Good Morning Gloucester

The International Dory Races will be held today Saturday July 6 at the Harbor Loop Maritime Gloucester dock starting at 10 AM! See you there!

Here are a couple of video clips from our recent Sunset Greet the Fleet Sail aboard the Schooner Ardelle. Just breathe and enjoy. But also, get to Maritime Gloucester on the Harbor Loop so you don’t miss any of the fun! The International Dory Races are scheduled for 10 AM to start the day Saturday July 8 2023. See you then!

Bernie Cranston Rowing Past Captain Joe & Sons Lobster Co 7/7/23

Summer in Bloom…

The Rocky Neck Art Colony is pleased to announce an exciting summer workshop for students entering grades 6-8 in the fall.  Come explore the art making process with five fantastic practicing Rocky Neck artists! Space is limited and the registration deadline is Friday, July 14!

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978-526-0443
20 Lexington Ave Magnolia MA 

The next Gloucester 400+ Cemetery Tour is scheduled for Sunday July 9 at Clark’s Cemetery and the First Parish Burial Ground. It’s a “double header” for you cemetery fans. The event is free but you will need reservations which you can get here. Here’s a Cape Ann Community link to more information.

From Chris on the Gloucester City-Owned Cemetery Committee shares additional information. He also told me “The tour guides and “actors” will be in period costumes and there will be an exciting finale!”

400+ Gloucester Cemetery Tours

June 10th: Cove Hill Cemetery, “Cove Hill 1720” and Langsford Cemetery, “Families of Lanesville”

July 9th : Clark’s Cemetery, ” Tragedy in the Victorian Era” and First Parish Burial Ground “A Travel in Time”

August 5th: Bray Cemetery, “Families of West Parish”

September 16th: Clark’s Cemetery & First Parish Burial Ground, “Drama in the Cemetery”

October 14th: Seaside Cemetery, “Bad Choices Bad Luck”

October 21st: Oak Grove Cemetery, “The Famous and the Infamous”

Picture credit to Cape Ann Community:

We had an absolutely fantastic sunset sail with the Schooner Ardelle to Greet The Fleet for the Rendezvous event this weekend (July 6-9 2023). Maritime Gloucester’s own Executive Director Michael DeKoster joined us and shared some “added value” level information for the passengers regarding schooners and the Rendezvous event. Capt Harold Burnham and intern Tyler manned the sails along with some volunteers and it was just a wonderful evening out on the water. This weekend’s events will be held at Maritime Gloucester at the Harbor Loop as well as at the temporary docks located at I4C2. You can see the schooners up close during the deck tours (more info here). Participating schooners include Columbia, Pride of Baltimore, When and If, Adventure, Thomas E. Lannon, Redbird, Isabella and, of course, Ardelle. It’s going to be a busy weekend but if you can take a sail, I strongly recommend doing so.

Community Preservation Act Funds are used to support open space & recreation, historic preservation, and affordable housing projects.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. – The Community Preservation Act Grant Program is administered by the City of Gloucester and funded by the Citizens of Gloucester through the Community Preservation Act. Resources are used for the preservation and rehabilitation of open space, land for recreational use, historic preservation, and community housing. A nine-member Community Preservation Committee makes a recommendation for the use of the funds to the City Council for its approval.

Local projects selected to receive funding:

• ●  City of Gloucester Cemeteries Advisory Committee: Bay View City-owned Cemeteries Restoration in theamount of $30,000.
• ●  Magnolia Library Center: MLCC outside Renovation in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Manship Artist Residence and Studios, Inc.: Manship Artists Residency Design project in the amount of$50,000
• ●  Maritime Gloucester: Waterfront Resiliency Survey in the amount of $100,000.
• ●  Our Lady of Good Voyage Parish: Bell Tower Restoration in the amount of $125,000.
• ●  Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library: Saunders House HVAC in the amount of $100,000.
• ●  Gloucester Adventure Inc.: Adventure Schooner Rudder Project in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Action Inc.: Tenet-Based Rental/Mortgage Assistance Program in the amount of $200,000.
• ●  Harbor Light Community Partners Inc.: Main Street Affordable Housing in the amount of $100,000.
• ●  Gloucester High School Baseball Boosters: Nate Ross Baseball Field Renovations in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Stage Fort Park Advisory Committee: Stage Fort Park Lucy Davis Pathway and Fort Area RenovationProject in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Gloucester Rotary Club: Stage Fort Park Playground Rehabilitation in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Young Legends Street Hockey Inc.: Conversion of Stage Fort Basketball Court into a street Hockey Rink inthe amount of $50,000.“We are pleased to continue to use these resources to improve quality of life for Gloucester residents through investments in recreation, open spaces, historic preservation and affordable housing.” States Community Preservation Committee Chair Matt Lundberg “Resident input is vital to making these investments and we encourage all Gloucester residents to attend our committee meetings and engage in our annual planning efforts” Community

Preservation Committee meetings are open to the public and are typically held on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings details will be posted under Public Notices on the City’s website. To learn more about

City of Gloucester Community Development grant programs go to Gloucester-MA.gov/264/Community- Development and follow Innovate Gloucester’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

About The City of Gloucester, Massachusetts

America’s oldest seaport, the City of Gloucester, is known throughout the world as an authentic, working waterfront community, a place of spectacular natural beauty, and home to a diverse population of approximately 30,000 residents. Its sharp focus on community development has helped build its reputation as the ideal location to live, work, and play. An important center for the fishing industry, Gloucester is also proud of its vibrant cultural life and rich art heritage. Gloucester is a destination for thousands of visitors who visit the harbor and its beaches during the summer months. The City will be celebrating its 400th Anniversary in 2023.