Friday, May 18, 2012
Get a look at the quick info about some of the local events happening this weekend in Hamilton and Wenham, including a plant sale and road race in Hamilton on Sunday and a High School Quiz Show viewing party on Sunday.
The upcoming weekend in Hamilton and Wenham includes a plant sale and road race in downtown Hamilton on Saturday plus a group bikeride on the new rail trail through Wenham. Get the when and where below for those events and other happenings in Hamilton and Wenham. Remember, each Friday morning Hamilton-Wenham Patch’s “Get Out” weekend planner brings you a quick guide to local events and activities. There’s also a lot of other activities going on, including farmstead tours at Appleton Farms plus the Hamilton Police Memorial Sunday event and the always popular Touch-a-Truck event in Beverly at the high school. Gordon College will also hold its graduation on Saturday outside in the Quad and on Sunday about 1,000 bicyclists will take part in …
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100 Independence Way, Danvers, MA
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Pingree School
537 Highland St, South Hamilton, MA
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
775 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803808
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Hamilton Council on Aging/Old Library
299 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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/locations/7049494
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Patton Park
Bay Rd & Asbury St, South Hamilton, MA
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/locations/7049495
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8 W Common St, Topsfield, MA
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An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.
Today is Friday, May 18. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Hamilton DPW Yard: The yard at the Hamilton Department of Public Works is open to the public once a month – the third Saturday of the month – for drop-offs of electronics and other large items for a fee. This month’s drop off day is this Saturday, May 19. The yard is open from 8 a.m.-noon. 2. Tour de Cure: Keep an eye out on Sunday for hundreds of bicyclists on the roads around Hamilton and Wenham (and many other North Shore communities) as bicyclists take on tours of 15, 31, 62 or 100-miles in a non-competitive ride to benefit the American Diabetes Association. The rides start and finish at Pingree School. 3. Battle of the Bands: The Battle of the Bands contest that has …
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Wenham Museum
132 Main St, Wenham, MA
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Hamilton Department of Public Works
577 Bay Road, Hamilton, MA
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/locations/7041427
42.642259
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Pingree School
537 Highland St, South Hamilton, MA
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803764
/locations/7041426
42.630247
-70.848791
Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
775 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803808
/locations/7041423
42.61318
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Patton Park
Bay Rd & Asbury St, South Hamilton, MA
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1300345
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.
Today is Thursday, May 17. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Sunny Streak: Forecasters are saying that Thursday will start a streak of beautiful days of weather that will take us straight through the weekend. Thursday’s temperatures will be around 70 and temperatures will get closer to 80 by the weekend. 2. Reducing Toxins: There was an event originally scheduled for Thursday evening at Hamilton-Wenham Library that planned to offer ideas to reduce toxins in the home. The presenter had to cancel so the event will now not happen. 3. William Hart: The Hamilton-Wenham Regional School Committee last week selected Michael Harvey as the next superintendent for the district and he will take over this summer. But there were three other …
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District
5 School St, Wenham, MA
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/locations/7038167
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Hamilton-Wenham Library
14 Union St, South Hamilton, MA
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.
Today is Wednesday, May 16. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Better: Wednesday is expected to be an improvement, weatherwise, over Tuesday afternoon and evening. We were able to escape with an OK day on Tuesday, and Wednesday is shaping up to be much of the same, with temperatures close to 70 degrees. 2. Senior Showcase: The artwork of this year’s seniors at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School will be on display in the visual arts wing at the school on Wednesday night from 6-7 p.m. as part of the Senior Showcase. The Showcase reception kicks off an hour before the spring concert. 3. Wenham Town Hall: It has been a recent tradition to have some officers closed to the public on Fridays during the summer at Wenham Town Hall. On …
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Acord Food Pantry
69 Willow St, South Hamilton, MA
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803691
/locations/7029558
42.630247
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
775 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803808
/locations/7029559
42.611855
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Hamilton-Wenham Library
14 Union St, South Hamilton, MA
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1300307
/locations/7029560
42.61318
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Patton Park
Bay Rd & Asbury St, South Hamilton, MA
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.
Today is Tuesday, May 15. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Rain: After the driest and warmest start to spring in recent memory, we’ve now got ourselves stuck in a somewhat wet rut. Granted, last weekend was beautiful, but Tuesday’s forecast calls for a cloudy day with rain more likely after noontime with temperatures in the 60s. 2. School Budget: On Saturday at Hamilton Annual Town Meeting, voters approved funding for a school budget that is less than the budget approved by the School Committee. That means the School Committee is meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Center School to consider approving a new budget, which amounts to about $420,000 less than it approved headed in to the Town Meetings in both towns. 3. Wenham …
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District
5 School St, Wenham, MA
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/locations/7003751
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Wenham Town Hall
138 Main St, Wenham, MA
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/locations/7003754
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Hamilton Town Hall
577 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803736
/locations/7003750
42.630247
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
775 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803808
/locations/7003752
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Miles River Middle School
787 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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Monday, May 14, 2012
An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.
Today is Monday, May 14. Here are five things you need to know: 1. HWCam: If you typically watch HWCam on Comcast channel 10, prepare to go to a different channel next month. HWCam Executive Director Bill Melville said that a Federal Communications Commission rule that allows another channel to have rights to channel 10, HWCam will go to channel 8 on June 5. No programming will be interrupted. 2. Music Man: Brian Doser of Wenham – the Music Man – continues right into summer with his two shows a week at the Community House. Doser’s performances for kids are at 10 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. 3. Hamilton Selectmen: Typically, the Hamilton Board of Selectmen meets on Monday nights and the last time the board met it had planned to meet on …
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Wenham Town Hall
138 Main St, Wenham, MA
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777220
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The Community House of Hamilton & Wenham
284 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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Hamilton Town Hall
577 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803736
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42.630247
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
775 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803808
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Hamilton-Wenham Library
14 Union St, South Hamilton, MA
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Hamilton resident and former School Committee member Richard Boroff writes to say that an article about school choice in the recent edition of the Hamilton-Wenham Free Press can not be proven or disproven.
To the Editor: Having just finished reading the May 2012 issue of the "Hamilton-Wenham Free Press," the article on school choice on page 5 by Julianna Kallas was fascinating. "Out of the Blue" Mary's father gets a solicitation call from the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District to get him to consider sending her to the district as a choice student. Wow! How did the district get his name? How did the district know he was considering Pingree School? Sure as shootin' Pingree didn't tell the district! What about the rest of the supposed conversation; did this all happen? Did something happen? And when did it happen - recently or 20 years ago? What might have happened? There are many scenarios, but lets take one. Mary is talking with a …
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District
5 School St, Wenham, MA
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Pingree School
537 Highland St, South Hamilton, MA
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803764
/locations/7001407
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
775 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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Friday, May 11, 2012
An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.
Today is Friday, May 11. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Parent Survey: Friday is the final day for parents to fill out an online survey that asks for opinions about parent involvement in the schools. Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District was selected as one of the districts in the state to participate in the survey, run by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. If more than 17 percent of parents participate, the school district is eligible for a small grant. The survey takes between three and 10 minutes to complete and will help increase parental involvement in the schools. 2. Gordon-Conwell Commencement: Dr. Tom Little was killed by the Taliban in 2010 and his wife Libby will address Gordon-Conwell …
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District
5 School St, Wenham, MA
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777214
/locations/6986281
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Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
130 Essex St, South Hamilton, MA
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/locations/6986283
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The Henderson's Cafe
300 Main St, Wenham, MA
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/locations/6986282
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Hamilton-Wenham Library
14 Union St, South Hamilton, MA
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
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 public site visit to the Patton estate on Asbury Street – which will go to a town vote at the Hamilton Annual Town meeting on Saturday about whether to accept the property as a gift – 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: Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District teachers were honored at a teacher appreciation lunch on Wednesday in the cafeteria at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, where high school biology teacher Kristi Umile was awarded the EdFund’s Over and Above Award. The award was created last year and …
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Fallon's Auto Service
233 Main St, Wenham, MA
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777161
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District
5 School St, Wenham, MA
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777214
/locations/6979283
42.604392
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Wenham Town Hall
138 Main St, Wenham, MA
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777220
/locations/6979287
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G & M Motors
203 Highland St, South Hamilton, MA
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803625
/locations/6979286
42.611505
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Hamilton Convenient Store
178 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803696
/locations/6979281
42.610968
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Oliver Gulf Service Station
121 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803705
/locations/6979284
42.6197
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Hamilton Town Hall
577 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803736
/locations/6979282
42.630247
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
775 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803808
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.
Today is Wednesday, May 9. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Connect-CTY: After Monday night’s Connect-CTY call in Hamilton, we’ve received some questions about how to make sure those calls (which are commonly known “reverse 911” call) are received. There’s a page on the town of Hamilton website where you can go and register your phone numbers. 2. Special Needs Planning: Three financial planning experts will all be at Hamilton-Wenham Library on Wednesday night for a seminar on special needs planning. A financial advisor, estate planning attorney and representative from New York Life will put on a seminar for parents of children with special needs from 7-8 p.m to talk about items such as the government programs that are available …
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Hamilton Town Hall
577 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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803736
/locations/6972452
42.611855
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Hamilton-Wenham Library
14 Union St, South Hamilton, MA
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1300307
/locations/6972454
42.60796
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Wenham Senior Center
10 School St, Wenham, MA
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1300348
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Robert Gates
9:18 am on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Update: The School Committee meeting on Tuesday night has been moved to the cafeteria at the high school. more ›