Take Back the Night 4/10

~ Gloucester Health Department

Please join us on Monday, April 10th at 6 PM at the Gloucester Police Department for a march and rally led by Mayor Romeo Theken to protest sexual violence. Together we can demand an end to this horrible crime.

For more information, please contact Public Health Nurse, Kelley Ries, at 978-325-5266.

Jeffrey Bolster at the Cape Ann Museum

~ Cape Ann Museum

Jeffrey Bolster and “The Mortal Sea”

Saturday, April 15 at 2:00 p.m.

Join author and Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire, Jeffrey Bolster, for a discussion of his book The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail (Harvard University Press, 2012).

Cost is $5 for Cape Ann Museum members / $10 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Registration required; please call (978)283-0455 x10 or register online at Eventbrite. For more information email info@capeannmuseum.org.

Jeffrey Bolster, The Mortal Sea

About The Mortal Sea, from Harvard University Press:

Since the Viking ascendancy in the Middle Ages, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend upon it for survival. And just as surely, people have shaped the Atlantic. In his innovative account of this interdependency, W. Jeffrey Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world.

The Mortal Sea is available in the Museum’s Online Shop.

Backyard Growers hosts April Break Garden Games & Crafts for Kids

~ backyardgrowersgloucester

Looking for fun kids activities over April break? Bring your child to Backyard Growers for a morning of games, crafts and stories. Your child will celebrate the coming of spring by learning about pollinators, making garden art and planting with their very own herbs! On Monday, April 17th from 10:00-11:30am, we will be doing activities with elementary age children while Tuesday, April 18th from 8:30-10:00am, activities will be geared toward Preschool and Kindergarten age kids. Each program is $20. To find out more and sign your child up, please visit www.backyardgrowers.org. We look forward to playing and growing with your child over April break!

April Break Programming

Ward 4 Community Meeting on Mon April 10, 5PM – O’Maley

~ Chris Sicuranza

WARD 4 COMMUNITY MEETING NOTICE

WALKING SAFETY PRIORITY PLANNING

O’MALEY INNOVATION MIDDLE SCHOOL AREA

MONDAY APRIL 10, 2017, 5 PM

O’MALEY INNOVATION MIDDLE SCHOOL

Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken and Ward 4 City Councilor Valerie Gilman invite O’Maley Innovation Middle School parents and children and residents of the surrounding neighborhood to a community meeting to discuss options for improving walking safety to and from the School. The City anticipates applying for a Complete Streets grant in May to fund the construction of projects supported by the community.

Stephen Winslow, Project Manager for Mass in Motion Cape Ann, will present seven potential safety improvement options many that were developed through a “Safe Routes to School” planning study completed in 2012. The improvement options include:

  1. Constructing a sidewalk along the south side of Reynard Street and improving the crosswalk at Reynard and Cherry Streets;
  2. Widening the sidewalk along Cherry Street from Reynard to the School;
  3. Installing a walkway to connect O’Maley School to Cherry Street;
  4. Widening the sidewalk along Cherry Street from the School to as far as Poplar Street;
  5. Improving crosswalks at the intersection of Cherry and Poplar Streets and adding sidewalks near there;
  6. Constructing sidewalks along all or part of Dr. Osman Babson Road; and
  7. Upgrading the pedestrian crosswalk at Washington / Wheeler Street by adding flashing pedestrian crossing warning signs.

For more information, please contact Mr. Winslow at swinslow@gloucester-ma.gov or Ward 4 City Councilor Val Gilman at 978-283-1993 or vgilman@gloucester-ma.gov.