Month: February 2017

Gloucester Announces Sunday Night Parking Ban; Schools Closed Monday

~ Chris Sicuranza ~ 1 Comment

Issued by Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken at 2:20PM, Sunday, Feb 12th:

Effective at 6PM tonight, Sunday, February 12th, the city has declared a snow emergency and parking ban on all city streets due to expected heavy sleet, snowfall, and powerful wind gusts. Additionally, Gloucester schools will be closed tomorrow and trash collection will be delayed one day.

Again, starting at 6PM tonight, Sunday February 12th, until 9AM tomorrow, Monday, February 13th, all vehicles are banned from parking on city streets. 

Residents may park in all municipal and school parking lots but must remove their vehicles once the ban has expired at 9AM tomorrow or will be subject to ticketing and towing at the owner’s expense. 

All residents and businesses are reminded that they are responsible for clearing snow from sidewalks adjacent to their property. Please make every effort to shovel out hydrants at or near your homes, and please check on your elderly and disabled. Again, violators of this emergency declaration are subject to ticketing and towing at the owner’s expense.  

Your cooperation during this parking ban is necessary for efficient and safe snow removal efforts.

 To repeat, the City of Gloucester has issued a parking ban on all city streets as of 6PM tonight, Sunday, February 12th, 2017 until 9AM tomorrow, Monday, February 13th, with all vehicles banned from parking on city streets between those hours. Additionally, Gloucester schools will be closed Monday and trash collection will be delayed one day.

Updates will be forthcoming as the storm progresses. Please check the City of Gloucester social media pages or website for further updates at www.gloucester-ma.gov.

Happy Valentine’s Day from The Sargent House Museum!

~ Editors

screen-shot-2017-02-10-at-4-42-05-pm“When the warmest sentiments of the heart are engaged, it is difficult to find words adequate to the sensations they produce.” Judith Sargent Stevens Murray (JSM) to Mr. Murray, Nov 10 1787

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, the Sargent House Museum is sharing excerpts from the love letters and writings of Judith Sargent Murray. Visit our website, and you will receive a free Valentine that you may download, print and send to loved ones. Plus, follow this link to read some of the author’s most touching lines, and learn more.

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City of Gloucester Closed Thursday for Snow Emergency

~ Chris Sicuranza ~ 1 Comment

Tomorrow, Thursday, February 9th the City of Gloucester and all public buildings including City Hall and schools will be closed. Effective at 8:00 AM tomorrow, Thursday, February 9th, the city has declared a snow emergency and parking ban on all city streets due to an upcoming severe snow storm.

From 8:00 AM tomorrow, Thursday, February 9th, until 7:00 AM Friday, February 10th all vehicles are banned from parking on city streets.

Residents may park in all municipal and school parking lots.

Please remove all vehicles from municipal and school parking lots before the parking ban expires at 7:00 AM Friday. School parking lots will be the first areas to be ticketed and towed once parking ban has concluded. Violators of this emergency declaration will be at the owner’s expense. Your cooperation during this parking ban is necessary for efficient and safe snow removal efforts.

All residents and businesses are reminded that they are responsible for clearing snow from sidewalks adjacent to their property. Please make every effort to shovel out hydrants at or near your homes, and please check on your elderly and disabled. All city buildings will be closed on Thursday, February 9th with regular hours planned for Friday, February 10th weather permitting.

To repeat, the City of Gloucester will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, February 9th, with a parking ban issued on all city streets as of 8:00 AM tomorrow, Thursday, February 9th, 2017. The ban shall be in effect until 7:00 AM, Friday, February 10th

Updates will be forthcoming as the storm progresses. Please check the City of Gloucester website and social media for further updates atwww.gloucester-ma.gov

Looking at John Singer Sargent

~ Cape Ann Museum

Dr. Erica Hirshler at the Cape Ann Museum

Thursday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m.

This lecture, presented by Dr. Erica Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts in collaboration with the Sargent House Museum, will explore Sargent’s heralded career and his ties to the North Shore.

Cost is $10 for CAM or Sargent House members /$15 for nonmembers. Space is limited, reservations required. For more information email info@capeannmuseum.org. Tickets can be purchased by calling (978)283-0455 x10 or online at Eventbrite.

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925), The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882. Oil on canvas. 87 3/8 x 87 5/8 in. Acc. #19.124. Gift of Mary Louisa Boit, Julia Overing Boit, Jane Hubbard Boit, and Florence D. Boit in memory of their father, Edward Darley Boit.

Image: John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925), 
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882. Oil on canvas. 
87 3/8 x 87 5/8 in. Acc. #19.124. Gift of Mary Louisa Boit, 
Julia Overing Boit, Jane Hubbard Boit, and Florence D. Boit 
in memory of their father, Edward Darley Boit.

Widely considered an expert in American painting of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Dr. Hirshler has published extensively on John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, Dennis Bunker, William Merritt Chase, and on women artists and collectors. She is particularly interested in the vibrant artistic exchange between the United States and Europe during this period and in questions of national identity. She also studies Boston’s history, art, and patronage. Dr. Hirshler holds a BA from Wellesley College and a PhD from Boston University; she has lectured at museums and other cultural institutions across the United States and abroad.