Rockport Daily Current, Sunday, October 11

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Good morning, Rockport. It's Sunday, October 11. From the Cape Ann Current, I'm Kerry Jane, with your Rockport Daily Current, free public information for Rockport. Today we look at the state's voter guide for the upcoming election.

Town budgets are tight across Cape Ann. For this week's Crosscurrents, we are asking, what is one town service you would protect no matter what? You can weigh in and share your thoughts at capeanncurrent dot com slash crosscurrents.

In Rockport public meetings this week, the Council on Aging meets Tuesday at 5 p.m. The Affordable Housing Trust meets Wednesday, October 14, at 6:30 p.m. On Thursday, October 15, the Board of Health and the school's S E P A C meet at 5:30 p.m., and the Planning Board meets at 6:30 p.m.

The deadline to register to vote in the November 3 state election is Saturday, October 24. Early voting runs from October 17 to October 30. The state says every household should have received a printed voter booklet in September. The guide covers the nine statewide ballot questions and is also available online.

In Rockport today, the Cape Ann Community Cinema has showings through the day. Check the theater's website for times. Tonight's 5 p.m. show at Upstairs on Main, with Abigail Rose and Melanie MacLaren, is sold out.

In Rockport high school sports, girls soccer beat Gloucester 3 to 1 on Saturday, while boys soccer lost 1 to 0 at Gloucester. The field hockey team tied Haverhill 1 to 1 on Friday. They play at Newburyport tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.

The Weather Service expects mostly cloudy skies today with a high near 60, likely rain tonight, and a partly sunny Columbus Day tomorrow with a high near 63. Rockport's high tides are just after noon today, and about 1 p.m. tomorrow.

That's the Rockport Daily Current for Sunday. Everything we share is free public information from public records and government data. For updates from all four Cape Ann towns, and every source, go to capeanncurrent dot com. I'm Kerry Jane, the Cape Ann Current's host. Catch the Daily Current again tomorrow. Keeping Cape Ann current.

Stories in this episode

• Voter registration closes Oct. 24, and the state's guide to the nine ballot questions is online
• Mostly cloudy Sunday, then a soaking rain tonight before a drier Columbus Day
• Scoreboard: Rockport girls and Gloucester boys split the soccer doubleheader, Manchester Essex falls twice
• Weekly roundup: Gloucester field hockey reaches 10 and 0, football beats Salem, and Rockport and Gloucester split a soccer doubleheader

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