Daily Archives: May 15, 2012

The Bean Tending Her Bean Garden

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Commercial Fishing: Rome

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Apparently commercial fishing in Rome is alive and well.  In my opinion you can tell how well the boats are doing by how well they are maintained.  These boats are all in good shape and devoid (mostly) of rust so … Continue reading →

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2012 Membership Power Luncheon on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 featuring Massachusetts Department of Transportation Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Richard A. Davey

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Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Membership Power Luncheon The 2012 Membership Power Luncheon Speaker Series kicks off with guest speaker Richard A. Davey, Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Secretary and Chief Executive Officer on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. A key … Continue reading →

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Greg Bover & Frances Fitch on NPR today & Shalin Liu Tonight

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Well you saw it first right here on GMG.  Then the Artist of the week Video Series on gimmesound all last week.  Now Greg Bover and Francie Fitch are on NPR — SEE HERE.  BUT WAIT!  THAT’S NOT ALL.  You can see … Continue reading →

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Mackerel Sky

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Up in the sea of sky a lake of fragmented mackerel clouds drifts in one piece like a school of fish. John Updike - Rabbit, Run

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Battle Royal To Be First In Line At Costco To Buy Industrial Sized Portions Of Toilet Paper.

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Broads were boxing out and taking no prisoners. Best to stand back and let them get in there. Dangerous!

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Wakefield Day Pic From Toby Pett

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Little Blue Row Boat in Rocky Neck

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Community Stuff

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The Best of Rocky Neck 2012 Members Exhibition

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ColdStream at Jalapeno’s

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This Wednesday, May 16, there will be LIVE music at Jalapeno’s Restaurant by the band ColdStream, a four piece acoustic band made up of 2 guitarists, a bass player and a mandolin player. They specialize in three and four part harmonies. … Continue reading →

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Rubber Duck Leftovers

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I don’t know where you been laddie but I see you won first prize! There are fresh teeth marks in that duck’s butt. Now I know when it happened but by who?

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Off to Brooklyn

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Heading to Brooklyn to visit darling daughter Liv and to help her move across town to her charming new apartment. Wish me luck assembling IKEA!

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Special Herb Pomeroy Tribute @ Fuller on Friday 8pm

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Herb Pomeroy’s Big Band ~ To Herb With Love Friday, May 18 ~ 8:00pm @ Fuller School Auditorium Sponsored by gimmeLIVE Summer Concert Series and  BankGloucester Come see the people who performed with Herb Pomeroy at a special tribute concert to … Continue reading →

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Brad Byrd Live At The Landing @ 7 Central this Saturday night

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Rockport resident, Brad Byrd, by way of NY and Los Angeles, will make his first appearance at The Landing at 7 Central this Saturday night.Fresh off of the recent filming of his latest music video, Brad will play songs off … Continue reading →

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“Art, Rocks!” ………..The Movie

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“Art, Rocks!”  The Movie A story of a man and his Rocks. COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU! When I can find someone to make it. http://Art-Rocks.org

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FREE PLUG!

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Show me Yours and I’ll Show you Mine! A call to Artists! Deb Clarke shares her paint box with us. If there are any painters out there that would like to share their Paint box photos with us please email with … Continue reading →

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This morning the Tea Party Ship Eleanor was towed to Boston Photo Kathy Chapman

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This morning the Tea Party Ship Eleanor was towed to Boston. Photographs © Kathy Chapman 2012 http://www.kathychapman.com The Eleanor The original Eleanor was one of several vessels owned by leading Boston merchant, smuggler, and Boston Board of Selectman, John Rowe. … Continue reading →

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GHS Music at City Hall

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Last Saturday, the Gloucester Public School District Arts Festival took over several venues in the center of Gloucester, including City Hall, the Cape Ann Museum, the Sawyer Free Library, Alchemy, and Art Haven. I’ll be posting photos of the displays … Continue reading →

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Can we do away with pennies already?

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Imagine how much time, energy and space we could save by simply eliminating pennies? Can someone explain the reasoning behind not eliminating pennies and making the smallest coin the nickel? Is it true that the value of the commodity copper … Continue reading →

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Cupcakes & More to Celebrate Toad Hall’s 40th Birthday!

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An announcement from the good people at Toad Hall: Toad Hall Bookstore’s 40th Birthday Bash! The Toad Hall 40th birthday party will be on May 19th at Millbrook Meadow, 10:00-11:30 am. All are invited to meet at Toad Hall at … Continue reading →

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Italy Day 5: Praiano and Amalfi

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A lazy start to the day after the huge feast at La Tragliate last night. Up for breakfast on the sunny terrace- cappuccino, croissants, grapefruit juice and sun! The huge yachts look like small sailboats from our high perch above … Continue reading →

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It’s On Baby!

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Post Italy- Last night: Planks, Pushups and Lunges. Hamstrings are not happy with me. Breakfast: Two Egg Whites, Greek Yogurt. Stretching. This is it baby, I’m in it to win it! Motivated.  I’ll be ready to wear the new grape … Continue reading →

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Gloucester Webcam of The Day- Schooner Adventure

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VISIT THE SCHOONER ADVENTURE WEBSITE This Webcam and more can be found at http://www.gloucesterwebcam.com This http://www.gloucesterwebcam.com local webcam portal project was an idea I had last year to have as many webcams streaming from local businesses or organizations as possible … Continue reading →

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Free Tickets To Friday Night’s Berklee College of Music Herb Pomeroy’s Big Band Performance “To Herb with love” (a $40 Value)

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A random person will be selected Wednesday evening at 7:00PM.  To qualify for the contest all you need to do is to follow my twitter account- @Joey_C The Concert will be Friday night May 18th so you can pick up … Continue reading →

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