Sunday, March 24, 2013
The tower in Beverly is one of 149 regional airport control towers to close starting next month due to budget cuts.
It's one of the only signs local of the so-called sequestration cuts earlier this month - the control tower at Beverly Airport will close. It is one of the 149 regional airport control towers that will close starting in April, the Federal Aviation Administration has announced. The northern end of the airport extends into Wenham and the main entrance is off Route 97 in Beverly, just south of the Wenham town line. Wenham fire responders can be notified of an emergency of the field and have taken part in emergency drills in recent years. The closures are a result of budget cuts. The FAA was forced to cut nearly $600 million dollars from its $48 billion budget, according to CNN.com. The FAA plans to begin shutting down control towers …
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Air traffic controllers at Beverly Airport are one of the federal services that would be cut under the sequestration scheduled to go into place at the end of the week.
The federal budget cuts slated to happen later this week could mean the control tower at Beverly Airport could go unmanned later the spring, leaving pilots up to themselves to work out takeoffs, landing and other airport activity. Airport Manager Robert Mezzetti said Beverly Municipal Airport is in line to have its staff of air traffic controllers cut if the so-called sequestration occurs on Friday. The 415-acre airport sits in Beverly, Danvers and Wenham, with the northern extent of one of the runways extending into Wenham. The air traffic control services are contracted to Midwest ATC Service Inc., a Overland Park, Kansas-based contractor that handles air traffic control duties through a contract with the Federal Aviation Administration …
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Gusts could reach 60 miles per hour on Thursday morning. The winds could bring down trees, tree limbs and send unsecured objects flying around town.
High winds are a serious concern for residents in Hamilton and Wenham on Thursday morning. The National Weather Service has declared a High Wind Warning through 9 a.m. Thursday. Gusts have reached 49 miles per hour on Thursday morning at Beverly Airport, which is partly in Wenham. That happened at about 4 a.m. The winds could topple trees, knock off tree limbs and send unsecured objects flying around town. Power lines could also be cut, the Weather Service warns, with scattered outages possible. Some small branches have come down on the roads in the two towns on Thursday. As of 7 a.m., National Grid reports no power outages in Hamilton and Wenham. And the wild wind comes with rain and temperatures unusually warm into the 50s. How's your …
Monday, June 4, 2012
Three days of rain and gusty winds did not cause any major problems with flooding or downed trees, according to public works crews in both Hamilton and Wenham.
Three days of gusty winds and heavy rain did not caused any major problems in Hamilton and Wenham. That’s according to Departments of Public Works in both towns, who said unclogging storm drains and picking up fallen branches was about the extent of the storm impact. Between Saturday and Monday, 3.22 inches of rain fell at Beverly Airport, the closest official weather observation station to Hamilton and Wenham. A small portion of the airport is in Wenham. Wind gusts over 20 miles per hour were recorded each day, too, according to National Weather Service data. The peak gust was 26 mph on Saturday, 24 mph on Sunday and 33 mph on Monday. “The DPW crew went street by street picking up some small debris, branches and sticks, but that was about…
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Lance Magnum
9:39 pm on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Cutting 600M from a 58 billion budget (1.034%) and they have to close towers. Funny how all the towers being shut down are managed & staffed by private contractors, not FAA employees. I guess politics trumps public safety when you are trying to make a point. more ›