My View of Life on the Dock
All are welcome to join us for our annual
St. Ann School Christmas Concert!
It will be held on Thursday, December 20 at 1:00 pm in St. Ann Church
(60 Prospect St. in Gloucester).
The children have been working very hard to prepare for this year’s concert, which includes many traditional Christmas carols.
My name is Chester. I am a six-month-old Beagle mix. I am an affectionate and playful pup who is so excited about joining a family. If you would like to learn more about me, please visit www.CapeAnnAnimalAid.com or stop by the Cape Ann Animal Aid, located at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter, Four Paws Lane, Gloucester. If you are up to the challenge of a new pup like me and the joy I can bring your home. Don’t wait – visit me as soon as possible.
Remember – it is okay when you visit to bring toys for shelter animals and that includes me, CHESTER!
The fourth year of the GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Video Series where we walk up and down Main Street and try to capture as many retailers as we can and highlight their best gift ideas one a day every day leading up to Christmas.
Joey, even in Florida there is a crab trap tree (I didn’t take this pic). Gloucester’s tree is still tops though. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Cheers, Sharon St Clair-King
Hi Joey,
Thank you for posting the Dolphin video last week. I hadn’t realized that the Gloucester Times had done a story until I saw it on GMG.
I was taking my dogs out for a bathroom break last night around 10 PM in heavy drizzle, when I noticed this little guy in the Evergreen next to our driveway.
We live in Bayview
Michael J Oppelt
Hi Joey-
because the the waves on the Back Shore were showing some muscle this afternoon!
Best-Janet Rice
Click the link below for the entire story-
December 19, 2012
By Andrea Holbrook
A rescue pod, marked Foxy Lady II on the side, was discovered in a Saugus marsh Tuesday evening shortly before 5, around the same time the U.S. Coast Guard was calling off the night’s search for the missing Gloucester-based scalloper and its crew of two.
Emergency responders recovered the hard-shelled lifeboat, which Saugus police believe may be tied to the Foxy Lady II, after receiving a call from a resident about a vessel in a waterway of the Saugus River, according to Saugus Lt. Ronald Giorgetti.
For the entire story from Andrea Holbrook click here
Paul Frontiero Photo-
Free Diabetes Screening & Blood Pressure Screening at Rose Baker Senior Center
Addison Gilbert Hospital will conduct a free Diabetes Screening and Blood Pressure Screening at the Rose Baker Senior Center , Six Manuel F. Lewis Street, Gloucester, on Wednesday, January 16 from 10 a.m. – 12 Noon. Fasting is not required. There is no fee. The diabetes screening will be conducted by Certified Diabetes Educator Lynn O’Reilly, MS, RD, LDN, CDE and the blood pressure screening will be conducted by Jennifer Garafola, Clinical Exercise Physiologist.
To arrange for an appointment, please call the reception desk at the Rose Baker Senior Center at 978 281-9765 and walk-in guests are also welcome.
New Local Business Unwind Hair and Makeup
Unwind Hair & Makeup is a new 100% vegan hair salon located at 17 Duncan Street. Owner, Jenna Frontiero is proud to have opened a business in the Old Esler Building, once owned by her late grandfather, Michael Feldman.
Unwind is an exclusive Pureology serious color care salon which is 100% vegan and derived from organic botanicals. Because we at Unwind are striving to help create environmental and personal awareness we also carry a Amonia-free, oil based, odorless color line called INOA. " With many people having allergies to hair color and beauty products these days, I wanted to be able to offer color and other hair services with as little chemicals as possible." -Jenna
Our goal is not only to provide exceptional services but we are also dedicated to giving back to the community. We offer discounted services to family’s in the area who have children with special needs. We look forward to continuing to hold events at the salon where we can donate proceeds to charities we are passionate about. In October, Jenna and her team offered $5 pink hair extensions for Breast Cancer Awareness month. With the response so overwhelming, we decided to continue to host different events where we could do similar offerings.
From the moment you step through the door, Unwind staff members want you to be able to come in and relax from everyday stresses. In doing so, we offer a complimentary hair and scalp massage before services begin.
Unwind can be contacted via email at unwindhairandmakeup@gmail.com, or on our website at www.unwindhair.com. As well as specials and offerings on our facebook page: Unwind Hair. Or simply stopping on by downtown Gloucester at 17 Duncan Street. Please feel free to call with any other questions. 978-282-1900
Hey Joey,
With all this talk about the Mayan calendar and the “world ending”
what better way than to celebrate a “new beginning” than with a party!
Join us this Saturday for raffles and prizes! Glosta Joe will brewin’ up their coffee!
Find us on Facebook now, help us name specials on our menu and get a free breakfast if yours is chosen!
Lot’s of celebration to be had!
Alicia
Mamie’s Kitchen
Y’all should get down on your knees and grovel and beg for Sista Felicia to publish her twice baked potato recipe.
The fourth year of the GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Video Series where we walk up and down Main Street and try to capture as many retailers as we can and highlight their best gift ideas one a day every day leading up to Christmas.
Hard Merchandise in the sling at Gloucester Marine Railways. The boat, of Wicked Tuna fame, sank at its dock over the weekend and was recovered in a seven hour operation. Capt. Dave Marciano says that a major rebuild is in the offing.
E.J. Lefavour
Ever wonder why Pope Julius II Commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel?
Well, the Catholic Church had been losing influence — and parishioners — partly due to tensions created by events leading up to the Protestant Reformation, which was sparked a few years after Julius II died. So, thought Julius, what better way to bring people back to the fold than to make his churches the most beautiful buildings you’re ever likely to see.
And then, of course, there’s the music, which matured over the next 200 years to produce such great works that we still play them today. Think our popular music will be played 300 years from now? Here’s a piece you proabably know, written about 300 years ago:
Imagine life in the early 1700s (when Bach was a church organist — 200 years after Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel). The only sounds you heard were those of nature–birds chirping, rustling leaves, whistling wind, the roar of the sea, the gentle wash of a babbling brook or running stream. Think of this as the background music of the day upon which you hear the human voice: the sigh of a maiden in love; the jealous rage of a prince betrayed; the joyful song of family gathered around a crackling fire; a newborn’s cradle gently rocking on wide pine boards to his mother’s soft candlelight serenade.
People of the day spent their lives listening to the sounds of nature augmented only by music they made themselves, the notable exception being on Sunday. Church music was an utterly exotic and extraordinary sound — and most likely the loudest sound anyone ever heard.
So, you fill the most impressive building in the city with the best art and music available anywhere on Earth and you’ve got a draw. That’s what got people to church. And it still does. Just ask Greg Bover who buys most of the organs he builds at CB Fisk.
Regardless of their religious affiliations, more people go to church during big celebrations than at any other time — and a big reason is that’s when the music and pageantry (entertainment wrapped in ceremony) are at their best. Check out this video of an Easter 2012 church service to see what I’m talking about:
Are you the type of person who actually LOVES Christmas songs? I am, and find it really keeps my spirits lifted during the holiday season. I enjoy playing it throughout our home and when in the car (to the dismay of my husband) and adore Christmas music of all genres; traditional carols and standards, spirituals, and most especially, pop and rock and roll Christmas songs. My list is quickly growing too long as I write this–The Pretender’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” U2’s “Baby Please Come Home,” Brenda Lee’s “I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus,” Eartha Kit’s “Santa Baby,” and a new favorite, Michael Buble’s version of “All I Want for Christmas is You,” to name only a very few. If you have a favorite Christmas song, or two, or three, or more, I would love to know yours.
Here’s of one of my all time favorites to keep your spirits up and to get you through the holiday madness, “Christmas All Over Again,” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I think you’ll enjoy the funny and sweet lyrics.
Well, it’s Christmas time again
Decorations are all hung by the fire
Everybody’s singin’, all the bells are ringing out
And it’s Christmas all over again, yeah, again
Long distance relatives
Haven’t seen ’em in a long, long time
Yeah, I kind of missed ’em, I just don’t wanna kiss ’em, no
It’s Christmas all over again, yeah, again
And all over town, little kids gonna get down
And Christmas is a rockin’ time, put your body next to mine
Underneath the mistletoe we go, we go
Everybody’s singin’, all the bells are ringin’ out
It’s Christmas all over again, yeah, again
And right down our block, little kids start to rock
And Christmas is a rockin’ time, put your body next to mine
Underneath the mistletoe we go, we go
Merry Christmas time come and find you happy
And there by your fire, I hope you have a good one
I hope momma gets her shoppin’ done
And it’s a Christmas all over again
Baby, it’s Christmas all over again
And it’s Christmas all over again
Now let’s see, I want a new Rickenbacker guitar
Two Fender bassmans
Chuck Berry songbooks, xylophone
Wednesdays Only!
Hello everyone!
Wednesday, December 19th
Christmas Songs…
with Special Guests: J.B. AMERO, Allen Estes & Friends!
Everyone joins in for a festive holiday night at the Rhumb Line this week. It’s gonna be me, J.B., Allen, and all who wish
to sing and share the good cheer with friends, family and loved ones… and it’s gonna be warm and cozy, baby! ~ Fly
On the last day of Hanukkah, I had the privilege of participating in a Hanukkah party at the Temple Ahavat Achim. I haven’t had time to get all the photos ready yet, but here’s one to give you a taste of the evening. More will be forthcoming. Here, the members of the congregation are lighting the candles of the menorahs they brought from home.
Len Burgess submits-
The Sea Shanty singers were joined by a few guys on Thursday’s shopping night.
The Gloucester Christmas Tree was quite beautiful. -LB
Photos by Tony Schettino
Good Morning Gloucester 