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Five Things to Know Today in Hamilton and Wenham: May 10
An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.
Today is Thursday, May 10. Here are five things you need to know:
1. Patton Estate Site Visit: Thursday’s on Asbury Street – – has been postponed. It will now happen on Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. Anyone who plans to attend is asked to carpool, if possible.
2. Teacher Appreciation Lunch: teachers were honored at a teacher appreciation lunch on Wednesday in the cafeteria at , where high school biology teacher Kristi Umile was awarded the EdFund’s Over and Above Award. The award was created last year and goes to a teacher that submits a grant proposal “that best represents the type of grant requests that the Hamilton-Wenham Edfund seeks to fund in accordance with its mission.” Umile’s grant was for an Open PCR machine and 16 Genelaser kits. In her grant application, Umile explained that a PCR “can be thought of as a ‘Xerox machine’ for DNA” that “enables small amounts of DNA to be replicated very quickly, producing billions of identical copies.” It connects to a Mac or PC to run protocols and, along with the Genelaser kits that function only with the PCR machine, “allow students to study the process of genome sequencing.”
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3. Wenham Board of Assessors: The Wenham Board of Assessors meet on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. at for the first time since . It will be the first meeting with Richard Fleming, who received 15 write-in votes for the open spot on the Board of Assessors in the town election.
4. Stabilizing Gas: Local gas prices have started to go down, or at least hold steady, in the past few days. The least expensive gallon of regular gasoline is at for $3.70, while and are selling it for $3.79 and has it for $3.99.
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5. Hamilton Finance Committee: The Hamilton FinComm meets on Thursday evening for the final time before Saturday morning’s Annual Town Meeting. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at where the committee is scheduled to take a vote on the proposed fiscal 2013 budget and other Town Meeting warrant articles.
To find out what is going on today in Hamilton and Wenham, check out our events listings.
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