My View of Life on the Dock
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Hi Joey,
The attached pictures show the boat called the Sea Dog which my Dad, George Krewson Jr., purchased from a lady up in Canada who had won it by buying a charitable lottery ticket in Gloucester, back in the 1930’s. He offered her $700 and she accepted. Herman Melanson, maintenance man at the Oceanside, took one winter to remodel it, after getting it up behind the Oceanside. The bottom picture shows the great job he did on the forty footer. Dad was the captain and got great enjoyment from taking out Oceanside guests from Magnolia Harbor to the surrounding ocean views. He retained it for a few years after selling the Oceanside.
George Krewson III
Ocean Alliance, based on figures provided by the lead architect, has a goal of raising approximately $12 million to restore the ~ 20,000 Sq.ft buildings in a way that mediates existing contamination, maintains their historic exterior appearance while modeling the interior as a practical, accessible research, education and historic center.
Only $12,000,000? Hopefully the architect throws in a blowjob to sweeten the deal.
The photo is the property of David B. Cox of (Main Street Arts and Antiques).
This photo may also have appeared in the National Geographic Magazine (July 1953)
Cape Ann Artisans 2012 Spring Studio Tour
Come find out why
American Style Magazine named Gloucester #6 in Top 25 Arts Destinations for cities under 100,000
Cape Ann is home to a thriving arts community, one of the oldest in the country. For twenty-nine years Cape Ann Artisans has been inviting the public to visit their studios during their Open studio weekends. This year’s spring tour will be held June 23rd and 24th from 10 am to 5 pm each day. The self-guided tour along the scenic coastline of Gloucester and Rockport presents a unique opportunity to meet 21 professional artists and see their work in the setting in which it was created. The work represented includes: pottery, painting, sculpture, photography, mosaics, jewelry, hand-made glass beads, and weaving. Several of the artists will be demonstrating their working process during the tours.
Brochures with route maps will be available at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, the Rockport Information Booth on Rte 127 and at each of the artisans. A bright magenta Studio Tour banner will mark each location.
For further information: tel: 978-281-3347 www.capeannartisans.com
Many studios are open year round.
Young Poets at the Sawyer Free Library
The winners of the 10th Annual Poetry Without Paper contest were honored last Thursday (June 7) at the Sawyer Free Library. Director Carol Gray welcomed all and introduced Mayor Carolyn Kirk. She began the evening by reading a poem written by Amy Dengler, “Conch,” which illustrated quite impactfully the power of words. Mayor Kirk presented Gloucester students of elementary, middle, and high school age, with their awards (a certificate, a book of poetry, and a cash prize). The students read their winning poems in front of a full audience that included family, friends, and poetry fans. The winning poems will also be featured on the Sawyer Library website. Sponsored by the Lyceum Committee of the Sawyer Free Library, the contest drew almost 300 entries from students attending various schools in Gloucester.
The winners by category are:
Elementary
1st Place: Willa Lepionka Brosnihan, West Parish (3rd grade)
2nd Place: Owen Bryan, East Gloucester (5th grade)
3rd Place: Diane Story, East Gloucester (5th grade)
Honorable Mention: Calhoun Dyer, East Gloucester (3rd grade)
Honorable Mention: Luke Pata, West Parish (5th grade)
Middle School
1st Place: Aislinn McCormack, St. Ann’s School (8th grade)
2nd Place: Gabriela Llanos, St.Ann’s School (7th Grade)
3rd Place: Kaitlin Marques, O’Maley School (6th grade)
Honorable Mention: Lexi Orlando, St. Ann’s School (8th grade)
Honorable Mention: Caroline King, St. Ann’s School (8th grade)
High School
1st Place: Sarah Zuidema, Gloucester High School (12th grade)
2nd Place: Phoebe Weissblum, Waring School (10th grade)
3rd Place: Hannah Morris, Gloucester High School (12th grade)
Honorable Mention: Maryka Gillis, Gloucester High School (12th grade)
Honorable Mention: John Interrante, Gloucester High School (12th grade)
Y Camp Spindrift Open House – Sunday June 17
On Sunday June 17, Y Camp Spindrift will be holding its annual Open House celebration from 10am – 3pm to kick off our 50th season. Whether you attended camp years ago, are planning to come this summer, or have never graced our properity before, all are welcome to come enjoy a free cookout, swimming, games, arts & crafts and met our staff team. Wake the neighbors and call the kids and come on down for a great day of fun! This is a prime opportunity for new campers and families to visit and eliminate any pre-season anxieties. Registration and camp shirts will be available. Y Camp Spindrift meets or exceeds all regulations of MA DPH and is liscenced annually by the Gloucester Health Department, providing programs for ages 4 – 16, including traditional day camp, adventure camps, C.I.T. Program, and othe rspecialty camps. For more information, please visit www.cayteenandcamp.org or contact Rick Doucette, Executive Director at 978-281-CAMP (2267).
Dine at Friendly’s to benefit JPs Tree House @ Y Camp Spindrift June 17 – 23
Friendly’s Restaurant is very generously donating 20% of sales (when you present specific fundraising voucher) to benefit the creation of JPs TREE HOUSE at Y Camp Spindrift. This fundraiser takes place from Sunday June 17th through Saturday June 23. Jeff "JP" Paul was a very popular Spindrift camper and staff member for fifteen years before tragically losing his life last year. In JPs memory, family and friends are creating JP’s Tree House, construction is expected to begin by the end of the month.
For copies of the FRIENDLY’S FUNraising vouchers, please visit www.cayteenandcamp.org or stop by the YMCA or Camp Spindrift. For more info, please contact Rick Doucette, Executive Director at 978-281-CAMP (2267).
Hey Joey,
I wanted to inform your many readers that Rockport Dance Academy’s Broadway themed dance recital is this Saturday 3pm at Rockport High School Auditorium. Come see the kids dance their hearts out and support local businesses. Admission is FREE!
Keep up the great work,
Emily Twombly
Sweet, people will be picked up and dropped off right at the dock where the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery and Khan Studios are located. Harbor Shuttle To Mug up Next Sunday?
Hi Joey,
Nikki owner of The Madfish Grill Restaurant has confirmed that the Water Shuttle will be the pick-up / drop-off point on Rocky Neck this Summer.
A huge cheer to her.
Thank you Nikki .
A reminder to all $ 50.00 seasonal passes now available. Email : harbortours@gmail.com or call 978-283-1979 for more details.
Thank you.
Harbor Tours, Inc. Gloucester, MA.
America’s Oldest Seaport
Do I know if it works? Hell no, but I thought our readers would be entertained-
Forwarded by Eian Woodman-
The Bait Savour adds the critical time dimension to crustacean catching
Bait Savour Riley Smith
During a regular fishing season, most lobstermen can afford to check and rebait their traps only every three or four days. Each run to the traps can cost as much as $600 for fuel and take 18 hours of work. But three or four days can be more than enough time for lobsters to eat the chunks of herring or mackerel that serve as bait. With no bait left, lobsters don’t enter the trap and fishermen are left with a smaller catch. Thus, the millions of traps that dot the Atlantic from Newfoundland to North Carolina remain empty about half the time.
Vince Stuart, the owner of a Nova Scotia company that makes winches, gantries and other fishing-boat rigging, first heard about the lobstermen’s problem from his clients on the docks in 2003. He soon began building the Bait Savour, a device that would release an extra supply of lobster bait a few days after a trap was laid. It allows the lobstermen to check their traps less frequently (about once every five days instead of every three or four), saving time, labor and fuel.
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click here for the entire article
Yep, we’ll have lobsters for Fathers Day thanks to the hardworking lobstermen that head out in all conditions to make dads everywhere happy! Be sure to place your order ahead of time if you want certain sizes.
Captain Joe and Sons 95 East Main Street, Gloucester
978-283-1454
Come and try some wine and cheese from The Cave, which will open next week at 44 Main Street!
Several other places are also involved. Ask Fred and he can tell you where else to get special deals and treats tonight!
Project Goals:
• Collect Otoliths and Gonads from bluefin tuna to develop current age and growth profiles and to characterize size/ age at maturity. Currently, stock assessments utilize age data from purse seine fisheries collected in the 1970’s for fish ages 1-3. Growth for larger size classes of fish are estimated from a small number of individuals. Age at maturity has been estimated based on GOMex longline bycatch, not gonads!
• Identify the mixing rate (East vs. West Atlantic) and stock structure of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Gulf of Maine, and to identify differences in rates across years and between cohorts. First studies showed high mixing rates in the mid-Atlantic Bight and low mixing in the Gulf of Maine. Gulf of Maine results so far are based on small numbers of fish sampled over short time periods. We seek to significantly expand this dataset to establish patterns across years.
How can you help? WE NEED TUNA HEADS and GONADS!
Contact Walt Golet 207/351-5413 (walter.golet@maine.edu) or Molly Lutcavage 978/283-0269 with questions regarding this program
Otoliths are located towards the base of the skull. To ensure they stay with the head, remove the head about 4 inches back from the eye (see photo). This is where most dealers will make the cut.
Molly Lutcavage and Walt Golet need local fishermen’s help in collecting important samples of otoliths and gonads from bluefin tuna caught this season. These samples will aid in research that will help answer important questions about the bluefin stocks. Please go to the following link to find out how to help in this effort!
Click here for more info on how you can Help
The Mischief
Be sure to wave to him on his drops on Main Street and wish him luck.
Don’t forget The Fiesta does not start until you have an Ambie’s Italian sausage.
There are two side by side artist openings at 77 Rocky Neck Ave on Madfish Wharf. At Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery #3, Carol McKenna will be having an opening from 7:00-9:00 pm for her exhibit of photography, paintings and haiku.
Last Chance Trophy Gallery #2 next door features the collection of a lifetime of work by citizen of the world, Mary Mccarthy, including one of a kind tapestries and wall hangings, quilts, hats and more. The Grand Opening celebration for her gallery will be from 6:00-8:00 pm.
The awesome video above entitled Mary McCarthy: Journey of Gloucester was created by Lily Gray, Mary’s 14 year old granddaughter. Check it out, it really is excellent.
Come by Madfish Wharf Saturday night to meet Carol and Mary, have some refreshments and enjoy their unique and beautiful work.
Then stop by Madfish Grille at 9:00 for a little rock n roll with THE JACKLEG PREACHERS, with Dave Balin and The Bailouts.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
Imagine the new CD that Aaron Neville, Don Was and Keith Richards will create for Blue Note Records, the most famous jazz record label of all time (think Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Norah Jones, etc., etc.)
Oh, did I mention — Keith Richards will play guitar on this new CD too!
In two weeks we may hear some of the music slated for this new CD at North Shore Music Theatre. Tickets are still available here.
8 live music choices tonight, 11 tomorrow and 13 on Saturday. Whew … what a weekend we’ve got comin’ to the Live Music Capital of the World! See the full weekend music lineup here.
Gloucester is getting a lot of exposure from all the familiarization tours (FAMs) that have been here lately-and they’re still arriving! Some of them are sent here by MOTT- the MA Office of Travel & Tourism- via the North of Boston CVB (Convention & Visitor Bureau), and some are generated by PR for Gloucester, via Matter Communication – thanks John McElhenney!
The week before last we had a the UK Travel Channel crew here filming for their show, and last Sunday an Italian TV RAI 3 crew was here.
This coming mid-week, there will be four different FAMs here- and it’s all good for Gloucester.
Thanks to all the accommodations, attractions and dining establishments who host and welcome these valuable FAMs!
You’re probably wondering why the re-run of your fabulous photo of lobsters?
Because tomorrow, June 15, is NATIONAL LOBSTER DAY!
Over 40 restaurants on the island to get your lobster fix…. and if you want to cook ’em and have your own feast at home like my Father in Law will as our gift on Father’s Day, then you get ’em at Capt. Joe & Sons!
I like the shadow cast by the tower into the misty atmosphere…
HI Joey!!
My mom Marcy told me that I should send you pictures of my business, Macs
Mats. I am 13 and I am going into 8th grade. You can find my story on
www.macsmats.com. I have my mats in many stores in Gloucester like Willow
Rest, Cape Ann Marina, Emerson Inn in Rockport and the Island hobby art Shop
on Maine Street. Can I answer any questions for you? Thank you again for
helping promote my business.
Mac
Saving Whales One Mat At a Time
Here’s the Story-
THE STORY………
Off the coast of Maine, Northern Right Whales were getting entangled in lobsterman’s rope. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) enacted a regulation mandating that fishermen use sinking rope in order to prevent right whales and other marine life from dieing. At the same time, the regulation provides a “buyback” of the floating rope, giving the fishermen a voucher to purchase new sinking rope.
Every piece of rope used in the dog leashes and the mats is part of the recycle effort!
Contact us You can contact me atmacsmats@gmail.com or 978-758-8825
Rich Bean writes-
Hello Fellow Friends of the Blog!
After moving here last year, I discovered I have family roots here. My Mom has been doing some research and the folks at the archives at City hall are amazing. I thought I’d also give a try here and see if anybody thinks they are related. I know there are a lot of great resources connected to this blog. Thanks for the time and positive thoughts!
cheers!
Rich Bean, rbean2@gmail.com
Hugh Curley
Mary Alcott
Daughter: Nellie M Curley 1871 (Gloucester) – 1948, Married Michael Foley in 1894, split at some point, not sure how. Married Robert Arundel (when?), Moved to Lynn, had 2 kids, Moved to Somerville, Buried in Gloucester.
Joseph Arundel
Mary Olcut
Son: Robert J. Arundel 1863 - 1948 Married Nellie Curley (when?), Moved to Lynn, had Two Kids, Moved to Somerville. Buried in Gloucester.
Robert J. Arundel
Nellie M Arundel
Born in Gloucester, Lived in Lynn at some point, then Somerville. Two Kids. Helen Arnold 1906 - 2001, Robert Arnold ? – ?
There was a name change of Arundel to Arnold. We dont know why.
Helen had 9 kids and over 35 grandkids, including me. :- ) Thanks to all the names above I am breathing and writing this email :- )
Good Morning Gloucester 