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Five Things to Know on March 8: Last Day for Candidates to Withdraw

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

Today is Friday, March 8. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Snow: The snow will wrap up by early afternoon with temperatures in the mid-30s. Winds will really blow, with gusts up to 50 miles per hour. 2. Withdraw: Friday is the final day to withdraw from the election if your name is on next month’s local ballot and you do not want it there. 3. Mini Golf: The Community House of Hamilton-Wenham has organized a trip for middle school students over to Monster Mini-Golf in Danvers on Friday night. It requires pre-registration but it may be worth checking to see if there are any last minute openings. The cost is $8. 4. Preservation Project: Friday is the deadline for submissions for the Massachusetts Preservation …

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Robert Gates

10:24 am on Friday, March 8, 2013

The Community House has announced that the Monster Minigolf event has been cancelled.   more ›

Just One Candidate So Far for Two Hamilton Selectmen Seats

A look at who has pulled papers and is running for several of the open seats in local town government.

There's just one candidate for two open seats on the five-member Hamilton Board of Selectmen with less than a week left before the deadline to run, according to information from Hamilton Town Clerk Jane Wetson. Nomination papers in Hamilton need to be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 with 40 certifiable signatures of Hamilton registered voters. In Wenham, the deadline is also Feb. 21 but is 5 p.m. for 20 certifiable signatures of Wenham registered voters. There are two open three year term on the board - the two new seats added three years ago after voters backed an overhaul of the town government that also involved replacing the town administrator position with a town manager. Marc Johnson has pulled papers and said last week he is …

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Jay Burnham

7:31 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013

And then there were three...   more ›

ADD YOUR PHOTOS: Hamilton and Wenham at the Polls

It's Election Day! Add your photos from the polls to our gallery.

Did you vote on Tuesday? We snapped photos around the polls in Hamilton and Wenham on Tuesday, but we want to see your shots too. Whether you've run into a candidate, are holding signs outside, or simply want to take a picture of yourself at the polls - we want to see how the voters in the two towns were participating on Election Day.  Adding your photos to the gallery is easy -- make sure you're a registered user and signed in then just click the green and white button that says 'Upload photos and videos.' If you're using a smartphone, email your shots to hamilton-wenham@patch.com.

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: April 4

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

Today is Wednesday, April 4. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Trash: The kickoff of the new trash program moves to Hamilton on Wednesday. For the rest of the week, recycling and organics collection will happen on the regular day in Hamilton but there will be no trash pickup in the new black bins. Instead, only trash placed out in a blue bag will be picked up. Next week trash in the black bins, organics in the green bins and recycling in a labeled container will all be collected in Hamilton. A complete list of pickup days, listed street-by-street, is attached to this story as a PDF. 2. Agawam Hockey: Last summer, Agawam’s Learn to Play Hockey Program moved to Governor’s Academy while the rink at Pingree School underwent some work. …

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Allison Jenkins

4:52 pm on Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Michelle, notification that compost would now be picked up on your regular trash day was in local newspapers, the flyer that came with the compost container, the Hamilton Wenham Trash directory, the 2012 trash, recycling and organics calendar delivered to your home, announced at Board of Selectman meetings, explained at the Q&A sessions on trash held at the library and posting were sent to our …   more ›

Letter to the Editor: More Signs Could Have Redirected Voters at Buker

Wenham Town Clerk Trudy Reid thanks Town Hall and Wenham Museum employees for helping with parking on election day on Tuesday and says more signs could have gone up at Buker to redirect voters to the new polling place at Town Hall.

To the Editor: To all the Wenham voters that came out on Super Tuesday, thank you for your show of civic spirit! Wenham had 514 voters come out to vote, which is slightly less than 20 percent of the total number of registered voters. A good turnout for an early primary. To coordinate last year’s request from the schools for both towns to move the weekday ballot/voting elections out of the school buildings, this was the second time we utilized Town Hall as the polling site. The first time was for a town capital equipment funding vote, and this was our first local/state/federal election. Although Town Hall is somewhat “cozier” than the space we used at Buker, I’m very pleased with the cooperation from everyone who helped make it work for all…

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: May 18

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

Today is Wednesday, May 18. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Absentee ballots: There’s an election in Wenham on Thursday and noon on Wednesday is the last time you can request an absentee ballot. The vote – the first to be held at Wenham Town Hall after the switch from Buker Elementary School – is about a $160,000 debt exclusion override to buy a trackless machine for the Department of Public Works. 2. Senior Fine Arts: The various artistic talents of Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School seniors will be on display at the school on Wednesday night. It begins with the senior showcase artist reception from 6-7 p.m. with the high school spring concert from 7-9 p.m. 3. MCAS: It’s a big week of MCAS tests at various grade levels and …

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Prep Work Continues for 2012 Polling Place Changes

Both Hamilton and Wenham ease closer to changing the location of its polling places in 2012 from the schools to town buildings.

It’s official – the new polling place for every election except Town Meeting in Wenham is Town Hall. And a similar move to change the polling place in underway in Hamilton. Both moves are being made after the School Committee last year requested both towns consider changing the poll locations from the schools – Wenham is now at Buker Elementary School and Hamilton at Winthrop Elementary School – so that school did not have to be cancelled on Election Day. On Tuesday, the Wenham Board of Selectmen voted 3-0 to officially move the polling place to Town Hall. As of now, the first election that would be held at the new polling places would be the presidential primary in spring 2012. Each household will be informed when the Town Meeting warrant…

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Michelle Bailey

9:59 pm on Wednesday, April 6, 2011

It's unfortunate Hamilton considers the library and rec gym to far off the beaten path to be considered as a polling location. Using the community room and gym would give more space and there is plenty of parking. Plus it avoids all the congestion on 1A in the morning and late afternoon.   more ›