NORTH SHORE – Headlines from around the area for Friday: Salem City Council considers trashing plastic bags; Marblehead trail walkers being extra cautious; Registry may still re-locate on North Shore; Rockport changes winter parking ban start date. Below an announcement of on state traffic money from Sen. Bruce Tarr.
North Shore Today daily newscast with Rick Moore and Bill Newell:
Sports
Boys’ soccer: St. Mary’s 2, Greater Lowell 1
Game summary from Spartans coach Mike D’Agostino
Girls’ soccer: Wayland 1, Hamilton-Wenham 0
Release from State Senator Bruce Tarr – Gloucester
Boston – Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) is pleased to announce eight municipalities in the region have been awarded over $89,000 in federal grant funding to improve traffic safety and enforcement.
The grants have been awarded by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Highway Safety Division (EOPSS/HSD) with funding provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Equipment Grant, awarded to West Newbury, provides child safety seats to low income families to be installed during child passenger safety checkup events and at fitting stations. The CPS program also educates parents, grandparents and child caregivers on the proper installation and usage of child safety seats, as well as provides information on age and size appropriate car and booster seats.
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Enforcement and Equipment Grant, awarded to Essex, Ipswich, Wilmington and Georgetown, allows local police departments to fund initiatives that address pedestrian and bicycle safety issues and couple educational projects with enforcement of laws. This is a unique opportunity for localities to mobilize a community to work together in reducing pedestrian and bicycle injuries.
The Traffic Enforcement Grant, awarded to Ipswich, North Reading, Wilmington, Middleton, North Andover and Georgetown, assists in funding High-Visibility Enforcement (HVE) patrols. HVE is a traffic safety approach designed to deter and change unlawful traffic behaviors that combines highly visible and proactive law enforcement targeting a specific traffic safety issue. Issues targeted include campaigns such as “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Click It or Ticket.”
The Underage Alcohol Enforcement (UAE) Grant, awarded to Ipswich, North Reading, Wilmington, and Middleton, provides funding to law enforcement agencies to develop programming to reduce underage drinking and driving.
| Town | Grant Awarded | Totals | |||
| CPS Grant | Bike/Pedestrian | Traffic Enforcement | UAE | ||
| Essex | – | $4,108 | – | $4,926 | $9,034 |
| Ipswich | – | $7,500 | $7,500 | $5,000 | $20,000 |
| Georgetown | – | $6,792 | $7,500 | – | $14,292 |
| Middleton | – | – | $7,500 | – | $7,500 |
| North Andover | – | – | $7,500 | – | $7,500 |
| North Reading | – | – | $7,500 | $5,000 | $12,500 |
| West Newbury | $2,000 | – | – | – | $2,000 |
| Wilmington | – | $4,190 | $7,500 | $5,000 | |
Revere Police are still looking for robbery suspects
Danvers Police Officer Colella has been giving safety talks to students in our elementary schools. Here he is pictured at the Smith School
