Do your employees really know what’s going on with your company? And don’t be worried that they can’t handle the truth. Bestselling author Quint Studer offers some convincing reasons to create a culture of transparency. People assume the worst when they don’t hear from leaders. Transparency helps employees connect to the why. Employees may not understand how the external environment [...]
Joseph M. Silva of Bridgewater has been hired as the town’s water superintendent. Silva, who has worked for the town of Bridgewater for 32 years, will assume his duties on March 1. This is the second Bridgewater employee the town has hired within a year. Silva will receive a starting salary of $76,045 and will have a six-month probationary period. [...]
Four local communities are among the top 10 in the state poised for economic growth this year, according to a new study by a consulting firm. Middleboro, Norton, Taunton and Randolph are expected to grow in 2010 for reasons that range from pro-business policies to ample land and a desirable location, according to the study by the Medway-based Business Development [...]
Anticipating that a casino resort is coming to town, selectmen voted to spend $110,000 of the $486,000 available in Resort Pre-Planning Funds on five projects that deal with traffic, staffing, wastewater, zoning and a GIS system. Town Manager Charles J. Cristello and Planning Director Ruth McCawley Geoffroy presented selectmen with a list of five projects on Monday night they felt [...]
Middleboro school officials are planning an informational forum to address questions about the budget for the coming fiscal year in light of proposed budget cuts, a Proposition 2 1/2 property tax override that will be on the April election ballot, and what all this would mean for local residents. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at [...]
After eight years of battling with the town for her right to run a campsite, the owner of Tispaquin Family Campground bitterly told selectmen this week she would close her business by the end of the year. Barbara Holton, owner of the Tispaquin Family Campground, 68 Purchase St., along with her husband, Ralph, for 26 years, told selectmen of her [...]
A bill filed by state Sen. Marc R. Pacheco, D-Taunton, includes a provision that has some questioning if politicians are angling to move the proposal from Middleboro to Fall River. But Pacheco said the language was an oversight that will be clarified in a subsequent version of the bill. Senate Bill No. 2042 includes preferential treatment to a federally recognized [...]
The key to competing strong in a weak economy is to remain visible and project an image of strength and stability. Customers have a heightened sensitivity to any sign of weakness, so resist the urge to dramatically reduce your marketing activities. To flourish in challenging times, you’ll need to distill your marketing and public relations efforts into a powerful, concentrated [...]
It looks like this social media thing for business could be a solid accompaniment to your company’s marketing and advertising initiatives – assuming that you still allocate resources to those things. But the temptation to devote time to Facebook, Twitter, blogging and other so-called “social media” is strong. Before devoting precious time and money to efforts that may not immediately [...]
On Friday, Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan confirmed meeting with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe about the potential of hosting a casino, but he called those talks preliminary. Flanagan said the meeting took place right before Christmas, just over a month after his election and before his inauguration. Get the rest of the story WickedLocal.com – Bridgewater. If Middleboro officials are [...]
