Breaking News: Navy Ship tours delayed until further notice

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

It may look calm in the harbor but it is too choppy to take visitors out. The Ft. McHenry will try to re-anchor a little closer to the breakwater and GMG will update you as soon as we hear from the XO.

-pvn, sent from my phone

Perfect time of year to make Sista Felicia’s Rosa Rugosa Rose Hip Jelly! 

Posted on by Sista Felicia

While your out watching this weekends Schooner Race, along the shoreline  pick some Rose Hips, and make some jelly! Rosa Rugosa Rose Hip Jelly tastes amazing on toast & delicious on a pork roast and yummy with a cheese & crackers … Stop by ” The Cave” on Main Street for the perfect cheese to accompany this unique tasting jelly! Don’t forget to tell Laura Sista Sent you in ! 

Gloucester U After-school Program “ Tuesday Talks” kick-off on September 22 with Jim Unis

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Gloucester U After-school Program

“ Tuesday Talks” kick-off on September 22 with Jim Unis image

GHS 2002, Fishermen Tight End and Defensive End, All American, BC Eagles

Please join us to hear our first speaker, Jim Unis, who will be inducted into Gloucester High School Hall of Fame on September 20, 2015

“Never has Gloucester football seen a physical freak of nature like Jim Unis. The 6-foot-5-inch, 225-pound defensive end and tight end wreaked havoc on Northeastern Conference opponents from his freshman year in 1998 to his senior year in 2001.“  Gloucester Times, September 2, 2011

Jim was a Boston College football superstar and clearly headed to the NFL. Then the unexpected happened…Come learn about his incredible story.

September 22nd in the High School Library

Event starts at 2:15 for refreshments

Jim Unis will speak at 2:45 in the High School Lecture Hall followed by a Q and A

Tuesday Talks is an exciting line-up of guest speakers on career/life skills through Gloucester U, the high school after school program

REGISTER ONLINE at Gloucesteru.weebly.com or contact Samantha Whitney or Caitlin Kreitman

swhitney@gloucesterschools.com

ckreitman@gloucesterschools.com

The Fort McHenry

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Took this photo behind the Hammond Castle. This Naval Vessel is 610 feet, helicopters and V-22 ospreys can take off and land from this ship. It can hold four hover crafts for landing Marines. For more information you can go to the following link.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fort_McHenry_(LSD-43)

September 4, 2015 Fort McHenry

I know people get all horny for pumpkin flavored stuff. I’m not one of those people.

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Not sure what it is but just the thought of pumpkin coffee makes me queasy.  I know there’s tons that wait all year long for Dunks to bring back the Pumpkin coffee so this probably puts me on the outside looking in on the Pumpkin party.

Where do you fall on Pumpkin flavored coffee?

Greg Verga 2015 Gloucester MA Mayoral Election Video

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

To View Other Candidate submissions- https://2015gloucestermaelection.wordpress.com/

An Offer To All #GloucesterMA Election Candidates:
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As you all know we don’t take political stances here or endorse candidates but what I’d like to offer is an invitation for any candidate that is running for office in Gloucester to submit a video explaining why they think they are best suited for the position they are running for. The easiest way to do this would be to upload the video to YouTube.

The videos will be released once and placed on GMG at 7PM on the following night that they are received. If more than one video is submitted to me at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com then the first one that is submitted will be aired the following evening at 7PM and the next one submitted will be posted the following evening at 7PM. There will be a link in each candidates post containing their video to goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com which will have all previously submitted candidate’s videos.

Once they are submitted they will be added to https://2015gloucestermaelection.wordpress.com/ where all the videos will be available for viewing at any time on the same page.

In the title of the video it should list the candidate’s name- position they are running for and the words “GMG submission”.

If a candidate is not able to create a video to submit, then that speaks in my opinion to their qualifications to hold a position at this level of City Government. If a candidate doesn’t read GMG or doesn’t get the word about this opportunity then that also speaks to their qualifications to hold a position at this level of City Government knowing the reach GMG has.

As always the GMG politics disclaimer- any post on these pages containing a candidate does not imply an endorsement for any candidate. Comments on www.goodmorninggloucester.com for these video submissions on the blog will be turned off for these posts as well.

Hopefully this will serve to help candidates get their message across.

Good luck and thank you to all that participate in the process for the love of Gloucester and making it better.

 

PEACHES RIPENING IN THE WARM SUN ~ DO I HEAR BELLINIS, ANYONE?

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Today was simply a fabulous day, and it began very early with picking the first batch of ripe peaches from our peach tree. While washing the peaches, I turned to the large terrarium on our kitchen table and there were Monarchs galore beginning to emerge from their chrysalides. I had asked our gang of neighborhood kids if they would like to watch the butterflies as they emerge and help me with my film project and soon our home was filled with their wonderful selves. I’ll post the photos from our Monarch Day after the long weekend and don’t have time to get a new post together so here’s a favorite post from last year’s Schooner Festival/Labor Day weekend.belle-of-georgia-peach-c2a9kim-smith-2014-copy

Reblogged from Kim Smith Designs September 2014

Our ‘Belle of Georgia’ peach tree never disappoints. Each and every year without fail, and always around Labor Day, this semi-dwarf white-fleshed peach tree gives us mouth-watering sweet peaches. Not all of the peaches are perfect and the ones that are not eaten out of hand are whipped into smoothies, cooked in confections, or macerated with Prosecco. 

Bellinis make a festive addition to your Labor Day/Schooner Festival weekend brunch or dinner, especially at this time of year when the farmer’s markets and grocer’s shelves are brimming with tree-ripened fresh fruit.

bellinis-from-our-peach-tree-c2a9kim-smith-2014~ Bellini Recipe ~

Marinate peeled, pitted, and sliced (halved or quartered) peaches in Prosecco for several hours. Just before serving, puree the peach-Prosecco mixture. Spoon the puree into champagne glasses, about 1/3 to 1/2 filled, and to taste. Gently add more Prosecco to the puree. Add a drop of raspberry liquor, Chambord, or a few fresh raspberries to the puree, to give the drink that beautiful pinky-peach glow.

Bellinis are traditionally made with white-flesh peaches such as ‘Belle of Georgia,’ but any variety of sweet peach will do.
peach-tree-blossom-belle-of-georgia-c2a9kim-smith-2011‘Belle of Georgia’ Peach Blossoms

In flower and in fruit, the peach is a pretty tree for your landscape ~

Read an excerpt about the ‘Belle of Georgia’ from my book Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities ~ Notes from a Gloucester Garden here ~

 

Prunus persica ‘Belle of Georgia’

Cultivated by the Chinese for thousands of years, the peach tree is grown for its fruit as well as for its exquisite flowers and gracefully shaped branches. To better understand the significance of the peach tree in the Chinese culture it is worth noting that the development of the Chinese garden with its ying-yang symbolism was essentially Daoist in origin.

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LWV Mayoral Debate Airing Tonight at 7:30 pm on Cape Ann TV

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Cape Ann TV Channel 12 will air last night’s Mayoral Debate hosted by the League of Women Voters of Cape Ann tonight (Friday, September 4) at 7:30 pm.

The Debate also airs this weekend on:

Saturday, September 5 at 9:00 am; 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm

Sunday, September 6 at 9:00 pm and

Monday, September 7 at 8:00 pm

For future airings of the Debate go to: http://capeanntv.org/schedule/

https://instagram.com/p/7L0-JzDyj1/

 

Mega Yard Sale Saturday: In part w the League of Women Voters

Posted on by Craig Kimberley

It’s a multi-family, friends and neighbors yard sale event! The League of Women Voters will be participating as well, (their table sales to benefit their organization’s student scholarships). So come out to support and treasure hunt!

Location: 546 Washington St.

Time: Sept. 5th 9am – 3pm

Items:
Home furnishings, kitchen supplies, outdoor and yard furniture, antiques, collectables, sporting equipment, lawn & garden, and a vast multitude of other exciting treasures!!

Located just up the hill from The Willow Rest, (plan your beach feast & grab some surprises from the sale!)

Help Wanted…

Posted on by Alicia Unleashed

help

 

Looking for a Part Time gig as a Host/Busser?

Well we got the place for you!

Foreign Affairs in Manchester, MA

Contact Kim at 978-704-9568 for details

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Are you a Nail Tech looking for a place to settle in to?

Styles on Main  220 Main st, Gloucester

Contact Meghan for details

978-865-3287 or email meg@stylesonweb.com

 

Know a business that is hiring? Drop it in the comment section and we will add to the post!

 

 

 

 

 

 

MMoAA and North Shore Prints Show Opening

Posted on by God's Morning
MMoAA
The Goetemann Artist Residency at Rocky Neck is pleased to announce the arrival of their second month long artist-in-residence, Laurelin Kruse. Her opening talk will be held at The Rocky Neck Cultural Center,  http://www.rockyneckartcolony.org 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, on Thursday September 3rd at 7pm. The talk is free and open to the public.
Laurelin will be parking her Mobile Museum of American Artifacts at various sites around the city.
The Mobile Museum of American Artifacts is a traveling museum of everyday artifacts and their stories. Housed in a vintage travel trailer, the MMoAA sets up at libraries, grocery stores, museums and other public spaces across the country to invite people to see its evolving collection of artifacts of significant (and insignificant) connection to every day life. The museum crowdsources its collection – at each stop people are welcome to submit objects from their own lives, which will travel on with the museum as part of its rotating exhibit. Inside the museum, artifacts are presented alongside a curated text, which tells the story of the object and its donor, per an interview conducted in the MMoAA at the time of donation.
north shore prints
North Shore Prints is a wonderful show of 17 printmakers works.  The opening reception is tonight from 5-7:00.