Two local, 20-year-old females were placed under arrest in the early hours of Monday morning following a high-speed police chase through Webster, MA, according to a report from the Webster Police Department. Police say that an officer was conducting traffic enforcement on Route 193/Thompson Road in the vicinity of the Exit 1 intersection with...
Police detail alleged theft of IDs by former UMass Memorial employee
WEBSTER — A former employee of the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester and her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend allegedly stole the identities of approximately 22 people to buy cellphones and utility services via the Internet, investigators said. Nine of the alleged victims were patients. Two victims live in Mississippi, police...
24 People Apply for Webster Town Administrator Job
WEBSTER – Twenty-four people have applied for the vacant town administrator position, Thomas Ralph Jr., chairman of the nine-member screening committee, said in an interview Tuesday. Thursday was the deadline to apply for the job. On Friday, Mr. Ralph and fellow screening committee members Michael Finamore and Town Clerk Robert Craver met to go...
WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF MUNICIPAL FINANCE?
The term “municipal finance” incorporates a number of fiscal components, also called systems, that exist within a town government. These systems exist to determine how local funds are to be spent, to ensure that the funds are spent legally and in a manner consistent with the original intent, and to control the collection of...
WHAT IS PROPOSITION 2 1⁄2?
Proposition 21⁄2 (M.G.L. Ch. 59 Sec. 21C), which was passed by Massachusetts voters in November of 1980, places a limit on the amount of property taxes a community can levy each year. Proposition 21⁄2 establishes two types of restrictions on the annual property tax levy. First, a community cannot levy in excess of 2.5...
Basic Roles of Town Meeting
WHAT ARE THE BASIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TOWN MEETING RELATIVE TO MUNICIPAL FINANCE? Town meeting is the legislative body and appropriating authority of a town. As the legislative body, town meeting enacts by- laws and other measures to provide for the operation of municipal government and the administration of town affairs. For example,...
Webster Police Charge Four with Multiple Drug Offenses
Webster police detectives arrested four people Thursday morning, charging them with multiple drug offenses, the result of a several-week-long investigation. According to Webster Police, detectives James Hoover and Steven Cacciapouti, along with officers Robert Ela and Christopher Trainor, executed a search warrant at 126 North Main St. Apt. 1R, at 10:30 a.m. and found...
Town Administrator Search Committee
Town Moderator Appointments The Town Charter states that the Town Moderator is charged with making four appointments to the Town Administrator Search Committee. The Town Moderator is currently accepting letters of interest from town residents who wish to serve on this Committee. The letter should explain why the resident wishes to be named to...
By-Law Review Committee Full
I am happy to report that all of the positions on the By-Law Committee have been filled. I want to thank all of the individuals who volunteered to assist. I still have opens on the Charter Review Commission and the Finance Committee. If anyone is interested in either of these, please forward a letter...
By-Law Review Committee
The Town Moderator is accepting letters of interest from any town resident wishing to serve on the Town Bylaw Committee. This Committee makes recommendations on all bylaw changes and conducts the five year review of the bylaws pursuant to the Town Charter. Anyone interested in serving on this committee should send a letter of interest to the...