Essex Daily Current, Wednesday, October 14

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Good morning, Essex. It's Wednesday, October 14. From the Cape Ann Current, I'm Kerry Jane, with your Essex Daily Current, free public information for Essex. State data show heating oil prices are up 74 percent from a year ago.

Heating oil in Massachusetts costs $6.18 a gallon this week. According to the state survey, that is up from $3.56 a year ago. A typical Cape Ann home could pay roughly $4,900 this season, an increase of about $2,100. A free calculator is available to help estimate your costs.

Essex wants to hire its first full time fire chief. The town told the Fire Department to find about $50,000 in its own budget to pay for the change. Fire leaders meet at 7 this morning to review a plan to move money around. They will present their answer to the Finance Committee tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.

The Essex Open Space Committee meets today at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom.

The public library hosts Wee Ones Story Hour today from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Tomorrow, the Land and Sea Club meets at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum from 3 to 5 p.m.

On Tuesday, the Manchester Essex boys soccer team beat Lynnfield 6 to 1. The girls soccer team lost to Lynnfield 4 to 0, and the golf team fell to Hamilton Wenham. Today, the cross country teams host Hamilton Wenham at 3:30 p.m.

The National Weather Service expects patchy fog this morning, then a partly sunny afternoon with a high near 72. Tomorrow is expected to be sunny and cooler. High tide in Gloucester Harbor is at 2:14 p.m. today, with Essex River tides arriving 4 to 28 minutes later.

That's the Essex Daily Current for Wednesday. 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

• Heating oil costs 74% more than last fall. Here is what that means for a Cape Ann home, and where to get help
• Essex fire officials bring their plan for a full-time chief to the Finance Committee Thursday
• Meetings today and Thursday: Gloucester School Committee, Manchester's town meeting money, the Essex fire plan and an Essex housing bylaw
• Morning fog, then partly sunny and near 72 Wednesday, a sunny, cooler Thursday and rain Friday
• Scoreboard: Gloucester field hockey wins at Beverly, volleyball sweeps Winthrop, Manchester Essex boys soccer beats Lynnfield

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