Bring your family by on June 11 from 12:30 to 5:00 to see what’s new, make your way down Harriet Webster Pier down to our newly installed pier, and meet our new aquarium critters! We are ready to show our stuff including sharks, ground fish and cool crabs!

Enjoy half-priced admission and special programs-Shark and Aquarium Feeding at 2:00 pm and Fish Printing at 3:00pm. Also, Ardelle is sailing at 1:00 pm. Book your trip HERE.

We’ll open at 12:30 on Sunday June 11th (normally 10:00).

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Captain Harold Burnham and his crew have lots of great plans for the Ardelle during Sail Boston 2017. Visit their website to see the schedule and to order tickets. Sail Boston will be an extraordinary experience that you don’t want to miss. As always Maritime Gloucester members get a discount on Ardelle tickets!

Friday’s program at the Lanesville Community Center will feature a presentation by our own Paul Duval on his September 2015 trip to the Deutsches Museum in Munich, home to a remarkable astronomy exhibition.

The exhibits included a planetarium and even an amateur astronomy exhibit. Paul went on a one hour inter-planetary walk through a scale model of the solar system, and got a chance to observe through a number of exotic and historic telescopes.

In addition to the featured presentation by Paul Duval, Friday night is also Jim Koerth night at GAAC. Jim, one of GAAC’s founding members, will be pulling up stakes and moving to North Carolina in the next few weeks, so come in, have some cake, and say bon voyage to an original GAAC stalwart.

You won’t want to miss Jim’s farewell or this colorful record of Paul’s trip — come early for a good seat, good things to eat, great conversation, and to see and hear all about adventures of a GAACster in the Deutches Museum.

The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club meets at 8:00pm on the second Friday of every month at the Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street in Lanesville. For more info on the club, see the website, Facebook page, or follow the club on Twitter, @GAACster.

Come to Stage Fort Park from 3:00-6:30 this Thursday to enjoy the view while you shop for delicious fresh fruit, vegetables, bread, cheese, pastries, and more! Browse our craft vendors, get your knives sharpened, listen to live music, and eat dinner while your kids play on the playground!

Check out our full list of vendors at capeannfarmersmarket.org!

The Cape Ann Farmers Market accepts EBT/SNAP, WIC Coupons, Senior Farmers Market Coupons, and cash.

Free parking at Stage Fort Park during the market! Come enjoy the sun!

We are in the midst of Small Business Week here on Cape Ann! The Luncheon on Friday is already sold out but we invite you to join us at the receptions in each community to celebrate the winners!

Manchester Reception
Last night we celebrated Manchester Small Business Person of the Year, Jay Siblukin of Allen’s Pharmacy. Thank you to 7 Central for hosting and to everyone who joined us!

Rockport Reception | Tuesday, June 6, 2017 | 5-7 PM
Location: My Place by the Sea, 68 Bearskin Neck, Rockport
Small Business Persons: Matt & Missy Anzivino, Rockport Inn & Suites
RSVP HERE

Gloucester Reception | Wednesday, June 7, 2017 | 5-7 PM
Location: The Studio Restaurant
Small Business Person: Greg Bover, C.B. Fisk
RSVP HERE

Essex Reception | Thursday, June 8, 2017 | 5-7 PM
Location: Shea’s Riverside Restaurant & Bar
Small Business Person: Georgeanne Richards, Sea Meadow Gifts & Garden Shop
RSVP HERE

The Gloucester Rotary Club has named Joseph Ciolino and Mara Destino as Paul Harris Fellows, the prestigious award named after the Chicago lawyer who founded the Rotary movement in 1905. Ciolino was selected by a club committee of previous recipients of the award, while Destino was chosen by members of the Interact Club, the very active group of Gloucester High School Junior Rotarians. Ciolino and Destino will be honored at a special dinner on Wednesday, June 14, at Cruiseport Gloucester, located at 6 Rowe Square in downtown Gloucester. The social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Joseph Ciolino was born in Gloucester and graduated from Gloucester High School before attending Wentworth Institute in Boston and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After college, Joe began his career in 1970 at the Building Center in Gloucester, where he spent 21 years, rising in the company to become Store Manager and Vice President. He later managed Three Lanterns Ship Supply for three years, but the highlight of his work’s life came in 1991 when he opened The Weathervane Gift Shop on Main Street in downtown Gloucester.

Joe is heavily involved in the political life of the community, serving as Ward One City Councilor (2002-2006), City Councilor at Large (2008-present), and as City Council President since January 2016. Ciolino has been a member of the Gloucester Rotary Club since 1992 and was its President in 2004/2005. He was a founding member and is currently a Director of the Gloucester Downtown Association. Ciolino is Vice President of the Board of Directors of the North Shore Health Project and a Corporator of the Sawyer Free Library. Former affiliations include Addison Gilbert Hospital and North Shore Red Cross. Joe and his wife Joan have been married for almost 30 years and reside in Gloucester.

Mara Destino was born in Seekonk and moved to Gloucester in the mid-1990s. Mara has an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from the University of Rhode Island and a graduate degree in Early Childhood Special Needs from Wheelock College, and has put her training to great use in her professional life over the past 25 years. She has taught a variety of preschool classrooms in Brookline school system, at Sandy Bay Preschool, at St. Ann’s School, and currently at Cape Ann Preschool.

Mara’s resume includes the quote “working with children is my passion.” She has exhibited that passion not just in her career, but also as a volunteer for several community groups, including Our Lady of Good Voyage and the Cape Ann YMCA. Mara is especially proud of her role as Founder and Co-chair of the Adaptive Lacrosse Program, designed to provide girls and boys with physical, learning, and/or cognitive disabilities the chance to learn the game of lacrosse in an appropriate environment. Established in 2012, the Program now numbers 30 adaptive players and over 75 mentors who assist in skills development.

Mara and husband Alex have been married for almost 22 years and reside in Gloucester. They are the proud parents of Tess (20), Maggie (18), and Tucker (14).

Tickets to the Paul Harris Distinguished Service Award Dinner are $47 per person and may be reserved by contacting event Chair Steve Kaity at 978-879-1051. The Dinner is open to the general public, and friends and colleagues of Ciolino and Destino are encouraged to attend.

The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2017 Cape Ann small business persons of the year, all of whom will be recognized during Cape Ann Small Business Week, June 5- 9. This year’s honorees are Jay Sibulkin of Allen’s Pharmacy in Manchester, Greg Bover of C.B. Fisk, Inc., in Gloucester, Matt and Missy Anzivino of Rockport Inn & Suites in Rockport and Georgeanne Richards of Sea Meadow Gifts in Essex. All will be saluted at the Chamber’s 37th Annual Small Business Week Luncheon on Friday, June 9, beginning at 11:30 AM at The Essex Room at Woodman’s, 125 Main Street, Essex. State Senator Bruce Tarr will be the keynote speaker at Friday’s awards and recognition luncheon, where five area high school graduating seniors will also be recognized as 2017 Cape Ann scholars.

Every year since 1981 the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce has set aside the first week of June as Cape Ann Small Business Week, to honor the achievements of Cape Ann’s small business entrepreneurs and their employees, and their contributions to the economic vitality and community life of Cape Ann. This year’s Cape Ann small business persons of the year will also be honored individually at complimentary evening receptions in their respective communities during Small Business Week. The Manchester reception for Jay Sibulkin will be held on Monday, June 5 at 7 Central; the Rockport reception for Matt and Missy Anzivino will take place on Tuesday, June 6 at My Place by the Sea; the Gloucester reception will be held on Wednesday, June 7 at The Studio Restaurant; and the Essex reception will be at Shea’s Riverside on Thursday, June 8. All four community receptions will go from 5 to 7 PM. Please visit capeannchamber.com for the complete Cape Ann Small Business Week schedule.

Friends, family members, and colleagues of all small business honorees are invited and encouraged to attend the receptions and the luncheon. There is no charge for the community receptions. Tickets for the luncheon are available to all for $30. To register online, please visit capeannchamber.com.

For more information, please contact Kerry McKenna at kerry@capeannchamber.com or call the Chamber at 978-283-1601.

Join us at Stage Fort Park from 3:00-6:30 this Thursday June 1 for our first market of the season!!!

Come enjoy the gorgeous view from Stage Fort Park and get your fresh, local strawberries, greens, basil, and pastured heritage chicken. Let your kids play on the playground while you enjoy live music, check out the beautiful work of local artisans and chat with friends!

See all of our vendors at capeannfarmersmarket.org