Friday, 5/12 – Newburyport Mayor Reardon on Explosion and Next Steps – Salem’s Pangallo & Harrington on the Issues, Election is Tuesday

News Podcast

Sports Podcast

Salem Candidates for Mayor – Hear the candidates (below) on three topics (audio files)

Newburyport – Busy week in Newburyport, hear from Mayor Sean Reardon (below)

Weather – Sunny and another day in the 80s

Salem Candidates for Mayor – on the issues – Dominick Pangallo / Neil Harrington

Transportation in Salem

How to improve the “downtown” experience”

Salem Budget

Neil Harrington Dominick Pangallo David Olson (Moderator)

Gloucester City Hall – Cleanup continuing after fire; still closed to public.

Old Cape Ann Y site – To be new elderly housing.

Liberty Tree Mall – This could have been your lucky day, Thursday.

City of Newburyport – In this episode of the Mayor’s Corner, Mayor Sean Reardon offers his condolences to the Methuen man who died in last week’s explosion on Opportunity Way. He re-caps the incident, its aftermath and applauds his first responders, particularly the Newburyport Fire Department. Speaking of the NFD, Mayor Reardon has appointed Acting Chief Steve Bradbury as Fire Chief effective June 1st. He is a lifelong Newburyport resident who joined the Fire Department in 1993 as a call firefighter, and became a full-time firefighter in 1996. Last Thursday’s Boards and Commissions Information Night was a huge success. Mayor Reardon thanks all who attended and all volunteers who hosted their respective tables.

Hamilton-Wenham Library – The resident company of Hamilton-Wenham School of Dance, Allegro Dance Ensemble, will perform various dance selections. After the performance, children can take a short dance lesson. Costumes are encouraged! This free program is open to all ages. No registration required.

Sports

Girls Lacrosse – Manchester-Essex 12, Ipswich 6 – For the majority of the game it was neck and neck, with the two teams exchanging goals and staying within a point of each other. But with 13:44 left in the second half Manchester Essex surged ahead and ended the game with 5 unanswered goals.

For the Generals, Evie Bernard dominated the draw circle (8 draw controls) while netting 3 goals. Maisie Leland saw a goal and an assist, while Avery Nistl was successful in both of her free positions, scoring twice and playing well in the midfield.

The star of the Generals’ defense was goalie Ava Vautour, who had an impressive 18 saves against the strong Hornets’ offense.

Hamilton Wenham (8-5, 5-4 CAL) faces Ipswich on Saturday. (report from HW coach Emily Leland)

Girls Tennis – Hamilton-Wenham Girls Tennis team (13-1) (10 – 0 CAL) had an impressive win over Lynnfield (3rd ranked team in D4 power rankings) today sweeping all the matches.

Sky Jara had one of her most impressive wins of the season at number 1 singles with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Paige Martino

Other victors for the Generals were:
#2S Naomi Provost 6-1, 6-0
#3S Chloe Gern 6-1, 6-1
#1D Abby Simon and Sienna Gregory 6-2, 6-1
#2 D Alle Benchoff and Laynee Wilkins 6-1, 6-2

Report from Joe Maher Hamilton-Wenham Girls Tennis

Salem High Boys Lacrosse – Lost in the excitement of the win yesterday- SENIOR DAY. #17 TJ McCarthy #4 Jayden Cannon #12 Will Cuevas Thank you men for all of your perseverance and contributions to the program. Your coaches and teammates appreciate you!!! Salem takes down Revere 7-6 in 4 OT’s. Andreas Bernal with the game winner. Great game both sides