Absolutely not a bad way to spend a November afternoon and “celebrate the return to Standard Time.” Thank you to Paul Horovitz for fabulous photo that gives us all a front row seat.
Food for thought on Election Day
True in 1916, true today. This is from the Gloucester Daily Times Nov 6 1916. The article states ” …it is quite evident that it will be a Hughes and Fairbanks sweep….” in discussing the presidential election and local races. Never heard of President Hughes? That’s right. Your vote counts.
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Please- You Owe It To The City- Listen To The Debates Taped By Cape Ann TV
I personally have had my mind changed by listening to the debates as to who I am going to vote for based on listening to the responses, looking at the body language and seeing who I felt were saying just what they needed to say to get elected rather than what I thought was the right things to do. If you care about the city, you may find that what you thought you knew about each candidate is not what they are really all about. If you want to elect the best possible council, please listen to the debates so you can make an informed decision.
Gloucester Councilor-At-Large Debate sponsored by the Cape Ann Chamber 11/1/17
Magnolia Library debate for Candidates for Councilor-At Large
Gloucester Candidates Forum presented by the League of Women Voters 10/18/2017
Cape Ann Television’s Gloucester Candidates Forum 2017
Lanesville Community Center Councilor-At-Large Debate 10/26/2017
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It’s Election Day- If You Don’t Vote, No One Wants To Hear You Bitch- Exercise Your Right To Bitch/ Live Election Results Here!
Really. Everyone wants to talk about how they think things should go but if you don’t bother to go vote then guess what? Nobody and I Mean NOBODY wants to hear your opinion if you don’t go out and vote for the candidates that represent your ideas. There’s really not a Mayors race this election but the City Council IS A BIG DEAL! Get out and vote- send in your pics from your voting station to goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com and I’ll post them here! 
Kate and I were numbers 76 and 77 at East Gloucester Elementary 
Ainsley writes- Hi Joey!
I hope your posts will encourage other young adults to get out and vote today, our local officials are so important and they influence issues that effect us on a daily basis. I didn’t see many of my peers at the voters forums, but I hope they turn out today! Plus, ward 2 finally has stickers this time! 
Muffy and Harley Girl Holding Down The East Gloucester Elementary Bake Sale! 
Sefathia voted 
West Parish Bake Sale Coming In Hot! 
Karen Pischke at Beeman- 
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Muffy and Harley Girl Holding Down The East Gloucester Elementary Bake Sale! Sefathia voted West Parish Bake Sale Coming In Hot! Karen Pischke at Beeman- https://twitter.com/STheken/status/927961138653990913Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Early Morning Through The Evening In Video From The Dock
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UPDATE ON MR. SWAN AND THE YOUNG ONE–COULD THEY POSSIBLY BE WARMING TO EACH OTHER?!?
After a summer of what appeared to be a not-so-happy pairing between Mr. Swan and the new one, the two seemed to have turned some kind of corner. Whether the tolerance is temporary or not, this morning the pair were observed preening within mere feet of each other and the young swan, actually nodded off, with Mr. Swan nearby.
For the sake of this story and in case a romance blossoms, we’ll call her a she. Friends of Mr. Swan have been reporting that he was either very aggressively biting and flying at her, chasing her into the reeds on the far side of the pond, or possibly chasing her to teach her to become airborne.
Mr. Swan has spent nearly the entire summer at Niles Pond, and he may never again return to Henry’s after the terrible debacle of his attempted capture. The day before the recent southeaster wind and rain event, Mr. Swan took off to Rockport Harbor and was seen there by his friends Lois, Joel, and Paul.
Paul St. Germain, via Lois, shares the above photo of Mr. Swan drinking water from a boat at Rockport Harbor.
The young swan softly crying.
I looked for the young swan at Niles Pond on the day after the storm and much to my surprise, she seemed very lonely. She was softly crying over and over again in much the same manner as I have filmed Mr. Swan when his mate was killed by a coyote several years ago. Her cries were quieter than his, but she definitely appeared to be searching, calling, and distressed.
Yesterday, Niles Pond resident Lyn reported that Mr. Swan had returned to Niles Pond. I’ll relate exactly what I observed this morning. The young swan was at the water’s edge, busily preening. Although she does not yet know how to fly, she certainly knows how to groom and maintain her flight feathers for future flying. Mr. Swan caught sight of me and began to swim straight towards us, with his feathers all busked out. She began to swim away from him as he approached and made it about thirty feet. He then flew directly towards her, but this time not in an aggressive way, but in a manner that herded her back to the shoreline. I was honestly very happy and relieved to see this because I really did not want to witness Mr. Swan attacking her again.
The soft colors of the first hatch year feathers matched the soft colors reflected off the water in the early morning light.
Both were now at the shoreline and both began to preen, only several feet apart, as if they had been doing this their whole life and it was the most normal interaction between them imaginable. I filmed them for a bit when the young swan grew tired of preening and fell asleep, with Mr. Swan keeping an eye out towards the water. Eventually Mr. Swan took off towards his friend Skip’s dock. She then awoke, but stayed behind near the shore.
Nodding off in close proximity to Mr. Swan
Are they becoming more comfortable with each other? Is the young swan a girl or a boy (too soon to tell from outward appearances)? Will the young swan ever learn to fly, or is there something wrong with her wings? So many questions and only time will tell. I hope so much both will survive the winter without coyote attack (or some other tragedy befalls them) and we will be able to observe as this new chapter in Mr. Swan’s life unfolds.
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$500.00 RAISED OVERNIGHT FROM FIVE NEW GENEROUS DONORS FOR BEAUTY ON THE WING!
$22,765.00!!! RAISED FOR BEAUTY ON THE WING DOCUMENTARY! THANK YOU KIND DONORS!!!!!!!!!!!
WITH THE GREATEST APPRECIATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY OF FRIENDS AND SPONSORS, I AM OVERJOYED TO SHARE THAT TO DATE WE HAVE RAISED $22,765.00 FOR THE DOCUMENTARY FILM “BEAUTY ON THE WING” ONLINE FUNDRAISER!!!
Friends of the Monarch Butterfly: If you would like to help towards the completion of the documentary film Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly, please consider making a tax deductible donation here:
DONATE HERE
Donors contributing over $5,000. will be listed in the credits as a film producer.
For more information, visit the film’s website here: Monarch Butterfly Film
For an overview of the film’s budget, please go here: Budget
Thank you so very much for your help.
With gratitude,
Kim
MY DEEPEST THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO LAUREN MERCADANTE (PRODUCER), SUSAN FREY (PRODUCER), NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS FOUNDATION, BOB AND JAN CRANDALL, MARY WEISSBLUM, SHERMAN MORSS, JAY FEATHERSTONE, MARION F., ELAINE M., KIMBERLY MCGOVERN, MEGAN HOUSER (PRIDES CROSSING), NANCY MATTERN (ALBUQUERQUE), DONNA STOMAN, PEGGY O’MALLEY, JOEY C., CATHERINE RYAN, JOEANN HART, JANE PAZNIK BONDARIN (NEW YORK), ROBERT REDIS (NEW YORK), NUBAR ALEXANIAN, PETER VAN DEMARK, PATRICIA VAN DERPOOL, FRED FREDERICKS (CHELMSFORD), LESLIE HEFFRON, JIM MASCIARELLI, DAVE MOORE (KOREA), LILIAN AND CRAIG OLMSTEAD, JOHN STEIGER, PAT DALPIAZ, AMY KERR, BARBARA T. (JEWETT, NY), ROBERTA C. ((NY), MARIANNE G. (WINDHAM, NY), PAULA RYAN O’BRIEN (WALTON, NY), MARTHA SWANSON, KIM TEIGER, JUDITH FOLEY (WOBURN), PATTI SULLIVAN, RONN FARREN, SUSAN NADWORNY (MELROSE), DIANE LINDQUIST (MANCHESTER), HEIDI SHRIVER (PENNSYLVANIA), JENNIFER CULLEN, TOM HAUCK, AND ANONYMOUS PERSONS FOR THEIR GENEROUS HELP.
Your Daily Monarch Photo – Monarch Butterflies, Painted Lady Butterfly, and Bee Nectaring at Seaside Goldenrod
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Back Against The Wall
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Magnolia Library and Community Center of Sunday
At the Magnolia Library and Community Center on Sunday, such a great turnout and lots of fun and most important for a great cause, #cancersucks. Thank you Kathy Guardino-Fernades for doing such a great job organizing this event.
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MCC Cultural Districts convened at IDEO Cambridge & coming to Gloucester!
SAVE THE DATE
November 8, 2017 North of Boston Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony will honor
Mayor Romeo Theken and Jeanne Hennessey, Beauport Hotel
November 11, 2017 2-6PM – Gloucester Meeting House Foundation Preservation & Architectural Sustainability SYMPOSIUM TownGreen|2025 Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
Monday, Nov. 27, 10 am, JOIN MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL POWER OF CONNECTION TOUR at Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Art Colony, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, with Mayor Romeo Theken, Senator Bruce Tarr & Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante of Gloucester. RSVP here.
November 29, 2017 Dogtown Public Presentation and Meeting- archaeological survey and pursuit of National Historic district designation
December 17, 2017 Cape Ann Cinema & Stage Oscar winner Chris Cooper will personally host a screening of the role that won him the Gold for Best Supporting Actor…horticulturist John Laroche in Spike Jonze’s superb, darkly comic 2002 drama, “Adaptation.” The evening benefits The Jesse Cooper Foundation.
Message from Anita Walker the Power of Culture- MCC has a new logo for its 50th year
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Music Around Town ~ November 6-12, 2017
Visitors from Pittsburg Pennsylvania
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Passing time
I don’t know about you but I don’t feel like I gained an hour of sleep this weekend! The upside is that Friday is a holiday for me so I’ll be counting down the hours until then. Today I’m sharing a few shots from one of my jaunts around Annisquam Light taken the same night within an hour of each other. The light changing gives you such a different feel in each pic. Happy Monday all!
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Kids Eat Free at Mile Marker One on Mondays
As if you need more incentive to enjoy a cocktail or two with your spouse and/or your friends while the kiddos swim and splash happily in the pool….safely, just a few feet away!
Now Kids Eat Free at Mile Marker One on Mondays from 4-8 pm!
Enjoy one kid’s meal FREE with every $15 food purchase for kids 10 and under. Applies to dine-in only. Must order from the kids’ menu. Kid’s steak tips excluded and can’t be combined with other offers.
Read the details in the flyer below
CHECK OUT MILE MARKET ONE IN THIS LINK
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Outing to Rafe’s Chasm
Of the many things I have to thank Donna Ardizzoni for, making me aware of Rafe’s Chasm is among the top three. GMG Jimmy and I took a little walk Saturday to explore. As we were making our way from the parking lot to the ocean, I amused myself thinking about all the walks through the woods we take around here to get to water: Halibut Point, Coolidge Reservation, even Dogtown. And now, Rafe’s Chasm.
As we were making our way in, we took note that (many) others had preceded us:
What a pretty, peaceful place! We just sat there for quite a while taking it in. We were there long enough to posit that the big stone at the top of the gap looked like an eagle. I thought the squarish stone just below looked like a picnic basket. GMG Jimmy did not agree.
Of course, there were fishermen. Wynken, Blynken and Nod here did not appear to catch anything while we were watching. Probably our fault.
But, of course, the real beauty of the place is in the sitting, listening and looking. Thank you, Donna for introducing us.
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GloucesterCast 250 With Jimmy and Pat Dalpiaz, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 11/5/17
GloucesterCast 250 With Jimmy and Pat Dalpiaz, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 11/5/17
Timestamped Topics (click the timestamps to go directly to that topic on the podcast) include:
01:38 Free Tickets To Cape Ann Community Cinema – Share this post on Facebook for a chance to win two free tickets to Cape Ann Community Cinema, The Cinema Listings are always stickied in the GMG Calendar at the top of the blog or you can click here to go directly to the website
02:38 Surprise 50th Birthday Party At Mile Marker
19:36 PLEASE LISTEN TO THE DEBATES TAPED BY CAPE ANN TV
21:00 The Great Mayoral Debate Walk Out
24:34 Sou’Easter- Lots of Downed Oak Trees
29:07 Buried Treasures Found Under The Hannah Jumper House
31:44 Catherine Ryan Following The Rockwell Divestiture Story At The Berkshire Museum
41:25 Interesting factoid: 100 years ago, at election time, voting (such as for council) was changed to “preferential” style and has since been changed again.
45:32 Hunts Ketchup and Pepsi products at Restaurants Signals- GTFOOT
51:30 Stones Hot Dogs
54:07 When are you “all in” on Christmas?
56:35 #1 Gift this year will be Amazon Alexa Devices- Check Them Out Here
01:09:07 Monarch Migration Talk and Kim’s Film Project Update
Donate To Kim’s Monarch Film Project Here
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$22,265.00 RAISED FOR BEAUTY ON THE WING!!!
$22,265.00!!! RAISED FOR BEAUTY ON THE WING DOCUMENTARY! THANK YOU KIND DONORS!!!!!!!!!!!
WITH THE GREATEST APPRECIATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY OF FRIENDS AND SPONSORS, I AM OVERJOYED TO SHARE THAT TO DATE WE HAVE RAISED $22,265.00 FOR THE DOCUMENTARY FILM “BEAUTY ON THE WING” ONLINE FUNDRAISER!!!
Friends of the Monarch Butterfly: If you would like to help towards the completion of the documentary film Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly, please consider making a tax deductible donation here:
DONATE HERE
Donors contributing over $5,000. will be listed in the credits as a film producer.
For more information, visit the film’s website here: Monarch Butterfly Film
For an overview of the film’s budget, please go here: Budget
Thank you so very much for your help.
With gratitude,
Kim
MY DEEPEST THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO LAUREN MERCADANTE (PRODUCER), SUSAN FREY (PRODUCER), NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS FOUNDATION, BOB AND JAN CRANDALL, MARY WEISSBLUM, SHERMAN MORSS, JAY FEATHERSTONE, MARION F., ELAINE M., KIMBERLY MCGOVERN, DONNA STOMAN, PEGGY O’MALLEY, JOEY C., CATHERINE RYAN, JOEANN HART, JANE PAZNIK BONDARIN (NEW YORK), ROBERT REDIS (NEW YORK), NUBAR ALEXANIAN, PETER VAN DEMARK, PATRICIA VAN DERPOOL, FRED FREDERICKS (CHELMSFORD), LESLIE HEFFRON, JIM MASCIARELLI, DAVE MOORE (KOREA), LILIAN AND CRAIG OLMSTEAD, JOHN STEIGER, PAT DALPIAZ, AMY KERR, BARBARA T. (JEWETT, NY), ROBERTA C. ((NY), MARIANNE G. (WINDHAM, NY), PAULA RYAN O’BRIEN (WALTON, NY), MARTHA SWANSON, KIM TEIGER, JUDITH FOLEY (WOBURN), PATTI SULLIVAN, RONN FARREN, SUSAN NADWORNY (MELROSE), HEIDI SHRIVER (PENNSYLVANIA), JENNIFER CULLEN, TOM HAUCK, AND ANONYMOUS PERSONS FOR THEIR GENEROUS HELP.
SPECIAL FILM SCREENING OFFER!
Donors contributing $20.00 or more will be invited to a very special screening preview party of the documentary Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly.
Consider the cost of a movie ticket, beverage, and popcorn is $20.00. By contributing to the film’s online fundraising campaign, you will help bring it to theaters and classrooms. Contributors will be invited to the film’s preview screening party and be amongst the first to see this stunning film!
One of the many ways that you will find Beauty on the Wing to be unique is that it was filmed entirely on location, outdoors, and in nature. There are absolutely no computer generated graphics. The life cycle scenes were filmed on Cape Ann, in meadows, dunes, and gardens (not laboratories). Flight scenes are not simulated, but filmed on location, predominantly on Cape Ann, some in Angangueo, and also Santa Barbara, Westport, Cape May, and Stone Harbor Point. Mostly though, through story telling and cinematography, the film shines a beautiful light on the Monarch migration as it unfolds on the shores of Cape Ann, portraying our community and the natural world of Cape Ann as we would hope to be revealed to the world at large.
Cape Ann Monarch Butterfly Habitat
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GHS Football vs Wakefield
Depleted Gloucester looses to strong Wakefield team…Two more games to get to Thanksgiving .
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Table For One
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Colors of Magnolia Harbor
Good Morning Gloucester 