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GLOUCESTER FISHERMEN VS MEDFORD MUSTANGS GIRLS VARSITY HOCKEY (REPLAY) 2/4/23

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First, an update on Atlantic Merlin, our “Curious Visitor” last week – thanks to Catherine who yesterday posted photos of her in the sea smoke off Cape Ann, taken by C.Ryan who indicated Atlantic Merlin is working on a fiber optic cable from Lynn, MA to the UK and France. Early this afternoon Marine Traffic positioned her about 20 miles NE of the Cape. Here are a few mostly wildlife updates:

My lord. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Frozen Assets…

Hope you are staying warm and hope you can post our upcoming Boston Children’s Hospital Blood drive.

It was so successful last time we are doing a 2 day event.

As always, thank you for any help you can give on this 2 day event-see the attached flyer.Rockport HarbormastersScott Story and Rosemary Lesch

VHF Ch 9 or 16 Phone 978 546-9589 http://www.rockportharbormasters.org/index1.shtml

Gloucester Fishermen vs Masconomet Chieftains Boys Varsity Hockey (Replay) 2/4/23

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Soggy, greasy, total flop. I’m of the mind that bad pizza starts at 5 and goes down from there. I wouldn’t say it was bad pizza but with a little more care it could be decent to good pizza. It’s a 5.9 and I was left disappointed. Looked better than it ate.

Link to my other pizza reviews

By happenstance, I recently met the owner of my Gloucester grandparents home and he graciously allowed us to visit. Jeff Martin lives in my grandparents home on Haskell Street. I have fond memories of my times there ALL those years ago. The urge to revisit the home was ramped up when Jeff shared that he’d found a number of items hidden away in the attic walls that I though might relate to my family’s history.

In the intervening years, Jeff and his family have made many changes to the house but its bones remain and I was overwhelmed with memories even though it looks very different today than it did when I was a child. Even GMG Jim has his own memories of visiting this house on our honeymoon which enriched the time we spent with Jeff recently. We are very grateful to Jeff for sharing the house with us as well as the trinkets he found.

I understand that people might hide things in the walls of a home to bring luck to future inhabitants, but I kind of doubt that a hidden corset was intended to bring luck! Of most interest to me were the letters written between 1895 and 1899, proving the house existed prior to the 1900 date built as stated in city records (Jeff tells us there was a fire–believe me, there was ALWAYS a fire–and records that were lost defaulted to 1900) so that was enlightening. These letters were primarily between sisters Mabel and Elena Gertrude Goodwin. We have Goodwins in our family tree so I am working to make a connection. I hope to share more about these letters soon.

Thank you very much Jeff for sharing your home and your interest in history. If you ever get the chance to revisit a home from your childhood, I think you should consider it. Your grandmother’s kitchen holds a special warmth that will flood back regardless of the years gone by. If you get the chance to share your home with a former resident, I also think you should consider allowing it. I think it brings perspective to your life that you might not have considered. Thank you very much Jeff for your graciousness and giving this grandchild some memories back.

Salted Cod grand opening tomorrow, Sunday Feb 5th at 11:30am. We look forward to serving you.
The Salted Cod Arthouse
53 Rocky Neck Ave
Gloucester, MA. 01930
www.saltedcodarthouse.com

Dear Joey,

I would be honored if you were to use in “Good Morning Gloucester” this photograph I took this morning !

My wife Natalya, my son Jim, and I love your work.  We all hope to meet you some time.

Be well.

Ken

Kenneth E. MacWilliams and family

Rockport and Gloucester

Cold Smoking…

Three Men and a Painting  

Just the Facts  

• Castle Hill Productions presents the play ‘ART’ by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton  
• March 10-26, Thursday/Friday/Saturdays at 7pm, Sundays at 6pm  
• The Great House on Castle Hill, 290 Argilla Road, Ipswich  
• Tickets: $28 for Trustees Members/$35 for Nonmembers, available at https://thetrustees.org  

A witty comedy staged in the Great House Ballroom, ‘ART’ explores the relationship between three friends when one of them acquires an expensive piece of modern art. This acclaimed play challenges the idea of value — in art as well as in friends.  

 ‘ART’ is presented without intermission. Run time is approximately 90 minutes.  

 ASL interpretation will be available at the performance on Sunday, March 26 at 6PM.  

 Due to mature themes and language, this play is not recommended for children under 15 years of age.  

 A Little Bit More  

 What if your best friend told you what they really think about the art on your walls? Three friends face this seemingly inconsequential question with life-changing results in ‘ART’, the witty comedy being staged by Castle Hill Productions (CHP).  

While CHP is Ipswich-based — both actor Christopher DeStefano (playing Marc) and director Cynthia August hail from the North Shore town — the group has always drawn additional talent from the greater Boston area and New Hampshire. The cast of ‘ART’ is filled out by Alex Deroo (Serge) from Roslindale and John Manning (Yvan) from Westford.  

 Quotes:  

• “Friendships are a vitally important part of our lives,” says CHP artistic director Kristina Grundmann. “This play exposes fault lines in the underlying scaffolding of the characters’ 15-year relationship. And although the events of the show are unique, the questions it raises are not. Why do friends stick together? What would you do to preserve a relationship? And how does a friendship alter our own identity? These are pretty deep questions for a comedy, but that’s why I chose the script.”  
• “It’s a thoughtful, touching, and funny look at friendships,” says director Cynthia August. “Our cast is extraordinarily talented and doing great work.”