Chat Live With State Senate Candidate Mary-Ellen Manning

State Senate candidate Mary-Ellen Manning will be joining us on Thursday at noon for a live chat with readers.

If you have any questions for Manning on her bid for the 2nd Essex District seat, which represents Peabody, Salem, Beverly, Danvers and Topsfield, this is a great opportunity to get those questions answered.

Be sure to head on over to our homepage between noon and 1 p.m. on Aug. 30 to join our chat. You simply have to provide your name and you'll be able to ask your questions immediately.

Be sure to mark your calendar today. Questions submitted, as always, will be subject to moderator approval. No vulgar or libelous comments will be allowed.

Due to the fact that we expect a high volume of questions for that hour, we will keep the questions issue-related and not repetitive. 

If you won't be able to join us Thursday afternoon, leave your question for Manning in the comments section below and we'll do our best to include it in the chat if time allows.

You can find the transcripts of our live chats with  and here.