The Freetown-Lakeville Superintendent Search Committee announced late last week the four finalists vying to become Freetown-Lakeville School District’s next superintendent. The four finalists are Bruce Cole, director of Special Education for the Plymouth School District; Madeline Meyer, assistant superintendent of the Scotch Plains-Fairwood School District in Scotch Plains, N.J.; John McCarthy, principal of Hopkinton High School in Hopkinton, Mass.; Elizabeth [...]
Less than 10 percent of Massachusetts’ federal highway stimulus money is headed to South Shore towns in first round of “shovel-ready” transportation projects. The first eight projects, announced Friday, span the entire state from western Massachusetts to Cape Cod and represent an estimated $30 million. But only one South Shore project, estimated to cost $2.8 million, is moving forward so [...]
In a recession, budgets are tightened, jobs are cut, and those who remain are expected to do more with less. Given this type of economic reality, it’s surprising to hear of an industry reporting an increase in spending on anything, much less on something as new as social media. Yet that’s exactly what’s occurring. According to a new Forrester Research [...]
No one had any solutions but all were in agreement at a hearing Thursday that the traffic situation at Everett Square is a disaster. Four two-way streets and two one-way streets all meet at the square. The proposal is being submitted for a $1.5 million state grant intended to fund transportation projects that will stimulate economic development. Planning Director Ruth [...]
Work could begin soon on $30 million worth of Massachusetts highway projects that are eligible to use federal stimulus dollars. The eight projects are scattered from the Berkshires to Cape Cod, according to Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration. The projects focus on road resurfacing and traffic sign replacement in each of five regional districts and will be put out to bid [...]
Web 2.0 has turned the web upside down. Marketing professionals who fail to recognize this may, at best, find themselves left behind. At worst, they risk losing control of their message with potentially giving a marketing advantage to their competitors. But for marketers who leverage the technology in smart and flexible ways, there are excellent opportunities for communicating with clients, [...]
The hardest part of creating a marketing plan is that other busy work tends to get in the way. Since marketing is a sales support function, companies tend to view it as an expense rather than an integral part of the sales process. The truth is that an effective marketing plan will magnify sales efforts and grow a company in [...]
Now visited by over two-thirds (67 percent) of the global* online population, “Member Communities,” which includes both social networks and blogs, has become the fourth most popular online category – ahead of personal email. It is growing twice as fast as any of the other four largest sectors (search, portals, PC software and email), according to The Nielsen Company’s “Global [...]
Congressman Barney Frank today announced that New Bedford, Fall River, and other communities in the Fourth Congressional District are in line to receive federal grant monies for crime prevention and for the criminal justice system, under the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the stimulus bill. The funds are expected to be used primarily for hiring [...]
Residents who have complained for years of poor audio when attending selectmen’s meetings will find the volume turned up this summer after renovations are completed to the selectmen’s meeting room at Town Hall. The town Cable Committee met with selectmen on Monday and reviewed the changes necessary to improve sound. Cable Committee member and town IT Director Roger Brunelle said [...]
