This month, CATA is starting a new service for senior and disabled customers in Rockport and Gloucester.  Each Wednesday, CATA will pick up at the Rockport and Gloucester Senior Centers in the morning, travel to a different shopping location off Cape Ann, and then return to town in early afternoon.  The list of shopping locations is included in the attached flyer.

The cost is $5 round trip.  For additional information, please call 978-283-7916.

Happy Shopping Rockport Gloucester Mall bus Flyer – REVISED SUMMER 2016

The speaker for the Friday July 8 GAAC meeting will be astronomer Phil Orbanes, with the “Deep Sky Name Game,” a fun examination of all those deep-sky object names that can’t help but leave us baffled. The Running Man nebula, the Flame nebula, the Eagle nebula — look closely; do you see a running man, or an eagle in there someplace? Maybe a flaming eagle? What were astronomers thinking? How on Earth did they come up with those names?

Nebulae of every stripe are some of the most spectacular and colorful objects in the universe, but there is very often no obvious resemblance between names and appearances. Phil may or may not be able to explain some of these choices to us, but we’ll have fun watching him try. Come along on a tour of some puzzling examples of stunning nebulae that will leave you scratching your heads in wonder.

The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club meets at the Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street, at 8:00 pm on the second Friday of the month. There is plenty of free parking, and there is no cost. All are welcome. For more info on the club and its activities please see our website, at http://gaac.us, and our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/GAACpage Follow us on twitter, @GAACster.

Keep your fingers crossed for good weather for the very next evening, July 9th, our second Halibut Point State Park Star Party of the 2016 season. This one will be full of planets and moons from dusk to 10:00-ish, next to the Visitor Center. There is no cost. Please park in the paved lot and walk up to the Visitor Center.

And Look For Special Rainbow Colored Fireworks For the Orlando Victims

Fireworks Fundraiser

 

 

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13th Annual Seacoast 10K Road Race – 2016 Online Registration

Event Date: Saturday, July 16, 2016, Event Time: 8 am
Online registration ends: 7/14/2016 at Noon, EST

Hosted By Friends of Seacoast, the fund raising committee for the Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Gloucester

Date: Saturday, July 16, 2016

Time: 8 am

Location: Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, MA

Race Fees: Pre Registration Fee is $25   Day of Race is $30

Day of Registration starts at 6:30 am at Stage Fort Park

T-Shirts: Guaranteed to all runners who register by July 1, 2016

Cash Awards: We are awarding $300, $200,and $100 for first, second and third place winners for both Men and Women

Age Groups: M/F 1-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+

Questions: JD MacEachern at 978-675-7490

Race Sponsored by: Bank Gloucester and Friends of Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Gloucester