
American Craft @Gloucester Elks Lodge #892 – Red, White & Blue Sip ‘N’ Shop May 11

My View of Life on the Dock

ATTENTION Gloucester High School Students (and Parents):
Applications for 2018 summer jobs are now being accepted – summer is only 6 weeks away!
Apply for a GHS summer internship for July and August. Get a jump on your friends and nail down a summer job. THERE ARE VERY LIMITED OPEN SLOTS, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING YOUR APPLICATION ASAP!
As part of this internship you will:
Internship highlights:
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Still on the hunt for opportunities and activities for high school students over the summer?
Introducing the newest program from Gloucester Biotechnology Academy – SummerSTEM: Fish Fraud Forensics!
Gloucester Biotechnology Academy’s SummerSTEM: Fish Fraud Forensics is a one-week, hands-on summer course to introduce high school students to biotechnology. Held at the state-of-the-art teaching laboratory at Gloucester Biotechnology Academy, students will use modern biotechnology methods to identify a mystery fish specimen by analyzing its DNA.
Registration is now open to all high school students, ages 14 to 18 – no science experience required! Visit our website at gmgi.org/summerstem/ to learn more and download the registration forms. 
FINAL SNEAK PEEK! Count down begins! Volunteers and staff for The Open Door 18th annual Empty Bowl Dinner on Thursday, May 3 are busy as bees! Soups and cookies are being made and collected, bowls are journeying from kiln to display!
Doors at Cruiseport Gloucester open at 4 p.m. and close at 8p.m. so you have 4 solid hours to fall in love with a bowl, bid on those Silent Auction Bowls, and tuck into some delicious local soup, bread and cookies!
This year is The Open Door’s 40th Anniversary, so come also to eat cake and celebrate!
Hope to see you there!
JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL
At least, I think she is our Hedwig–Betty G. and Dave Fernandez, what do you think? Comparing photos from last winter, the feather patterning around her face looks to me identical.
With thanks and gratitude to Bob and Doug Ryan from Ryan and Wood Distilleries. Bob emailed yesterday afternoon that a Snowy Owl was being dive bombed by crows and gulls. I raced over and she had tucked in under the rocks at the base of a tree.
I took several photos and footage, and just as I had packed up to go, she flew to a large boulder. Immediately, within thirty seconds, a noisy flock of gulls were harassing her from overhead once again, and a few crows dove at her. She then flew to the nearest building. The crows and gulls pestered her for another fifteen minutes, while she quietly perched.
To write “return” is not entirely accurate. She was probably here all along. As soon as work began on the Atlantic Road hotel roofs, we no longer saw her at the back shore. I thought Hedwig might still be here last month, but wasn’t positive, and then Alicia wrote to say she had seen a Snowy and thought it could possibly be Hedwig. It was difficult to confirm without looking at closeups from a long lens. I searched around Alicia’s location for several days but could not find.
Considering most Snowies have left Massachusetts by April, it’s wonderful to have a record of her here in Gloucester in early May. I am elated, and grateful, to Bob and Doug for the call, because now we have footage of her in a rocky woodland Cape Ann setting! Thank you, thank you!
The reason crows mob owls is because some owl species, like the Great Horned Owl, eat crows. Snowy Owls (Bubo scandiacus) and Great Horned Owls (Bubo virgianus) are closely related.


Beautiful colorful banners on Dale Avenue announce GPS 10th anniversary annual ARTS festival, Saturday May 12th 11-4pm, at City Hall, Cape Ann Museum, and Sawyer Free Library! Sponsored by Gloucester Education Foundation; what a milestone!



Hi kids:
Hope all is well and we all look forward to a warm day tomorrow.. Beach chair in the truck…
This Saturday, guess what could use some TLC?
Time: 8:00 – 9:00
Where: Magnolia Avenue near Klondelin Road
When: Saturday, May 5, 2018
See you there.
Thank you
Donna

Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, May 2nd – 7pm
Your Guest Host: BRADLEY ROYDS!

Bradley’s Guest: TONY FRONTIERO!
Bradley Royds steps in once again as host this week. His
outstanding guest will be Gloucester’s very own Tony Frontiero.
The ultimate songwriter’s night. Tres cool! ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen……now features Janet Brown with some new and healthy ideas!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…
5/9 – Quentin Callewaert
5/16 – Jon Butcher
5/23 – Julie Dougherty
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂
This video has most of the photos taken in 2015 for the “Gloucester Smiles and Happy on Main Street” series. Many thanks to all that participated.

Mariners are urged to use caution and proceed at safe speeds in areas used by right whales. Federal law prohibits operating vessels 65 feet or greater in excess of 10 knots in certain areas and times along the US east coast. Approaching right whales closer than 500 yards is a violation of federal and state law.
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ACTIVE DMA ZONES AND SHIP STRIKE REDUCTION
REGULATIONS VISIT:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike
DETAILS OF SIGHTINGS CAN BE VIEWED AT:
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/
DETAILS OF ACOUSTIC DETECTIONS FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY:
http://www.listenforwhales.org/
***NEW NUMBER TO REPORT RIGHT WHALE SIGHTINGS IS 866.755.NOAA***
Right Whale Sighting Advisory System
NOAA Fisheries
ne.rw.survey@noaa.gov
866.755.NOAA
These beautiful creatures are spouting and feeding. How exciting




The Grounds of the Annisquam Exchange, 32 Leonard Street, Gloucester MA 01930
Due to the very cold weather this Spring and other Village events the Annual ASC Spring Plant & Gourmet Food Sale will be held on SUNDAY on the grounds of the Annisquam Exchange…This event will feature a wide array of annuals and perennials from leading garden centers– including hanging plants, bedding plants and rose bushes. Go on the hunt for the perfect plants for your garden – sunny or shady. The Plant Sale also includes perennial plant treasures dug from our member’s gardens and sold at bargain prices!
Select from:
In addition to your quest for the perfect plants and not to be missed is our Gourmet Food Table with delicious pies, cakes, and savory treats. Many items will be prepared from recipes in our award-winning Annisquam Sewing Circle Cookbook, ” A Circle of Recipes,” which celebrated the 175th Anniversary of the Sewing Circle.
Come early for the best selection at this always popular event! The Plant and Gourmet Food Sale is held in the Village of Annisquam in Gloucester, off Rt. 127A. Turn down Leonard Street at the Annisquam Village Church and on to the Annisquam Exchange.
All profits are donated to Cape Ann community programs and given as scholarships
Web site: AnnisquamSewingCircle.org
Blog: http://www.annisquamsewingcircle.net
Spring has sprung on Main Street!




Did you know that Crossfit Cape Ann offers a discount for full time Police/ Fire / Military/ Coast Guard & EMT? This membership allows you to come to as many classes as you’d like! Membership also includes open gym times and access to the climbing wall and recovery work while other classes are in session. Your fitness is important to our communities safety!

Check out our website for more information: www.crossfitcapeann.com
*Photo cred: Jonathan Kozowyk

Mama PiPl stretching her wings before flight
Just a very brief update about the PiPl, more tomorrow–but to let you know, today was heaven on earth for the Plovers. All three were spotted feeding without interruption in the tide pools and in the nesting area. Mama and Papa are still spending some time at the parking lot nest, but not twelve hour shifts as has been the case. I think it will take a few calm days to get them back to the beach full time. And our awesome Officer Teagan was on the job today handing out tickets!
Helpful tip for watching and photographing the Piping Plovers: PiPl are not like Snowy Owls, which unlike our Hedwig, did not mind crowds. PiPl flush much more easily. While we are trying to help the PiPl return full time to the beach especially, if you come to GHB to see the PiPl, please stay a good distance back. The roped off area is much narrower than the past two years. Deeper is better, but because we have lost so much beach to erosion, the nesting area is as wide as possible, but not quite wide enough for the comfort and safety of the PiPl. Approach singularly, quietly, and slowly, stay a few moments and then retreat. Additionally, too much attention to the PiPl draws the crows and gulls as well.
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