Cement added, replaced a few more boards, tightening of bolts, straightening of signs, and GMG signature.
DPW Phil, job well done and timely……
Tag: Good Harbor Beach
Back On March 30th I posted the Over Under Poll For Completion Of The Good Harbor Beach Footbridge Poll-Here Were The Results
On March 30th I pegged the over under in the podcast we taped that day with Paul Morrison and Paulie Walnuts as the Third Saturday In May and I took the under based on the City wanting to have it open in time for Memorial Day Weekend-
GMG Discussion With Host Joey C, Paul Frontiero and Paul Morrison
Posted on March 30, 2013 by Joey C
Most took the over. Coming Down To The Wire.
See Manny, David Cox and Kim Smith’s Posts-
Foot Bridge Repair – Day Five
Posted on May 10, 2013 by Manuel F. Simoes
Good harbor footbridge
Posted on May 10, 2013 by David B. Cox
Foot Bridge Repairs – Day Four
Posted on May 9, 2013 by Manuel F. Simoes
Good Harbor Beach Footbridge Almost Ready for Fun!
Posted on May 9, 2013 by Kim Smith
and Charlie Carroll’s Photo-
photoshop city baby
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Good Harbor after the rain
The fog was lifting after the rain on Thursday. It was really pretty.
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Waiting to Bloom
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Foot Bridge Repair – Day Five
Amazing how much was accomplished in just Five days. There is still more work to be done, such as replace the iron railings in the center structure, and secure some more of the under carriage.
My thanks to the DPW work crew that put up with me for the past week, taking photos and just getting in their way.
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Keeshond Dog – A very interesting looking Dog
On one of my walks I came across a Keeshond dog, I had to take a photo of his face.
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Foot Bridge Repairs – Day Four
More work being performed on the under carriage, replacing many old boards, and repalce more than expected railings.
Inspecting scheduled, for later this week, and public access set for sometime next week.
Also see Kim’s post on same subject.
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Good Harbor Beach Footbridge Almost Ready for Fun!
Not yet fully functional with still a few wobbly, rotted, and missing boards, but any day now the footbridge will be ready for summer fun. I walked along the marsh edge early this morning and saw a single Great Egret, cormorants, gulls, geese, ducks, robins, and a Mourning Dove. I put my feet in the water and it was numbingly cold, but that didn’t prevent a half dozen paddle boarders from enjoying the foggy frigid surf.
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Old Foot Bridge washed up in the marsh
Is this the portion of the old foot bridge washed up in the marsh?
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Foot Bridge Repair – Day Three
The Gloucester DPW gang lead by Phil, looks like they are on target to get this ICON completed.
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Clean Up starts on Good Harbor Beach
Charlie Nicastro maintains the Number One Rated Beach in Massachusetts, he has been doing this for Thirty-One Years.
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Argentinean woman balances on Footbridge
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Foot Bridge Repairs–End of Day One
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GloucesterCast Taped 4/28/13 With Host Joey Ciaramitaro and Guest Alicia DeWolfe
GloucesterCast 4/29/13 With Host Joey Ciaramitaro and Guest Alicia DeWolfe
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Topics Include:
9:42 Good Harbor Beach Footbridge Poll
13:00 Mayor Kirk
18:30 Coffee Roll Or Cannoli
20.25 Styrofoam Cups vs Paper Cups
26:06 Cotton Is For Suckers
27:20 Cross Fit Cape Ann
29:15 Muffy White
32:12 Manscaping
35:15 Joey’s Use Of Female Hygiene Products
35:53 Manly Scented Sunscreen
40:27 Laurie Lufkin Click Marketing
42:10 Alicia On Social Media
46:00 Brianmoc
47:30 The Idea Behind GMG
56:30 19 Again
58:00 LMGTFY
If you only listen to one of our podcasts let this be the one. I had so much crazy fun with Alicia.
Here are some memorable quotes from our discussion-
“Should I brace myself? Should I put my seatbelt on?”
“Powder fresh in my nether regions”
“Cotton Is For Suckers”
“Picture late 70’s early 80’s porn”
“Need a machete down there to get to the good stuff”
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GloucesterCast With Host Joey Ciaramitaro and Mayor Carolyn Kirk Taped 4/28/13
GloucesterCast With Host Joey Ciaramitaro and Mayor Carolyn Kirk Taped 4/28/13
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Topics Include: Kim Smith, What Brought Carolyn Kirk To Gloucester, Bill Kirk- Playa, Steve Winslow, Grant Writing, Area Mayor Group Meetings, Gloucester School Infrastructure, Handling Criticism, Gloucester Times Comment Section, Good Harbor Beach Footbridge, Allocating City Resources, Thanks For This Place
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GloucesterCast Podcast 4/25/13 With Guest Kim Smith
GloucesterCast Podcast Taped 4/25/13 With Host Joey Ciaramitaro and Guest Kim Smith
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Topics Include:
Spring, Planting, Mayor’s Poll On Good Harbor Beach Footbridge, Kim’s Black Swallowtail Butterfly Movie, Community Milkweed Planting Project, Kim’s Prius, Paul Morrison and Coyotes, Duckworth’s Bistrot, Craig Kimberley’s Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Premiere at The farm Bar and Grille, Feeling Like Your Live On Vacation In Gloucester
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Good Harbor Beach Footbridge Photos
Heading down to take pictures and came face to face with this Coyote back in 2008-
Halverson/Oconnell Wedding At Dawn Good Harbor Beach 7/12/08
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Under Foot Bridge – New England Charm
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Mayor Kirk Asks You To Vote In This Good Harbor Footbridge Poll
Mayor Kirk is asking for community feedback-
Hi Joey,
We have a bit of a dilemma regarding the Good Harbor Beach footbridge.
The estimate we have for repairs is $65,000. This is basically a temporary fix and carries the risk of being washed away during the next big storms. Also, the Conservation Commission is throwing down the gauntlet on any more temporary fixes.
An alternative would be to have the broken section be replaced with an aluminum boat ramp-like structure. It would have a synthetic decking, four feet wide with railings, and hook in on just the ends (no pilings necessary). Total cost of this fix is $20,000, the ramp would be made here in Gloucester by a Gloucester company, and could be finished within 3 weeks. It could be removed in the event of a hurricane as well.
So I gotta ask GMG readers, which would you rather?
New England Charm? ($65,000 wooden temporary repair)
Or
Yankee Ingenuity? ($20,000 aluminum repair on broken section, rest would remain wood).
Your readers probably photograph / paint this view more than most so we thought we’d start here to gather feedback.
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Good Harbor Beach – Kite Flying Barely
There wasn’t enough wind to get this big kite flying high, but fun to watch.
