The Weekend Current: Gloucester field hockey reaches 15-0 on senior night

Here is what happened in Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea from Friday evening, Oct. 23, through Sunday night, from public records and our earlier coverage.

Five things to know

1. Gloucester field hockey is 15-0. The team beat Saugus 4 to 0 on senior night Friday at Newell Stadium. See Friday's scoreboard.
2. Early voting enters its last week. Gloucester, Rockport and Manchester-by-the-Sea have hours through Friday, Oct. 30. Essex ends Thursday, Oct. 29. The deadline to ask for a mail ballot is Tuesday, Oct. 27. See the hours for each town.
3. Gloucester's tax split goes to the City Council on Tuesday. On Thursday, the Budget and Finance Committee voted 3 to 0 to keep the same split between homes and businesses. The estimated rates are $9.03 per $1,000 of value for homes and $9.33 for businesses. Read the story.
4. Manchester's Finance Committee will not back the senior center. On Thursday, it voted 3 to 4 against recommending $7.5 million in borrowing for the center at the Nov. 16 special town meeting. Read the story.
5. Rockport went unbeaten against Essex Tech on Saturday, with two wins and a tie at home. See Saturday's scoreboard.

Scores and standouts

Gloucester, 3-2 this weekend. Gloucester beat Saugus 4 to 0 in girls field hockey on Friday. Gloucester beat Whittier 4 to 0 in girls soccer on Friday afternoon. See both on Friday's scoreboard. Gloucester won by forfeit over Saugus in football, so the team is 6-1. Read about the forfeit. Malden beat Gloucester 6 to 0 in boys soccer on Friday afternoon. Read the game story. Salem beat Gloucester 3 sets to 1 in girls volleyball on Friday. Read the game story. The cheer team was listed to compete at Beverly on Sunday. No result was posted.

Rockport, 2-0-1 this weekend. Rockport beat Essex Tech 2 to 1 in girls field hockey on Saturday. Read the game story. Rockport and Essex Tech tied 0 to 0 in girls soccer. Read the game story. Rockport beat Essex Tech 2 to 0 in boys soccer on Saturday night, its third win of the week. Read the game story.

Manchester Essex. The Hornets had no varsity results this weekend. The MIAA listed Friday's football game with Malden as canceled. See the week's records for all three schools.

Scores are from the MIAA. See every team's record on the sports records page.

Police and fire

Weekend police logs have not arrived for any of the four towns. The newest Rockport log covers Thursday into Friday morning. Essex's newest weekly log ends Oct. 18. Gloucester's logs come by public records request, and Manchester-by-the-Sea posts its weekly log about 10 days later.

We found no fire department records for the weekend. Logs go into our police log as they arrive, with street names only.

Around town

• Saturday: The calendar listed the 41st Essex ClamFest in Shepard Memorial Park, a medicine take back at the Rose Baker Center in Gloucester, a Sawyer Free Library talk on Magnolia's old hotels and the opening of a collection show at the Rockport Art Association and Museum. See the weekend list. Manchester's Wobblin Goblin Parade was set to leave Town Hall at 10 a.m. Read about the parade.
• Sunday: Cape Ann Symphony musicians were listed at Crowell Chapel in Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport held early voting hours. The forecast called for sun and a high near 58. See Sunday's forecast.

Decided late last week

Gloucester. Besides the tax split, the Budget and Finance Committee backed a $132,000 state grant for downtown signs and the HarborWalk, 2 to 1, on Thursday. Read the story.

Manchester-by-the-Sea. The Finance Committee also rewrote the warrant book's note on the Essex Elementary School article. It says the state grant is about $20.9 million. Read the story.

Rockport. On Thursday, the Historical Commission approved new doors at St. Joachim Church on Broadway, a shed and a window. It sent a Hale Street window request and a Main Street addition to hearings on Dec. 3. Read the story.

No Friday board votes in the four towns appear in our coverage.