




At The Waterfront Festival





My View of Life on the Dock






Rotary Breakfast, Waterfront Festival, Marshall Farm Stand 50th anniversary party and kayaking in the fog made for a fun day.
The Cape Ann Community Band under the direction of David Benjamin, plays their annual summer concert, on Sunday, August 20, 2017, at 7pm at the at the Antonio Gentile Bandstand, Stage Fort Park, Hough Avenue, Gloucester MA. The concert theme is “music for a Summer Evening”. The program features a wide range of band favorites including selections from Phantom of the Opera, Blue Tango, John Williams selections, marches and more. Local soloist Dana Cohen (trombone) will also be featured. The concert is sponsored by Bank Gloucester. The band is comprised of Cape Ann musicians, young and old, who come together for six weeks of rehearsal; culminating in this concert.
This will be the seventh of eight concerts held at the bandstand this summer. This year is the thirty-first anniversary season of these free concerts in the park. Large audiences continue to attend and listen in this picturesque setting overlooking Gloucester’s outer harbor.
The concert is free to the public. Parking is free and the venue and rest rooms are wheelchair-accessible. Bring a blanket or chair and perhaps picnic dinner. For further information please visit DavidLBenjamin.com or call 978-281-0543
Hi Joey, This white rainbow appeared in the fog on Wonson Cove tonight. Some people call them fog bows. I’ve never seen one so I thought I would share. Enjoy! ~Bill O’Connor North Shore Kid

GloucesterCast 238 With Israel Horovitz, Heidi Dallin, Emme Shaw, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 8/19/17
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Forty thousand anti-Nazi demonstrators sent John Medlar and his cowardly band of fascists packing, after only one hour into what was meant to be a five-hour rally. The throngs of anti-white supremacy demonstrators gathered on the Boston Common was made of a diverse coalition. The great majority were there to protest peacefully.
The man in the red shirt getting arrested.
There were heated moments, with approximately two dozen arrests, but the well-prepared and cool heads of Boston Police officers prevailed.
The counter protesters completely eclipsed the fascists.
Hate groups are not welcome in Boston.
Chants such as “Black Lives Matter,” “Whose streets? Our streets,” and “No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA.” rang loud and clear throughout the Boston Common.
Led by Commissioner William Evans, the Boston Police presence was tremendous. #bostonstrong
Bas-relief of Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment marching down Beacon Street, located on the Boston Common, opposite the State House. The Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry was the first documented African American regiment formed in the north, in 1863. Bronze bas-relief by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

When I can not go to the beach after work, visiting these beautiful horses makes my day. As soon as my truck pulls up they come right up. Sometimes they get so close I can feel them breathing on my neck. Just love how sweet and kind they are.


Day started off at the annual Rotary Pancake Breakfast. Next down to the lower part of Stage Fort Park for Waterfront Festival, Saturday and Sunday 10-6pm. Today don’t forget to get you Lobster Dinner $25 or Lobster Roll $15, sponsored be Cape Ann Chamber Of Commerce and Salty Frank’s, 12-6pm while they last!!!

The American Red Cross is hanging out behind The Sawyer Free Library until 2 today and is accepting walk ins for blood donations. Blood Donors get a $20 gift card to Jalapenos while they last so swing down and give a pint!
