Poetry About Dogtown by Diana Rose Lynch
October 07, 2022 / A Local Favorite, Art and Music, Good to Know, Outdoor Adventures, Things to Do & SeePoetry About Dogtown | Diana Rose Lynch Dogtown provokes two very large themes in my poetry. The first theme is the courage people exhibit when faced with the daunting task of survival. I researched Dogtown to find out about how history had remembered two women in particular, Ester Carter and Sarah Jacobs Philips, two citizens… Read more »
Read MoreDog Days of Autumn
October 05, 2022 / Good to Know, Local Characters, Outdoor Adventures, Things to Do & See, UncategorizedDog Days of Autumn | Heidi Wakeman Good Harbor Beach is considered one of the best and most scenic beaches in New England. During summer months, both locals and tourists flock here to take in the sun, play in the surf and relax with the family. With the new prepaid parking system, the traffic has… Read more »
Read MoreThe Great Gloucester Pumpkin Expedition
September 29, 2022 / A Local Favorite, Art and Music, Food and Drink, Good to Know, Local Characters, Things to Do & See, UncategorizedThe Great Gloucester Pumpkin Expedition | Kathleen Williams Several millennia before Samuel de Champlain tossed his anchor into Le Beau Port, and before Captain John Smith figured out how to spell “Tragabigzanda,” there were…pumpkins. In fact, scientists estimate that pumpkins have been around for more than 9,000 years, or slightly longer than it takes the… Read more »
Read MoreFall Poetry by Gloucester’s Jennie Meyer
September 29, 2022 / Art and Music, Good to KnowFall Poetry from Gloucester | Jennie Meyer As a Cape Ann native, the sea calls to me, as it has called to so many who have lived or visited here throughout the years, as it called to the Pawtucket people who first dwelled on these shores. And I respond. I walk Good Harbor Beach, off-season,… Read more »
Read MorePoet’s Day Off: A Writer’s Eye on Downtown Gloucester
September 29, 2022 / A Local Favorite, Art and Music, Food and Drink, Good to Know, History/Maritime, Outdoor Adventures, Things to Do & SeePoet’s Day Off: A Writer’s Eye on Downtown Gloucester | Adam Tessier I learned quickly, as almost every aspiring writer does, that I’d probably never earn a living from poetry. Almost no one is a full-time poet. But the fantasy is potent: to travel through life collecting images, words, experiences, and then transform them into… Read more »
Read MoreThe Perfect Hike for Spooky Storytelling
September 29, 2022 / Good to Know, Outdoor Adventures, Things to Do & SeeThe Perfect Hike for Spooky Storytelling | Gloucester Writers Center In the woods of West Gloucester, find otherworldly landscapes to share your spookiest tales. A sea serpent. A mysterious light. Two ghostly lovers, forever in their surfside castle. Whether simply unusual or bloodcurdlingly frightening, stories of supernatural phenomena and encounters have been part of the… Read more »
Read MoreBiding the Tides in Gloucester
September 29, 2022 / Outdoor Adventures, Things to Do & SeeBiding the Tides in Gloucester | by Bob Goodman An often-overlooked Gloucester and Cape Ann treasure are its dramatic tides. On average, the tidal range is anywhere between eight and eleven feet spanning low and high tides. (In contrast, the tidal range in Sag Harbor, Long Island is just two-to-three feet, on some beaches barely… Read more »
Read MoreInspiring Ride: Circling Gloucester by Bike
September 29, 2022 / Outdoor Adventures, Things to Do & SeeInspiring Ride: Circling Gloucester by Bike | Gloucester Writers Center With summer in the rear-view, the ring road encircling Gloucester and Rockport offers big, inspiring views—and a bracing ocean breeze. Half of Gloucester lies on the mainland. The rest shares an island with Rockport—which was, incidentally, part of Gloucester until 1840. Massachusetts Route 127… Read more »
Read MoreSpending Time In Deer World
September 29, 2022 / A Local Favorite, Good to Know, Outdoor Adventures, Things to Do & SeeSpending Time In Deer World | By Heather Atwood Dogtown’s northern edges stitch to the Gloucester and Rockport neighborhoods that run along the shore: Pigeon Cove, Folly Cove, Lanesville, Hodgkins Cove. That stitching creates a zone where half-wild meets backyard. Every morning I begin my run along Granite street in Folly Cove, and turn… Read more »
Read MoreStep Into The Past In Dogtown
September 29, 2022 / A Local Favorite, Good to Know, History/Maritime, Outdoor Adventures, Things to Do & SeeStep Into the Past in Dogtown | Gloucester Writers Center A “ghost town,” most sources call it. But once you set foot in Dogtown, you’ll see just how alive it really is—with flora and fauna, history and mystery. Spanning thousands of acres at the heart of Cape Ann, Dogtown—like the rest of Gloucester—sits on… Read more »
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