Wednesday, 10/18 – Governor to Announce Affordable Homes Act Today – Peabody Senior Housing Project Withdrawn – Repairs at Gloucester Senior Center

Sports – Details (below) on Hamilton-Wenham’s new boys lacrosse coach / & game notes

Weather – Sun and clouds, Temps to the low 60s

Community News Notes – Photos – Sports

Town of Danvers – Strategic Danvers Interactive Community Workshop

Please join us on Wednesday, October 18 starting at 6 pm for a Strategic Danvers interactive community workshop at Holten Richmond Middle School. This meeting is your chance to get updated on our Strategic Danvers community-wide planning process and to discuss your feedback with fellow residents and our planning team.

We will present our strategic planning process’s draft vision and goals at this meeting and hear your feedback. We need your input to refine these guiding plan elements as we start thinking about strategies for the future. We’ll also share what we heard during our public outreach process this spring and summer and talk about how this informed the vision and goals.

If you are unable to join us in person, you can view the presentation online, https://tinyurl.com/md238ncd. RSVP to help us plan. Additional Info…

City of Peabody

Town of Ipswich – FREE Public Shred Event! Wed., Oct. 18th from 9 am to 3 pm

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Sen. Joan Lovely – Equitable access to women’s healthcare is one of my top priorities. Proud to testify today on two critical bills that would ensure access to 3D mammograms for all, & improve access to postpartum home visiting programs for new parents.

Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll – Coastal communities helped create the maritime economy Massachusetts relies on. Now, we have the chance to revive our waterfronts for the 21st century! Great to talk about building up our blue economy and protecting our coastline with the Plymouth Foundation!

Mount Washington Observatory – The summits have finally emerged from the clouds after a nearly week-long stretch of freezing fog and near-zero visibility. Sunshine this morning revealed a thick coating of rime ice and 4.5 inches of new snowfall resulting from the extended period of wintry weather.

Sports

Hamilton-Wenham Names Jim LaSelva as Boys Lacrosse Coach

Hamilton Wenham announced Jim LaSelva as its next Boys Lacrosse Head Coach today after school in a meeting with returning players.

LaSelva returns to the program he started at Hamilton Wenham back in 2000. He remained the team’s head coach for fourteen years, earning 2006 Division 3 Globe Coach of the Year and several Cape Anne League Coach of the Year honors. His teams won Cape Ann League titles in 2006, 2010, and 2013 and made several deep runs in the State Tournament.

Most recently, LaSelva has been a coach in the town’s Youth Lacrosse programs and was the Head Coach at Beverly High School from 2017-2019. He also assisted the Panthers from 2014-2016.

Ipswich Volleyball – win over Triton, 3-0, Results: 3-0 (25-17, 25-7, 25-11)

Key Players

Claire Buletza: 8 kills

Addison Pillis: 12 kills, 2 blocks

Alex Marino: 13 assists, 2 aces, 100% serving

Emily Hannibal: 10 digs, 6 aces

Next match: @ North Reading 5:30 on Thursday

The Hamilton-Wenham volleyball team defeated the visiting North Reading Hornets 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-16) on Tuesday evening. The Generals were led by the senior trio of Gaby Campbell (13 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks, 1 dig), Hannah Ciriello (27 assists, 1 dig, 1 block assist, 1 kill), and Maddie Wilson (6 kills, 3 digs, 1 ace, 1 block assist) on their senior night.

In addition, Sophomore Morgan Etna continued her recent streak of strong play with 7 kills, 6 digs, and 4 aces, while junior Ava Day contributed 8 digs and 5 aces.

With the CAL victory, Hamilton-Wenham improves their overall record to 12-3.

Triton Regional Schools – Congratulations to PGS 5th Grader Michael Jaworski for being recognized as the first Student of the Month by the School Committee for the 23/24 school year!