Senior Van Windshield Smashed for Second Time in Six Months

For the second time in six months, vandals have smashed the front window of the Hamilton-Wenham Councils on Aging van.

Shared Councils on Aging Director Susan Carp said 11 seniors were scheduled for rides to medical appointments and other trips on Tuesday. They will have to either cancel their appointment or find another ride, she said.

Vandals threw a rock through the van's windshield, Carp said.

Carp said the van will be out of service for at least a day, or possibly longer, while repairs are made. She will give riders an update as more information becomes available.

The windshield on the van . Both times it was parked in the parking lot at the corner of School Street and Ellis Avenue in Wenham, next to the . In both cases, were notified. And it both cases it happened overnight on a Monday night.

In August, Carp said it may have happened between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. when she was at the Senior Center and heard a loud bang and a Volvo pulling away. In the latest incident, it is not clear exactly when it happened. Carp said she discovered it at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday.