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Evaluating ash
May 21, 2009
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CHELSEA
The City Council is giving members of the community an opportunity to participate in a performance evaluation of City Manager Jay Ash. A three-member council committee overseeing the evaluation is inviting residents and anyone else interested to mail their comments to the council office at City Hall or by e-mail to npantano@chelseama.gov. Input also can be offered at the panel's three public meetings, tonight, June 8, and June 9. All three meetings will be held at 6 p.m. at City Hall. The committee will finalize its report at the June 9 meeting, and submit it to the council for a vote on June 15. Appointed by council president Brian Hatleberg, the panel includes councilors Stanley Troisi, Marilyn Vega-Torres, and Matthew Frank, who is committee head and council vice president. - John LaidlerLynnfield
TOWN MEETING MAKES ITS QUORUM - After two unsuccessful attempts, Lynnfield mustered the necessary 175 registered voters needed for a quorum at Town Meeting on Monday. Attendees dispatched 12 articles from the warrant plus two from a Special Town Meeting warrant in approximately three hours, including approving an article that will reduce the quorum number for future town meetings to 100. That measure passed by a two-thirds majority, and must be approved by a simple majority at a future election. -David RattiganNORTH READING
FREE JOB SEARCH HELP - Career counselor Susan Henry is scheduled to hold a lunchtime job search workshop at the Flint Memorial Library at 12:30 on Tuesday. Henry, who worked in international sales before starting a New Hampshire-based career development advice firm, Henry-Adams Associates, plans to discuss interviewing and resume tips and how social networking can help the job-hunting process. The presentation is free. For more information, call 978-664-4942. - Richard ThompsonWilmington
SEAT BELT CONTEST A WINNER - Wilmington High School is receiving recognition from Massachusetts SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) and MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) after winning the grand prize in a yearlong, statewide "Belt It Out!" seat belt safety contest. This was the first year for the contest, which was funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to raise state seat belt usage rates. Through on-campus surveys, events, and awareness campaigns, Wilmington High succeeded in increasing student seat belt usage to 80 percent, a 10 percent increase over the previous year. The statewide average is 67 percent. In all, 12 schools participated statewide, with Weymouth High School and Swampscott High School also receiving recognition for their efforts. - Karen Sackowitz
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