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Tuesday's public meetings: Gloucester City Council and Licensing Board, Essex selectmen and Finance Committee, Manchester planners

Eleven public meetings are on the town and school calendars for Tuesday, Oct. 13, from a 9 a.m. library committee to the Essex School Building Committee at 7 p.m.

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Tuesday brings a full night of public meetings after the Columbus Day weekend. Here is what the town and school calendars list for Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Gloucester

  • SFL Corporate Communications Committee, 9 a.m. The agenda lists a library programming update, a tech event, the annual meeting, corporators, the annual appeal, the November Lyceum event and the Development Committee.
  • City Council, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 9 Dale Ave., second floor. Read what is on the agenda.
  • Licensing Board, 6:30 p.m., 19 Harbor Loop, with hearings on two liquor licenses. Read what is on the agenda.

Essex

  • Board of Health, 9 a.m.
  • Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee, 6 p.m., Manchester Memorial School. Both agendas list one item: attending the school building community meeting.
  • Essex School Building Committee, community meeting on the Essex Elementary building project at 6 p.m. at Manchester Memorial Elementary School in Manchester, then the committee's business meeting at 7 p.m., with a vote expected on its schematic design submittal to the state. Read what is on the agenda.

Rockport

Manchester-by-the-Sea

Agendas, Zoom links and any changes are on each calendar entry linked in the sources below. Calendars can change after this list was made, so check the town's page before you go. The free Meeting Finder lists every upcoming meeting in the four towns.

Earlier coverage: Public meetings after the long weekend: Gloucester City Council, Essex selectmen, the Essex school's community meeting (Oct. 10), the week's list.

Correction: An earlier version of this list gave 7 p.m. for the Essex Finance Committee, from the town calendar. The committee's agenda says it meets at 6 p.m. at Manchester Memorial School to attend the school building community meeting, along with the selectmen.

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