Wednesday, 12/14 – Salem Mayor Driscoll to Step Down 1/4 – Moulton Urges Support for Ukraine – Lynn Passes Affordable Housing Requirement

 

 

Weather – National Weather Service – Winds will be quite gusty starting tonight and continuing through the day on Wednesday into Wednesday night. Highs today 30s.

BOOOMM … #thundersnow at Chatham early this Wednesday morning from 3:32 to 3:37 am! These scattered snow showers & squalls formed along the leading edge of a strong cold front. Behind the front, windy & much colder with wind chills in the single digits & teens

Wicked cold across MA, RI & CT early this morning, with 5 AM wind chills in the single digits and teens, as strong northwest winds gust up to 20 to 30 mph, to near 40 mph across Cape Cod & the Islands! Bundle up this morning. Early Morning Wind Chill Chart (6 a.m.)

Community News Notes – Photos – Sports (Below)

Sen. Brendan Crighton – Honored to partake in this afternoon’s groundbreaking ceremony for Swampscott’s new elementary school. Thank you to all who worked hard to get this project underway. This 21st century school will be a wonderful learning environment that will create countless opportunities.

The cold doesn’t stop the @Mass_SBA from breaking ground on a new project! @JMacDonald54 and Jack gave @SwampscottMA a hand at Swampscott Elementary School, a project which will result in a district-wide K-4. We look forward to watching this project grow

Paul Tucker – This morning at Salem’s ⁦@HawthorneHotel ⁩ with a true American hero ⁦@mccaffreyr3 ⁩ General McCaffrey Ret. US Army, 4 Star General, 4 Combat Tours, 3 Purple Hearts, and a lifetime of military and public service. Thank you Sir.

Essex Tech – It was a great day to be a hawk! We were honored to have Gov. Baker & Lt. Gov. Polito award the Skills Capital Grants. We cannot thank them enough for their continued support of technical & agricultural education

Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson – Today was filled with lots of joy and celebration at this year’s Special Education Christmas Party!

Visit Essex, MA – The late 1800’s brought ice harvesting on Chebacco Lake in Essex. Join Jane Hennedy Dec. 14th, 5:30pm for a virtual discussion on ice harvesting in New England. Advance registration required. Free. http://bit.ly/HNEIceHarvest

Sports

Beverly Athletics – Beverly vs. Marblehead boys basketball Tuesday night Final: Marblehead 86, Beverly 78

Prep Hockey – Get underway tonight vs, Masconomet