Magnolia Farmers Market
A little of everything at the Magnolia Farmers Market, dancing, singing, vegetables and steak sauce… Yes, I bought steak sauce.
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Recap of August International Dory Races 2015.
Saturday, August 22, 2015, Lunenburg, NS
International Dory Races
It was a great day of racing this past weekend with good match ups in all divisions, that are gaining momentum each year. US women’s team Amanda Palazzola and Lindsey Rogers in their 2nd year of dory racing competed in a close race to the very end losing out to arguably one of the best Canadian women’s teams of all time (Kath Moore & Gail Atkinson). The Junior men’s category showed two teams with similar boat speed but the Canadian’s John Ernst & Jack Smith navigated a superior course to a win over Tyler Edmonds and Thomas Beaton. I believe both of these teams will have 1 final year competing against one another in the Junior category. The US mixed team’s 18 year old Lily Jean Sanfilippo broke an oar on the start in her very first race. She was pretty rattled and had to row with unfamiliar gear, but made the US team and her partner Bill Edmonds proud with a valiant effort. Canada’s newly paired mixed team Danette Eden/Willy Wells looked like they had rowed together for years, and with superior course navigation and composure, they powered to a victory. The Over 50 match-up pitted last year’s US contenders Alex Thomas/Donny Favaloro against Canadian living legend Walter Nickerson (with 5 decades of experience and too many wins to keep track of) & 8 year dory mate and equally successful Danny Moody. There are not too many 50+ or younger who would like to see Walter and Danny line up beside them in a dory. As expected, Walter & Danny piled up another win for the Canadians despite the heart felt efforts of the Americans. And, in the final race of the day 3 time International Champs Glenn Harrington/Erik Dombrowski faced off with 5 time consecutive International Champs Joel George/Markus Schmidt. After a close race to the turning flag, the Canadian team executed a perfect approach and turn gaining a lead and extending it back to the finish line. Joel and Markus are excellent rowers with an unmatched work ethic in the dory, showing all the teams in the event the passion and dedication it takes to dominate dory racing.
A great day of racing in front of a good sized crowd after a very foggy start on picturesque Lunenburg Harbour was capped off by an afternoon/evening of camaraderie with US and Canadian rowers and friends rekindling long time friendships, swapping rowing stories and challenging each other with future competition to determine who has the world’s best dory rowers. Don’t miss the 2016 June International Dory Races in Gloucester, MA.
Best wishes and a sincere thank you to CDRA and the Nova Star for making this event possible, pleasurable, and exciting for all participants and fans. With all of your help, we have continued a 53 year tradition born out of schooner dory fishing heritage and national pride.
Team USA takes some time off from rowing to see the cliffs & caves at the famous Ovens Park.
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Massive Building Project on Main Street–Public Meeting August 27th 6:00PM at Rose Baker Senior Center from 6-8pm.
The property was once Cameron’s Restaurant which sold for $600,000 in 2010 and than sold for $975,000 to two non-profit organizations Action Inc. of Gloucester and North Shore Community Development Coalition of Salem, on Aug 6th 2015.
The plan as described in the Gloucester Daily Times on July 16th is to construct 30-40 affordable apartments with parking on about 9,000 square foot parcel of sloping land.
A public Meeting will be held at Rose Baker Senior Center Thursday August 27th at 6:00 PM, located at 6 Manuel F. Lewis Street.
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Please Note: Photos indicate the mass that will make up the building, not the design.
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Capt. Bill Muniz of FV Lily Helps NOAA in Research Project
Wicked Tuna Captain Bill Muniz of the F/V Lily assists a NOAA Team led by J. Michael Jech. The project involves the tracking of Tuna using a Drone seen below with Capt. Muniz . his first mate and J. Michael Jeck and Jennifer Johnson also from NOAA. The project is part of the Large Pelagic Research Center.
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Gloucester’s Middle Street – Guided walking tour offers historic perspective
An ever evolving neighborhood
The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present Historic Middle Street, a guided walking tour of one of Gloucester’s many historically rich streets, on Saturday, August 29 at 10:00 a.m. The tour meets at the Cape Ann Museum at 27 Pleasant Street and lasts about 1 1/2 hours. Tours are held rain or shine. Cost is $10 for Museum members; $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited, reservations required. Email info@capeannmuseum.org or call(978) 283-0455, x16 for more information or to reserve a spot. Additional walking tours are offered through the end of September – please visitcapeannmuseum.org/events to find out more.
Image credit: The Saunders House, now part of the Sawyer Free Library, in the early 1880s. Photo by Edward Corliss & J. F. Ryan House Photographs, c. 1882-85. 4″ x 6″ cabinet cards. From the collection of the Cape Ann Museum Library and Archives.
Did you know that a resident of Middle Street, Gloucester, saved the town from a British attack by sea during the Revolution? Or that a leading feminist and religious free thinker lived halfway down Middle Street? Or, that the 1764 Saunders House that forms part of the Sawyer Free Library has undergone at least three radical architectural changes including a massive Victorian tower? Four centuries of Gloucester’s social, economic, and architectural history are packed into this one short street in the heart of downtown Gloucester. Join us for a docent-led tour of an ever-evolving neighborhood where you will see surviving evidence of the past and will learn about structures and people now gone.
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MOSSE the band will be playing at the Harbor Loop Concert Series this Thursday, Aug. 27, at 6:30 p.m.
Listen to a clip here-
Joey,
MOSSE the band will be playing at the Harbor Loop Concert Series this Thursday, Aug. 27, at 6:30 p.m.
MOSSE band members Andrew Luman and Jerry Smith are Gloucester guys and the band is kinda famous thanks to GoodMorningGloucester (here was the world exclusive post on GMG about MOSSE’s debut.)
Thursday’s concert will be free, fun and kid-friendly.
Attached to this email is a music clip of their sound and a Mosse CD poster, in case it’s helpful.
Oh, and special bonus — the band will have their new CD available at Thursday night’s concert, too.
See you there,
John McElhenny
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So There’s This Bridge… (Poll)
So there’s this bridge in Westwood MA where trucks just keep smashing into. It happens so often that someone has set up a video camera and put together a highlight reel of trucks smashing into it.
Play the video here-
You’ll see in the video that the trucks look like they’re gonna clear it but I’m not sure if the road suddenly has a bump but BAM, they all smash right into it tearing their box trucks to pieces.
Ultimately it’s the driver’s fault because there’s a big low clearance sign on the bridge itself and another tiny sign buried among about 5 other signs.
Do you think the town could do anything differently to alert the drivers Like attach a huge billboard photo of the previous truck wreck where it says LOW CLEARANCE so maybe it will sink in better or do you think that it won’t matter and they should just let these truck smash-ups continue to occur? Another alternative would be to install a hanging sign about 20 feet before the bridge that would be the height of the bridge so if the truck hit the sign it would make a loud noise and let the driver know that he won’t make it under and he better stop.
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Fever Pitch at Fenway
A nice way to spend a night in the city…and in the ballpark.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Click HERE to purchase tickets and for more information
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GLOUCESTER STAGE PLAYTIME STORIES CONTINUES: DR. SEUSS DAY AUGUST 29
His Newest Story, What Pet Should I Get &
The Lorax
Activity Time: Peter Pan(Olivia Osterman) helps a young audience member find her shadow
LIVE AT GLOUCESTER STAGE SATURDAY AUGUST 29 AT 10AM
Live Theatre Performances for Young Audience Members Age 3 and Older
Gloucester Stage continues Playtime Stories, a fun combination of children’s stories, live performances and children’s activities for ages 3 and older, on Saturday, August 29 at 10 am at Gloucester Stage, 267, East Main Street, Gloucester. The stories set for August 29 are from Dr. Seuss: the new Dr. Seuss story, Which Pet Should I Get? and the classic tale of The Lorax. Following the performance, young audience members are invited to join Youth Program Director Heidi Dallin, Gloucester Stage Education Apprentices: Avery Daniels, Jenna Worden and Amelia Dornbush and cast members from the Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshop program for activities and theatre games. On August 29 young audience members can learn about Stage Makeup and be made up as their favorite Dr. Seuss character from the stories, play theatre games and participate in a craft. Playtime Stories offers young children the unique opportunity to experience the fun and magic of live theatre as they watch their favorite books come to life onstage as well as the opportunity to join the Playtime Stories Company in fun and interactive workshops relating to the story. Each week Playtime Stories explores a different story ranging from classic fairy tales to new stories to works by local authors. All Playtime Stories’ performances are held at 10 am at Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. Admission is $5. For more information, call the Gloucester Stage Box Office at978-281-4433 or visit www.gloucesterstage.com.
This week’s story the new Dr. Seuss story What Pet Should I Get?
Gloucester Stage Education Apprentice Avery Daniels helps a young audience member during activity time
Peter Pan(Olivia Osterman) and Wendy(Miranda Joyce) Fly
Playtime Stories Company Performs
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Community Stuff 8/25/15
The Gloucester Nor Easters are wrapping our first summer program this Friday Aug 29. We have had a very successful campaign with about 45 participants this summer which was done a every Friday thru July and August. I was hoping you could assist us in promoting the Fall season , I have attached a flyer that can be used if possible on your web site. Please feel free to call me at home if you would like to further discuss or receive more information , my home number is 978 515 7116
Regards,
Glen O. McEachern
www.northshoreflagfootball.com
Poet Charles Giuliano at Annisquam Village Library August 27
The poet, Charles Giuliano, spent the summers of his youth in Annisquam.
On Thursday, August 27, at 7:30 PM he will return to his roots with a reception and reading from Shards of a Life at the Annisquam Village Library at 354 Leonard Street, rear.
The book of verse, which is available through Amazon, contains a number of poems related to growing up in Annisquam.
A second book Total Gonzo Poems which will be published this fall contains a chapter The Nugents of Rockport. On his mother’s side, Dr. Josephine Flynn, his Irish ancestors are an important part of Cape Ann History.
In 1875 Patrick and Mary Nugent, Irish immigrants, leased the 32 acre Beaver Dam Farm in Rockport from the Babson family. They raised 13 children of which three died tragically in 1913.
When Mary died in 1927 the farm was abandoned and later torched by local kids. All that survives is the stone kitchen from 1658. George Nugent bought land up the road on which is now located Nugent Farms a condominium complex. For a time George Nugent was the Boss Tweed of Gloucester politics.
There will also be a reading of selections of Nugent poems from the soon to be published book.
Now retired from teaching art history and running the gallery program for Suffolk University/ New England School of Art and Design Giuliano has an extensive career as a curator and critic. He also taught at Boston University, U. Mass Lowell and other colleges.
In 1970 he coined the word Gonzo which he was the first to publish in a July 3, review of Ten Years After at Harvard Stadium. At the time he was the rock critic for the daily Boston Herald Traveler. Giuliano is the only surviving original gonzo journalist. That legacy is the focus of his second book.
In addition to the Herald Traveler he was a columnist and editor of Art New England, contributor to Art News, the daily Patriot Ledger, Boston After Dark/ Phoenix and numerous publications.
Currently he lives in the Berkshires where he and his wife Astrid Hiemer publish and edit the on line digital magazine Berkshire Fine Arts.
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Great White Shark On Cape Cod Rescue
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Foggy Morning Music at Annisquam Lighthouse
I had a wonderful adventure early his morning looping around Cape Ann and listening for the clearest fog horn sounds to record. My drive began at the Paint Factory to listen for the Ten Pound Island fog horn, then onto Eastern Point Lighthouse, Thacher Island Light, and Straitsmouth Island Light, before landing at the lighthouse at Annisquam. For my purposes the Annisquam Lighthouse was perfect and I loved the combined sounds of fog horn, birds awakening, waves lapping at the shore, and the clanging of buoy bells in the distance. I think I got some good stuff!
Click the triangle to hear the Annisquam Lighthouse foghorn.
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Not All Gloom and Doom
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A view from Hull
I spent my summers in Hull from the age of 3 to 21. My Nonnie bought a cottage on the bayside with a view of the bay and also Paragon Park. On August 19, 2015, went to visit a very close friend to visit her and her mom in Nantasket Beach. We went to the Hull Point and took this photo of Boston. The airport is only 7 miles away from this spot.
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Take advantage while summer is still here……
$1 Oysters are what’s up on Cape Ann right now.
The following places advertise on a weekly basis and are subject to change by the week. If there are places that I have not listed please leave a comment and I will update.
All day Monday- Thursday
Sunday- Brunch
Tuesday- Dinner hours
Wednesday- Lunch and Dinner hours
Thursday and Friday Lunch hours only
Everyday except Wednesdays
During the hours of 5pm to 6pm and 9pm to 10pm
Wednesday- All day
Every Sunday all day
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Mug Mondays Tonight at the Lexicon Gallery
Mug Mondays
Mondays 4-7pm
During Magnolia Farmers Market
Pottery for Sale from the Cape Ann Community
Come and Find your Treasure
Lexicon Gallery
Location: 15 Lexington Ave., Magnolia, MA 01930
Hours: Fri-Sun, 12-5pm
Mon 4-7pm (During Magnolia Farmers Market)
Or By Appt SeyrelWilliams@gmail.com
www.LexiconGallery.com
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Rockport Legion Band – Free Concert Sunday 8/30/15
The Rockport Legion Band will perform our eight free concert of our 82nd consecutive summer concert series at the Back Beach Bandstand, Beach St, Rockport, MA.
7:00, Sunday, August 30, 2015.
Popcorn is available. Children are welcome. Folding chairs and blankets are good. In case of rain we will play inside the Legion Hall, next to the bandstand.
Jason Howard will conduct this program.
| The Star Spangled Banner | Francis Scott Key |
| Mercury | K. L. King |
| The Music Man | Meredith Willson |
| Blue Moon (Euphonium Solo, Connie Villanti) | Richard Rodgers |
| Force of Destiny | Larry Neeck |
| The Emerald Isle | Dave Black |
| Trumpets, Ole! (Featuring the Trumpet Section) | Frank D. Cofield |
| Foiled Again | Jack Wilds |
| Dixieland Jam! (Dixie group) | Arr. Bob Lowden |
| Disney Blockbusters | Arr. John Higgins |
| Clarinet Polka (Featuring the Clarinet section) | Arr. David Bennett |
| March Ponderoso
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K. L. King |
| 1812 Overture (Featuring the American Legion Riflemen) | P. Tschaikowsky |
| Stars and Stripes Forever | John Philip Sousa |
| God Bless America | Irving Berlin |
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Music Around Town ~ August 24 -30, 2015
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An Offer To All #GloucesterMA Election Candidates:
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.
Good Morning Gloucester 