The Tradition of Turkey Day!

I was an assistant football coach from 1982 - 2002 at Manchester/Essex High School and the coach who hired me now has the Thanksgiving Day Trophy named after him, Fran York. It's also named after Georgetown native the late Eric DiMaio.

Coach York was on hand to present the trophy to this years Thanksgiving victor the Manchester/ Essex Hornets who defeated the Georgetown Royals 39-8.

Georgetown now has a new field complete with artificial turf, lights and a new scoreboard. Gone is the old "cow pasture" where depending on the weather it was either mud or ice or both!

Bringing out the chairs.

 Coin toss

 The new Jim Collamore Field

 Face mask! It wasn't caught by the officials.

 Fumble recovered.

 Breaking away!

 Touchdown!

 The ball is in the air.

 He missed the ball!

 Loose ball!

 Clock winding down.

 Handshakes

 Raising the trophy!

 Retired coach Fran York speaks.

 He has the teams attention.

 The talk continues.

 2015 Thanksgiving Champs!

 Kissing the trophy!

From City Hall to Good Harbor Beach!

There is a moving tribute to Cape Ann's living WWII vets at City Hall by photographer Jason Grow. Stop in during City Hall's open times this month and it may run through December.

Also images from the past week.

City Hall auditorium

 Reflection

 City Hall

 A closer look at the tower.

 Cod weather vane!

 St. Ann's Steeple rises above the neighborhood.

 Just installed plaque at the New Balance Track & Field at Newell Stadium.

 A rowdy wet "crowd"!

 Lumber shed at the Building Center.

 Heading in.

 175' USCG Buoy Tender Marcus Hanna.

 Another view

 Thacher Island and the texture of Good Harbor Beach.

 From the tree.

 Moon rises above the beach.

 Reflection

 Under the footbridge and under the moon!

November Light!

November can be a great time for photography. No humidity in the air means a sharp crisp sky, but there are also those rainy days.

Gull on a sacred pearch!

 Fishermen's Memorial

 Good Harbor Beach

 Dusk over downtown.

 Pirates Lane

 Our Lady of Good Voyage

 In the light of a sunset.

 "Challenger" heads past Ten Pound Island in the rain.

 Passing the Breakwater while gulls sit and fishermen fish.

 Dinghies!

 Pink sky!

 The sun has set behind Rocky Neck.

 Gull on a piling.

Rainy night over Gloucester.

More Fall Colors !

A great time of the year to look around and see the change in season.

Annisquam Bridge

 Lobster Cove

 Looking east.

 Looking west.

 Annisquam Light.

 Dune cut!

 Good Harbor Beach boardwalk through the sand dunes.

 Dag plays in the creek.

 A fisherman on the rocks!

 Our lady of Good Voyage

 Sunset over Smith Cove.

 Middle and Pleasant streets.

 Tanks at Ocean Crest Seafood.

 Cruiseport Gloucester