A benefit Bananas Fashion Show to get the hot air out of City Hall.

Richard Leonard, the owner of the iconic Main Street vintage clothing store, Bananas, is staging one of his rare fashion extravaganzas on Saturday April 23 and Sunday April 24. The production will benefit the Gloucester City Hall restoration fund with the proceeds being used to restore the auditorium’s ventilation system. As Maggie Rosa, Chair of the City Hall Restoration Commission says with a smile, “we are aiming to get the hot air out of City Hall!”

This show, Leonard’s third held to benefit City Hall restoration, will include his Bananarettes, a group of both women and men, some of whom travel from New York City to participate.

The creative black tie Saturday gala starts at 7:00 p.m. and will include live & silent auctions, champagne & dessert – tickets are $75 each. On Sunday the doors open at 2:30 p.m. and the show will include a pick-a-prize auction and light refreshments – tickets are $35 each for adults and $15 for people 18 years and under.

“This being Gloucester, you can dress however you want to, but it’s a lot of fun to wear something different. If you have nothing to wear, go to Bananas and you will find something” says Jan Bell, Co-chair of the event.

Tickets are on sale at Bananas (78 Main St., Gloucester,) Alexandra’s Bread (265 Main St., Gloucester,) and online at Eventbrite. For more information, please contact BananasFashionShow@gmail.com.

City Council President Announces the Retirement of City Clerk
Gloucester City Clerk to Retire

Today, Gloucester City Council President Joe Ciolino and Council Vice President Steve LeBlanc announced that Linda Lowe will be retiring as Gloucester’s City Clerk after six and a half years of service.  In addition, Linda has also served as the City Legal Council for a number of years, for Mayors Bruce Tobey and John Bell.

“Linda has done a great job serving Gloucester and its residents as City Clerk.” said City Council President Joe Ciolino.  “We have been lucky to have her experience and institutional history. Linda always put Gloucester first in administrating the office in charge of all of Gloucester’s vital records and elections.”

Linda’s last day of work will be Friday April 29, 2016.

The Gloucester City Council’s Ordinance and Administration committee will begin interviewing candidates for a new City Clerk in the coming months.  

Warm winds were blowing hard during high tide yesterday.  Stopped down the Boulevard after work and got my exercise running out of the way of the waves coming over the railings. (try to keep the camera dry at all costs!)  One of the great things about this island is the ever changing scenes!

West Parish Elementary School is blessed to be entering a new school building in the fall. In the two years that we have been gone, our beloved Science Park has fallen into disrepair. When we found out that the kids will be unable to play on then newly planted grass fields for a whole year after we begin school, a plan for fundraising was born (lest the children will have recess in the parking lots).
Mobile bidding has already started on some great items like a ride to school by the Gloucester Police Department for a lucky winner and a friend, a ride on the Tuna.com with Sandro Maniaci, or breakfast at Sailor Stans with Good Morning Gloucester’s fearless leader, Joey C. To view our event, or buy tickets go to www.biddingforgood.com/westparishschool

We will have live, mobile and silent items.
We have received hundreds of donations from generous donors from our amazing Cape Ann community and beyond. Doors open at 6pm and tickets can be purchased at the door as well, $25 per person, $40 for a couple, light dinner fare and dessert is included. Friday April 1st, 6pm at the Cruiseport (one of our generous event sponsors).
BOOM!

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