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Heather Atwood and The Open Door Food Pantry’s Jennifer Perry Pair up to Help Gloucester eat Better! From Adam Bolonsky

Adam writes- Heather Atwood and The Open Door Food Pantry’s Jennifer Perry teamed up last week at Heather’s house to tape a segment on making baked snack chips even kids would eat.  Jennifer’s the Food Pantry’s nutrition development coordinator – … Continue reading

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Adam Bolonsky Requests Recipes For fresh Calamari

Lots of anglers are catching 6" to 8" squid off the inside edge of the Eastern Point Breakwater with Sabiki rigs.  Anyone have a good spicy recipe for what to do with the fresh catch? By the way, now that … Continue reading

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Gloucester Reads Shakespeare Laureen Maher

Adam Bolonsky produces the Gloucester Reads Shakespeare project Larueen reads from "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" at the Beauty Bar on Parker Street. First in a series of locals reading for the Gloucester Reads Shakespeare project at goodmorninggloucester.com. http://www.beautybarstyle.com

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A big thanks to Fisherman’s Outfitter…

Adam Bolonsky writes- A big thanks to Fisherman’s Outfitter who contributed 250-yards of bluefin tuna monofilament line to the upcoming aerial video project Ed Collard, Bill Whiting, the National Fish and Wildlife Service, the Thacher Island Organization and I are … Continue reading

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Hoax Mayday Calls of Gloucester: What they look and sound like- From Adam Bolonsky

Here’s audio and video of the Coast Guard’s response to that hoax mayday call off Gloucester this summer.  Sector Boston had to issue a pan-pan, tying up personnel and channel 16. Meanwhile a fully-crewed motorized lifeboat, one those brawny 47-footers … Continue reading

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Thachers Island Advection Fog Video From Adam Bolonsky

Thachers Island, Rockport: the best overnight deal in town. You can camp there for $5.00 per night. But sometimes the advection fog moves in here fast and thick. Here’s a video shot of launching a sea kayak from the island … Continue reading

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Like they say, be sure to bleed those bluefish…Adam Bolonsky reports

Well, it was a good day yesterday for kayak fishing east of the south tower at Thachers Island west of Londoner reef and the big iron pole. Water temps were in the low 70′s, sun was out, few boats were … Continue reading

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Sean Hurley inks a copper plate etching for printing at his studio at Beacon Marine Basin

Adam Bolonsky reports- Sean Hurley, local artist at work in his studio at Beacon Marine Basin, just one of many artists’ beehives located throughout Gloucester, opens up his studio to Good Morning Gloucester. Watch while Sean runs the first step … Continue reading

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National Fisherman Archives Now Open- from Adam Bolonsky

National Fisherman, the commercial fishing industry magazine, recently opened up its historical archives of east and west coast commercial boats.  Here’s two. One shows the first of the Novi lobster boats built in Plymouth, Ma. at the tiny boatshop on … Continue reading

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Adam Bolonsky Is Looking For A Striper Photo For an Article

Hi Joey; If things go to plan, I’ll have published in the September issued of On The Water magazine a 2,500-word story on striper fishing inner and outer Gloucester Harbor during the fall run. Can you put a call out … Continue reading

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Cape Ann Alphabet Soup From Adam Bolonsky

Adam writes- Cape Ann is as full of abbreviations as its waters are full of lobster. Here’s a quiz. How well do you know Gloucester’s and Rockport’s many institutions? First person to provide all the correct answers for what these … Continue reading

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Video- David Calvo Wood Carving School With Adam Bolonsky

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Rockport Residents Only- Adam Bolonsky Submits

Really now? From the Mass Office of Coastal Zone Management-   Cogswell Farm Landing Rocky shore accessed by public footpath. Limited street parking. From The Rockport Open Space Report 2009-2014 Access to the ocean south of the center of Rockport … Continue reading

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So You Say You Know Gloucester? From Adam Bolonsky

Adam writes- Here’s a quiz for all you locals out there in GMG land.  Can you read the navigation codes for the south lighthouse at Thachers Island off Rockport, the lighthouse at Eastern Point, and the light at the end … Continue reading

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Cape Pond Iceman Larry Memhard Rips it Up at Good Harbor Beach From Adam Bolonsky

Photos Video and Text- Adam Bolonsky Larry Memhard’s dad owns Cape Pond Ice down the Fort. His mom is curator of the Cape Ann Museum. Here’s Larry in action at Good Harbor Beach.  The blurry stills come from a 2-minute … Continue reading

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2011 Saturday Greasy Pole Final Round and Your Champ

Collaboration Between Adam Bolonsky, Joey Ciaramitaro and Sam Hartson All taken from the video footage taken by our man Adam Bolonsky in the 4 part rough cut 2011 Saturday Greasy Pole video series- Part I Part II The Blessing Of … Continue reading

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2011 Saturday Greasy Pole Rough Cut Part III -Arrival At The Greasy Pole

Filmed By Adam Bolonsky For Good Morning Gloucester All taken from the video footage taken by our man Adam Bolonsky in the 4 part rough cut 2011 Saturday Greasy Pole video series- Part I Part II The Blessing Of The … Continue reading

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2011 Saturday Greasy Pole Rough Cut Part II The Blessing Of The Feet

Filmed By Adam Bolonsky For Good Morning Gloucester All taken from the video footage taken by our man Adam Bolonsky in the 4 part rough cut 2011 Saturday Greasy Pole video series- Part I Part II The Blessing Of The … Continue reading

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NE Wolffish Tagging Program Info from Adam Bolonsky

Researchers from the wolffish tagging project are around and about the waterfront these days.  Look for the researchers and their interns offloading from commercial fishing boats chartered for the day to haul and tag wolves at Stellwaggen Bank.  Here’s their … Continue reading

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Adam Bolonsky Likes Bluefish

Adam Writes- Time for a throwdown! Who says bluefish are oily? Not me! Gut and bleed blues in the boat and you’ve got the best-tasting fillets ever. Check out the red and pink dots and lateral line in this one-day … Continue reading

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Geno Mondello’s New Dories for Gloucester Dory Racing: The Best Deal in Town

Adam Bolonsky reports- $60 a year gets you access to the racing dories docked seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at St. Peter’s Square. Join this great organization at internationaldories.com. After you build yourself … Continue reading

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For Adam Bolonsky- The Fence And What It’s Used For On A Lobster Boat- The Degelyse

Many lobster boats have been installing these”fences” along the side of the boat where that is opposite the hauling station.  The fence has several purposes.  Real estate on a lobster boat is valuable, especially if the lobsterman is a real … Continue reading

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The Sinking of The Can Do During the Blizzard of ’78 Audio Tapes

Blizzard of ’78 Massachusetts: The Loss of the Pilot Ship Can-Do in Salem Sound Lobsterman Mike’s uncle Warren was vhf watchstander during the horrific blizzard that sank the Can-Do The Can-Do, a pilot ship based in Gloucester, Ma., set out … Continue reading

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Djahlmer Ray, first-generation Finnish immigrant who lived in Lanesville during the Great Depression Patent For Fishing Reel in 1938

Djahlmer Ray, first-generation Finnish immigrant who lived in Lanesville during the Great Depression, filed this patent for a fishing reel in 1938. His brief for the patent sums it all up: he wanted a reel that was durable, inexpensive to … Continue reading

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Adam Bolonsky Sends In This Lanesville Oral History

Adam Writes- Hi Joey, I cleaned up the audio quality and did some editing of some of the oral histories on file at the Sawyer Free Library. Ray Hjalmer, who worked in Cape Ann quarries, talks in this one about … Continue reading

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