Friday, October 26, 2012
The ban on publicly organized evening activities in Wenham was been lifted ion Thursday afternoon.
Wenham made the same move on Thursday as Hamilton had done a day earlier – the Board of Health lifted its evening activity ban. The lifting on the ban was announced in a Connect-CTY phone and e-mail message at about 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. The ban on publicly organized outdoor activities in Wenham between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. had been in place since Oct. 1 because of concern about mosquito-borne illness such as West Nile Virus and Eastern equine encephalitis. The Hamilton Board of Health met on Wednesday night and voted 3-0 to lift the ban, noting that temperatures below freezing on Oct. 13 had significantly lowered the threat of disease from mosquitoes because of a reduced population. The Wenham Board of Health had been scheduled to meet on …
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Hamilton Town Hall
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The Hamilton Board of Health lifted the evening activity ban, after 24 days, on Wednesday allowing evening Trick-or-Treating to happen on Halloween.
The evening activity ban in Hamilton has been lifted, effective immediately, meaning Trick-or-Treating can go ahead as planned on Wednesday. The three-member Hamilton Board of Health unanimously voted to lift the ban when it met on Wednesday night at Hamilton Town Hall, making the decision in about 15 minutes. “The mandatory ban is no longer in place,” Hamilton Board of Health Chairman Lindle Willnow said, adding that the board encourages residents to use “extreme precautions” after 5 p.m. and before 8 a.m., when the activity ban had been in place. Willnow noted that the board’s warning was especially pointed at Trick-or-Treat on Wednesday. It was the first time the board had met since Oct. 13, when temperatures dropped into the high 20s …
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Today is Wednesday, Oct. 24. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Sun: The skies should be sunny for most of the day on Wednesday, with the forecast calling for temperatures to top out in the 50s. 2. Cell Phones: Wednesday is the final day of a Miles River Middle School student’s Cell Phone for Soldiers public service project. Susan Smith has set up collection bins at Hamilton Town Hall, Hamilton-Wenham Public Library, First Church in Wenham and the Miles River Middle School. 3. Food Day: Wednesday is Food Day, a day designed to celebrate “more healthy, affordable, sustainable food and a better food system.” The event is being coordinated by the state Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and …
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Hamilton Town Hall
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Miles River Middle School
787 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
An evening activity ban remains in place for both Hamilton and Wenham and the forecast through Halloween does not show temperatures falling below freezing.
The Hamilton Board of Health is anticipated to consider on Wednesday whether the evening activity ban may be lifted before Halloween next week. Trick-or-Treating traditionally happens from 5-8 p.m. on Halloween in both towns. But on Oct. 1, the Hamilton Board of Health put in place a ban on organized outdoor activities between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. - both publicly and privately organzied. The same is in place in Wenham, but extends just to publicly organized events. The board's agenda for the 7 p.m. meeting at Hamilton Town Hall says it will get a "mosquito/EEE update" and hear resident complaints about the spraying and hear about the level of toxidity of the spray. When asked about the possible impact of the ban on Trick-or-Treating, Town …
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
The ban will remain in place until temperatures drop below 28 degrees for four hours or more.
Hamilton remains one of a handful of communities north of Boston where the evening outdoor activity ban will remain in place after Saturday morning’s cold snap. Earlier this week, scores of communities from the greater Newburyport area to Cape Ann lifted the ban, citing the temperatures into the 20s on Saturday morning. On Thursday, Hamilton Town Manager Michael Lombardo said that the temperature in Hamilton dropped to 29 degrees for just an hour on Saturday morning. When the ban was put in place on Oct. 1, the Board of Health said that it would only be lifted only after a hard freeze – temperatures of 28 degrees or less for four hours or longer – or the threat level is lowered. The ban was put in place to protect residents from the threat…
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577 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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Robert Gates
9:46 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The Board of Health did mention that "indoor mosquitoes" could carry West Nile Virus and could still be alive, but that "indoor mosquitoes" are not those that carry EEE. more ›