Community Stuff 5/19/15

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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My name is Lin Chandler and I am the owner of 222 Arts & Wellness Center
at 222 Eastern Ave. in Gloucester.
I am so excited to spend the evening with all of you this Thursday, May
21st. I am writing to let you know a little bit about us over at 222
Arts & Wellness Center, in the event that you were “on the fence” as to
whether this evening is what you really need. I say “YES IT IS!” and let
me explain why.  We are a caring, nurturing community of lightworkers.
We are privileged to have a wide variety of clients with different lives
and avocations, but they all have one thing in common. They are
wondering, “Am I the best person that I am supposed to be, and is my
life the very best it can be?”
We’re all different – maybe meditation will help some of you tune in,
where others may need crystals and singing bowls. Maybe breathing
exercises and songs will help you.
This Thursday, please come and safely experience some of these
therapeutic practices to see what supports you the best. Because your
higher source energy also has a plan for you and knows what is the very
best for you, we are more than happy to use cards, pendulums, crystals,
essential oils, etc., to get those very important questions answered for
you.
Come enjoy this peaceful evening of spiritual tapas with us. Sample
therapeutic practices that interest you. I promise you will be uplifted,
confident and more joyful when the evening is done. Amazing sharing,
caring spirit community, great food, friends, a walking labyrinth,
bonfire and even some songs…it doesn’t get any better than this!
The event is $30.00.
SPACE IS LIMITED AND FILLING UP! YOU MUST RSVP TO THIS EVENT!
Thank you!

GloucesterCast 136 With Toby Pett, Nichole Schrafft, Kim Smith, Alicia DeWolfe and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 5/17/15 #GloucesterMA

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GloucesterCast 136 With Toby Pett, Nichole Schrafft, Kim Smith, Alicia DeWolfe and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 5/17/15
Topics Include: Guests Toby Pett, Nichole Schrafft, Kim Smith, Alicia DeWolfe and Host Joey Ciaramitaro, Back To Work At the Dock, Recapping Our Experience At Cape Ann TV, Henry Miller Cooper, The Set Up For The Next GloucesterCast On Cape Ann TV, Mentally Scarred By 10 Minutes Of CNN, Motif #1 Day, Rocky Neck 5K, Brussel Sprouts Are Totally Underrated, Thanks To Martin Del Vecchio For Sharing His Basking Shark Drone Video, How Incensed Must Hard Core Feminists Be That Fat White Guys Have Found a Way To Glorify Beer Guts While Simultaneously Holding All Women To Stick Figure Anorexic Standards, Granny Hair Trend, Props To Former Mayor Kirk For Great Stregnth In Hiring Policies Which Brought Us Police Chief Len Campanello, Sal DeStaphano, Carol Thistle, Tom Daniel, Fire Chief Eric Smith, A Plea To The Next Mayor To Hire The Best Person To Fill City Jobs Based On Being The Most Qualified Person, Not Based On Being Born In Gloucester, Results For The Dog Poop vs Gum on Your Sandals Confirm Beliefs, Social Media Pet Peeves, Where The Majority Of GMG Referrals Come From, Long Beach Dairy Maid, Surfside Pizza, Azorean, Foreign Affairs, The Rhumb Line, This Tuesday Night Community Dinner At Passports To Benefit Relay For Life, Wally’s Blackburn Bistro Has New Expanded Hours, Best Place To Buy a New Suit
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2015 Essex River Race Results

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Results for this year’s Essex River Race. The
race happened yesterday, May 16.  It’s an approximately 5 1/2 mile race
down the Essex River, around Cross Island by Conomo Point, and back to
Rt. 133 at the Essex Ship Building Museum.  The conditions were awesome,
temps in the low 70’s, sea breeze, overcast with just a hint of a
sprinkle now and again.
Chris Chappell, you can post these on the web site.  I am quite
confident of the results as the timing crew was impeccable.  So I am
also sending this out to the press.
Wonderful day, excellent event.  Thanks to all!
Peace, Dave

ESSEX RIVER RACE 2015 RESULTS

  SLIDING MULTI ROWING
Boat Time    Place      Crew
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169    51:39 1  Abi Kornet
                Allison Corbett
                Mark Fitzgerald
                David Martin
                Lauren Prentiss
28     52:41 2  Ellen Desjourdy
                Bobby Oliver
                Tierney Matt Lucitt
                Susan Bryant
29     54:21 3  Christine Guinee
                Kate Griffin
                Scott Lucitt
                Jack Quigley
                Brent Landquist
30     55:41 4  Morgan Fechter
                Michael Fechter
                Ryan Conforti
                Joe Donoghue
                John Liffman
3    1:03:40 5  Michael Pecca
                Paul Gratta
                George Bushnell
                Peter Comrack
                Mike Novak

 

  FIXED MULTI ROWING
Boat Time    Place      Crew
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144    52:45 1  Rowan Walauski
                Gregory Stafford
                Ethan Shaw
                Jonathan Fulford
                Andrew Carpenter
                Kevin Brown
                John Dillenbeck
47     53:29 2  Roy Rodgers
                Tracy Cunning
                Susan Cutting
                Anne Hallee
                Hannah Kreutzer
                Tanya Lubansky
                Monica Piccinini
44     59:19 3  Peter Oberto
                Rick Anderson
                Jim B
                Lauren Chartier
                Dave Chartier
                Susan Daniels
                Ron Rege
166  1:01:44 4  Joe Fung
                Mary Evans
                Austin Geist
                Ioana Solomon
                Anna Yoors
23   1:04:19 5  Michelle Conlon
                Theresa Albano
                Judi Flaherty
                Don Ritz
                Steve Oeschger
                Phil Ricci
                Karyn Stauss
43   1:07:52 6  Suzanne Clerkin
                Alan Budreau
                Peter Begley
                Margaret Belmonte
                Julia Brotherton
                Ted Cakounes
                Marty Rodweller
103  1:12:47 7  Sarah Smith
                Maile Black
                Peggy Dillon
                Nancy Dudley
                Erica Everett
                Martha Lazarus
                Donna Ramsden

 

  WORK BOAT SINGLE – MEN
Boat Time    Place      Crew
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190  1:18:00 1  Richard Wills
53   1:20:48 2  Steve Goodick
170  1:21:22 3  Douglas Mclellan
64   1:21:42 4  Fred Ebinger

 

  WORK BOAT DOUBLES
Boat Time    Place      Crew
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32   1:16:43 1  Josh Massey
                Patrick Haslett
117  1:17:16 2  Eric Penanhoat
                Sonya Penanhoat

 

  Banks Dory Single
Boat Time    Place      Crew
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114  1:20:15 1  Jeff Lenihan

 

  Banks Dory Double
Boat Time    Place      Crew
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8    1:07:16 1  Thomas Cominelli
                James Tarantino
55   1:17:24 2  Jeff Burgess
                Jamie Karlberg

 

  Paddleboard – Women
Boat Time    Place      Crew
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122  1:19:07 1  Kim Reilly
42   1:19:58 2  Allison Reid
152  1:33:49 3  Sheila Woelfel
188  1:54:29 4  Heather Goodrow
198  1:57:57 5  Marielle Yost
17   1:59:29 6  Corinne Hopkins

 

  Paddleboard – Men
Boat Time    Place      Crew
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74   1:02:08 1  Travis Hayes
66   1:02:14 2  Rod McLain
72   1:02:21 3  Mike Kirk
80   1:03:53 4  Chris Begg
101  1:08:57 5  John Stevens
59   1:11:31 6  Gregg Behlman
1000 1:13:28 7  John OHara
63   1:13:29 8  Shawn MacDonald
67   1:15:39 9  Daniel Johnson
195  1:16:07 10 Jim Bernard
89   1:17:14 11 Bob Arnot
168  1:24:57 12 Bob Blair
25   1:27:31 13 Bill Zinser
48   1:29:49 14 Troy Hogg
57   1:34:58 15 Kyle Clark
40   1:37:19 16 Andrew Lunnen
10   1:40:53 17 Jeff Ouellette
76   1:55:06 18 Brian Pimentel
116  1:57:05 19 Brett Mahoney

 

  Tandem Canoe
Boat Time    Place      Crew
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15   1:09:06 1  Scott Ide
                Mary Kay Ide

 

  Fixed Seat Single
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
21   1:04:48 1  Sumner Roberts
62   1:07:18 2  Jon Aborn
5    1:10:07 3  Michael Cushing
24   1:13:29 4  Tony Owens
196  1:15:53 5  Arthur Kuckes
50   1:23:35 6  Lou Guarino
110  1:25:30 7  Buck Harris
151  1:25:54 8  Richard Honan
56   1:39:48 9  George Grimes

 

  Fixed Seat Double
Boat Time    Place      Crew
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165  1:09:05 1  Michael McGarty
                Denessa McGarty
147  1:13:52 2  Ken Warnock
                Max Warnock
149  1:18:46 3  Kristen Roos
                Ian MacDougall
83   1:19:27 4  Matthew Honan
                Bill Honan

 

  Sliding Seat Racing – Double
Boat Time    Place      Crew
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197    40:05 1  Patrick Riordan
                Joshua Crosby
189    41:13 2  James Besser
                David Voight
4      48:07 3  Rich Phelan
                Mark Lessard

 

  Sliding Seat Touring – Double
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
20   1:08:07 1  RICHARD JACQUES
                BETTE JACQUES

 

  Sliding Seat Racing – Single Men
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
13     47:32 1  Rich Klajnscek
142    48:21 2  Whitney Hatch
191    49:57 3  Alan Aikens
70     52:22 4  Daniel Widmer

 

  Sliding Seat Racing – Single Women
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
38     49:56 1  Betsy Harling

 

  Sliding Seat Touring – Single Men
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
77     48:13 1  Ben Booth
86     51:29 2  William Rowe
81     53:59 3  Ray Panek
51     54:43 4  Stephen Sepe
193    55:22 5  Samuel Belk
163    55:45 6  Mark Allen
49     55:52 7  Dick Henry
46   1:01:06 8  Peter Jepson
88   1:01:10 9  Craig Wolfe
119  1:04:20 10 Richard Gilbane
18   1:10:46 11 Phillip Schreibman
140  1:11:04 12 John Napurano
7    1:20:00 13 Michael Hearn

 

  Sliding Seat Touring – Single Women
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
139    58:49 1  Annemoon Van Erp
138  1:00:56 2  Eileen Perry

 

  Outrigger Canoes Doubles
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
109    55:22 1  Tom Warner
                Kristen Warner

 

  Outrigger Canoe Single – Men
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
6    1:01:00 1  Bogdan Kordulski
187  1:23:36 2  Mark Fitzpatrick

 

  Outrigger Canoe Single – Women
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
37   1:29:21 1  Samantha Ladd
60   1:35:09 2  Anne Peterson

 

  SK Doubles
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
150    57:14 1  Steve Fagin
                Ian Frenkel
75   1:27:47 2  E. Thomas Pennoyer
                Logan Carroll

 

  FSK Doubles
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
1      54:07 1  Sarah Evertson
                Tucker Lindquist
146    56:32 2  Phil Sachs
                Rick Silverman
54   1:03:12 3  Phil Stearns
                Peter Britton

 

  HPK Doubles
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
65     51:31 1  Phil Warner
                Robin Francis

 

  SK Single – Men
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
27   1:00:25 1  John Karoff
2    1:02:19 2  John Messinger
58   1:05:05 3  Louis De Geofroy
52   1:05:34 4  William Woodson
111  1:06:20 5  Steve Yost
115  1:07:18 6  Greg Carroll
12   1:09:18 7  Phil Sherman
118  1:12:37 8  Peter Waddingham
199  1:14:56 9  Ben Fuller
141  1:16:04 10 Denis Harrington
14   1:17:13 11 Marc Parsons
11   1:20:34 12 Bob Weber
120  1:21:45 13 Tad Pennoyer
19   1:22:02 14 Charlie Daniels
106  1:27:26 15 Bob Harrison
123  1:39:18 16 Evan Pennoyer
82   1:39:31 17 Paul G Pennoyer

 

  SK Single – Women
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
145  1:17:33 1  Tamsin Venn
61   1:31:32 2  Dana Pedersen
105  1:36:15 3  Cecily Lalor
107  1:52:05 4  Barbara Harrison
71   1:52:08 5  Amy Dyment

 

  FSK Single – Men
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
22     59:44 1  Andrew Cooper
9    1:08:32 2  Rick Battistini
167  1:15:40 3  Mike Sachs
33   1:17:20 4  Tim Richardson
112  1:26:06 5  Peter Schofield

 

  SS20Plus – Men
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
194    54:10 1  Bob Capellini
102    56:09 2  Dana Gaines
16   1:06:29 3  George Hackford
68   1:12:56 4  Yoel Myers

 

  HPK Single – Women
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
73     58:59 1  Mary Beth Gangloff

 

  HPK Single – Men
Boat Time    Place      Crew
______________________________________
90     45:49 1  Michael Dostal
121    47:11 2  Jan Lupinski
171    47:22 3  Hugh Pritchard
108    47:24 4  Greg Lesher
154    48:28 5  Eric McNett
153    48:38 6  Ben Pigott
143    48:57 7  Eric Costanzo
45     49:28 8  Bruce DelTorchio
148    49:56 9  Andrius Zinkevichus
31     49:58 10 Timothy Hudyncia
113    50:12 11 Sean Brennan
192    50:34 12 Wesley Echols
87     50:56 13 Timothy Dwyer
69     51:57 14 Jim Kowalski
39     52:56 15 Matt Drayer
104    53:22 16 Kirk Olsen
41     54:16 17 Mike herrera
26     55:30 18 Howard Thorburn
78   1:00:20 19 Timmy Shields
79   1:01:59 20 Chris Sherwood
164  1:09:00 21 Ari Shestopal

Motif 1 Day in Rockport was packed

Posted on by James Eves

On Saturday, Anna and I delivered some prints to Shore Thing, a gift shop on Bearskin Neck. Owners, Jennifer Clark and Becky Ingersoll are fun to work with and their shop is beautiful. We decided to stay for the Motif 1 Day festivities. In spite of it being a cloudy day, threatening to drizzle, downtown Rockport was packed.

We stopped by The Art Nook, David Arsenault’s gallery, Floating Lotus, G19 Artisans, The Fish Shack, and i art colony. We could hear Glass Onion playing in the tent on Dock Square almost everywhere we went. I loved the Side Walk Chalk Art on School Street.  I’m so glad that so many folks came out to celebrate Motif 1.

Here are some snaps I took with my phone…

Gloucester Smiles ~ 03

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Beautiful Friends

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Ex -Marine enjoying a moment on the Boulevard. We reminisced about our time at Parris Island.

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Kristen from Ipswich shared a story of her husband featured on GMG by Marty Luster “Dog Parked”

Thank You Aunt Joyce Curcuru

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Yesterday I received a gift that I will forever cherish from my Aunt Joyce LoLo Curcuru ! Aunt Joyce I’m so touch by your thoughtfulness. The rosary beads handmade made by your aunt Jeannie that you gifted to me yesterday are absolutely beautiful. When I opened the box I was speechless.  All 20 sets are gorgeous! Your Aunt Jennie Mooney truly has hands of gold! From the bottom of my heart I thank you  both💕🙏💕 Please know they have been added to our family altar and will be put to good use each night of our rosary for many years to come!

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Aunt Joyce you really pay close attention to detail…realizing our need for additional rosary beads this year! Each year our crowd grows and these beautiful sets of beads have been already added to my small collection of extra rosary beads draped on the Infant Of Prague Statue for family & friends to use during our prayer services🙏 during the Feast of St. Joseph. I look forward to leading our rosary with your beautiful gift next year!

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I absolutely love the matching pearl sets you sent for my mother & I💕. You & your Aunt Jennie will be in my heart💗 each night I lead the rosary!

Thank You

XOXO

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Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team Update

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Rick Roth writes: “We had a nice day yesterday at O’Maley School Visiting Scientist Day.  Sam Bevins and Ben Alger did a geat job as we presented some info about vernal pools, our turtle project, and some of our snakes.

Wednesday  May 20, 2015  8-11am
Saltonstall School (in Salem MA) Sustainability Fair
I’ll be there with native New England snakes.

There’s still time to donate and volunteer for:
Big Giant Benefit Yard Sale for the Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team and Kestrel Educational Adventures
Saturday  May 23 (Rain date May 30)
Behind St. Peter’s Parking Lot, Commercial Street, Gloucester
This is how it works-  You gety to clean up your house, basement, kid’s room, neighbors’ yard, etc… and bring the stuff to us on the morning of the sale between 7:00 and 9:00 am.  Have something too big to bring us?  Give a call and we may be able to pick it up.  Please, no TVs, computers, mattresses or junk. Rick 978 281 3480.

We will need lots of volunteers to help set up, sell stuff, break down and clean up.”

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Community Stuff 5/17/15

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Race Overview
The second annual Rocky Neck 5K Run/Walk, sponsored by the Rocky Neck Art Colony to benefit Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District and the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck Building Fund, takes place on Sunday, May 17, 2015 and for the first time this year includes a Team Challenge.  The USATF-sanctioned race will take off from the Causeway on Rocky Neck and return by way of Gloucester’s ocean-rimmed Back Shore to finish on Rocky Neck, where participants will be treated to a celebratory post-Race brunch and awards ceremony at The Studio Restaurant and Deck, overlooking picturesque Smith Cove on Gloucester Harbor.  Individuals and teams—runners and walkers of all ages—are welcome.  But everyone is urged to sign up soon, as participation in this year’s Race will be capped at 400.

The Rocky Neck 5K &Team Challenge will be a community ‘happening’ which benefits a neighborhood-based, volunteer organization committed to preserving Rocky Neck’s unique arts and maritime cultural heritage.  And, it will be an event offering lots of FUN for lots of people!  Nearly anyone can run or walk this event. Beginners can get a taste of what exercise and outdoor enjoyment bring. Experienced runners can sharpen their times on a forgiving course. Any kind of group will find it especially rewarding to compete as a team and/or with family and friends.

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson St., will serve as Race headquarters, where packet pickup will take place on the morning of the Race.  Parking will be along the streets and in designated public and private lots on and around Rocky Neck, where volunteers will be positioned to assist visitors in locating a spot. There will be space available in Rocky Neck Park along the Causeway for individuals and teams to meet up and warm up before the Race.

More info here

 

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Generous Gardeners Plant Sale

Posted on by David B. Cox

Another successful project done by the Generous Gardeners. Joined by the O’MG school children.

Nothing Gold Can Stay- From Ted Reed

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey–

Robert Frost’s poem about spring came to mind on a recent walk on the Boulevard, looking toward Stage Fort Park:

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature’s first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. 

–Robert Frost, 1923

GREEN HERON!

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Green Heron Massachusetts Cape Ann ©Kim Smith 2015Male Green Heron

What mystery bird, new to my eyes, was I seeing as it cautiously appeared from the knot of tall reeds? Its neck extended like a heron’s, but was smaller in size than even the Black-crowned Night Heron. I caught a glimpse and then waited for movement, and then waited, and then waited some more when the furtive bird at last flew into a tangle of trees where its shape was unfortunately barely distinguishable. I took a few photos knowing they would be far too grainy to post, thinking nonetheless that a photo would be at least useful for a bird id. Suddenly the mystery bird took flight to the far end of the pond, landing at the water’s edge. I stealthily made my way over and for a few moments had a clear view through the emerging grass and cattails and was able to both film and photograph.

The neck of the male Green Heron is a striking chestnut color and the wing backs are a gorgeous velvety deep greenish-blue gray. As usual, the female’s plumage is more subduedly colored. Green Herons begin to arrive in Massachusetts in May, where they will stay through the summer, dispersing southward in September. The heron’s population is concentrated around inland wetlands and coastal marshes.

From reading several species accounts, the Green Heron’s claim to fame is that it is one of the few animals that utilizes tools to capture prey. It will float a stick or bread crust on the water’s surface to lure small fish, tadpoles, and crayfish. Wouldn’t that be amazing to film! Green Heron’s also eat small snakes, earthworms, and insects.

Green Heron Cape Ann Massachusetts ©Kim Smith 2015