Thursday, November 7: Fire Destroys 6-Family Apartment Building in Peabody…Beverly and Gloucester Teachers Threaten to Go on Strike

Weather – Partly cloudy….mid 60s

Community Announcements – Photos – Sports (Below)

Town of Ipswich – The Ipswich Public Health Department and Director of Public Health Colleen Fermon encourage the community to participate in an overdose response training hosted by the Town in conjunction with the North Shore Health Project/ONESTOP Harm Reduction Services and Ipswich Aware.

Manchester-by the Sea Fire Department

Firefighter Michael Soucy is joining firefighters from across the Commonwealth in Westborough this week for a Trench Rescue Technician Class. While the Manchester Fire Department does not have complete capabilities for a full trench rescue operation, having trained members enables us to initiate rescue efforts while we await assistance from our regional response team, the Northeastern Massachusetts Technical Rescue Team. To learn more about this regional resource, click here.

City of Gloucester

City Hall will be closed on Monday, November 11th in observance of Veterans Day.

Offices will reopen at regular business hours on Tuesday, November 12th.

Trash and recycling will not be collected on Monday, November 11th and collection will be on a holiday schedule for the remainder of the week.

City of Beverly

MassDOT Public Meeting: Hall Whitaker Bridge

When: Thursday, November 14, 2024 6:00 – 7:30 PM

Where: Beverly High School Auditorium, 100 Sohier Rd Beverly, MA, 01915

The purpose of this meeting is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the proposed BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, B-11-001, BRIDGE STREET OVER BASS RIVER (HALL-WHITAKER DRAWBRIDGE) TEMPORARY BRIDGE project. All views and comments made at the meeting will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible. Updates for the Permanent Hall Whitaker and Kernwood Ave Bridges and the Kernwood Ave Bridge Maintenance project will also be provided.

This location is accessible to people with disabilities. MassDOT provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (including but not limited to interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, open or closed captioning for videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats, such as audio tapes, Braille and large print), as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact MassDOT’s Chief Diversity and Civil Rights Officer by phone (857-368-8580), fax (857-368-0602), TTD/TTY (857-368-0603) or by email (MassDOT.CivilRights@dot.state.ma.us). Requests should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten (10) business days before the meeting.

In the event of inclement weather a cancellation announcement will be posted on the MassDOT website.

Sports

St. John’s Prep Wrestling

We are very excited to share our schedule for the upcoming high school wrestling season! The Eagles will be facing some top level talent all over New England with a talented young team. We hope to see you all at a few meets along the way!

The Hamilton-Wenham volleyball battled from start to finish throughout a tightly-contested game with Ipswich but ultimately fell to the host Tigers by a score of 3-0 (22-25, 22-25, 20-25) in the MIAA round of 16. After a back-and-forth first set, a serving run by Claire Buletza erased a late Generals lead and allowed the Tigers to steal the 2nd set before finally being able to close things out in the 3rd.

HW was led by junior Morgan Etna’s team-high 12 kills, 3 aces, and 1 block assist, as well as senior Kimara DelRosario’s 4.5 blocks to go with her 3 kills. Senior Abby Cook contributed 7 kills, senior libero Ava Day a team-high 9 digs, while setters Maisie Leland (12 assists) and Addie Olson (10 assists) paced the offense.

The Generals finish their season with a record of 8-13.