Satanic Temple Offering 'Devil's Advocate' Scholarship: Patch PM

SALEM, MA — It's Thursday, July 23. Here's what Patch has been covering on the North Shore and across Massachusetts today.

The Satanic Temple, the Salem-based nonprofit that advocates for a clearer of separation of religion and government, is offering college scholarships to students who graduate high school in 2020.

The two-question application asks students to explain how they have promoted the Satanic Temple's mission and to describe a teacher who "crushed your spirit, undermined your self-confidence, and made you hate every minute you were forced to be in school." Read more.

Also on the North Shore today:

Swampscott Recall Effort Falls Short

Petitioners said collecting a little more than a fifth of the signatures they needed to force a recall election of Selectman Don Hause was a "significant achievement" and pointed out the 1,708 minimum was 388 more votes than Hause received when he won reelection in last year's election.

Marblehead Camp Closes After Positive Coronavirus Test

Children's Island Camp in Marblehead was closed for cleaning Thursday, a day after a member of the camp's counselor-in-training program tested positive for the coronavirus.

Indictment Accuse Danvers Man Of Cloning Guns

Danvers police arrested Iury Sette, 18, after being called to his family's apartment in February for a domestic dispute. They found five guns and ammunition, including two guns that had been cloned and did not have serial numbers.

Across Massachusetts:

Whitey Bulger's Girlfriend Catherine Greig Free After Completing Sentence

Catherine Greig is a free woman after completing her federal prison sentence for helping Whitey Bulger. Greig is the longtime girlfriend of the Boston mobster and served a multi-year sentence for harboring a fugitive after being on the run with Bulger for 16 years.

Also today:

• On Eve Of Season, Sox Ace Has 'Minor Complications' Of COVID-19
• MA Under Severe Thunderstorm Watch Thursday Afternoon
• MA School Bus Guidelines: Vastly Reduced Capacity, Masks For All
• Chatham Coronavirus Cluster Linked To House Party

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