Rockport Daily Current, Thursday, October 15

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Good morning, Rockport. It's Thursday, October 15. From the Cape Ann Current, I'm Kerry Jane, with your Rockport Daily Current, free public information for Rockport. Today we have updates on the region's drought status and high school sports.

The state continues to list the region at a Level 2 Significant Drought, declared on October 9. The Drought Management Task Force meets next on November 6. The National Weather Service is forecasting a 90 percent chance of rain tomorrow.

The Rockport Public Library hosts a Halloween pumpkin painting event on Saturday, October 24, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Rockport has three public meetings today. The Board of Health meets at 5:30 p.m. The SEPAC meets at 5:30 p.m. at Rockport Elementary School. The Planning Board meets at 6:30 p.m.

Neko Case performs at the Shalin Liu Performance Center tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, the Rockport Harvest Fest takes place downtown from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In high school sports, Hamilton Wenham beat Rockport field hockey 4 to 1 on Wednesday. In a late score from Tuesday, Newburyport girls soccer shut out Rockport 7 to 0. Today, Rockport golf plays at Essex County Club at 3:30 p.m. Girls soccer hosts Hamilton Wenham at 4 p.m., and boys soccer travels to Hamilton Wenham at 6 p.m.

The National Weather Service says today is expected to be sunny with a high near 58 and north winds gusting to 26 miles per hour. A small craft advisory is in effect on the bays until 2 p.m. Tomorrow is forecast to bring rain and a gale watch. High tides in Rockport run 3 to 5 minutes earlier than Gloucester, where high tide is at 2:56 p.m. today.

That's the Rockport Daily Current for Thursday. 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

• Sunny, breezy and near 58 Thursday, then rain Friday and a gale watch on the water
• Storm moves Gloucester's Halloween party at Stage Fort Park to Sunday, Oct. 18
• Scoreboard: Gloucester and Manchester Essex field hockey win on the road, Gloucester boys soccer ties at Tewksbury

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