Self-Love Begins with Self-Care.

Our Annual ‘Gratitude Coupon.’ SAVE $19.00 on any Gift Certificate or Private Session of Reiki, Hypnosis or Reiki Training. Good Through End of 2019. (One Coupon Per…

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Generous Gardeners Plant Sale

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Plant Sale, Saturday, May 18, 2019
Thank you Generous Gardeners

Plant sale May 18th 9 to 1:00 on the boulevard by the tennis courts! Please dig, divide, and share, drop off Friday afternoon on the boulevard! It’s all about the beautification of our beautiful city of Gloucester!🌺🌻🌷💐😀