Today is Friday, April 18. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Better: The day is expected to get better on Friday, with a chance of a shower and clouds to start and later the sun is forecasted to come out. The high temperature will be in the 60s with a south wind gusting to 18 miles per hour. 2. Dog: Tessie the Therapy Dog arrives at Hamilton-Wenham Library children’s room on Friday afternoon from 1-2 p.m. She comes with her handler, Pat Fleming, and helps “nervous or hesitant readers gain confidence” by reading to the dog. It is free and open to anyone. 3. …

Today is Thursday, April 18. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Sun: It will be a sunny day on Thursday with a high temperature in the 50s and southwest wind blowing up to 15 miles per hour. 2. OneGordon: A group called OneGordon will bring about 50 Gordon College alumni, students, faculty, and staff and friends to the First Chirch in Wenham on Thursday night. The event at 7 p.m. will include panelists will answer questions about their struggles with faith and identity as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transexual students at a Christian institution. 3. Unemployment: …

Today is Wednesday, April 17. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. 60: Again on Wednesday, the temperature is expected to get to about 60 degrees. The winds will be lighter than the gusts of Tuesday afternoon with gusts to just 10 miles per hour. 2. Drama: The New England Drama Festival gets underway on Wednesday, where Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School’s Theater Workshop Group will perform its one-act play “Static.” The festival runs three days. The Regional's entry is one of the Massachustts entries that also includes a production by St. John's Prep of Danvers…

Today is Tuesday, April 16. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Sun: Tuesday is expected to be a sunny day with the temperature getting close to 60 degrees. The wind will also increase out of the south up to 20 miles per hour in the afternoon. 2. Gomez: U.S. Senate candidate, Republican Gabriel Gomez, had planned to visit Hamilton and Wenham on Tuesday but that visit has been postponed because of Monday afternoon’s bombings in Boston and his visit will be rescheduled. 3. Meteor: The Lyrid Meteor Shower will be able to be seen in the sky, starting on Tuesday night…

Today is Monday, April 15. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. 50: The temperature is forecasted to get to about 50 degrees today with increasing clouds throughout the day. 2. Football: Registration opens on Monday for Hamilton-Wenham Generals Youth football for the fall 2013. Registration is open through June 30. There is a $25 early bird discount on or before May 15 and a late fee of $50 will be charged for registrations received after June 15.  3. Taxes: Yes, tax deadline day is here. Federal taxes are due by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, but you have an extra day to …

Today is Friday, April 12. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Rain: Friday will be a rainy day, with some rain expects early and again another round of rain in the afternoon. The temperature is not expected to get above 40 degrees and some sleet may mix in with the rain at times. An east wind will blow up to 18 miles per hour. 2. Auction: The final day to bid of everything from a steakhouse gift certificate to Red Sox tickets to benefit the Friends of Cutler Elementary School is Saturday. Online bidding is open through 8 p.m. on Saturday. 3. Vacation: It’s the …

Today is Thursday, April 11. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Clouds: Thursday will be dominated by cloudy skies and cool temperatures. It will be in the 40s and a north wind will blow up to 15 miles per hour. There’s a chance of a rain shower in the morning. 2. Election: Thursday is election day in both Hamilton and Wenham – the first time that both towns will vote at the same time. The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in both towns. All three precincts in Hamilton vote at Winthrop Elementary School – as usual. But in Wenham, this year’s election includes …

Today is Wednesday, April 10. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Reality: We are headed back to reality on Wednesday with the weather. It will look and feel much more like springtime, with the forecast calling for temperatures in the 50s and a chance of a rain showers for most of the day with cloudy skies. 2. Storytime: Signup open on Wednesday at 10 a.m. for Hamilton-Wenham Library’s spring storytimes. The spring session runs from the week of April 22 though May 29. Sessions are for newborns through fifth graders. 3. Essex County: All of Essex County, including …

Today is Tuesday, April 9. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Better: Monday was a great day weatherwise, but forecasters are saying that Tuesday may be even better. It may start with a shower but eventually the temperature is expected to get close to 70 degrees. 2. Free Cones: Tuesday is Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry’s. This year, though, there’s no Ben and Jerry’s scoop shop anywhere nearby since the shop in Salem has closed since last year’s event. 3. ECTA: The Essex County Trail Association holds its spring annual meeting on Tuesday night. It is happening at…

Today is Monday, April 8. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Possibly Perfect: The forecast for Monday sounds like it may be a nearly perfect springtime day. The sky is expected to be sunny with a high temperature in the upper-50s. 2. Holocaust: Gordon College's Women’s Choir will be performing at a Community Commemoraton to remember the Holocaust on Monday night in Peabody. The choir, under the direction of Faith Luethe, will join Holocaust survivors, their children and grandchildren at 7 p.m. at Peabody Veterans Memorial High School. 3. Fenway: Monday is a …

Today is Friday, April 5. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Sun: We should expect to see the sun again on Friday, with the temperature getting back into the 50s on Friday. The wind will blow out of the east up to 10 miles per hour. 2. China: Photographer and tour guide Richard Ferland arrives at Hamilton-Wenham Library on Friday morning to take audience members on a whirlwind tour of China. The program, which runs 10:15 a.m. to noon, will discuss communication, etiquette, and a few key phrases for China travelers. It is free and open to the public. 3. Who Knows…

Today is Thursday, April 4. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Spring: It will be a much more typical spring day on Thursday after two cooler than usual days. The high temperature is expected to get to the mid-50s by the afternoon and the sky will be sunny. 2. Auditions: The Community House is hosting the first of two tryouts on Thursday for its upcoming Seussical Jr. production. Tryouts for ages 8-18 start at 6-8 p.m. on Thursday. Anyone trying out should bring sheet music and come prepared to sing 16 bars, read from script sides and dance. The show rehearsals …

Today is Wednesday, April 3. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Cool: The cold weather sticks around again on Wednesday with the high temperature not expects to get above about 40 degrees, with gusty winds again, much like Tuesday. 2. Concert: Musicians from the Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Instrumental Department will present its unique annual Prism concert on Wednesday night. "Just as a prism breaks light into its component parts, the Prism concert breaks our instrumental music department into its varied components," according to the music department. …

Today is Tuesday, April 2. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham:  1. Change: The temperature will not get out of the 40s on Tuesday after hitting the 60s on Monday. The up side of the cooler temperatures is that the sky will be mostly sunny. The wind will also blow up to 23 miles per hour out of the west. 2. Autism: Tuesday is Autism Awareness Day and to show support for those with autism you may see people wearing blue. In some places, events are planned in the evening to "light it up blue" in support of those with autism. There's events planned nearby in Danvers plus…

Today is Monday, April 1. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham:  1. 60s: Enjoy the temperatures on Monday that are forecasted to get into the 60s because there’s going to be a short cold snap moving in starting on Tuesday. Monday will be a mostly cloudy day with a chance of a shower. 2. Health Curriculum: Parents who want to get a look at what their children will be taught in the fourth and fifth grade health classes can look at the videos used to teach about puberty on Monday at 7 p.m. in the multipurpose room at Buker Elementary School. 3. Opening Day: The Red Sox …

Today is Friday, March 29. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham:  1. 50s: The forecast calls for the temperature to get well into the 50s on Friday with increasing clouds and a slight chance of a shower. 2. Good Friday: It is Good Friday, always the Friday before Easter where Christians commemorate Jesus Christ's crucifixion. 3. Kevin O’Reilly: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School history teacher Kevin O’Reilly is retiring this year after 36 years. One senior, Megan Smith, is putting together a “memory book” and is looking for photos, memories, and stories from …

Today is Thursday, March 28. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. 40s: The temperature will get well into the 40s on Thursday, but it does not look it will get into the 50s we saw on Wednesday. Clouds are forecasted to be around for most of the day, with a chance to showers in the morning. 2. Birdwatching: The Massachusetts Audubon Society's Scott Santino, a naturalist from the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, has an evening program “highlighting the fascinating and enjoyable world of birdwatching” on Thursday night at Hamilton-Wenham Library. Santino will have a …

Today is Wednesday, March 27. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham:  1. Sun: The sun should dominate the sky to start the day and clouds may move in later on, and temperatures will again get into the upper 40s. 2. Mosquitos: The forum designed to look at the dangers of spraying mosquitoes during the summertime is scheduled for Wednesday night in Gloucester. It had been planned for earlier this month but had to be postponed because of a snowstorm on the original date. 3. Technology: Karen Janowski is a national expert of assistive technology for students and she is …

Today is Tuesday, March 26. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham. 1. Mix: The sun is forecasted to appear on Tuesday, with a mix of clouds still lingering. There’s a chance of a rain shower and the wind will gust up to 13 miles per hour. The temperature will get into the upper 40s. 2. Unemployment: We’ll find out on Tuesday what the unemployment rate was last month in Hamilton and Wenham. The state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development will release community-by-community unemployment data for February on Tuesday morning. 3. Hockey: Agawam Youth Hockey is …

Today is Monday, March 25. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Clouds: Monday will be a mostly cloudy day with a chance of rain in the afternoon. The wind will increase later in the day, up to 16 mile per hour gusts and temperatures getting into the mid-40s. 2. Passover: Monday marks the start of Passover, when Jews across the world come together to retell the Exodus story over four cups of wine (or grape juice for those who can't indulge), and a large, festive feast known as a Seder on the first two nights. It is a seven to eight day-long celebration of the …