Does the offloading of giant turbines from barges, pumping of herring, tying up of fishing boats, offloading cruiseships, loading of welding supplies for the LNG terminal in front of an outdoor dining facility put to rest the notion that marine industrial activity and non-marine industrial activity can’t co-exist?

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Herring Offloading At Cruiseport

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Joey C

Herring Offloading At Cruiseport, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

 

American Glory Cruise Ship at Cruiseport

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Joey C

Here’s the cruise ship that pulled into port Tuesday. It looked kinda old by today’s cruise ship standards, but well maintained (at least from the outside).

American Glory Cruise Ship at Cruiseport, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Sea Farmer II Nestled In Next To The Schooner Adventure

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Joey C

Sea Farmer II Nestled In Next To The Schooner Adventure, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Beautiful Industry- The View From the Deck- Seaport Grille Gloucester MA

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Joey C

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Wednesdays with Fly Amero ~ Special guest ~ Elaine O’Rourke

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Surf & Turf Specials!
Wednesdays Only!

Hello everyone!
Wednesday, October 17th
Special Guest: ELAINE O’ROURKE!
Last time Elaine O’Rourke came by as musical guest?  June,
2010!  This week she finally returns to us with her gentle
voice, uniquely original rhythmic guitar strumming… plus, a
newly released CD (I played on a couple cuts myself) titled,
“Silence of Time”!  The disc, you’ll soon come to know, is a
true-to-life snapshot of this extremely creative artist’s mind
and spirit.  Let’s not miss this event.  Who knows how long
we might be left waiting for the next visit?  She’s kinda like
a comet! ~ 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!
Upcoming:
Oct. 24: Rocky Kramm

Oct. 31: Inge Berge

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

2012 Harvest Fest Pics From Angela Cook

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Angela Cook from www.oasisrockport.com sends in these pics from the 2012 Rockport Harvest Fest-

Full Length Free Fall to Earth

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www.dailymotion.com/video/xubusk_red-bull-stratos-replay_sport

This is the full length video of the Felix Baumgartner free fall. I hated the ones that clipped him off as he disappeared straight down.

Highlights:

20 seconds: door pops open as the pressure equalizes.

1:20 “I’m coming home” and a bunny hop. If you sit right on 1:20 and keep replaying this and pretend he is just getting smaller and not falling. Weird, huh?  I used to jump out of airplanes and that bunny hop off the wheel strut was always a rush but Felix is cool as a cucumber.

2:20 hitting the speed of sound (768mph) he is spinning like a crazy top with end over end thrown in. Don’t repeat this part unless you want to toss your cookies.

9:30 Drops to knees, two fists up after falling 128,000 feet, 24.24 miles or from Gloucester Harbor to Fenway Park. (Which took 8 minutes total, no waiting in the hotdog line.)

[edit] Actually, it only took him 4 minutes to get to Kenmore Square, then 4 more minutes to float into Fenway Park. Traffic always sucks in Kenmore.

Live From Cruiseport- Worker From Barge Talks About Turbine Transportation Video From Donna Ardizzoni

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The barge brought the wind turbines up from Gloucester.

Community Live Blogging- All Windmill All Day Here On www.GoodMorningGloucester.com Send in your windmill pics and we will post em.

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First pics from the Coast Guard Boat via Mayor Kirk-

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Tucker Destino Photo Entering The Inner Harbor-

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Donna Ardizzoni from Americold-

The Arrival photo from Donna Ardizzoni

Gloucester Harbor Panorama North Channel click pic for larger views

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As you can see the columns are almost as wide as the Cruiseport building is tall!

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Introducing Gloucester Based Coffee Roasters Glosta Joe’s

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Taste tests of  Perfect Storm and Blackburn Coffee

Y’all know I’m a coffee freak.  Well let me tell you this Glosta Joe’s coffee gets my 5 star recommendation.  So much so that I purchased two bags before they left.  I suggest you do to.  The Perfect Storm is officially my favorite breakfast blend type coffee ever. 

Watch the video and learn all about it-

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Check out The Gloucesta Joe’s website here where you can order some for yourself

Follow Glosta Joe’s on twitter here- https://twitter.com/GlostaJoes

and Glosta Joe’s on Facebook

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Who wouldn’t want a cup of Glosta Joe’s? Smile

Community Photos 10/15/12

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Sorting, remembering…From Ann Kennedy

Hi Joey.  Have been sorting Cape Ann photos and remembering such good times.  It always rains the day we leave!  Looking forward to our next visit.

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Schooner Roseway On The Railways Photos by Anthony Marks

Head Cam Video of Supersonic Space Jump (Ridiculous Footage With Audio) at Gizmodo

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Click below for the video (nutso)

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Community Stuff 10/15/12

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Pumpkin Fest on the Point at EPDS!

Join us for music, hayrides, face painting, pumpkin crafts, story telling, raffle, artisan and food vendors

on Saturday, October 27th!

This event is for all ages and open to the public!

 

Date: Saturday, October 27, 2012

Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Location: Eastern Point Day School

8 Farrington Avenue, East Gloucester

(across the street from Niles Beach)

Eastern Point Day School is a non-profit community-based school serving Pre-K to 8th grade. 
Please visit our website at www.easternpointdayschool.org or call us at (978) 283-1700 or email at info@easternpointdayschool.org for more information.

Recovering a Voice for Equality:
The Life & Letters of Judith Sargent Murray

Thursday, Oct. 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center.

Bonnie Hurd Smith on Judith Sargent Murray.

Few women had a public voice in the days of the early republic, or left behind personal records of their experiences. But one woman, Judith Sargent Murray did both. Born in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1751 and a resident of Boston for almost twenty-five years, this well-known author and champion of female equality, education, economic independence, and political involvement kept letter books throughout her remarkable life. Blank volumes in which Murray made copies of the letters she wrote to family, friends, and political figures, her letter books offer a new eyewitness account of American history left behind by an observant, thoughtful woman who was also a professional writer. In 2003, Bonnie Hurd Smith initiated a multi-year project to transcribe, index, and publish all twenty of Murray’s letter books. In her illustrated talk, Bonnie discusses the fascinating content of Murray’s letter books, pairing excerpts from the letters with dozens of images that illustrate her life in Gloucester and Boston, her travels in New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, and her observations of political figures, events, and ideas.

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Chickity Check It! Matyor Kirk Says City Will Conservatively Save $450,000 Per Year In Energy Costs

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
The Mayor’s Desk: Giant steps for a progressive city

The Mayor’s Desk Carolyn KirkGloucester Daily Times

Check out the entire story by clicking the link above.  the part that made me do a double take is this quote from the Mayor-

Two turbines located at the Gloucester Engineering property owned by Equity Industrial Partners in Blackburn Industrial Park will generate energy credits, which will be used to cover Gloucester’s municipal electricity needs. In the process, the city conservatively anticipates saving $450,000 per year in energy costs. The city also will receive payments from the private operator of the turbines, starting at $40,000 per year with annual increases for the duration of the 25-year agreement. All told, city taxpayers will save a minimum of $11 million.

Holy cannoli batman.  That ain’t chump change.

Let’s file this away for a year and considering the $450K is the “conservative” estimate and we could get more savings, revisit it when the numbers become available.

We will get to see those numbers right?  Because at the conservative $450K per year, that’s a monster win for the tax base.  Monster win, no?

I still feel bad for the folks that have to live near it but in light of those huge savings it has made me much more receptive to them. 

I was not a fan of the idea before I knew that we could get this kind of return for virtually no investment on the local tax base.

So we’ll do like you know I like to do- Poll it Baby

Over/Under

In the first year, will the City of Gloucester receive over the “conservative” $450,000 per year in energy savings or under that amount?

or Under $450,000?

Gloucester Magnuson Protest in 2002 Photos From Donna C

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,

The attached photos are of the Magnuson protest in Gloucester Harbor 2002. 

Thanks, keep up the good work.

Donna C

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To Read More about the Magnuson-Stevens Act check out it’s wikipedia page here