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The Hurricane Heads Out to Sea!!

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The Hurricane Heads Out to Sea!!

🙂

http://www.seethewhales.com/

http://www.seethewhales.com/

Video- Schooner Ardelle Essex Built Welcomed To Gloucester

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Pinky Schooner Ardelle Enters New Home In Gloucester Harbor For First Time. Filmed By Barbara Luster

Hurricane Irene Tracking Page

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Hurricane Irene Tracking Page

Here’s a great site to keep  informed on the track of Hurricane Irene.

http://hurricane.terrapin.com/ATL-09A/

http://hurricane.terrapin.com/ATL-09A/

Also, here’s a great site to keep up on the Local Forecast

http://www.capeannmass.com/weather/index.htm

New Addition to The 2011 Gloucester Schooner Festival

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GMG’s Entry in the 2011 Gloucester Schooner Festival Mayor’s Race.

She Maybe Small but she’s sleek and Fast.

We just need a good name for Her.

ANY IDEAS?

http://www.capeannvacations.com/schooner/schedule/

http://schooner-adventure.org/

2011 GLOUCESTER SCHOONER FESTIVAL September 2-5th Excitement Heightens as Fleet Grows!

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The 27th anniversary Gloucester Schooner Festival will take place Labor Day weekend, September 3-4, 2011. It’s Gloucester’s major marine event, with participating vessels coming from ports along the Eastern Seaboard. There will be both large and small vessels—ranging from 19 feet to over 100 feet in length. You will see new boats and old boats, from newly built to over 100 years old! Gloucester’s Thomas E. Lannon, Essex’ Ardelle, Lewis H. Story, American Eagle from Rockland, Maine, The Alabama, Liberty Clipper, Roseway and many more!

The Mayor’s Race is the major event of every Schooner Festival and will take place this year on Sunday, September 4, with over 20 schooners expected to compete for the Esperanto Cup, the Cameron Cup, and the Ramsey Plate. Racing starts on Saturday afternoon with seven classes of traditional small craft, consisting of approximately 50 vessels from 19 to 45 feet long.

“This event is a chance for Cape Ann sailors to celebrate our traditions and also show the visiting competition out on the water how to win.” said Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bob Hastings. “Ultimately, though, it is just a great weekend to plan to be in Gloucester.”

An obvious choice for boat lovers, the Schooner Festival also offers plenty of shore side events. On Saturday, these include Gloucester Maritime Heritage Day, walking tours of Gloucester’s Harborfront (hosted by The Schooner Adventure), the lighted boat parade, and a gala fireworks display over Gloucester Harbor. Sunday morning, a grand Parade of Sail passes the Boulevard promenade (Stacy Boulevard, Route 127) as the large schooners head out to sea for the Mayor’s Race.

New in 2011 is a Schooner Festival Raffle with a two-hour private cruise for 30 guests on the schooner Ardelle as the grand prize. Additional prizes include a Gift Basket from Ryan & Wood Distilleries, two tickets for a cruise aboard the schooner Thomas E. Lannon, and an autographed copy of Festival Chair’s recently published children’s book “The Stowaway Mouse.” Tickets for the raffle will be available on Friday, August 19, from Schooner Festival Committee members and at the Chamber office (978-283-1601).

Corporate support is provided for the Gloucester Schooner Festival from TD Bank and Market Basket. The Festival is planned and organized by the Gloucester Schooner Festival Committee, composed of representatives of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and the City of Gloucester. Further information can be obtained by calling 978-283-1601. For a full schedule of events, go to www.capeannvacations.com/schooner.

High resolution media images are available on-line for download at: www.capeannvacations.com/schooner/mediaimages.

About the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce: The mission of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is to serve as the principal voice of business in Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea, while working to enhance both the economic environment and the quality of life for the citizens of Cape Ann.

THANKS VERY MUCH!!!
Tracy Arabian
Gloucester Schooner Festival Committee

USA Today Travel Writer Laura Bly Came To Gloucester A While Back and Files This Report Today

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Laura Bly swung by the dock on July 8th as part of her tour of Gloucester for a story she would be producing.  Well that story hit USA Today and the internet today.

Travel writer Laura said she decided to write this story after seeing a story that PR firm Matter Communications worked with one of her colleagues on about cruise ships coming to Gloucester. It ran in USA Today in April. Matter Communications is the PR firm in which my pal John McElhenny works and has been hired to promote Gloucester under the stewardship of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce.

Congratulations to the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and kudos to those local businesses who had the vision to hire Matter Communications and lead this positive PR campaign for Gloucester.

You can read it here-

A sea change for Gloucester as it goes fishing for tourists

GLOUCESTER, Mass. – Twenty years ago this October, a howling Nor’easter blindsided the New England coast and sank a Gloucester-based swordfish boat at sea with all six hands aboard. Author and then-resident Sebastian Junger weathered the tempest from town, and his best-selling account of the tragedy, The Perfect Storm, prompted a Hollywood film and a wave of visitors curious to learn more about America’s oldest seaport.

Even before the loss of the Andrea Gail and her crew, rampant overfishing by foreign vessels, dwindling fish stocks and stringent government regulations were deep-sixing a once-vibrant marine economy in Gloucester, less than an hour’s drive northeast of Boston.

Now tourists — including a record 20,000 cruise-ship passengers expected this year — are challenging fishing as the town’s leading economic driver. While parts of the waterfront remain crumbling eyesores, a microbrewery and upscale restaurants have moved in. And that evolution continues to fuel a passionate debate about the close-knit community’s authenticity and seafaring future.

“A lot of the old-timers here are resistant to change,” says Heidi Wakeman, 41, who sells high-end tote bags made from recycled sailcloth at a local shop called Again and Again.

“There’s still a public hunger,” says Wakeman, for the iconic fisherman represented by Gloucester’s “Man at the Wheel,” a statue of an old salt in a slicker and sou’wester gazing resolutely toward the open sea.

I find it incredibly ironic that she writes in the top part of the story with a picture that-

The most iconic structure in Gloucester is the Tarr & Wonson Paint Manufactory, a marine paint factory built in 1863. Vacant since the 1980s, it has been purchased by the Ocean Alliance and will be used as a research and public outreach center.

In light of the proposed demolition.

For the entire Gloucester article from Laura Bly at USAToday click here

Here are some pictures of Laura and I that Craig Kimberly took while he was down the dock-(click pic for slideshow)

and here are some of my photos she used in the story on USAToday-

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Here is good egg Heidi Wakeman who was quoted in the USAToday article talking about her feelings for Gloucester in a GMG interview 3 years ago-

and part II

Photos from Family Business Event in Gloucester

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BANKING & BUSINESS – Discovering The History of Gloucester and Cape Ann Through It’s Family Businesses and Their Stories was an educational program recently held in Gloucester.  The event was produced by the Family Business Association and sponsored by BankGloucester as part of a continuing education series for family business owners.  Pictured (l to r): Mark Grenier, Vice President & Senior Commercial Banking Officer at BankGloucester, Joe Orlando, of Orlando & Associates and author of The Fisherman’s Son, and Bob Ryan, Principal of Ryan & Wood, Inc.  Orlando and Wood served as panelist for the event.

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ALL IN THE FAMILY…BUSINESS – Mark Grenier, Vice President & Senior Commercial Banking Officer at BankGloucester and Al DeNapoli, Partner at Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rogers, PC at Discovering The History of Gloucester and Cape Ann Through It’s Family Businesses and Their Stories.  The event, produced by the Family Business Association and sponsored by BankGloucester was one in a continuing series of educational programs for family business owners, and the first on the North Shore.

Truckee Learns to SUP – Gloucester, MA A Short Film By Timothy Bradley

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Tim writes-

August 13, 2011 – Our four month old Shiba Inu puppy, Truckee, learns to Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP) along the Mill River in Gloucester, MA. Truckee weighs about 15 lbs soaking wet…but she didn’t fall in once! Filmed with my GroPro HD camera. Song: The Kooks – “See the Sun”

 

LOVE IN THE WILD! SEASON FINALE TONITE! NBC the Gloucester Connection!

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My Cousin from the left Coast, Cathy Frontiero Spiro (formally of the Fort!) informs me her Handsome Son Mike (aren’t all Frontiero Men Handsome?) has made it to the Season Finale of “Love in the Wild” http://www.nbc.com/love-in-the-wild/video/season-finale-preview/1347239

Hi, Cousin Paulie–
Tonight is the season finale of ‘Love in the Wild’ (ten pm on NBC) where my son Mike is one of the final contestants.
Hope you get to see this episode.  We are so excited and can’t wait to see the results.  Go Mike and Sam!!

Also, please tell Joey that I loved the new camera’s 16 minute video of his drive from the wharf in E. Glou to Essex –now, how about shooting the same drive from the ‘right’ side of the truck!!? We need fair and balanced coverage. Also appreciated the heartwrenching blog on storm survivor (Cousin Joe Marcantonio, ‘Starbound’) dedicated to our many fishing family and relatives –such a  well-done piece!
 
Sending some warm rays and good Cali weather to all you right Coasters–
Hugs,
Cousin Cathy from California

Check it out if you have nothing to do on the waterfront tonight!

Mike Spiro “His mother’s a Frontiero!”

 http://www.nbc.com/love-in-the-wild/video/week-7/1346302/

That’s Right Baby- We’ve Got Believers!

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Jimmy looks like a stuffed sausage in that t-shirt.  Probably should have gotten an xxl Smile

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Shorpy: Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1905. "Handling a cargo from the fishing banks."

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Click the thumbnail to go to the Shorpy site and see the full sized version

Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1905. "Handling a cargo from the fishing banks." 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

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Representin for GMG!

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HERE ARE SOME FRIENDS FROM MY RECENTLY SEPARATED EMPLOYER REPRESENTIN’ FOR GMG!

David H. (OHIO TRANSPLANT and Big ANTI LEBRON FAN)

Mike Conrad( Gloucester resident and unrepentant Yankee Fan)

 The Beautiful!   JUANA C! ALWAYS THERE FOR ME!!!.

 And Carl (red sox fan and devoted fan of his daughters softball team. even tho he’s from Lynn he’s a nice guy)

Video- Blue Lobster Landed In Gloucester By Lobster Boat The Connemara Bay

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Kevin O’Maley and his crew swung by the dock with a Blue Lobster that they caught just off the Breakwater when lobstering yesterday. Being the stand-up men they are they will be bringing it to The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center so that the community can enjoy checking it out.

Kevin and the boys also charter their boat for full or half day fishing trips. You can find them online at www.cbcharters.com

Go to the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center to check it out. info here-

http://www.gloucestermaritimecenter.org/who_future.html

Thank You Kevin and crew for bringing the lobster to us to share with our readers.

Blue Lobster Landed In Gloucester By The Lobster Boat The Connemara Bay and Headed To The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center

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Kevin O’Maley and his crew swung by the dock with a Blue Lobster that they caught just off the Breakwater when lobstering yesterday.  being the stand-up men they are they will be bringing it to The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center so that the community can enjoy checking it out.

Kevin and the boys also charter their boat for full or half day fishing trips.   You can find them online at www.cbcharters.com

look for the video tomorrow

Go to the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center to check it out. info here-

http://www.gloucestermaritimecenter.org/who_future.html

Thank You Kevin and crew for bringing the lobster to us to share with our readers.

GMG Baby- you saw it first!

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Found on the HardDrive

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Found on the HardDrive

Some Photos from 2008 That never have been seen before.

Gloucester Ride- Main Street To East Gloucester By Way Of Rogers

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Filmed using my favorite little cheapie camera the Kodak Playsport Zx3 which just so happens to be waterproof down to 9 feet under as well as able to take 60 frames per second of video (something that most DSLR cameras costing thousands more don’t even have. Mounted to the bed of my pickup using the Kayalu nClamp mount