Good Morning Gloucester

The Friends of Coastal Elite Cheerleaders are holding a Halloween FUNraiser on Saturday, Oct 31st 10am-12noon at the Coastal Elite Club on the 5th Floor of Brown’s Mall located in Downtown Gloucester. Cost is $8 per child — for families the cost is $12 for 2 siblings, $16 for 3 siblings & $20 for 4 or more children. We will have a bounce house set up, craft table & special trick or treat stations set up throughout the space so make sure you bring your trick or treat bag! All proceeds go directly to the Coastal Elite Rebels Cheerleaders a new All-Star Cheerleading team based here in Gloucester to help them pay for competition fees. For more info please email friendsofcoastalelite@gmail.com

Hi Joey,

It is that time of year again! Thank you for helping us share the information a few weeks ago. Will you remind GMG readers that The Open Door Autumn Breakfast is Thursday, October 22, from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Cruiseport Gloucester? We will kick off the Thanksgiving Food Drive season with this gathering of community spirit and goodwill.

RSVP at info@foodpantry.org by October 21.

Thanks for helping us get the word out!

but I definitely see a lobster claw in those red leaves.  Anyone else see it, and does anyone know where it is?

E.J. Lefavour

Weather is great..lots of food and fun

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Members of the Cape Ann Skating Club join Nancy Kerrigan’s Halloween on Ice Show

From left: Schoonover, Kosiak and Stanwood at their first rehearsal of Halloween on Ice

Three members of the Cape Ann Skating Club (cafsc.org) will be skating with Nancy Kerrigan’s Halloween on Ice show in Manchester NH this weekend.

Local skaters Sydney Kosiak, 14, of Beverly; Natalie Schoonover, 12, of Ipswich; and Ella Stanwood, 13, of Wenham, will skate in the Oct. 18 performance at the Manchester, New Hampshire, Verizon Wireless Center.In addition to Kerrigan, the tour features Johnny Weir, Kurt Browning and other past champions and fan favorites. Other highlights include a costume contest and a VIP post-show meet-and-greet. Kosiak, Schoonover and Stanwood have skated together for more than five years with the Cape Ann Skating Club in Gloucester and other local rinks.

The Cape Ann Skating Club is a local nonprofit organization that supports recreational and competitive skating. The Club offers learn to skate programs for hockey and figure skaters of all age groups. Group lessons are Saturdays at noon and Tuesdays at 6 at the Talbot Rink at O’Maley Middle School. For more information, visit: cafsc.org. For information and tickets to Halloween on Ice: halloweenonice.com.