Running and Shopping on the Day After Thanksgiving

It is Friday, Nov. 29. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham:

1. Sun: Friday will be much the same as Thursday, with sunny skies and temperatures around freezing. The winds will be lighter, though, blowing from the northwest at 8-10 miles per hour.

2. Black Friday: It is Black Friday, the shopping day each year that offers Christmas shoppers all sorts of deals with extra early opening times.

3. Grades: Grades for Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School students are slated to be updated in the online system Aspen by Friday for the first time in the second quarter.

4. Gabe’s Run: One of Hamilton-Wenham greatest fall traditions has become Gabe’s Run, a 5K race on the day after Thanksgiving to raise money for the Gabriel Pacione Memorial Scholarship. The race goes off at 9 a.m. with the women’s race at Patton Park and 9:45 a.m. for the men’s run, with a one mile fun run at 10:30 a.m. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. at a tent at Patton Park.

5. School: There is no school on Friday in the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District schools and Pingree School. Most businesses are open, though, but it is best to call ahead before you head out.

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