Tag: gloucester

Letters To Annabelle Shot In Gloucester Episodes 1-5

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4&5

Information-

INFO: LTA is a no-budget/non profit web series brought to you by Independent filmmakers from the New England area. The entire series was shot primarily in Gloucester, MA over the course of 5 days. It was shot on the Canon 5D Mark II and 60D.

Special thanx to: Ryan and Wood Inc., Distilleries(ryanandwood.com/), Rich Hersey, Ms Yami Cartagena, Paul Lucci and Anthony “Bonez” Colarusso for helping out.

EXTRA SPECIAL THANX to the town of Gloucester, MA for allowing us to shoot there.

LIKE the fan page for all the updates: facebook.com/LettersToAnnabelleSeries

Hope everyone enjoyed this lil’ series.

Christmas Morning Sunrise from Brianmoc

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Know how tough it is to get the detail in those clouds with the sun bearing down the barrel of your lens?  Not many do it better than Brian.

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Check out Brian’s Site Here

Where’s The Grand Isle Been? We Got The Pics From Gloucester’s Cutter Rebuild At The Coast Guard’s Baltimore Yard

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Gloucester’s Coast Guard Cutter The Grand Isle was supposed to go for a simple overhaul lasting 8 weeks down in the Coast Guard’s Baltimore Shipyard.  26 weeks later and a ginormous laundry list of unexpected repairs has the Grand Isle crew eager to get back in the water and home to Gloucester.

Chief, Response Department  Thomas Morkan forwarded these pictures which will show you the repairs to the Grand Isle and the very next picture will be of the same exact position aboard sister ship The Jefferson Island for comparison’s sake.

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First Pic Coast Guard Cutter Jefferson Island

Aft Berthing Grand Isle- Racks Removed,Lockers Removed, 25% of Decking Removed

Picture Right- Same Space aboard the Grand Isle During It’s Overhaul

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First Pic Engine Room Jefferson Island 28th September,2011

Second Pic Grand Isle Same View

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Left Pic Jefferson Island Engine Room Aft View

Right Grand Isle Both MDE’s Removed, Both Generators Removed, Exhaust Removed

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Left: Forward Passageway Jefferson Island

Right: Forward Passageway Grand Isle berthing stripped of racks and decking

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Left:Jefferson Island Galley

Right: Grand Isle Galley- All Equipment and Storage Removed

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Large Pieces Of Hull Plating On Gloucester’s USCG Cutter the Grand Isle Were Replaced One By One To Reduce Chances Of Hull Twist

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Both Shafts and Props Were removed.  Aft Steering Stripped (Steering Gear,Battery Chargers, AC System)

In Total More Than 500 Square Feet Of Hull Plating Replaced

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All photos courtesy Chief, Response Department  Thomas Morkan.

What many people may not know is that the entire crew of the Grand Isle has been removed from Gloucester and is with the Grand Isle in Baltimore.  When they left they thought they were going for a simple overhaul lasting 8 weeks.  Now going on 26 weeks they are most eager to return to their home port as our Gloucester USCG Cutter, The Grand Isle.

Stay tuned for updates to the overhaul and interviews with the crew, only here on www.goodmorninggloucester.com

Joan of Arc rides off into the sunset

Posted on by Matthew Green

The statue is facing the American Legion building on Washington Street in Gloucester.

The Sky is Looking Down on Fitz Henry Lane Photo From John Wheeler

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Do you see him? He’s keeping an eye on Fitz Henry Lane.

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Get Down To The Lobster Trap Tree For Tonight’s Tree Lighting Tonight at 5PM!

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2011 GMG Shop Gloucester Initiative- The Villiage Silversmith

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Another day- another merchant featured in our annual Holiday push to bring you more reasons to shop local.

Colin Connor and Justin Sander catch some waves between afternoon meetings

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Colin Connor and Justin Sander catch some waves between afternoon meetings. Their compost business BLACK EARTH HAULER, is a food waste recycling service for creators of organic waste on Cape Ann.

Photographs © Kathy Chapman 2011
http://www.kathychapman.com

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BLACK EARTH HAULER
http://www.blackearthhauler.com/

Get Your Letters to Santa In!

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa

Don’t forget to write your letter to Santa!  You can conveniently drop your letter off at the Gloucester Post Office and it will be delivered straight to the North Pole.

I’m writing mine right away!
~Alicia

Art at the Annie

Posted on by Matthew Green

If you haven’t made it over to the Annie yet to see the art on display, you still have time!   The exhibit will be open Saturday, Dec. 3, 3PM-7PM, and Thursday Dec. 8, 5PM-9PM.

I stopped by today, and it was well worth it.  There is quite a collection of beautiful art available for purchase, and artists are on hand for friendly chats about their artwork.

When I first got to Gloucester a few months ago, it took me a while to find "the Annie", not knowing to look for the "Blackburn Tavern"...
One of the two rooms in the exhibit
Artist Kerry Mullan with her beautiful "pets". She also has other sculptures and paintings on display. And she's a musician too...
Alice Garder paints these colorful images of Gloucester - and shares my interest in origami too! (she is folding a crane in this photo...)
Marion Hall stands by her marvelous watercolors
There was also live music!

Stop by if you can! Maybe you can pick up a nice piece of authentic Cape Ann art as a Christmas present for a friend.

Sunset Snapshots

Posted on by Matthew Green

It seems I’m specializing in sunrises and sunsets recently, but they have just been so beautiful, I can’t resist!

Sunset behind the steeple of the Unitarian Church
This church looks beautiful in the evening!
A waxing crescent moon looks down on Gloucester

Monday’s Sunrise From Brianmoc and Skip Montello

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Check out Brian’s Site Here

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Skip Montello writes-

Hi Joey,

The Cape Ann sunrises lately have been fantastic to say the least…here is one from this morning as the sun just up off the horizon behind the twins at Thatcher.

"Twins Dawn"

North Coast Angler www.northcoastangler.com

Skip Montello Photos www.skipmontellophotos.com

Saint Ann’s Bell Tower – Without A Net! Photos Forwarded By The Infamous Fred Buck From The Archive’s At the Cape Ann Museum

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The Infamous One Writes-

joey – here’s a few photos from the cape ann museum archives dating from november 1946.  they were taken by norman swett, a bridgetender at the cut bridge, who was also a very active and accomplished free-lance photographer.  the pix were donated to the museum about 10 years ago by jane douglas, widow of one of the steeplejacks in the group photo (thomas douglas, 3rd from left in back row).  hope nobody gets queasy looking at these guys doing their work like it was nothing special.  if anybody has any ideas on the reason for the rebuild, i’d love to hear them.  happy t-day!  infamous.

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Just one more in a long list of contributions to GMG from our FOB Fred.  If you haven’t figured out by now the vast number of treasures located in the archives which are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (this means you) then god help you!

You have got to get your ass down there and a crappy rainy day like today would be the perfect day to do so!  Say hey to Fred down in the archives and ask them to look something up for you if there is something from Gloucester’s past that interests you.  they get off on that kind of stuff.

For more info about The Cape Ann Museum click the link below-

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