Final Photo Album of Gloucester Fire Engine 2 Being Built

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Mayor Kirk writes-

Hi Joey,
Here is the final album for the fire truck we will be taking delivery of in late Sept.
Carolyn

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Community Stuff 9/3/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Ohana/Ryan and Wood Dinner

This coming Sunday, September 8th at 6PM, Ohana is having its third special dinner featuring a talk by Bob Ryan of Ryan & Wood Distilleries.
Chef Enx has created a special menu for the occasion and Bob Ryan will speak about his business and his products.
There will be a three course meal with three Ryan & Wood cocktails for $60 per person.  

Please call 978-283-3200 for reservations. 

Our Tony Gross Putting On A Photobombing Clinic At Schoonerfest

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

 

Here’s our Tony putting on a photo bombing clinic right here.

See?  This is how you run for School Committee!

Publicity city baby.  Flat out owning the focus of this picture.  Can’t take your eyes off Tony’s commanding presence.

He’s a photobombing monster, an absolute monster.

I’d say Tony’s photo is about a hundred times more effective campaign-wise than our super good buddy Hannah Kimberley who couldn’t possibly have read my  January 21, 2012 post on portrait taking-

Who makes someone pose like this?

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

Otherwise this never would have happened-

Hannah you straight up have my personal permission to kick Craig straight away in the nuts.  When he asks you why you did that, show him this post

This is how I picture Hannah- with that warm smile-

Nicole From Passports Is Your Girl For Flowerboxes

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Check out the work she did in front of Passports.

Call Passports and ask about her services, she can dress up your storefront of house real nice.

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What kind of ass wipe does this crap to begin with?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Darwinism 101.

@HagerWBZ: Massachusetts A.G. warns about club drug #molly after more apparent OD’s at BOA Pavilion @boston_camera #wbz http://twitter.com/HagerWBZ/status/374600676971532288/photo/1

Listen up kids. DONT be the fucking idiot taking pills. Not one. Not ever.

If you can’t have fun in your late teens and twenties without popping pills I seriously feel sorry for you.

That’s like best time of your life shit, DONT go mess it up.

2013 Schooner Race Results

Posted on by capeannpainter

2013 Schooner Race Results

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TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL
Gloucester Schooner Festival
August 30 – September 1, 2013
OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS

Gloucester Schooner Festival Committee

Maritime Gloucester

23 Harbor Loop, Gloucest

er, MA 01930 | 978-281-0470

http://www.GloucesterSchooner

Festival.net

Mayor’s Race – Sunday
, September 1, 2013
Place
Vessel Name
Skipper
Actual Finish
Time
h:m:s
Elapsed Time
h:m:s
Large Schooners / Esperanto Cup
1 American Eagle John Foss 3:10:40 2:00:40
2 Adventure Greg Bailey 3:14:22 2:04:22
3 Virginia Hank Mosley 3:14:56 2:04:56
4 Roseway Jamie Weisman 3:24:47 2:14:47
5 Liberty Clipper Dylan Salzman 3:46:12 2:36:12
Medium Schooners /
Ned Cameron Cup
1 Tyrone Matt Suphin 3:08:47 1:58:47
2 Brilliant Nicholas Alley 3:09:38 1:59:38
3 Adirondack III Tim Lord 3:11:15 2:01:15
4 Light Reign Mike Lawrence 3:12:33 2:02:33
5 Perception Jamie Weisman 3:13:00 2:03:00
6 Thomas E. Lannon Tom Ellis 3:17:29 2:07:29
7 Ardelle Harold Burnham 3:45:15 2:35:15
— Fame Mike Rutstein DNS —
Small Schooners
Betty Ramsey Plate
1 Tillicum 1 Russ & Heidi Mead 3:19:34 1:54:34
2 Green Dragon Al Bezanson 3:32:36 2:07:36
3 Humble Skip Hoblin
Mimi Benedict
3:49:05 2:24:05
4 Sugar Babe Ed Boynton 3:53:59 2:28:59
5 Bald Eagle Paul Cole & Judy Nast 3:58:00 2:33:00
— Lewis H. Story Essex
Shipbuilding Mus. DNF —
— Morning Light Scott Adams DNF —
— Estrela Bruce Davies
Sandi & Steve Atwood
DNS —
— Irena George Wall DNS —

 

Great parade of sail

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

With all the activities we have in this wonderful community, I think the Schooner Festival is my favorite.  Just beautiful.

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Who Likes Fresh Baked Peach and Apple Pie?

Posted on by God's Morning

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Make sure you come by on Saturday, September 7th from 6:00-8:00 for Leslie Heffron’s Opening Reception for her exhibit Farm Fresh.  She’ll be painting and baking up a storm.

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Time to Stuff Your Sausage!

Posted on by paultmorrison

2:30 PM Labor Day and while we bless our unions for the 40 hour work week and getting this day off there is one more thing to think about. As of 2:30 PM today summer is over. I know, I know, you’re going to the beach a bunch more times but it’s time to start thinking about fall.

Fall: Pumpkins, and apple picking, and the second striper season, and looking at the stars without swatting mosquitoes, and now my new favorite fall activity, stuffing your sausage.  Sue stuffed mine three different ways:

sausageTop left: Kielbasa, top right: Chorizo, and center: sweet Italian sausage. It looked really easy! (Why did you just smack me Sue?) We have one of those monster Kitchen Aide mixers with the grinder attachment. Step One: (I love this part) go into Market Basket and ask the butcher, “You got any hog casings?” The other fun new saying I have is, “You stuff ’em, I’ll smoke ’em!”

Those kielbasas needed smoking:smokingThere is an easy way to tie your kielbasa off so they hang nicely. Next time I’ll do it that way. Out of the smoker, don’t they look purty?smoked

Take home message after trying all three: this is worth doing. Not because you save a bunch of money although buying a huge picnic shoulder and turning it into these tasty sausages rounds out to about a buck a pound. It’s worth it because they are yummy and it is legal in Massachusetts to stuff your own sausage.

Sweet White-Fleshed Belle of Georgia Peaches

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Ten quarts of ‘Belle of Georgia’ peaches from one little peach tree, peeled, blanched, and freezer-ready for yummy pies and smoothies during the winter months.

Pigeon Cove, "Maine?"

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Fred Bodin submits-

HBO Filming in Pigeon Cove, “Maine?”

As I was driving to work this morning, I saw major activity at the old Cape Ann Tool Company site in Rockport (MA). Then I saw the lighting truck, then the big equipment truck, and the Rockport Police facilitating traffic on Route 127. The shed that was built on the parking lot and the big cherry pickers, which I thought were for construction of the new development, were there for a movie production.

The HBO series will be called Maine Men, and looks to include lobstering. And no, that’s not George Bush’s black speedboat on the left.The cute little shack they built says: Pigeon Cove. I could live there!

Main & Pier – another antique/vintage store!

Posted on by Matthew Green

Another antique and vintage store has appeared in Rockport!  It is called Main & Pier, appropriately because that is precisely where it is located!

_DSC09012 Main and Pier exteriorIt has a lot of different kinds of items, from small to large. Here are some photos of my visit:

The hours are daily from 11 to 5-ish. According to the owner, the hours will likely change to fall hours in October. They will likely be everyday except Wednesday… subject to change! The phone number is 978-501-5927, and you can call for more information.

– Matthew Green

 

Live Blogging: Around Cape Ann 25k Road Race

Posted on by Craig Kimberley

What did you do after 3 days of partying?

Head of the pack above (just past Willow Rest, heading north).

That’s my cousin (above) Kristin Palasota Collins, all the way from Texas!! Sent from my iPhone

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The guy above was in the lead at 10:40 am near Good Harbor Beach.

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This cat is the Juggling Jogger, yep all the way baby.