Good Morning Gloucester

Go with the Floe…

The Delisis recently posted that their new signage had gone up on Mount Pleasant St in Rockport at the site of the former Red Skiff. The sign looks sharp! We look forward to their opening! We miss the family from the former Capt Hooks here in Gloucester and wish them the best in their new venture. Follow them on Facebook for updates.

Hunkered Down…

The winners of the Pigeon Cove Circle Calendar Lottery are:

Wendy Woodbury, Craig Morrill, Alexandra Johnson, Elana Brink, Paula Ouellette, Mary Lattof,  Karen Crowley, John Anthony D’Antonio, Amy Randazzo, Tanya and Chris Hoffman, Andrew Marques, Kathy Hart, Melissa Cox, Cindy Rich, Cindy Juncker, Robin Carlo, Bob Condon, Judith Harris, Alli Borowski, Sue Panzer, Kristina Martin, Ruth George, Mary Walsh, Joann Denning, Peter Haskell, George Bajoras, Craig Johnson, Jennifer Clark, Connie Condon

Congratulations to everyone and thank you to everyone who bought a ticket and helped us to raise funds for the Pigeon Cove Circle Building Fund!

📸 Look at this post on Facebook click the image to listen

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/27352m7YFH6ghrMq/

From the children’s parasol parade to the midnight ball drop, Rockport New Year’s Eve 2023 was a spectacle of color, imagination, performance artistry and enthusiastic audiences.   Rockport was filled with nearly 2,000 happy revelers, not just from Cape Ann, but from across the country and beyond (Canada and Germany!), who helped ring in the New Year with gusto.   It was a BIG celebration that did our small town proud!   

 

Rockport New Year’s Eve (RNYE) extends gratitude to everyone who helped make our 2023 year end celebration a rousing success. As a small nonprofit organization, we rely on our dedicated team of volunteers — more than 100 in all – to accomplish all that needs to be done to set up and run an event of this scale; and on the generous support of our sponsors who help keep it affordable for all who attend.

Special Thanks to:

• Town of Rockport   Administration, Library, Police and Fire Departments, School Department, and Department of Public Works
• Gold, Silver & Bronze Sponsors:  Cape Ann Savings Bank, Mass Cultural Council, Institution for Savings, Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, Jerry Hausman, Addison Choate, Applied Materials Corp., The Cove at Rockport, Daily Printing, and Fleur Cuisine Harborside
• Entertainment Venues: Brackett’s Restaurant, Fish Shack Restaurant, First Congregational Church of Rockport, Rockport Art Association & Museum, Rockport Music, Spiran Lodge #98, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, and Unitarian Universalist Society Rockport (UUSR)
• Local Button sellers in Rockport: Art of David Arsenault, Bean & Leaf Cafe, John Tarr Store, Paper Mermaid, Smith Hardware, Tuck’s Candy and Gifts, Walgreens, Whale’s Jaw Café; and in Gloucester:  Building Center, Common Crow, Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, Home Town Ace
• And to all of our other generous donors and supporters

JANUARY 3, 2024 ~ GLOUCESTER MARINE GENOMICS INSTITUTE

The GMGI Science Hour returns for the first talk of 2024, featuring the fascinating work of Revive & Restore, a wildlife conservation organization whose mission is to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species.

Ryan Phelan, the organization’s co-founder and Executive Director, joins us on Thursday, January 18th to discuss her work with the world’s leading molecular biologists, conservation biologists, and conservation organizations. Together, they envision and develop pioneering projects that apply cutting-edge biotechnologies to seemingly intractable conservation challenges. Challenges such as:

 Genetic diversity loss
 Invasive species
 Coral bleaching
 Climate change

You can register for Ryan’s talk, “Bringing Biotech to Wildlife Conservation” at the link below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_rT1OYkCvRMWgvAcmzbpjjQ

As always, the GMGI Science Hour is free and open to anyone who’s interested! Please feel free to share the registration link.

Have questions? Please reach out to Maggie Costello at maggie.costello@gmgi.org

Gloucester Fishermen vs Masconomet Chieftains Boys Varsity Hockey (Replay) 1/6/24
https://youtu.be/hjUG92jUxVY

Rt. 128 to Rt 1 was slick and slow.

Photos: Rt. 128: snow on one side of Fisherman at the Wheel, Stacy Blvd; Mass. power outages at 8AM is 11,037 homes

MEMA power outage map here: http://mema.mapsonline.net