Great White Shark Tagged Off New Zealand Sets Record For Deepest Ever Known Dive
March 31, 2010
The world of technology and advanced electronics continues to help shed light in all of the marine sciences.
A recent press release issued by the New Zealand-based National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) reports that a New Zealand great white shark that they had tagged has set a world record for the deepest ever known dive of 1200 meters (3,937 feet).
“A big shark called ‘Shack’, the biggest shark we have tagged, at 4.8 metres (15.75-ft), has set the world’s deepest great white shark dive record,” says NIWA Principal Scientist, Malcolm Francis. “And he made several other very deep dive records between 1000 and 1200 metres while crossing the ocean. Prior to this, we had recorded several at around 1000 metres, so it’s quite a substantial extension.”
April Fools Four-Mile Road Race, Winner’s Circle Running Club, Salisbury, Saturday, April 3rd
March 31, 2010
Where: Winner’s Circle Sports Bar, Rte. 110, Salisbury, MA ( ½ mile east of Rte. 95).
The Winner’s Circle Running Club is coordinating the 29th Annual April Fools Four-Mile Road Race that will take place on Saturday, April 3rd at 11:00 am.
The race will start at the Winner’s Circle Sports Bar in Salisbury. The pre-race entry fee is $17 (received by 3/25/2010). Race day entry is $20.
Commemorative T-Shirts to first 200 entrants.
The Story of Evelina M. Goulart, its History and Place in the Northeast Fishing Industry, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Thursday, April 1st
March 31, 2010
Where: Waterline Center Essex Shipbuilding Museum 66 Main Street Essex, MA
Symposium on The 20th Anniversary of The Return of the Evelina M. Goulart
The Essex Shipbuilding Museum will hold a special four-part symposium in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the return of the Evelina M. Goulart, a rare transitional dragger built at the A.D. Story Shipyard in Essex, Massachusetts in 1927.
The dragger, returned in 1990, is one of seven remaining Essex-built schooners in existence and has now been on exhibit at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum for longer than most of her sisters survived at sea.
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Valentine’s Grand-Reopening, 12 State Street, Newburyport, Thursday, April 1st
March 31, 2010
Where: Valentine’s, 12 State Street, Newburyport, MA
Valentine’s in Newburyport has moved to it’s new location at 12 State Street and is NOW OPEN!!
You are cordially invited to Valentine’s grand re-opening, including a ribbon cutting ceremony, at their new State Street location on Thursday, April 1st.
Events begin at 4:00 pm with a guest appearance for the official ribbon cutting by City of Newburyport Mayor Donna Holaday
Valentine’s will be toasting its brand new location with champagne and chocolate, and will be passing out promotional items to welcome both its regular and new customers!
Monthly eBrew, Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce eCoast Technology Roundtable, Portsmouth NH, Thursday, April 1st
March 31, 2010
Where: The Press Room, 77 Daniel Street, Portsmouth, NH
The Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce eCoast Technology Roundtable invites the local technology community to the next monthly eBrew meeting on Thursday, April 1st from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at The Press Room on Daniel St., Portsmouth, NH.
The event is open to employees and guests of all local high-tech businesses and the local business community. This is a great opportunity to meet and network with the well established and sizable high tech community in the Greater Portsmouth community. You may see members of the Greater Newburyport high tech community, such as the Newburyport Technical Mixer Group (TEBUMI), at the monthly eBrew events.
Great Old Book Sale Members Preview Night, Newburyport Public Library, Wednesday, March 31st
March 31, 2010
Where: Newburyport Public Library, 94 State Street, Newburyport, MA
The Friends of the Newburyport Public Library opens the GREAT OLD BOOK SALE with a Members Preview Night in the Library Program Room on Wednesday, March 31st from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
This event is open and free of charge to Friends of the Newburyport Public Library members. Membership is available in advance and at the door.
Note: Advance Numbered Entry Tickets Will Be Available To Members Starting At 4:00 PM.
Proceeds from the Great Old Book Sale benefit the Library’s collections and programs.
The Great Old Book Sale will run from Thursday, April 1st through Saturday, April 3rd.
The following kinds of items will be for sale:
- paperback and hardcover books
- audiotapes
- videotapes
- DVDs
- music CDs
- record albums
- fine periodicals.
Presentation:North Atlantic Salmon And Their Merrimack Migration, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newburyport, Saturday, April 10th
March 31, 2010
When: Saturday, April 10th, from Noon (12:00 pm) to 1:30 pmWhere: Meet at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA.
The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is offering a free presentation, North Atlantic Salmon and their Merrimack Migration, on Saturday, April 10th at its Visitor Center in Newburyport.
You may have seen the aquarium in the Refuge’s Visitor Center and wanted to know more about the eggs inside. Come learn about these amazing fish as refuge staff teach about the life cycle and natural history of these travelers of the Merrimack.
No registration required for this presentation which will take place in the Refuge Visitor Center Auditorium. Space will be limited to its capacity.
Where To Meet:
Meet at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA
For more information, visit the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge website.
Piping Plover Workshop, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newburyport, Saturday, April 3rd
March 28, 2010
When: Saturday, April 3rd, from 10:00 am to 11:30 amWhere: Meet at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA.
The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is offering a free Piping Plover Workshop on Saturday, April 3rd at its Visitor Center in Newburyport.
Come and learn about this amazing bird. You’ll learn about the natural history of the piping plover, participate in some plover activities, and even help to make a plover display. That display will be used to educate others about this bird listed by the federal government as a threatened species, as well as what we do to help it.
Space in this program is limited, so advanced registration is required.
Wednesday Morning Hike, Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail, March 31st
March 28, 2010
Where: Meet at Town Landing on East Street, Ipswich, MA.
Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee Sponsored Hikes
You are welcome to join the Wednesday morning hikes that are sponsored by the Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee.
An informal group meets at the Town Landing on East Street, Ipswich at 9:30 am on each Wednesday from mid September to mid June. All are welcome.
The morning hikes explore the woods and trails in and about Ipswich. There are eleven miles of marked trails in Ipswich, Massachusetts, including a portion of the Bay Circuit Trail. These trails are maintained by members of the Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee (IBCTC) with other volunteers, including Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and other organizations in Ipswich.
For More Information
For more information or if you have any questions, please call 978-356-7196.
Wednesday Morning Birding On Cape Ann, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, March 31st
March 27, 2010
When: Wednesday, March 31st, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pmWhere: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Cost: $15
The Mass Audubon Society’s Joppa Flats Education Center offers a Wednesday Morning Birding program from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
If you’re one of the lucky ones that has time available during the week, join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette and USFWS veteran David Weaver for this weekly birding field trip in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. It’s a great way to observe birds in the area and identify some of the better locations for finding them when on your own.
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