Shut the Box

I brought our Shut the Box game to the Amvets Club to donate it to the game cabinet, played with some friends, lost several rounds, and got the worst score mathematically possible…. a 53 ….. but, had lots of laughs… so, I’ll call it a win.

Mark your calendars! Sawyer Free Library & Gloucester 400+ Celebration on Jan 31 at Beauport Hotel – All Are Invited!

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The celebratory community event will feature story-tellers from the community, an interactive Gloucester trivia game, and a demo of the Library’s new interactive research tool.The evening is FREE and open to all to attend. No registration required.

Please join the Sawyer Free Library and the Gloucester 400+ on Wednesday, January 31 from6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Beauport Hotel Gloucester to celebrate the launch of the Gloucester Timeline: An Interactive History and the relocation of the digital Gloucester 400 Stories Project to the Library.

The Gloucester Timeline is the Sawyer Free Library’s legacy gift to the City to commemorate its 400th anniversary.  The Timeline traces Gloucester’s unique history through culturally and historically significant people, places and events that have made Gloucester what it is today. Spearheaded by Sawyer Free Library with support from the Cape Ann Museum and Gloucester City Archives, the Gloucester Timeline also connects people to cultural organizations, archival repositories and historical collections where more information is available. Gloucester 400+ staff have made extensive use of the Timeline in 2023 to illustrate and highlight significant events in our history. The launching of the Gloucester Timeline by SFL makes this new interactive research tool available to the public online.

The collection of stories gathered over the course of the past year has been assembled into the Gloucester 400 Stories Project. This award-winning digital collection of stories, poems and videos, has until now, been available on the Gloucester 400+ website. The collection is about Gloucester people by Gloucester people and is a powerful voice of ordinary and not-so-ordinary citizens. The Gloucester 400 Stories Project too represents a 400+ legacy gift to the City.

Now that the quadricentennial year is over, the Gloucester 400 Stories Project collection will be permanently housed in the 2025 Sawyer Free Library’s new Local History Research Center located on the first floor of the newly renovated, expanded, and modernized Library, the Local History Research Center.

Event Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: Beauport Ballroom, Beauport Hotel, 55 Commercial Street, Gloucester

The event is free and open to all to attend. Registration is NOT required. 

For more details visit: sawyerfreelibrary.org or gloucesterma400.org.

Do you have a college student that has to walk to class in the winter? These fleece lined Gloucester Apparrl beannies keep them toasty warm.

Link to purchase- https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/

Monday Morning Downtown Gloucester Shop, Salon, Bakery and Restaurant Stroll. We’re Open at 44 Main St til 5 PM. Come Say Hi!!

A Last Look At Our Lobster Trap Tree

I am not certain when the amazing Lobster Trap tree will be dismantled until next year, so you might want to consider paying your last respects sooner than later. It looked especially majestic following the recent snow. The children’s painted buoys are scheduled to be available Jan 27 so plan your visit accordingly. **I believe the buoys may have been removed by the time this post publishes but I hope you enjoy a last look by these means.**

Someone named Lisa releases exhausted Dovekies

I just saved two Dovekies that appear exhausted from the Shaw’s parking lot on Eastern Ave. I’m letting them rest up, gave them some lobster and then releasing them on to Long Beach.

Lisa 

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