Back To Back Days Of Mutant Lobsters Landed At Captain Joe and Sons In Gloucester MA
Yesterday Captain Richie Cassola a retired policeman from Beverly landed a speckled lobster (our second speckled lobster landed this year) of which the New England Aquarium claims are one in 30 million. I predicted the over under at 3 for speckled lobsters landed here at our dock this year way back on June 4th. 2 Down with 4 months to go. I like the over!
and Today Mark and matt Ring from The Stanley Thomas Land a Blue one.
It’s what we do.
Just add it to the already most mutated lobsters documented at one dock anywhere in the world collection- here at Captain Joe and Soons in Gloucester MA.
#Boom!
Click below for the slideshow of all the mutant lobsters landed here at our dock.
We have more documented mutated lobsters here than any other dock on the planet!
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Rubber Duck Gets a Parking Ticket!!
Just to show the honorable and effective meter maids of Gloucester do not play favorites they practically put the ticket under RD’s bill. But since Rubber Duck did indeed stretch the idea of a parking spot a bit parking at the front door of the Cape Ann Brew she went and paid the $15 fine promptly.
RD Fun fact: Don’t let these tickets sit in your pocket since the fine just gets bigger. Go to: www.gloucester-ma.gov , type in your ticket number and your plate number then shwing, you can use your credit card. They do tack on $3.50 if paid electronically but it is well worth it to get it off your dash or desk top. Pay a parking ticket, fill a pothole.
And it was well worth it. Rubber Duck was giving Shelley the visiting Biochemist from New Mexico the full Cape Ann tour which included lobster pick up and meeting Joey at the dock as well as the fish and chips (awesome huge chunks of haddock) at Cape Ann Brew.
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No Verizon Internet Service (Again!)
Today is the second full day we are experiencing life without Verizon Internet service. My husband and I are both self-employed; he, a writer, and I, a designer, and as you can imagine, we rely tremendously on the Internet for our daily business.
Fortunately, I am able to post from my iPad because Joey suggested uploading the WordPress app and because I have a separate cellular AT&T plan for my iPad. Unfortunately, I haven’t figured out how to send photos from my computer to my iPad without Internet service.
I would love to know of GMG reader’s experiences with Verizon and also with the other carriers-Sprint, At&T, etc. Are you happy with the service provided by your carrier? Do you also regularly experience outages as do we with Verizon? Thank you if you write with your recommendation – it will be very much appreciated!
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Hurricane Evacuation Plan
Hurricane Evacuation Plan
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Couches & stuffed chairs, excellent sound, huge HD screen, live music, luscious food, beer & wine ~ all in a single venue
If you’ve never been to Rob Newton’s Cape Ann Community Cinema, now’s your chance. For 10 days in September, he’s featuring films celebrating music. Some screenings will feature live music and some feature dinner. Some are perfect for the whole family. For others, you might want to leave the kids at home. All will be lots of fun! Check out Cape Ann Community Cinema’s Fall Into The Rhythm series starting September 11.
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This Wednesday John Rockwell Joins Fly Amero as his special guest.
Surf & Turf Specials!
Wednesdays Only!
Hello everyone!
Wednesday, August 29th
Special Guest: JOHN ROCKWELL!
Photo by Louise
The lovely and talented John Rockwell joins us this week! 🙂
It is ALWAYS a great time when John is in the house. Such
a great performer! Such a great entertainer! Be there! ~ 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)
Something new for the summer! Tenderloin Tips with Grilled Garlic Shrimp!
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Upcoming:
Sept. 5: Fozzie Hill
(photo currently unavailable)
Sept. 12: Ric St. Germain
Looking forward…
…to seeing you there! 🙂 ~ Fly
It is ALWAYS a great time when John is in the house. Such
a great performer! Such a great entertainer! Be there! ~ 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)
Something new for the summer! Tenderloin Tips with Grilled Garlic Shrimp!
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Upcoming:
Sept. 5: Fozzie Hill
Sept. 12: Ric St. Germain
Looking forward…
…to seeing you there! 🙂 ~ Fly
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The 3rd Annual Lanesville Music Festival takes the stage at the Lanesville Community Center on Sat. Sept. 22 at 1:30.
Enjoy live music by some of the North Shore and Cape Ann’s best players, including Pick 3, Alek Razdan and the A Train, HUM, Pete Lindberg, Merrimac Rounders, Sasquatch Bondo Band, Quentin Callawaert, John Hicks and a few surprises, under the tents and in the meadow next to the LCC, rain or shine, from 1:30-7. Smokin’ Jim’s BBQ, Lobster Pool chowder, beer and snacks on sale, kids’ activities, vendors and raffles. Admission by donation to the LCC.
Come indoors at 7:30 and put on your dancing shoes for Bill Gleason, followed by KBMG (Dan King, Dave Brown, Dave Mattacks and Wolf Ginandes) with JB Amero, at
8:30. Advance tickets for the Dance Party are $10 and available at Gloucester Music and the Plum Cove Grind, $15 at the door. Beer and wine on sale, plenty of parking. see our website for directions, and more information.
The music sched. for the day part :
Merrimac Rounders 1:30
Steve Brennan, and a Sasquatch Bondo reunion 2:20
Quentin Callawaert 3:10
HUM (Deb Hardy, Alyce Underhill, Kerry Mullen) 3:30
Pick 3 4:00
Alek Razdan and the A Train Orchestra 4:45
Alek Razdan and the A Train Orchestra 4:45
Pete Lindberg 5:40
(John Hicks leads a barn jam session (with a few surprises) @ 6:15)
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View From The Hill 2
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Check out This Video From Captain Bill’s Whale Watch Of Several Humpbacks Kickfeeding
From captain Bill’s Whale Watching-
This morning we were lucky enough to get to watch several Humpback Whales kick feeding. In this sequence we watched Rapier kick feeding at the surface. We were very surprised when Rapier resurfaced she was not alone!
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City Hall at night
I can’t wait to see her without the scaffolding again, all shiny and restored…
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Final Cigar and Rum Cruise Will Be September 4th On The Lannon. Get Your Tickets While They Last
OK We’re Doing The Final Cigar and Rum Cruise On The Thomas Lannon September 4th. Two Cigars from Old Cuban Cigar Co, Rum Drinks From Bobby Ryan’s Private Collection and Ryan and wood Distillery and a cruise on the Lannon. Last one sold out in 4 hours. I’m sending this out to my inner circle before posting it on the blog so if you wanna go, call Kay at The Lannon office now- 978-281-6634
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Beautiful Industry ~ Nhetrang ~ State Fish Pier
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Gloucester Water Taxi Sights
The Gloucester water taxi is a wonderful way to get around the harbor. Enjoy a fun day in your own back yard! Make sure you bring your camera with the zoom lens, you won’t want to miss the things you’ll see…
A Seal Hauled out on the rocks
Packing Fish
Pretty Mermaids
and Great Tour Guides.
For more info on the water shuttle, visit their site here: http://www.capeannharbortours.com/shuttle.html
~Alicia
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BankGloucester giving away $15,000
Hi Joey,
BankGloucester will be giving away a total of $15,000 to 15 community organizations in October. The way the winners are chosen is by votes from the community itself. Voting begins on Monday, August 27th. Most of the organizations are from Gloucester, with a few from the surrounding area. This is the 5th year that BankGloucester has given back to the community in this way. Since your blog is such a part of Gloucester, I am hoping you could help put the word out for people to vote.
BankGloucester will donate a total of $15,000 to 15 community organizations on Cape Ann!
Supporting organizations that are important to the residents of Cape Ann is one of the ways that BankGloucester gives back to the community. Over the past four years BankGloucester has given at total of $60,000 to non-profit and community organizations through their “Banking for the Community” Program. This year, their 125th anniversary, they will again award a combined $15,000 to fifteen organizations. The funds will be distributed based on the number of votes received. The organization with the most votes will receive $5,000. The organization receiving the second most votes will receive $3,000. The organization with the third most votes will receive $1,000. 12 other organizations with the next highest number of votes will each receive $500.
Winners are chosen by the votes cast by community members. Beginning Monday, August 27, 2012 anyone can come into the BankGloucester for a ballot or may complete a ballot online at www.BankGloucester.com . Please one entry per person/email address. Voting closes on September 28, 2012. Information about the organizations is available on the bank’s website and in the lobby located at 160 Main Street in Gloucester.
The following organizations are included on this year’s ballot: Action, Inc., Cape Ann Animal Aid, Cape Ann Museum, Cape Ann YMCA, Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary, Gloucester Education Foundation, Healing Abuse/Working for Change (HAWC), Hospice of the North Shore & Greater Boston, Open Door Food Pantry, Rocky Neck Cultural Center, Rose Baker Senior Center, Senior Care Inc., The Gloucester Fund, and Wellspring Inc.
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Community Photos 8/28/12
Hey Joey, it almost looks like lobster pots are stacked around the
vents at city hall.
Anthony Marks
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Community Stuff 8/28/12
Maritime Gloucester Heritage Day
Maritime Gloucester will hold its 9th annual Heritage Day celebration on Saturday, September 1st, from 10 am – 5 pm. The Center’s exhibits and aquarium will be open free of charge throughout the day.
The Schooner Ardelle will be berthed at its home on the Harriet Webster Wharf at Maritime Gloucester. The Ardelle, built and operated by Harold Burnham, will be joined at the dock by other visiting schooners, Spirit of Massachusetts and Summerwind, in the city for the schooner races.
The festivities will feature music by local favorite, Daisy Nell at 12 noon. Daisy will also be reading from her children’s book, The Stowaway Mouse.
Many local crafters will demonstrate their skills and sell their work. Windrush Books will feature vintage local history and maritime related books.
The Cape Ann Ship Modelers will offer ship model building and ship-in-a-bottle demonstrations. Art Haven will help the visiting children create their own work of art. The Essex Shipbuilding Museum will display its 15’ long model of the schooner Evelina Goulart. Exhibitors also include the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association, the Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team, Ocean Alliance, the Gloucester Gig Rowers and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Marine Archaeologists from Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary will be exhibiting the Wreck of the Portland.
Lunch food and drinks will be available for purchase at the event.
Maritime Gloucester is located at 23 Harbor Loop in Gloucester. For further information, call 978-281-0470.
Hi Joey…
Any chance you could post an art show announcement for "Absence of Color, A Collaboration" a unique exhibit of Quill Pen Art, Sculpture and Photography. Public welcome to the reception Sept 1, 7-9PM, Newburyport Art Association.
Thanks,
Skip
North Coast Angler www.northcoastangler.com
Skip Montello Photos www.skipmontellophotos.com
phone: 508-395-5871 (C)
Bishop Gregory Mansour of the Maronite Eparchy of the Eastern United States will celebrate a Pontifical Maronite Mass for living and deceased members of the Lebanese-American community of Cape Ann on Tuesday, Sept. 4th at 6:00 P.M. at St Ann Church, Gloucester. A reception will follow in the lower church hall. All are cordially invited to attend.
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Bill Hubbard Has A Beef With Wikipedia Over The Location Of The First Coast Guard Air Station
First Coast Guard Air Station was established on Ten Pound Island – But Wikipedia has the wrong location
Hey, Joey,
Most of us know that the first US Coast Guard Air Station was built on Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor but the know-all be-all online encyclopedia, Wikipedia has it wrong. They wrongly state that the present Coast Guard Base on Harbor loop was built on the site of the first Coast Guard Air Station.
I’ve attached a picture of the first plane stationed on Ten Pound Island and of the fist Base Commander and Pilot to fly that plane. The two early Coast Guard aviators, pictured together in their flying gear on May 5, 1927, established the first successful U.S. Coast Guard air unit on Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, Mass., in 1925, using one Vought seaplane borrowed from the Navy. From left are Commander Carl C. von Paulsen who commanded Coast Guard Base 7, Gloucester, and the attached air unit (January 1925 to May 1928); and Ensign Leonard M. Melka who acted as pilot and mechanic.
I’ve asked Wikipedia to correct their error but,,,don’t hold your breath….There are several Coast Guard websites which will veryify that information including: http://www.uscg.mil/history/webaircraft/USCGAviationHistoricPhotoGallery1916-
Bill Hubbard
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Beannie Loses Another Tooth At The Cape Ann Farmer’s Market
The Bean and Snoop Maddie Mad Eat flowers from the Pickle Guy, Ma’s Marmalade Represents, and The Bean Loses another tooth. Random I know but that’s what you get when you have two monkeys hanging off your shoulder at the Farmer’s Market.
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Driftwood Carvings by Joe G. on Stacy Boulevard
Joe a long time fisherman, now carves creations out of drift wood on Stacy Boulevard, he also can give you a fishing tale from years past.
Good Morning Gloucester 