Weather – Sun, clouds, and humidity today, temps to the 80s
Community News Notes – Photos – Sports
Danvers Police Video – St. John’s Prep Swatting Incident – More details in podcast
Peabody Institute Library – This week the Peabody Institute Library has 214 new books and two new movies. New items include My Fault, Children of Time, The Seven Year Slip, The Kingmaker, Hold Me Tight, and The Blue Zones American Kitchen. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=4542
Peabody Institute Library – Join us at the South Branch Library next Thursday for Family Movie Night! All ages are welcome and popcorn will be provided. To register and see what movie is playing, please visit peabodylibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/famil
Lynnfield Library – Join us, July 19th at 6 PM on the Library Mezzanine to hear journalist Nick Zano present 100 Years of Boston Comedy. To attend remotely register at tinyurl.com/LPLZaino
Mass Transportation – Demolition and removal of the existing drop/hung ceiling to facilitate the installation of the new ceiling infrastructure. Existing concrete arch ceiling prep is ongoing. For project updates and real time travel info: mass.gov/sumner-tunnel
Wow! Ms.O'Neill (DHS TV production teacher) did an amazing job with this time-lapse of Smith School's #BRAVE drone picture 🎥 😎 📸 @smitty_bulldogs @tweetDHS
Awesome job Smitty Bulldogs and Ms.O'Neill 👏#DPS #SmithSchool #DHS #brave #drone #videography #photography #community pic.twitter.com/KtlF5llihh
— Danvers MA Schools (@Tweet_DPS) July 12, 2023
Visit Essex, MA – Beautiful bouquets support @essexpubliclibrary #repost This week’s bouquets donated by Holly Read are just gorgeous! Purchase one for $10 to help support future library programming. Library info: conta.cc/3eiDQ9h
Essex Tech – Great day at the annual MASS (Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents) annual summer institute! The energy is contagious.
Sports
LYNN,— Three players who have donned a North Shore Navigators uniform heard their names called over the final two days of the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft, which ran from Sunday night through Tuesday afternoon.
The first two drafted Navs — right-handed pitchers Jay Driver (Harvard) and Austin Amaral (Stetson) — were members of the Northern Division championship-winning team from the organization’s first season back in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) in 2021.
Driver was the ninth-round (No. 278 overall) selection of the Cleveland Guardians, an organization that had not taken a Navigator since 2009. Chosen by the Washington Nationals, Amaral was the No. 465 overall pick in the 16th round.
Current North Shore catcher Jackson Hornung (Kansas State) rounded out the trio of selections, becoming the first Navigator drafted during his summer with the team since 2019 when former North Andover standout Sebastian Keane was chosen by the Boston Red Sox before opting to honor his commitment to Northeastern University.
Hornung followed Amaral as a 16th-round pick, going to the Toronto Blue Jays at No. 484 overall. He is the first-ever North Shore player or alum to be drafted or signed by the Canadian club.
A Wellesley native, Driver spent his first collegiate summer with the Navs before pitching two seasons at Harvard, earning All-Ivy League and All-New England honors following his 2022 debut spring. He struck out 17 batters in his 20.2 innings of work across 11 games (two starts) for North Shore in 2021.
Amaral had an outstanding 2021 season with the Navs, making eight appearances (seven starts) as a member of the regular starting rotation. The righty went 2-3 with a 2.97 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 36.1 innings that summer. He allowed one or fewer earned runs in five of his starts. Amaral also pitched twice during North Shore’s playoff run, working six innings in Wild Card and Northern Division title-clinching victories.
Hornung, who joined the Navs following a stint with the Cape Cod League’s Harwich Mariners, recorded two doubles, two home runs, six RBI and seven runs scored in 13 games this summer. The Ashland native was a two-time Division 3 All-American at Skidmore College who had been slated to spend his graduate season at Kansas State in 2024.
After pitching for North Shore in 2021, Driver and Amaral reunited as teammates on the Cape last summer with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks.
Witches Sports – Nominations are now open for the Salem High School Hall of Fame! Nominate using this link: forms.gle/tqJciLNHuE66Vp or pick up a nomination form at Salem High! The Nomination window closes August 16th
Witches Sports – Thank you to Coach Craig Massey who after 17 years of service to the Salem High Girls Volleyball Program is stepping down. Our program wouldn’t be where it is without all of your hard work and dedication and for that we thank you!
Beverly Boys Basketball – Another good day in the books, beat the heat today in the gym. Coach Seth Stantial of the Beverly Girls Program had the kids getting after it defensively today! Thanks Coach
