Congressman To Talk About Religion and Politics in Hamilton Tuesday

It is Tuesday, Sept. 24. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 

1. Repeat: The forecast for Tuesday looks much the same as Monday – sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s. The wind will blow from the northeast at 10-15 miles per hour.

2. Unemployment: We’ll hear the latest unemployment figures Tuesday for Hamilton and Wenham when the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development’s Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the community-by-community employment data for August.

3. Musary: The Musary is a Hamilton-based nonprofit organization that operates a musical instrument lending library for students. The group is hoping to add to its collection on Tuesday with an instrument drive at Danvers High School. The instrument drive is designed to meet the meet high back-to-school demand for music lessons and instruments. It runs 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the auditorium lobby at Danvers High School.

4. Representative: U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, a Republican from Virginia, will be in Hamilton on Tuesday. Wolf is scheduled to be part of a program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary titled “The Role of the Pulpit in Shaping Public Discourse: Politics as Downstream from Culture,” which will reflect on biblical leadership in the church and society from his perspective as a public servant, according to an announcement from Gordon-Conwell. The program takes places in the Kaiser Chapel at 11 a.m.

5. Planning Board: The Hamilton Planning Board meets on Tuesday night, a meeting on an “off” day and week. The board has plans to take a final vote on a plan for a new three story, mixed-use building at 227 Willow St. plus discuss two town bylaws – the cell phone tower bylaw and Open Space and Farmland Protection bylaw. The board meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Room at Hamilton Town Hall.

To find out what is going on today in Hamilton and Wenham, check out our events listings.