The North Middleboro Fourth of July Parade will be celebrating a landmark this year when they hold their 80th annual parade. The parade will kick off from the Pratt Free School on the Titicut Green at 10 a.m. on July 4, 2009.Parade committee member Roy Holmes says the poor economy may draw a larger crowd. Sometimes when the economy is [...]
Newswire.Net, Inc., has published its media and business development kit at http://www.newswire.net/index.php/mediakit.html. The Newswire.Net Media and Business Development Kit explains the company’s vision, business model, and contains the provisional patent titled, “Method of Creating and Maintaining a Social Network News Agency and Press Release Distribution Service.” Source: Newswire.Net, Inc. Press Release, June 30, 2009.
I’m very disappointed that there was no news about this event, or others like it. There has to be a way to get the word out about these types of gatherings – whether they’re formal or informal – so that interested parties in Middleboro can try and attend. It’s too bad that I had to read about this after the [...]
In other business during the June 29, 2009 Board of Selectmen meeting, the board will hear the Resort Advisory Committee’s recommendations for using the casino planning money. A $250,000 payment is due on July 1, 2009 and Planning Director Ruth M. Geoffroy, lead planner on the project, has proposed using the money for several projects in 2009: $142,884 in salaries, which [...]
Selectmen are expected to sign a contract with the appointed police chief on Monday night. This week, Town Manager Charles J. Cristello and Lt. Bruce D. Gates reached an accord and now it’s up to selectmen to ratify the four-year contract. Gates was appointed to replace Gary J. Russell, who retired this month. In 2008, Russell was the fourth-highest paid [...]
The chairman of the Finance Committee is calling for a joint meeting with selectmen and the School Committee to explain to taxpayers the $550,000 snafu in free cash. “We need to find out how it happened, why it happened and what’s in place to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” said Finance Committee Chairman Richard J. Pavadore. “The huge error [...]
Social networking sites present a record-keeping quandary for public agencies and officials who must follow open government and public records laws. The laws demand officials keep all correspondence regarding official business, allowing any person to request to view those communications at any time. But no real precedent exists for media such as Twitter and MySpace. Source: Naples Daily News, June [...]
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe says the planned casino is still a go, but some folks in Middleboro believe they’ve heard the death knell for the gambling facility. Brooke Scannell, the tribe’s spokesperson, declined to elaborate on a vote taken by the tribal council not to reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag’s development deal with investors. And the investors aren’t talking either. Click [...]
Teachers have agreed to $330,000 in concessions, forgoing pay hikes in the first half of the next school year. The “overwhelming” vote on Wednesday is a modification to the third and final year of the teachers current contract, said Lynne Sullivan, union chief. In addition, teachers voted to take unpaid furlough days. Click here to read the entire article on [...]
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has reassured town officials that the casino deal is still on, but one selectman wants a written guarantee that Middleboro won’t be on the hook for $750,000 if it fails. In a meeting Thursday morning with the town’s Business and Industrial Commission, which is appointed by the selectmen, Selectman Stephen McKinnon said he wants to know [...]
