Gloucester is a great backdrop to have a wedding.
Visitors from North Carolina attending a friends wedding
Visitor from Great Britain was attending a nephew’s wedding
She is here enjoying a ride on the Water Shuttle
Willow Rest….fresh offerings
There’s always something yummy to find at Willow Rest! We might have to have some fresh strawberry shortcake tonight…just sayin’!
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Back to School Gloucester Public Schools update from Superintendent
The traditional end of summer ‘welcome back’ notice for parents from the Gloucester Public Schools Superintendent has great news for the whole community! I’ve noted funding sources, like Applied Materials, when they were listed, and will add in any that were missed!
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- Back to School / Open House dates
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- JOHN BARRY, KURT LICHTENWALD, DAVID SCHNEIDER – amazing teachers’ program receives #1 state and national engineering awards and recognition
- BACH IS BACK Gregg Bach has returned to GPS, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
- JODIE GRENNODIE new Principal at Beeman
- GHS – FULL ROOF REPLACEMENT great details about the construction project and an earlier update from July
- DEADLINE INFO for BUS PASS applications and FREE/REDUCED LUNCH applications
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- GHS ERIC LEIGH AND DAVID ENOS write and secure $109,154 biotechnology grant
- GHS $499,000 WORTH NEW FAB LAB AND EQUIPMENT – Grant awarded for a brand new Fabrication Lab/Maker space and state of the art, industry level equipment for advanced manufacturing and pre-engineering program in Career and Voc
- O’MALEY ACADEMY aka after school offerings, directed by the amazing counselor Allison Cousins, have been extended and funded for a 4th year as the program deemed exemplary ($140,250 grant )
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- O’MALEY new BioLab space thanks to Applied Materials and MA Life Sciences Foundation
- O’MALEY band and chorus music room to be souped up acoustically thanks to $136,980 from Gloucester Education Foundation
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS – BUILDING BLOCKS exciting new elementary science program
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS new teacher collaboration opportunities
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You’re Invited to the Cape Ann Art Show / Last Chance to Sign Up for One Night Wellness Retreat at Beauport Hotel
You’re Invited to the Cape Ann Art Show – Beauport Hotel Gloucester
AUGUST 14, 2017 ~ BEAUPORTHOSPITALITYGROUP
Open to the public. Dozens of artist-painters will be showcased at this event; additional artists who want to participate will be placed on a waiting list for future art shows.
Last Chance to Sign Up for One Night Wellness Retreat at Beauport Hotel
IMAGE ~ AUGUST 14, 2017 ~ BEAUPORTHOSPITALITYGROUP
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See you at the market!
CAFM accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC, Senior Farmers Market Coupons, and cash! Earn bonus SNAP dollars when you buy fresh produce from participating farmers through the Healthy Incentives Program!
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Learn more about CAFM, our vendors, and our SNAP/EBT programs at capeannfarmersmarket.org or come talk to us at our info table at the market!
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Volunteers Needed for EverWalk New England Event in September
Cuba swim endurance mavericks Diana Nyad and Bonnie Stoll are committed to leading Americans away from sedentary lifestyles into the great outdoors. Their goal is to turn American into an EverWalk nation of walkers. This vision is being realized through epic EverWalk events around the country. The first Ever Walk was held in 2016, with walkers traveling from Los Angeles to San Diego in one week!
The second EverWalk will take place in New England, departing from Boston’s Copley Square on Sunday, September 10, walking up the beautiful north of Boston coastline, arriving at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, on Saturday, September 16, 2017.
Hundreds of volunteers will be needed along the EverWalk route throughout the week. Volunteers will be asked to register walkers, provide assistance along the walking route, call emergency services if needed, and a variety of other services. Monetary stipends are available for volunteers.
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Leon Calvo AKA The Striper Assasin
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WELCOME TO PATTI PAPOWS SEASIDE POLLINATOR GARDEN!
Forty Oaks is the name given long ago to Patti and Jeff Papows lovely home, nestled on a hill overlooking the Atlantic. Many grand old oaks still surround the updated Shingle-style “seaside cottage.” Over the years the gardens have grown in beauty and maturity, with the newest addition being the native plants pollinator paradise–Common Milkweed center stage.
Welcome to Patti’s garden ~
Hydrangea allée, with every species and color of hydrangea imaginable
Waist-high raised beds for lettuce and herbs.
Dragonflies and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds dip, dive, and criss-cross the pool throughout the day.
Adorable and funny, Nellie is the “ham” of the family.
Trellises entwined with Clematis grace a garden wall.
Planters bursting with beauty around every corner.
Vegetable Garden
Catbirds, Robins, and Monarchs are just a few of the species of wildlife that find a welcoming haven in Patti’s seaside garden.
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MONARCH FILM FUNDRAISING SCREENING PARTY
Dear Friends,
This past spring I had a tremendously inspirational experience. Out of the blue, a lovely woman from Concord, Laura Stevens, contacted me about the possibility of viewing my documentary film about the Monarch butterflies, Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterflies. I was reluctant at first, explaining that the film was in a rough cut form. Although the rough cut features the butterflies and Cape Ann in the most beautiful light, the film does need finessing.
Laura comes from a wonderful family and they all love Monarchs! Every year, she and her family gather together for a reunion based around a weekend of learning. Laura explained that it would be an extra special treat for the 27 women and children who attend the reunion to see the film. The more I thought about it the more I thought it would be a super idea, and sent her access to the film.
Several weeks passed when in the mail I received the most heartfelt thank you letters from Laura and her family members who had attended the screening, from the ninety-five year old great auntie to the youngest child there. And soon after that, donations towards the film’s completion arrived from this most generous family. I am so grateful to Laura and her family for the donations, and for their kind encouragement and enthusiasm.
At that time the thought crossed my mind that this would be a wonderful way to continue to raise funds for the documentary. Landscape design work and the story of Little Chick and the Piping Plovers has kept me from doing any recent fundraising, but my work typically slows for a brief period during the end of August and beginning of September.
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Stunning clouds while kayaking on Tuesday
Even though the sun was not bright the sky was gorgeous so I decided to go kayaking for a couple of hours. Just beautiful kayaking around Magnolia Harbor.
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$12,000 grant opportunity for local artists and writers | Drawing, Printmaking, Poetry, Traditional arts
Mayor Romeo Theken always shares art news immediately! Please share. Dealers, tell your artists! Family and friends, encourage someone you know should try.
Here’s the announcement and deadline from the Massachusetts Cultural Council:
The Massachusetts Cultural Council 2018 Artist Fellowship program opportunities have been announced!
October 2 deadline for drawing, poetry, printmaking, traditional arts
“Mass Cultural Council will accept applications in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting beginning December 15, 2017. Application deadline: January 29, 2018…Visit the MCC redesigned ArtSake blog, our online resource to support new art and Massachusetts artists. Every week, we round up a list of opportunities for artists – a way to find your next contest, artist residency, call to artists, publication, and more.”
Gloucester artist, Erica Daborn, was awarded an MCC fellowship grant in 2016.
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PICK YOUR OWN SUNFLOWERS AT CEDAR ROCK GARDENS AND ELISE’S TOMATOES ARE CRAZY TALL!!
Pick your own fabulous fresh sunflowers at Cedar Rock Gardens and a butterfly may follow you home!
Elise and her amazing (and wonderfully delicious) tomatoes. Elise and Tucker supply the produce to Short and Main and The Market Restaurant in Annisquam.
Cedar Rock Gardens is located at 290 Concord Street in West located. For more information, visit their website here.
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From FOB John Abisamra Plum Cove
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Half Off Menu Excluding Sushi At The Rudder/ Half Off Sushi After 5PM At The Studio Restaurant On Rocky Neck August 16, 2017
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GOOSE COVE HAZY AUGUST SUNRISE
Stopping to take a photo at daybreak of a molting Great Blue Heron and this happened!
Goose Cove Sunrise
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It’s time to laugh
Feel like you’re drowning in negative buzz? Maybe it’s time to laugh. You’ll laugh alright on Saturday night, right down the road in Beverly at 9 Wallis when Loretta LaRoche takes you back to Brooklyn and back in time to the humor of growing up with her Italian family in her hysterical show Love, Laughter, and Lasagna.
You can even eat some lasagna prepared by Beverly’s favorite deli Gloria Food Store before the show to get you in the mood.
You may remember Loretta from her PBS specials (see video below) or inspirational programs at North Shore Music Theatre a few years ago — and those programs were funny. Trust me: Love Laughter and Lasagna is even funnier! Come on down; you’ll feel better!
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August Garden Star
Rose of Sharon – Hibiscus Syriacus
It is reviving gardens all over Cape Ann with it beautiful flowers in so many different colors.
It so important to have a constant show in your garden and this shrub gives you that beautiful surprise in late July, August and into September.
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David Cox and Frankie Ciolino Celebrate Birthdays Today!
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sun catcher GIF
Love when this happens to ocean spray! Saturday looks like we’re going to have some sea swells. We’re spared today’s “high surf advisory” accorded to Cape Cod and Maine from Hurricane Gert.
minutes before the sunspray
Good Morning Gloucester 