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The Dale and the Duds concert scheduled for Wednesday 7/16 has been cancelled due to the weather and has been rescheduled to Wednesday 7/30 at 6:00 pm.

As part of the Main Street paving project, the installation of the top course of asphalt is scheduled to take place on Tuesday June 17^th (weather permitting).  

Please be advised that the Town of Easton is working together with the firm KRT Appraisal to perform re-cyclical inspections on residential properties within the town.  The streets that will be inspected over the next few weeks will be: Turnpike, Central, Summer and Center.

As part of the Town of Easton’s ongoing pavement management program, the reconstruction/paving of Canton Street will begin the week of May 27, 2014.  During the construction the road may be closed to thru traffic, however local traffic will be allowed to pass but may encounter minor delays.  Police Details will be on scene to assist and direct traffic through and around the work zone.  

Join the Town of Easton, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (MA DOER), Borrego Solar, and partners,in celebrating the completion of a 1.9 Megawatt ground-mounted solar landfill installation in Easton; a Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Green Community Designate.

National Grid intends to perform selective side pruning and/or danger tree removal along an electric transmission right-of-way that passes through Easton. This right-of-way passes the following streets: Turnpike Street, Prospect Street, Foundry Street, Depot Street, Bay Road, Poquanticut Avenue, Rockland Street, and Massapoag Avenue. This work will take place between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015. Please click here for a map of this right-of-way as well as a pamphlet from National Grid for landowners along this right-of-way. If you have any questions, please contact National Grid at 1-800-322-3223 

The Water Division will be holding their 31^st Annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the DPW, 130 Center Street. The event will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 12:00 Noon.

The Recreation Department is accepting field requests.  Facility permit applications are available at this location. Please submit completed paperwork by March 31, 2014. Any questions please call the recreation office at 508-238-3084.

The Agricultural Commission is accepting applications for plots at the Wheaton Farm Community Garden. Full size (20' x 20') and half size (20' x 10') plots are available. Submit your application early as plots are available on a first come first serve basis. Click here for the application.

Want to have a say in what Easton looks like well into the future? Let us know your thoughts on important topics like how and where Easton should grow; what aspects of Easton should be protected from development; and how neighborhood character can be enhanced or protected. Provide your feedback on the big issues Easton faces as a community, goals and objectives being developed in conjunction with Envision Easton, Easton’s ongoing Comprehensive Master Plan. Click here to go to the Envision Easton Feedback Loops to provide your comments and feedback.

Representative Claire D. Cronin (D-Easton) will be holding office hours in Easton on February 11, 2014.  Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are recommended.  Constituents are welcome to come and discuss any constituent service matter with Representative Cronin. 

The Easton Board of Health is pleased to announce that a Seasonal Flu Clinic will be held for Easton residents Saturday January 11th from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Atrium at Oliver Ames High School, 100 Lothrop Street, North Easton, MA 02356.  Vaccine will be available for individuals three years of age and older. For more information, please contact the Board of Health at (508) 230-0620.

Waste Management Customers:  Please be advised that due to the storm Waste Management has now cancelled pickups for today, Friday January 3^rd.  Pickups originally scheduled for today will be collected on Saturday January 4^th.   Collections originally scheduled for Saturday January 4^th will now be collected on Monday January 6^th. 

All collections for the week of January 6^th will be delayed by one day.  If you have any questions please contact the DPW at (508) 230-0800. 

Planning a special New Year’s Eve or Day meal?  Or maybe you need a hostess gift for the New Year’s Eve party you’ll be attending. You’ll find everything you need for a great meal or special gift at the Original Easton Farmer's Market.

The Easton Town Offices will observe the following hours during the holidays:

December 24: 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

December 25: CLOSED

December 31: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

January 1: CLOSED

The Fiscal Year 2014 actual tax bill will be arriving soon with new assessed values for properties.  Those interested in filing for Overvalue Abatements will have a 30-day period to file for abatement from Jan. 2 to Feb. 3, 2014. Abatement application cannot be accepted until Jan. 2, 2014.

NOTICE:

Tonight’s Board of Appeals meeting scheduled for 6:30 pm in the Simmons Lecture Hall at Oliver Ames High School, 136 Lothrop Street, Easton, MA has been rescheduled to the forecasted winter weather. 

The meeting will now take place on Monday, January 6, 2014 at 6:30 pm at the Simmons Lecture Hall at Oliver Ames High School, 136 Lothrop Street, Easton, MA.

The Recreation Department has announced that the chess and wrestling programs scheduled for December 17 have been cancelled due to the snow.

The Easton Recreation Department's Babysitting Course is full and will no longer be accepting registrations. Please contact the Recreation Department with any questions. Thank you.

State Senator Thomas P. Kennedy has announced district office hours for the month of December 2013. Constituents may visit the Senator on Friday, December 13 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM at the Campello High Rise Building B - 1380 Main Street, Community Room in Brockton, MA and on Monday, December 16 from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM at the Plympton Town House - 5 Palmer Road, Community Meeting Room in Plympton, MA.

Representative Claire D. Cronin will be holding office hours in Easton on Monday, December 16, 2013.  Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are recommended.  Constituents are welcome to come and discuss any constituent service matter with Representative Cronin. 

TRAILWORK at Clifford Grant continues this Saturday Morning December 7  from  9am to 12pm. Meeting at the trail head adjacent to the High School Parking lot.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission will hold a public meeting for impacted communities relating to the Raynham Parks LLC proposal on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 4:00 pm at the Raynham Middle School located at 420 Titicut Road, Raynham, MA. For more information, please click here.

The Easton Police would like to remind residents that the winter parking ban begins on December 1.  There is no parking on any Easton streets between the hours of 1AM and 8AM during the months of December, January, February and March. Thank you.

The Town of Easton Department of Public Works is accepting applications for snow plowing contractors for the 2013 – 2014 winter season. Applications can be picked up at the Department of Public Works, 130 Center Street between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. Applications are also available at this location. Please call the DPW at 508-230-0800. 

Following his announcement of a $1 million MassWorks Infrastructure Grant to be awarded to the town of Easton to support the development of Queset Commons and improvements at the Rt. 138/ Rt. 123 intersection, Governor Deval Patrick visited Easton to tour the Shovel Works redevelopment on Main Street.

The Clifford Grant Trail Project continues this Sunday November 24 @ 9:00am, when we hope to finish up the decking on the bridges!  Volunteers are welcome to join us afterwards for pizza.  Same meeting place:  Easton Oliver Ames High School parking lot near Clifford Grant trail entrance.

Please come prepared; Wear sturdy footwear & long pants and bring work-gloves and water to drink.

The Easton food pantry will be conducting its Thanksgiving dinner distributions on Monday, November 25 and Tuesday, November 26 from noon - 5:00 pm. If you have any questions regarding the dinner distribution, please call the food pantry at (508) 230-0670 or visit www.eastonfoodpantry.org

The Community Preservation Act (CPA) provides a funding source dedicated to Easton’s community preservation needs. This year’s application deadline is January 6, 2014.  Easton’s Community Preservation Committee makes funding recommendations prior to annual Town meeting each spring. Click here for more information and to access the application.

The Veteran’s Day Parade will be on Monday, November 11, 2013 this year. The parade route has changed. All parade participants are to form at Park Street at 10:30 am. The parade will kick off at 11:00 am and head down Center Street to Main Street where it will cross the street and head down to Veteran’s Memorial Park where a ceremony and speakers will take place.

Warrants for the Special Town Meeting to be held Monday, November 4, 2013 at 7:00 pm at the Oliver Ames High School Auditorium are available in the Town Hall lobby as well as online at this location. For other Town Meeting information, click here.

The Easton Board of Health is pleased to announce that a Seasonal Flu Clinic will be held for Easton residents Monday November 4th from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM in the Atrium at Oliver Ames High School, 100 Lothrop Street, North Easton, MA 02356.  The clinic is free for all residents. Residents under the age of 19 must preregister with the BOH due to the limited number of doses available for this age group. Please call Easton BOH at 508-230-0620 with any questions or to register a child age 2-18.

Customers of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts may be eligble for heating assistance for the winter of 2013-2014.

The American Red Cross will be hosting a community blood drive at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Easton this November. Donations will take place on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 from 2:00 to 7:00 pm at the KOC Hall, 375 Foundry Street, Easton, MA. If you have any questions, please call Jonathan Wilson at 781-710-2450.

The Easton Board of Health will be holding a seasonal flu clinic at the Oliver Ames High School at 100 Lothrop Street on Wednesday, October 23, 2013. Please click here for full information.

During the week of October 21, the Water Division will be conducting its fall system flushing program to ensure the continued quality of our drinking water.

Senator Brian A. Joyce is pleased to announce that he will hold office hours in Easton on Monday November 18^th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Frothingham Hall Community Center Conference Room

In observance of Columbus Day, the Easton Town Offices will be closed on Monday, October 14, 2013. The Town Offices will be open from 8:30 am to 7:30 pm on Tuesday, October 15.

The Town Administrator has published his fourth quarter report for Fiscal Year 2013. These reports include individual departmental reports as well as a summary of highlighted events during the months of April, May, and June of 2013. Please click here to view the report.

Take a visit to a local business on National Manufacturing Day, October 4, 2013, which addresses common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t. 

O'CONNELL ANNOUNCES DISTRICT OFFICE HOURS FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
   
Representative Shaunna O'Connell will be holding office hours Monday, September 30 from 4:00 to 5:00 pm at the Easton Town Hall in the Selectmen's room located at 136 Elm Street. Anyone wishing to meet with her may drop in or call 617-722-2305 to reserve an appointment, including appointments that need to be scheduled outside district hours. 

At each Board of Selectmen meeting, the Selectmen utilize an electronic packet of handouts, notes, and other informative attachments relevant to their agenda. These "agenda packets" have been sent to the local press the day of the meeting and are a public record. The Town of Easton is pleased to announce that these packets will now be available on the Selectmen's webpage the day of regularly scheduled meetings, and packets from previous meetings will be housed on our Minutes on Demand page under "Board of Selectmen" and "Agenda Packets".

On Saturday, October 5, the Easton Fire Department will hold its Annual Open House at Station 1, 48 Lothrop Street, Easton, MA. Come down and enjoy a slice of pizza while you tour the equipment of the Fire and Rescue Department. Click here for full program information.

Town Administrator David Colton has released FY2014's Departmental Goals and Objectives. This report details the annual directives of each of the departments within the Town of Easton. The full report is available at this location. 

The Easton Conservation Commission and Agricultural Commission seek proposals for projects to use certain existing fields at Wheaton Farm for crop production or other suitable agricultural use within the Town of Easton:

Senator Brian A. Joyce is pleased to announce that he will hold office hours in Easton on Monday September 16^th from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Frothingham Hall Community Center Conference Room.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) announced today that EEE virus has been detected in mosquitoes collected from Easton, Massachusetts.

A portion of Main Street ranging from Sullivan Ave to Mechanic Street will be under construction for the Main Street Streetscape Project beginning on Monday, August 26, 2013.

The Easton Assessors’ Office is in the process of doing cyclical inspections of Real Estate and Personal Property throughout the town.

It’s time again for the much awaited Easton’s Lantern Parade!

It will be Saturday August 17th and as in previous years we will meet at 6:00pm at the Historical Society (the old RR building) on Sullivan St.

Bring your decorated lanterns and we will march from the Station to the back of the Ames Library. In case of bad weather, we’ll head to the Oakes Ames Memorial Hall.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) announced today that West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in mosquitoes collected from Easton, Massachusetts on August 1, 2013. 

Easton Community Access Television has produced two new episodes of Town Manager TV; available online. These two episodes take you through a tour of the Town Offices, also known as Wayside, with Town Administrator David Colton and Easton Historian Hazel Varella. The history of the building is discussed as well as the current use of the building as the Town Offices. Click here to watch Part 1 and Part 2, or click here to see all online episodes of Town Manager TV.

The Easton Police Department, in partnership with numerous other communities, is hosting the National Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, August 6 from 4-9 pm at the Brockton Rox Campanelli Stadium. Please click here for the full flyer.

The State of Massachusetts is looking for 19,000 sq ft of office space for lease in Easton and neighboring communities for State 911 facilities. Please click here for the full RFP. 

Representative Claire Cronin will hold office hours at the Easton Town Offices in the Board of Selectmen Meeting Room, 136 Elm Street, Easton, MA, on Monday, July 15, 2013 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm and from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Walk-ins are welcome.  If you would prefer to schedule an appointment, please call 617-722-2130.

The Town Administrator is pleased to release his 3rd Quarter Report for fiscal year 2013. Please click here for the full report. 

Thursday June 27 - Due to the hot asphalt on Howard Street, Waste Management has been unable to drive on the road to pick up Thursday's waste. They will attempt to pick up again this afternoon and, if it is still not possible, they will pick up tomorrow morning. Thank you for your patience.

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Green Communities Division has approved an award of $250,000 for projects proposed in the Town of Easton’s Green Communities Competitive Grant application.

The Town’s trash vendor, Waste Management, is experiencing equipment issues today, Tuesday June 25^th.  Waste Management is bringing in additional equipment to complete the routes, however they are not sure if they will be able to complete all of Tuesdays pickups by this evening. 

The Town of Easton, along with 53 other Massachusetts municipalities, has partnered with the City of Boston and SeeClickFix to bring you Commonwealth Connect - an app for your smartphone that allows you to report issues directly to your local government where ever you are.

TOWN OF EASTON
ANNOUNCEMENT OF BID RESULTS
MAIN STREET ROADWAY AND STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRACT NO. DPW-2013-14

Don't forget! The Massachusetts Senate Special Election is on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. If you will not be in town that day, you can vote via Absentee Ballot.

NOTICE: As part of the Town of Easton's ongoing pavement management program, Howard Street will be under construction the week of June 10, 2013. Please click here for the full notice.

In conjunction with the release of a totally redesigned website, the Town of Easton has updated it's "Minutes on Demand" service to include documents, forms, and permit applications.

The Town of Easton has released a new website to better serve our residents, businesses, and visitors.

The Easton Conservation Commission in conjunction with the Agricultural Commission seeks proposals to license certain existing fields for crop production or other suitable agricultural use. Click here for more information and the RFP.

During the week of October 21, the Water Division will be conducting its fall system flushing program to ensure the continued quality of our drinking water.

TRAILWORK at Clifford Grant continues this Saturday December 7, from 9am to 12pm.  Plan to  meet at the trailhead in the High School Parking lot.

Waste Management Update:  Due to the storm, normal collection of trash and recycling will be delayed Wednesday morning.  Any trash or recycling that is not collected by the end of the day Wednesday will be collected on Thursday.        

The Town of Easton will hold a  Rabies Clinic on Sunday, April 13, 2014. The clinic will be held behind the Police Station, at 46 Lothrop St. from 9:00 am until  noon.  Dr. Buffman from Lloyd Animal Medical Center will be vaccinating cats from 9:00 am to 10:00 am and dogs from 10:00 am to noon. The cost of the vaccine is $10.00.   A representative from the Town Clerk’s Office will be available from 10:00 am to noon for licensing of dogs.  All cats should be in a carrier, and all dogs must be leashed. Please call the Board of Health (508) 230-0620 with any quesions. Thank you.