The Weekend Current: Gloucester football beats Beverly and earns a home playoff game

Here is what happened in Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea from Friday evening, Oct. 30, through Sunday night, from public records and our earlier coverage.

Five things to know

1. Gloucester football has a home playoff game. The team beat Beverly 14 to 7 on Saturday to finish 7-1. It is the No. 2 seed in Division 5 and hosts a playoff game Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. at Newell Stadium. Read the playoff story.
2. Gloucester field hockey is 18-0. The team won 4 to 0 at Swampscott on Sunday night. Read the game story.
3. Rockport swept Gloucester in soccer on Halloween morning. Both games were in Rockport. See Saturday's scoreboard.
4. Hammond Castle lost its zoning appeal. On Thursday, Gloucester's Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5 to 0 that the museum needs a special permit to keep hosting weddings and private events. Read the story.
5. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in all four towns. Early voting ended Friday. See where to vote. Voters will see nine state ballot questions. Read about all nine.

Scores and standouts

Gloucester, 2-3 this weekend. Gloucester beat Beverly 14 to 7 in football on Saturday. Read the game story. Gloucester beat Swampscott 4 to 0 in girls field hockey on Sunday. Read the game story. Triton beat Gloucester 3 sets to 0 in girls volleyball on Friday night. Read the game story. Rockport beat Gloucester 5 to 1 in girls soccer on Saturday. Read the game story. Rockport beat Gloucester 1 to 0 in boys soccer on Saturday. Read the game story.

Rockport, 2-0 this weekend. Both wins came against Gloucester at home, 5 to 1 in girls soccer and 1 to 0 in boys soccer. Rockport finished the week 4-0. See the week's records.

Manchester Essex, 0-1-1 this weekend. Pentucket beat Manchester Essex 21 to 6 in football on Friday. Read the game story. Manchester Essex and Andover tied 1 to 1 in girls field hockey on Friday. Read the game story. The home field hockey game with Triton had no posted score by Sunday night. See Sunday's scoreboard.

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: Halloween was sunny and cold, with a forecast high near 50. See the forecast. The calendar listed Manchester's party at Memorial School and trick or treat in the village, a free family film at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, the Rocky Neck year end show in Gloucester and a costume ball at Hammond Castle. See the Halloween list.
• Sunday: Clocks fell back one hour. The calendar listed an artist talk at the Rockport Art Association and Museum, a cello recital at the Shalin Liu and a talk on bats in Essex. See Sunday's forecast.
• Coming up: Starting Monday, the Centennial Avenue bridge in Gloucester closes after the morning school commute for state work, the city said Friday. Read the notice story. Manchester-by-the-Sea holds a public forum on the Bennett, Pine, Central and Bridge street intersection on Wednesday. Read the story.

Decided late last week

Gloucester. Besides the Hammond Castle vote, the Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday approved a second story addition on Holly Street and two special permits for a new house on Long Beach, each 5 to 0. It pushed the Maplewood Avenue housing project to Nov. 12. Read the story. Also on Thursday, the Fisheries Commission heard that Fish to Plate, a program that buys local fish for food banks, got $500,000 more. Its only vote was to adjourn. Read the story.

No Thursday or Friday board votes in Rockport, Essex or Manchester-by-the-Sea appear in our coverage.