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Five Things to Know on April 26: Peter Stewart's Princess and the Pea on Friday Night

An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.

Today is Friday, April 26. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Reverse: Friday will be a reverse of Thursday, in a way, weatherwise. The day will start out sunny with a chance of some clouds and a shower moving in during the afternoon. The temperature will be in the 50s. 2. Blood Drive: There will be a blood drive on Friday at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School that will benefit Children’s Hospital of Boston. It runs 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The drive has been happening at the school for the past few years, organized by a local family that wants to give back to a hospital that helped them. 3. Meteors: Friday night is expected to be the final day you will be able to see the Myrid Meteor Shower. It is the first …

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Five Things to Know on Oct. 26: Donate Blood

An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.

Today is Friday, Oct. 26. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Beautiful: Friday is shaping up to be another beautiful day, with sunny skies and temperatures into the 60s. 2. Blood Drive: The American Red Cross comes to Hamilton on Friday morning, hosting an blood drive at the Community House from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can call 1-800-Red-Cross to make an appointment or just show up. 3. Two in a Row: For the second straight week, U.S. Rep. John Tierney (D-Salem) and Republican challenger Richard Tisei are meeting on two back-to-back days for a debate. After taping a debate at the WCVB studios on Thursday, both candidates will be at a debate on Friday morning hosted by the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce at …

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Red Cross Issues Emergency Call for Blood Donations

Fewer than anticipated donors in June means a shortage in available blood stores.

Are you at least 17 years old? Do you weigh 110 pounds or more? Healthy? The American Red Cross needs your help. The Red Cross has issued an emergency request for blood donations, stating in a press release that its "blood supply has reached emergency levels with 50,000 fewer donations than expected in June." The blood bank is stocked with about half the available blood it held this time last year. Red Cross officials speculate that an earlier-than-normal spring season could have led to fewer than typical blood donations as regular donors transitioned into summer activities early and failed to schedule their blood and platelet donations. Now, need exists for all blood types, but particularly for O Positive, O Negative, A Negative and B …

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 31

An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.

Today is Monday, Oct. 31. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Trick or Treat: Monday is Halloween. Trick or Treat runs from 5-8 p.m. in both Hamilton and Wenham. 2. Costume Contest: It is your last chance to enter Hamilton-Wenham Patch’s Halloween costume contest, being run in conjunction with the other Patch Network local news sites. The deadline is 9 p.m. on Monday to upload a photo and be eligible to win a trip to New York or Los Angeles or win a chance to donate $1,031 to a charity of your choice. 3. Superintendent Search: The deadline is Monday to submit a letter of interest and resume if you want to be a community member of the school superintendent search committee. 4. Blood Drive: Commuter rail riders who also work near North…

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: July 8

An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.

Today is Friday, July 8. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Weather: It will cool off on Friday, with temperatures in the 70s. The downside? It will be cloudy with a chance of showers. 2. Tornado Relief: MBTA commuter rail riders have a chance between now and July 20 to help victims of last month’s tornadoes in western Massachusetts. The operator of commuter rail - Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad – plus the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army began a Tornado Relief Drive on July 6. Train riders from Hamilton-Wenham station can make donations at the North Station information counter. Specifically, they are asking for bottled water, canned food, non-perishable food, toiletries and sheets, which will all be delivered to …

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Robert Gates

3:45 pm on Friday, July 8, 2011

Here is Patch's coverage from Florida of the Shuttle launch this morning. I will never forget the day I was in Mrs. Rondo's class at Wilkins Elementary School watching the Challenger explosion. It was one of my first memories of a true national tragedy. I later came to find out that one of our neighbors was the brother of the captain Rick Hauck who lead the first Shuttle launch when the program …   more ›