When and Where are Veterans Day Ceremonies in the Two Towns?

Veterans Day activities will happen on Sunday, Nov. 11 in both Hamilton and Wenham.

Activities are planned in both Hamilton and Wenham on Sunday to honor veterans on Veterans Day on Sunday. Hamilton In Hamilton, it will start at 8 a.m. with coffee at A.P. Gardner American Legion Post 194 at 8 a.m. followed by breakfast at 8:30 a.m. The parade forms at Hamilton Town Hall at 10:15 a.m. and the silent march to Hamilton Cemetery is at 10:30 At 11 a.m. at the cemetery there is a moment of silence followed by a flag raising. Then Taps is played followed by the rifle squad firing three volleys 11:15 a.m. Everyone will return to Town Hall Wenham In Wenham, the ceremonies starts on Sunday, Nov. 11 at Cheeseman Field at Pingree Park at 10:15 a.m. with a wreath laying and short remarks, calling the roll of Wenham Veterans KIA. At 10…

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Mosquito Tests Positive for West Nile in Wenham, Second Round of Spraying Planned

A mosquito tested positive for the West Nile Virus over the weekend in Wenham and spraying is planned for Thursday night.

For the first time this summer, a mosquito in Wenham has tested positive for West Nile Virus. Based on the positive test, the Wenham Board of Health has asked the Northeast Massachusetts Mosquito Control and Wetlands Management District to conduct spraying on Thursday night. The spraying is being done in what Health Agent Greg Bernard calls a “targeted area” between 7:30 p.m. and 2 a.m. “The targeted areas will begin at the intersection of Larch Row and Grapevine Road and continue along Grapevine Road, including Gordon College, to the town line,” Bernard said in announcing the spraying on Wednesday afternoon. “The Iron Rail Property, consisting of the DPW garage and playing fields will also be included in the targeted spray.” The spraying …

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Wenham Voters Approve War Memorial, Reject Pay Raise Funding

Wenham voters approved the design for a new war memorial design and gave the Board of Selectmen the authority to sign a lease for the Iron Rail soccer field at Tuesday night's Special Town Meeting.

Wenham voters approved the design for a proposed war memorial and rejected a move that would have given Selectmen $18,000 to go toward pay raises for non-union employees at Tuesday night’s Town Meeting. The closest vote at the 95-minute long meeting at Buker Elementary School was to approve the design for the war memorial on the car barn lot at Arbor and Main streets. The design was approved 106-57. None of the other Town Meeting votes required a card count. War Memorial Design Approved Article 7 asked voters to approve a memorial design that had already been given the OK by the Town Hall and Police Station Building Committee, Historic District Commission, War Memorial Committee and Board of Selectmen. The article also requires any plan to…

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West Nile Found in Wenham Mosquito, Spraying Planned for Tuesday Night

A mosquito infected with West Nile virus has been found in Wenham and spraying is planned for Tuesday night near the Iron Rail property.

West Nile virus has been discovered in mosquitoes in Wenham and spraying will be conducted on Tuesday night near where the infected mosquito was discovered. The announcement was made in a memo posted to the town of Wenham’s website on Tuesday. The infected mosquito was found near the Department of Public Works garage at Iron Rail off Grapevine Road. “Additional mosquito surveillance traps will be set up in Wenham to determine how wide spread the issue is,” according to the announcement. It is the first mosquito found with West Nile virus in Wenham this year and the 121st mosquito with the virus found this year in the state. Spraying will be done on Tuesday night at about 7:30 p.m. near the Iron Rail property, according to the announcement…

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Michelle Bailey

6:41 am on Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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Week in Review

Top Five Local Stories Last Week

A look back at the past week in news in Hamilton and Wenham.

Here's a look back at the top five stories in the past week in Hamilton and Wenham. Special Town Meeting in Hamilton Averted: The Hamilton-Wenham Regional School Committee endorsed a $500,000 so-called “giveback” unanimously on Thursday night, a budget number equal to what Hamilton Town Meeting voters supported in May. That meant that a Special Town Meeting scheduled for Monday night was no longer needed and the 2012 school budget was approved. Wenham War Memorial: The War Memorial Committee and Town Hall-Police Station Building Committee met together on Thursday morning at the urging of the Board of Selectmen in hopes of having the two group work together to come up with a design for the memorial. Wenham Town meeting voters said the …

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'No Action' Recommended on Iron Rail for At Least 6 Months

The Town Advisory Committee said Wenham town leaders should wait until at least October before making any decision about the future of the Iron Rail property.

A Wenham town committee has recommended the Board of Selectmen “take no action” for at least another six months about whether to redevelop, sell or lease the Iron Rail property. The recommendation came because the committee thought that more information might become available during that time about the future of the nearby Mullen property as well as from a school facilities study. The town-owned Iron Rail property sits at the corner of Grapevine and Rubbly roads and is home to the highway garage, soccer fields and a brick building that is leased to a gymnastics school and dog daycare business, among other uses. The Town Advisory Committee, lead by Chairman Larry Swartz, said it did not make sense to move forward with any plan for Iron Rail…

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