
My View of Life on the Dock

Joey C ~
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St Paul’s Lutheran Church Yard Sale is this Saturday 9-1 on 1123 Washington Street:
Clothes, linens, books, CD’s , baked goods, nisu, and sausage and hot dogs!!
Thanks and hope you are having a great summer!
Dianne Richards
Council President

The Children’s Religious Exploration Program of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church seeks a Co-Teacher to plan and facilitate engaging experiences for a wide age range with the program’s Lead Teacher/Director.
This is a part-time, three hours per week position. Two hours are required on Sunday mornings; a weekly one hour planning meeting will be arranged with the Director.
Qualifications:
• Have values aligned with those of Unitarian Universalism
• Willingness to serve the mission and work of the GUUC congregation
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse people in diverse situations
• Minimum of one year experience assisting or teaching in a classroom setting
• Knowledge of mixed age curriculum and experience using story, song, art, nature, movement, discussion, and/or play to engage children is highly desired
• Ability to work supportively with teen assistants
• Experience maintaining confidentiality
• Successful completion of a background check (CORI)
Candidates with experience in Emergent, Nature Based, Montessori, and/or Waldorf curriculum, as well as those with experience in children’s religious education are particularly encouraged to apply.
Pre-service training will begin the week of September 5, 2016. The first program Sunday will be September 18 and will continue most Sundays through June 4, 2017.
To apply:
Please send a letter of interest, resume, and two professional references by August 20, 2016 to info@gloucesteruu.org
Paper applications may be mailed to:
Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
10 Church Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
ATTN: DRE

A one week morning day camp will be offered Monday, August 22 – Friday, August 26, 8:30 – 12:30, for children aged 6 through 12 years old at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 48 Middle Street, Gloucester, MA. “Cape Ann Arts Alive” will offer music and more as we explore Cape Ann through the lively arts.
Campers will have opportunities to sing and make music, participate in movement, creative drama and dance, write haiku and more. The camp experience will culminate with a showcase of the week’s highlights at 11:30 AM for family and friends.
Drama and music will combine as we discover the stories of colorful, local characters Howard Blackburn, the Witch of Dogtown and the Gloucester Sea Serpent.
Gloucester poet/composer Steve Scotti’s “On the Dogtown Common Road” which highlights the Babson Boulder carved mottos will be used to inspire Haiku and other poetry.
Program Staff features veteran teachers and performers from the Cape Ann Interfaith Community including Kathleen Adams, Annisquam Village Church; Rose Sheehan, Gloucester UUC; Kristina Martin, First Congregational, Rockport; Pastor Anne Deneen and Eva DiLascio, St. Paul Lutheran, Lanesville; Jay DiPrima, Mary Jodice and Mark Nelson from St. John’s.
No religious affiliation is necessary to participate.
Camper cost is only $50 for the week. Scholarships are available.
For more information contact Mark Nelson 978-283-1708, ext 2, or email mark@stjohnsgloucester.org. You can download the information and sign up here.
Please consider sending your child(ren), or pass this on to friends/family with children. No matter what your status come for our “Review” on Friday the 27 at 11:30 to see our “results”. And if you care to help, send your contributions to “St. John’s Music Guild”!
St. John’s Church, 48 Middle Street, Gloucester MA 01930
August 15, 2016 ~ backyardgrowersgloucester
Join us for an epic 2016 Seafood Throwdown to celebrate Cape Ann Farmers Market’s 10th Anniversary!
Cape Ann Farmers Market, North Atlantic Marine Alliance, Backyard Growers, Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association, and the City of Gloucester are partnering to highlight Cape Ann’s local farming and fishing community.
During the Throwdown from 4-5:30, two local chefs – one team from Passports plus a mystery second team – will compete in a cooking competition inspired by local seafood using the farmers market as their pantry. While they cook, Backyard Growers will lead two short cooking demonstrations designed to help home gardeners find fun ways to use the healthy food they’re growing in their own backyards – and get their kids involved in the process!
After the throwdown, Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken and founder of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association Angela Sanfilippo will lead their own fun demonstration of how to cook whiting, a local underutilized fish, at home in your own kitchen.
Come by Stage Fort Park this Thursday and pick up some cooking tips with your locally grown vegetables and locally caught fish!
Check out the event on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1728703380725183/
August 15, 2016 ~ coliecatherine ~ Edit
Cape Ann Special Olympics, providing athletic opportunities for individuals with intellectual or physical disabilities. If you are interested in being part of our program we are currently offering soccer . Our first practice will be August 20th at New Balance-Newell Stadium – Gloucester High School from 11am to 1pm!
we are also possible adding flag football if interested please contact us via Facebook or in person at soccer practice.
Any special needs athletes interested in participating are welcome to join us!
Athletes medical forms available online or in hand at practice
http://www.specialolympicsma.org/resources/forms-and-downloads/
The Lovely Super K Stopped Into Pastaio Via Corta For Some Gnocchi . Because of the super high demand she was sold out but we got to eat the delicious ziti topped with her killer parmesan reggiano and Kate’s awesomesauce (one word also describing Kate).
More Cape Ann Community News-
http://www.capeanncommunity.com


(Gloucester, MA) – August 15, 2016 – The City of Gloucester has successfully won an appeal to support restorative work at Lane’s Cove Breakwater with an estimated total of $1,356,195 expected to be received from MEMA (Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency).
“We are grateful that the city’s appeal was successful in order to gain the necessary funds for the critical needs at Lane’s Cove Seawall,” said Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken. “Our city needs help from our state and federal partners to ensure we have safe infrastructures, and this appeal shows we are continuing to fight for results.”
A petition was originally filed by the City against FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) in October 2015, with Gloucester Public Works Director Michael Hale…
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Checkout Their Websites: http://www.gloucesterdogpark.org/

A collection of over 175 juried Artists and Craftsmen from throughout the U.S. will display their unique creations, live music, plus delicious ethnic foods including a pancake breakfast (sponsored by the Rotary Club of Gloucester) on Saturday to help kick off this picture perfect seaport event!
Free live “family style” entertainment includes Celtic, Ragtime Bands, Country and Folk Music and Just Like Newman from 1:00 to 5:00 pm on Sunday. Additionally, North Shore Old Car Club will display over 75 Antique Autos on Sunday.
The Gloucester Waterfront Festival runs from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm each day. Handicap Accessible and friendly pets, on a leash, are welcome. Admission is FREE and the event will be rain or shine! more info

Tune in to Northshore 104.9 FM tomorrow at 8:40AM for some fun when Dana & Mugs welcome local singer/bandleader Henri Smith (who moved to Gloucester after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his home). You’ll learn how Henri & Charles Neville (of the Neville Brothers) are nurturing the next generation of top musicians through this week’s debut of The New England Neville Brothers in Beverly (more info here). And you can bet Dana Hersey will ask Henri about his roles in several films shot in New England, including “The Great Debaters,” “Double Jeopardy,” “Pink Panther 2” and “Shutter Island.”
Best of all you could win a pair of tickets to Friday’s show and dance with Henri Smith along with Grammy-winners Charles Neville & Amadee Castenell and the next generation of Neville Brothers at the fully air conditioned Vittori-Rocci Post right off Rte 128 in Beverly! Good seats are still available for only $25.00. GET THEM HERE.
Here’s an example of what that was like 2 years ago at a show in Gloucester!
Before we dive into Northshore Magazine’s Fall Favorites September issue, let’s take a moment to acknowledge its Best of North Shore August issue. Although votes did not come in all Cape Ann for categories you thought might be a shoe-in: best beach, bakery, breakfast, burger, clam chowder, farmer’s market, art gallery, art anything (!), museum, or attraction — Gloucester and all of Cape Ann businesses receive a lot of deserved attention! Signing in to vote may be a barrier to entry for some. Still, 150,000+ votes were cast. You can check out what won in many additional categories in the 300pp monster issue.
DINE ALFRESCO – The Market Restaurant, Gloucester
FRIED CLAMS- Seaport Grill, Gloucester and Top Dog (seasonal), Rockport; reader’s choice: Woodman’s
LOBSTER DINNER- Roy Moore Lobster, Rockport; reader’s choice Woodman’s of Essex
LOBSTER ROLL- Seaport Grille, Gloucester
PIZZA- Short and Main, Gloucester in a three way tie
ROMANTIC- Duckworth’s, Gloucester
SANDWICHES- Willow Rest, Gloucester
WATERVIEW RESTAURANT- The Market Restaurant, Gloucester
HOTEL BAR- Beauport Hotel, Gloucester
CHOCOLATE- Rockport Fudgery, Rockport (seasonal)
HOTEL- Beauport Hotel
CHARTER BOAT- Schooner Thomas E Lannon
COMMUNITY WALK RUN BIKE BY SEASON – summer Twin Lobster Half Marathon & 1 mile Race, Gloucester; winter Happy Holidays Half Merrython, Gloucester; reader’s choice, Motif #1 Day 5K, Rockport
FESTIVAL (FALL)- Essex Clamfest, Essex
GOLF COURSE- reader’s choice Bass Rocks Golf Club, Gloucester
MARINA- Cape Ann Marina, Gloucester
NATURE TRAILS- Ravenswood Park, Gloucester
BOOKS-The Bookstore of Gloucester
MATERNITY CLOTHING- The Urchin Exchange, Gloucester
CONCIERGE- reader’s choice Tending the Sweet Life, Gloucester
DANCING- Minglewood Tavern, Gloucester
LIVE MUSIC VENUE INDOORS- Shalin Liu, Rockport

THIS RESERVOIR, WATERSHED, AND
RESERVATION ARE FOR THE PEOPLE
OF GLOUCESTER, THE LAND HAVING
BEEN GIVEN IN MEMORY OF MY
FATHER AND MY GRANDFATHER WHO
ROAMED OVER THESE ROCKY HILLS–
THEY HAD THE VISION THAT SOME
DAY IT SHOULD BE CONSERVED FOR
THE USES OF THE CITY AND AS
AN INSPIRATION TO ALL LOVERS
OF GOD AND NATURE
-ROGER W BABSON, 1931
There are examples of land preservation, but featuring a watershed in 1931? Isn’t it wonderful! If you haven’t seen it in a while, it’s worth a close look. I believe that it has definitely inspired many in Gloucester.


Thank you to Deborah Cramer and Dan Greenbaum for sharing this memory and finding this Gloucester Daily Times article! This trio’s swim inspired Cape Ann’s Year of the Coast led by MassAudubon the following summer.
Related posts:
8/13/16, race above same day: And they’re back
8/13/16, Celebrate Clean Harbor Swim, and they’re off
8/12/16 Gloucester’s Clean Harbor: H2O No No’s are in the past – some history of the swim
8/10/16 Accclaimed writer, Gloucester resident, and one of the trio that inspired the Clean Harbor Swim Sarah Fraser Robbins excerpt ( the title of her classic book The Sea is All About Us was a nod to Gloucester summer resident TS Eliot’ Four Quartets)
8/6/16 litter 1978 Crackdown at the quarries
8/4/16 history of the swim and news about 2016 Celebrate the Clean Harbor Swim
We have some good friends who are Yankee fans and despite their poor judgment in baseball teams we have enjoyed a little friendly rivalry. About 8 years ago we thought it would be fun to start visiting different ballparks. It started with the Baltimore Orioles (which other than Fenway is my favorite so far) and since then we’ve seen both NY parks, both Chicago parks, Toronto, Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia and this year we came to Cleveland. So far we have seen 11 out of 30 parks and done as much touring, eating and drinking in each area as we could lol! Next on the agenda is finishing up the east coast with Washington, Georgia and Florida! It’s a great way to visit the country! Today we see the Red Sox take on Cleveland 😋



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With some funky fireworks in the fog the other night, it was a good thing that all the kiddos were well lit with lots of glow sticks.
Finn found it more fun to make his own fireworks.



