Good Morning Gloucester

If you haven’t been to Assembly Row in Somerville, you might want to consider it.

For the kiddos, there is the LegoLand Discovery Center and the AMC Assembly Row 12.

For the grown-ups, there is some great outlet shopping and there are some great restaurants and  bars. With more than 30 stores and almost 15 places to grab a quick bite to eat or a fantastic meal, Assembly Row is a destination not unlike MarketStreet in Lynnfield…only with outlets rather than full-price stores.

On Sunday my fantastic brother offered to take my boys and my nephew to see the Peanuts movie.  While they hunkered down in the theater with tubs of popcorn, my mother, sister, and I did a bit of shopping and had a great lunch at the River Bar.

Learn all about Assembly Row HERE!

This fall, partners across Gloucester collaborated in a successful push for local food in schools to celebrate Food Day and National Farm to School month. A FoodCorps Massachusetts service member at community nonprofit Backyard Growers brokered a partnership between the Gloucester school food service program and the new West Gloucester Orchard to bring over 2,000 local apples into Gloucester school cafeterias. Backyard Growers’ FoodCorps service member also set up 4 Apple Crunch events at schools to celebrate healthy food, local farms, and local farmers. Click here to read more on the Backyard Growers website!

Thanksgiving Dinner and Ecumenical Thanksgiving Worship

On Monday, November 23, the First Baptist Church in Gloucester, 38 Gloucester Avenue, will host its annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner. A free dinner for all who wish to attend, the traditional meal will be served beginning at 5pm. Then, come up to the sanctuary of the church at 7pm as the Cape Ann Clergy host an Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service of Worship. There will be hand bell music, traditional Thanksgiving hymns, and an offering that will benefit the feeding programs of Cape Ann. Donations of cash or non-perishable food will be accepted. Come for a great dinner and stay for a lovely worship service. Call the church at 978-283-4808 for more information.

Thank you,

Mark Spreer

Gloucester High School Student Receives Honorary Award in JROTC

LEGION OF VALOR BRONZE CROSS FOR ACHIEVEMENT, CASE OF AMY-ELIZABETH GERAGHTY

1. Please note: Award presentation ceremony at Gloucester High School will be held on Thursday November 19^th at 8am in the school auditorium.

2. Miss Amy Elizabeth Geraghty, a senior in the Gloucester High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC, has recently been selected as one of only 5 cadets nationwide to receive the Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement. She has been selected as the top MCJROTC cadet in Region 1. This region encompasses Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

3. This award takes into consideration the following criteria:

academic class standing and overall GPA, Class standing in the MCJROTC program, leadership billets held, MCJROTC activities (drill team, rifle team), MCJROTC awards, school leadership position, athletics, school academic awards, school clubs / activities and community service.

So last winter after checking different electricity providers I shared what I signed my mom up with for locked in 6 months rates.

Now that her contract is up a different company has the cheapest electricity rates. If you don’t lock in you are at the mercy of National Grid and their winter price spikes.

GMG FOB also did some research and he locked in at 10.4 cents per kWh (but a better price is being offered right now by Direct Energy)

Here’s what Marc wrote-

Hey Joey – thought this might interest you…
I just recently re-upped with ThinkEnergy for 12 months @ 10.4 cents/kWh.

Attached is a pdf showing supply rates for Nat Grid – past and present.
Looks like ThinkEnergy is still a steal through April, 2016. Below are the 4 recently rate histories. Following that trend, it seems that at worst 10.4 will probably break even after April 2016, but can still cancel at any time. Thanks again for tips via GMG.

Recent Rate History:

11/1/15 to 4/30/16: 13.038 cents/kWh

5/1/15 to 10/31/15: 9.257 cents/kWh

11/14 to 4/30/15: 16.274 cents/kWh

5/1/14 to 10/31/14: 8.277 cent/kWh

-Marc

So if you don’t lock in at the 10.15 cents per kWh with Direct Energy and then you can look forward to the variable pricing highlighted in the chart above which is way higher (andf way higher in teh months that you use the bulk of your electricity).

There is no penalty for signing up and all you have to do is click on the link and sign up with the cheapest option out there currently- Direct Energy at 10.15 cents per kWh and here’s the kicker- Direct energy not only has the cheapest price I could find out there for locked in 12 months, but they also will give you a $50 bill credit for signing up and give one to the person that refers you.

An absolute no-brainer. If you locked in last year- you saved a ton and as you talk to anyone else that took advantage it was completely painless to do so.

Here are the current rates from different energy suppliers-

If you sign up with Direct Energy using this link you’ll get the cheapest rate currently available and a $50 bill credit to boot.

The referral ID is – RAF-11332844

Copy this link and email it to your friends – www.directenergy.com/refer-a-friend/raf/RAF-11332844

It’s so easy!

1. Copy the Refer A Friend link below.
2. Paste the link into an e-mail, Facebook post, Twitter, etc., and send it to your friends.
3. Instruct your friends to include your Referral ID in the Referral ID box when signing up for Direct Energy online or provide your Referral ID to the call center agent when ordering over the phone.
4. You get a $50 bill credit for each friend who becomes a Direct Energy customer.
5. Your friends will also receive a $50 bill credit because you referred them.

Or go to work at 4:30am and offload a trailer of herring at 8pm and get out at 9:30pm?
Party time…

First barrels smashed off the truck

Five pallets off seventeen to go

Half way home

10:30PM Done