When you win you can talk all you want and Junior Dunne has done just that, winning 🥇 🥇 two @bluefinblowout tournaments

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When you win you can talk all you want and Junior Dunne has done just that, winning 🥇 🥇 two @bluefinblowout tournaments on two different boats and last year doing it on the slowest boat in the fleet. He says he has some tricks up his sleeve for this year’s tournament which Good Morning Gloucester will be broadcasting live start to finish. We can’t wait!!! Come say hi to us in the broadcast booth!!!

Yesterday morning while out for a walk my beautiful wife Kate got pooped on by a seagull

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She said at the time- “I just know this is gonna be good luck!”

Sure enough the offer she submitted on behalf of one of her clients was accepted!

Kate’s on 🔥🔥🔥

Contact her for your real estate needs, you won’t be disappointed!

Be A Better Boater With Captain Evangeline

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Captain Evangeline is a USCG Licensed Captain, Master and Coast Guard Auxiliary Member with a lifetime of experience in the Cape Ann area.  She and her team of widely experienced captains provide onboard boating lessons  in and around Cape Ann, Massachusetts to people of all ages who want to learn how to safely operate or be crew on a small power boat with utmost confidence.  Want to BE A BETTER BOATER?  Schedule your lesson today!  

Learn basic boat handling including docking and anchoring

  • Boating safety
  • Channel navigation
  • Proper line handling
  • General boating etiquette

Captain services are also available including local deliveries and consultations

Schedule A Lesson

Whale Encounters In Alaska

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While I was in Seward with the Slonina Photography Alaska Tour, we went on two full day boat tours of the Kenai Pennisula and were fortunate to come upon humpback whales each day. These groups of maybe 8 whales were displaying many familiar behaviors such as lunge feeding, pec slapping, tail lobbing, and breaching. The first day, we accidentally found ourselves VERY close to the lunge feeding. You get an idea how close from the video as well as the photos.

As spectacular as it was, I found I was missing the kind of teaching information provided by our local tours such as Cape Ann Whale Watch. Since I’ve been out several times with the Cape Ann Whale Watch crew, I have learned a great deal about whale behaviors. I am grateful for that because I was able to share that information with my fellow photographers who were less experienced with whale encounters. No fault of the Seward boat operators–our boat tours there were not designed to be research oriented though there was a helpful naturalist on board. I guess I didn’t know how fortunate we are to be able to take advantage of the educational opportunities from our very own Gloucester captains and crews. But I got some pretty wonderful whale photos and I hope you enjoy! Cape Ann Whale Watch is located on Main St in Gloucester.

You can take Hopper out of Nyack, but you can’t take Nyack out of Edward Hopper’s Art

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Edward Hopper was born on this day July 22, 1882.

Edward Hopper in Nyack | Hudson River and Hook Mountain & Nyack Beach Loop, Palisades Park

American Artist Edward Hopper (1882-1967) was born and raised in Nyack, Rockland County, New York. The home he grew up in still stands because local stewards obtained its landmark status in the 1970s and eventually designation as an important historic house museum, The Edward Hopper House Museum & Research Center.

Hopper’s boyhood home on 82 North Broadway was perched on a rise with an unobstructed view downhill to the magnificent Hudson River with easy access to an active waterfront and smack dab in the middle of two worlds.

Stepping out the front door To the Right

To the right, it was a short walk to a cityscape: his father’s store, the train station, and all that was necessary for commerce in a bustling town at the turn of the century.

To the Left

To the left and surrounding streets nearby, it was a short walk to residential neighborhoods with a handsome array of American architectural styles common on the East Coast–but unique town by town.

photos above: Catherine Ryan. 718 North Broadway, Nyack | Edward Hopper. Seven AM. 1948. Whitney Museum

FURTHER LEFT to HOOK MOUNTAIN

Further on to the left (less than 5 miles) it was a quick trip by bike to a range of scenic landscapes: rural, farm and river view estates–until the last stop—the rugged wildness of Hook Mountain, a local icon (and historic landmark for navigation), part of the Palisades park system, with stunning cliff views.

In recent years trail advocates established a complete Hook Mountain and Nyack Beach loop that’s about six miles RT. It’s awesome.

HOPPER PULSE | HALLMARK HORIZONTAL COMPOSITION

We can traverse Nyack’s particular stretch of riverfront geography because North Broadway–on the street where Edward Hopper lived and returned to–bisects the terrain parallel to the river. No matter which direction one ambles, the reassuring view of the Hudson and distant riverbank stays fixed, stretching horizontally as far as the eye can see.

Westchester, Tarrytown across the river (and on a sunny day the Tarrytown lighthouse is visible)

Above: OAK HILL CEMETERY NYACK

Of all the places he resided or visited, he chose to be buried in Nyack. Turns out, you can’t take Hopper out of Nyack.

In Oak Hill Cemetery in Nyack, the grave of Edward Hopper and Jo Nivison are next to his parents and sister, high above the family home on North Broadway, with a view of the Hudson River and the unmistakable distant shore. And sited–fittingly for Hopper–on a corner, at a bend where paths converge.

American theater legend, Helen Hayes (Helen Hayes MacArthur, 1900-1993), owned a riverfront estate across the street and a few blocks down the road from the Hopper family home, humorously nicknamed ‘Pretty Penny’ (in the block of house photos above), and drawn resentfully by Hopper when Hayes commissioned a house portrait through his art dealer or so she wrote. (I may write more about that.) The painting was hung prominently and visible in publicity stills .

Hayes is buried in Nyack’s Oak Hill Cemetery further down Oak hill from the Hopper markers. There are four flat markers flush with the grass for her family. Sadly, her daughter died in 1949 at age 19 from polio before the vaccine.

The grave for American artist Joseph Cornell is located down and off to the right of Hayes.

Edward Hopper in Gloucester

Hopper’s impressions of Nyack are repeated in his art throughout his life.

For example, here are two pairs comparing Edward Hopper’s Gloucester works and Nyack.

Land across the Hudson | land across Gloucester Harbor–this is one way I identified Hopper’s site in Gloucester.

Hill down to the Hudson from a perpendicular street (North Broadway/his boyhood home) | Hill in Gloucester.

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DON’T MISS the Bluefin Blowout – BBQ By the Sea, benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association.GET YOUR TICKETS HERE:

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DON’T MISS the Bluefin Blowout – BBQ By the Sea, benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association.
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE: https://bit.ly/2023BluefinBBQ
July 26th 2023
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Sample from various food and beverage vendors, listen to live music, and let’s not forget the live tuna weigh ins!

Mayor Greg Verga and his campaign team are thrilled to announce that more than enough certified signatures have been gathered to guarantee Mayor Verga’s place on the upcoming election ballot.

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“I am humbled and profoundly grateful to the constituents who have offered their signatures and, more importantly, their trust throughout my first term,” said Verga. “Their support strengthens my resolve to continue working for a better Gloucester.”

Since his inauguration, Mayor Verga has initiated and overseen numerous projects aimed at improving infrastructure, supporting local businesses, and advancing education in Gloucester. His dedication to making Gloucester a city of opportunity for all of its residents has earned him a broad base of support.

The Verga campaign’s grassroots efforts paid off with volunteers gathering signatures throughout the community. They also engaged with residents, listening to their concerns and sharing Mayor Verga’s plans for the future of Gloucester.

As Mayor Verga looks toward the election, he continues to encourage all residents to participate in the many opportunities for open dialogue about the issues they care about most. His campaign is built on the belief that every citizen should have a say in Gloucester’s future.

WE WON’T BE DOING POLITICS ON GMG BUT WILL ALLOW ANY OFFICIAL CANDIDATE IN GLOUCESTER ONE PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THEIR CANDIDACY

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The Publishing Of The Announcements Are Not Endorsements From GMG Simply A One Time Service To Each Candidate