Pet of the Week- Phoebe

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa

Phoebe

HELP!  Now that I have your attention…my name is Phoebe.  I am a sweet girl.  My brother Dillon and I are at the shelter located at the Cape Ann Animal Aid, located at the Christopher Cuter Rich Animal Shelter, Four Paws Lane, Gloucester.

We had to be given up after seven years as out owner’s small child is allergic to cats.   So, we are looking for another happy home and hoping that we can be adopted together as we have never been apart.  We are not allergic to people, we love them.   If you have the space in your home and heart to adopt us both, we would be jumping with you and we will have lots of fun and you will always have someone to talk to and you will always have a happy heart.

Chickity Check It! Turbine Meeting Breakdown from Gail McCarthy at The Gloucester Daily Times

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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March 30, 2013

Turbines spark quick $60K city savings

By Gail McCarthyStaff Writer

The towering wind turbines rising above Blackburn Industrial Park have already translated into revenue with the city, clearing $60,000 in the first three months, according to Mayor Carolyn Kirk.

That was just one element of information shared Thursday night by Kirk and three experts at a wind energy panel discussion that prompted more than 300 Gloucester and Rockport residents to flock to the Sawyer Free Library for a panel discussion on wind energy.

Within three months worth of performance, Kirk said this year’s revenue projection for this calendar year will be $430,000. The only reason that is below the $450,000 estimate is that in the first few months of operation, there were glitches that needed to be addressed and required the turbines to be turned off. Once the operation is in full swing, Kirk said the city will be on track to meet its savings projections.

For the entire article click here to view it at the Gloucester Daily Times website

Community Photos 4/2/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

March 31
Dog Day Afternoon on Good Harbor Beach
I counted 35!
Photo by Dimitra Lavrakas

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Happy Easter to all our friends on Cape Ann.      Sam & Carol Ina

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Harold Burnham is getting his Pinky Schooner Ardelle ready for another exciting sailing season from Maritime Gloucester. She’s high and dry at the Maritime Gloucester Railway the oldest continuously operating marine railway in the country. –Len Burgess

Dawn Mitschele at The Landing Photos from Lowell Peabody

Joey,

Some pictures of Dawn Mitschele who played with Chelsea Berry at the Crowell Chapel in Manchester last Wednesday did a special show at The Landing at Seven Central in Manchester tonight. She has finished her Northeast swing and is headed across country tomorrow on her way back to San Diego. Her music is on iTunes.

Lowell

Community Stuff 4/2/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

NOTE:  It seems the goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com email address is bouncing back email’s.  If you have a community announcement you can leave it in a comment on the daily Community Stuff Posts til I get it figured out.  Thanks for your patience.

HELP WANTED!

The Magnolia Historical Society Inc. is seeking volunteers for the positions of;

Volunteers Coordinator – volunteer person needed to call other volunteers to volunteer.

Fundraising Coordinator – volunteer to be in charge of overseeing the fundraising committees.

Fundraising volunteers needed too.

Corresponding Secretary– Person to hand write thank you cards as needed.

Media Correspondent– volunteer to place MHS information in newspapers, radio and local internet based sites.

Please

email lisa@magnoliahistoricalsociety.com

or call Magnolia Historical Museum at 978-525-3311

Joohn Bassett has some nice things to say-

I very much enjoy Good Morning Gloucester, even though I have a studio in Rockport and don’t know many of the people mentioned.  Thanks for this and keep it up!

John Bassett 

www.basglas.com

Newfoundlanders to Gloucester From Councilor Paul McGeary

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joe:

I created this photo montage of a recent visit of Newfoundlander to Gloucester to discuss the future of economies of harbor communities. Thought you could use it on the blog.

Paul

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After a Long Hiatus 25 Cent Wings Are Back At Cape Ann Brewing on Tuesdays!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Their wings are my favorite in town.

Served Crispy with a variety of dipping sauces.  25 cents on Tuesdays.

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Easter Sunday Harlequin Ducks

Posted on by paultmorrison

About eight pair of Harlequin Ducks have been hanging out in Chapin’s Gully for the winter. Here are a few of them on Easter Sunday. They might be here for a few more weeks but they will be gone soon.

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Where do they go? Not tired of the challenge of waves crashing on the coast for variety they spend the summer swimming in white water streams up in Canada. That’s where they have harlequin sex and hatch the next generation. the name harlequin means a clown, a buffoon. But they seem pretty stately to me and they are monogamous, no clowning around. Earlier in the winter there would be an odd number and chasing each other around asking each other for dates like teenagers but by this time of the year they are all paired up. Dabblers, they dive for a minute at a time or more. Around here I think they are eating the mussels that are packed in attached to the rocks but a crab might get nailed too.

Lecture Tuesday: The Fragrant Garden

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Fragrant Lilacs © Kim Smith 2011

The Most Highly Scented Lilacs

Tuesday, April 2nd, I am presenting my lecture The Fragrant Garden from 10:00am to noon for the Andover Garden Club. For more information see flyer: The Fragrant Garden.

 

BREAKING NEWS: GMG to be the Boston area’s first Slog (Smell Blog)

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Keeping up with bleeding edge technologies has always been Joey’s passion, so it was no surprise when he told me he had already been approved by Google to be the first Boston Area blog to get his smell into their new Aromabase.

Just in case you didn’t know, Google introduced smell search today under the moniker   Google Nose, which has been hailed as the latest scentsation in search — and as you might expect, Our Boy Joey is right on top of things.

We all know that email is for old farts.  Facebook’s already in decline.  Joey’s interviews with people who tweet are all done.  Now it’s time for the next big thing… and here it is:

Watch the video and you’ll see how to get the full aroma of Joey’s dock right at your computer, tablet or smart-phone.  GMG’s new tag My Smell on the Dock will debut next week after the rest of you FOBs  watch the video and follow instructions for getting your smells into Google’s Aromabase too.

Let’s make GMG one of the first blogs to adopt this new cutting edge technology with every post.  Perhaps next year BONS will nominate GMG in their new “Smell” category.  

Vickie and I are doing our part this afternoon.  We’re bringing our smell phones to The Cave’s wine & cheese tasting at 4pm.  With any luck, you’ll be able to get the full aroma from our post tomorrow.

A VERY SPECIAL Wednesday at the Rhumb Line~4.1.2013

Posted on by Joanne

Surf & Turf Specials!
Wednesdays Only!

Hello everyone!
Wednesday, April 3rd
Featuring:  THE AMERO FAMILY…

…and friends!
Please join us this week as we celebrate the 70th birthday
(shhh… it’s a surprise) of our beloved sister Joyce!  Musicians,
singers and friends all promise to be there to help make it a
“VERY SPECIAL” night.  AND… knowing Joyce as we do, it
would be more than wise to strongly suggest that any and all
fart-related items (cards, gags, jokes… you name it) would
come highly recommended.  It will send her into convulsions
of laughter, I promise.  HAPPY 70th, Joycie!  Just look how
stunningly gorgeous she still is… ~ Fly

Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Surf & Turf Dinner –  $11.95 (while they last)
Tenderloin Tips with Grilled Garlic Shrimp!
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Apr. 10: Julie Dougherty & Woody Woodward

Apr. 17: T-Max (of the “Noise”)

Apr. 24: Elaine O’Rourke

Looking forward…
…to seeing you there!  🙂 ~ Fly

Easter Brunch at Olivia’s

Posted on by Matthew Green

Fr. John Kiley and I went to Olivia’s at Good Harbor for brunch on Easter.  The staff were dressed up for Easter:

I had Grand Marnier French toast with extra crispy bacon, and Fr. John had roasted ham with potatoes and veggies:

Full disclosure: I was invited by the chef.  But in all honesty, the food was delicious! And the portion sizes were generous; Fr. Kiley took half of his food home for later, and I had enough bacon to go with all the French toast (three good-sized slices of bread and something like six or seven slices of bacon, nice and crispy as I requested).  Apparently word is getting around, because the place was pretty busy!

– Fr. Matthew Green