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TOWN CLERK’S FINANCIAL REPORT 2007

2007 DOG LICENSES ISSUED

EACH TOTAL

65 MALE/FEMALE $10.00 $650.00 368 SPAYED/NEUTERED 6.00 2208.00

4 KENNEL $25.00 25.00 100.00 5 KENNEL $50.00 50.00 250.00 2 KENNEL 75.00 150.00

TOTAL $3358.00

2007 FISHING & HUNTING LICENSED ISSUED

3 RESIDENT FISHING MINOR $ 11.50 $ 34.50 24 RESIDENT FISHING 27.50 660.00 2 RESIDENT FISHING (65-69) 16.25 32.50 8 RESIDENT CITIZEN HUNTING 27.50 220.00 3 NON-RESIDENT HUNTING, LG 99.50 298.50 4 RESIDENT HUNTING MINOR 11.50 34.50 1 RESIDENT TRAPPING 35.50 35.50 18 RESIDENT SPORTING 45.00 810.00 1 RESIDENT SPORTING (65-69) 16.25 16.25 12 ARCHERY STAMP 5.10 61.20 16 PRIMITIVE FIREARMS STAMP 5.10 81.60 1 WATERFOWL STAMP 5.00 5.00

TOTAL $2289.55

MISCELLANEOUS $1919.15

PAYMENTS TO: TOWN TREASURER $5302.45 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS $2274.75

30 REGISTRARS REPORT

The Town Clerk’s office was open Tuesday, April 3rd from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM to register new voters for the Annual Town Election held April 23rd.

A registration session was held on Wednesday, April 25th from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM to register new voters for the Annual Town Meeting held May 5th.

Wednesday, May 23rd, a voter registration was held in the Town Clerk’s office from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM to register new voters for the Special Town Election held June 12, 2007.

The Town Clerk’s office was open Wednesday, July 18th from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM to register new voters for the Special Town Meeting held July 28th.

The Town Clerk’s office was open Wednesday, August 15, 2007 from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM to register new voters for the Special Town Election held September 4th. Lorraine Pease, Town Clerk

31 ANNOUNCEMENTS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS

Please note that records of births and deaths will no longer be published in the Annual Town Report.

RECORDING BIRTHS

Some of the many reasons why births should be recorded:

To establish identity. To establish nationality. To prove legitimacy. To show when a child has a right to enter school. To show when a child has a right to seek employment under the Child Labor Law To establish the right to inheritance of property. To establish liability to military duty, as well as exemption therefrom. To establish the right to vote. To qualify to hold title to and to buy and sell real estate. To establish the right to hold public office. To prove the age at which the marriage contract may be entered into. To make statistical study of the health conditions.

Errors can only be corrected by a sworn affidavit as prescribed by Massachusetts’ law, and may cause you inconvenience which can be avoided by your prompt attention.

32 RECORD OF MARRIAGES 2007

RESIDENCE PLACE OF MARRIAGE

Feb 17 Walter Kondig Hubbardston, MA Westminster, MA Deborah Ann Bossidy Ashby, MA

Apr 17 Norman Beckwith Pierce Ashby, MA Ashby, MA Jo Ann Magee Fitchburg, MA

Apr 22 David Edward Nadeau Ashby, MA Ashby, MA Kathleen Judith Debreceni Ashby, MA

May 5 Donald Elias Lane Ashby, MA Fitchburg, MA Denise Lorraine Garcea Ashby, MA

June 2 James J. Nolan, Jr. Ashby, MA Princeton, MA Melissa Ann Brodeur Ashby, MA

July 7 Robert R. Beaulieu, Jr. Ashby, MA Fitchburg, MA Michelle A. Green Ashby, MA

July 21 Shaun Spencer Brierly Greenville, NH Ashby, MA Tammi Joy Sivula Ashby, MA

Aug. 12 Matthew Stephen Riley Brookline, NH Ashby, MA April Karen Jordan Ashby, MA

Aug. 18 Ryan Mark van Hoff Jenkintown, PA Ashby, MA Sophia Lynn Schippers Jenkintown, PA

Aug. 25 Michael W. Ireland Ashby, MA Ashby, MA Barbara M. O’Dell Ashby, MA

Sept. 8 Christopher P. Rondeau E.Providence,RI Ashby, MA Amanda Beth Collins E.Providence, RI

33 Sept. 8 Philip Edward Purcell Ashby, MA Gloucester, MA Andrea Chere Dunbar Ashby, MA

Oct. 6 Timmy G. Nadeau Ashby, MA Ashby, MA Christine Marie Johnson Ashby, MA

Oct. 13 Frank Vincent Padellaro,Jr. New Ipswich, NH Andover, MA Angela Dawn Davis New Ipswich, NH

Oct. 20 Adam Vincent Rivard Ashburnham, MA Spencer, MA Catrina Marie Cappucci Ashburnham, MA

Oct. 27 Jared Ross VanHillo Townsend, MA Ashby, MA Alicia Mae Colon Townsend, MA

ELECTED TOWN OFFICIALS 2007 TERM

MODERATOR Peter S. Rourke 2010

TOWN CLERK Lorraine D. Pease 2010

SELECTMEN Peter McMurray 2010 Gerard Houle 2008 Geoffrey Woollacott 2009

ASSESSORS Jodi Szczesuil 2010 Dona Sue LaRue 2008 Oliver H. Mutch 2009

TREASURER Kate Stacy 2010

COLLECTOR Beth Ann Scheid 2009

34 NORTH MIDDLESEX SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE Dennis M. Moore 2010

NORTH MIDDLESEX SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE AT- LARGE LisaMarie Proctor 2008 Theresa Morse 2008 Anne Buchholz 2008

LIBRARY TRUSTEES Maureen Davi 2010 Dwight F. Horan 2008 Paul McGrail 2008 Lisa Gordon 2008 Sally Bauman 2009 John Mickola 2009 Anne Reggio 2009 Mark Lapham 2010 David Jordan 2010 CONSTABLE William A. Davis 2010

TREE WARDEN William A. Davis 2008

BOARD OF HEALTH Cedwyn Morgan 2010 Mary A. Krapf 2008 Nicholas A. Murray 2009

PARK COMMISSIONERS Peter McMurray 2008 Stephanie B. Lammi 2010 William Seymour 2009

CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS Daniel Harju 2009 Alan Murray 2010 John Mark Tiilikkala 2008

35 PLANNING BOARD Alan Pease 2012 Jean Linquist 2008 James H. Hargraves 2009 Wayne Stacy 2010 Andrew Leonard 2011

APPOINTED TOWN OFFICIALS 2007

TOWN ADMINISTRATOR Linda Sanders

TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S ASST. Jennifer Collins

ASSISTANT TOWN CLERK Susan Duffy, res Barbara Faulkenham

TAX COLLECTOR’S CLERK Lee Mikkola TOWN HALL CLERICAL Gail Farley Barbara Faulkenham

TOWN ACCOUNTANT Nancy Haines

REGIONAL ASSESSOR Harald Scheid

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSOR Dona Sue LaRue

ADA COORDINATOR Anthony Ammendolia

AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION John Mickola Tom Cason William Duffy, Jr. Paula Bogue Paula Packard Kyrie Martin Heather Leonard Sue Chapman, alt. Charles Pernaa, alt. Nadine Callahan, alt.

36 ASHBY-ASHBURNHAM REHAB ADVISORY COMMITTEE Claire Lavin

ASHBY CULTURAL COUNCIL Denise Foresman Joanne Boudreau Tamara LeClerc Francis Steffian Virginia Bixler Michelle Blake Dorothea Rourke Ann Marie LaBollita Sandra Schippers

CEMETERY CHAPEL COMMITTEE Linda Sanders Paul Lieneck Michael Reggio

CONSTABLE APPOINTED SPECIAL MUNICIPAL Paul Lundin, Police Chief CONSERVATION COMMISSION Tim Bauman, chair Robert Leary Roberta Flashman Linda Couture, res Cathy Kristofferson COUNCIL ON AGING Ann Seymour Gary Leonard Oliver Mutch Patricai Wayrynen Rosemary Wayrynen Lee Mickola Linda Stacy Angie Godin, alt Nancy Catalini Edna Jamnback, dec. Frederic Day, res.

CMEMSC-FIRST RESPONDER REP Paul Rekos

CMEMSC-GOVERNMENT REP Mary Krapf

DISPATCH MANAGER Joyce Hopkins

DISPATCHERS Joyce Hopkins Priscilla Carter Kathy Bezanson Marilyn Cronin

37 Bonnie Murray, res. Chrystal Murray David Myer

DOG OFFICER/ Mary Letourneau ANIMAL ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

E-911 COORDINATORS Elmer S. Fitzgerald Jr. Alan Pease

EARTH REMOVAL BOARD Gerard Houle Cedwyn Morgan Wayne Stacy Tim Bauman Frederick Stacy

ELECTION OFFICERS Betty Ann Tiilikkala Dona Sue LaRue Bertha Tiilikkala Rachel Patnaude Waldemar Tiilikkala Rosemary Wayrynen Wendy Baird Deborah Moylan

EMS DIRECTOR William Seymour, Jr.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR Michael Bussell

DEPUTY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR David Rainville

FIELD DRIVER Mary Letourneau

FINANCE COMMITTEE Rebecca Walsh, chair Daniel Meunier, res. Charles Hayes Kevin Meehan John Steffian Christopher Nash, res. John Rice Thomas Dorward Suzanne Caron

FIRE CHIEF William Seymour, Jr.

FOREST FIRE WARDEN William Seymour, Jr.

38 HAZARDOUS WASTE COORDINATOR Elmer S. Fitzgerald Jr.

HEALTH AGENT, Nashoba Board of Health Rick Metcalf

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT William A. Davis

HISTORICAL COMMISSION Claire Hutchinson-Lavin Florence Bryan Sally Bauman Anne Hayes, res.

HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Claire Lavin Michael Reggio Paul Lieneck Mark Haines Florence Bryan

INSPECTORS:

ANIMAL Lucille Carignan

BUILDING/ZONING OFFICER Anthony Ammendolia

BUILDING INSP. ALTERNATE Richard Hanks

ELECTRICAL Paul Lessard Harry Parviainen ASS’T ELECTRICAL Stephen Dubois

PLUMBING & GAS Richard Kapenas PLUMBING & GAS ALTERNATES Gary Williams

KEEPER OF THE TOWN CLOCK Richard Foresman

LAND USE AGENT Andrew Leonard

LEGAL COUNSELS TOWN COUNSEL Kopelman & Paige LAND USE COUNSEL Kopelman & Paige

39 LABOR COUNSEL Kopelman & Paige

LIBRARY DIRECTOR Mary Murtland

MART ADVISORY BOARD Mary Krapf

MATERIALS MANAGEMENT ADVISOR William Stanwood

MBTA DESIGNEE Mary Krapf

MONTACHUSETT JOINT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Mary Krapf

MONTACHUSETT METRO Mary Krapf PLANNING ORG. (MRO)

MONTACHUSETT REGIONAL Alan Pease PLANNING COMMISSION Wayne Stacy

MONTACHUSETT REGIONAL TECH SCHOOL COMMITTEE Warren Landry

MOTH SUPERINTENDENT Charles E. Pernaa

MUNICIPAL GROUNDSKEEPER George Beauregard Stephanie Lammi William Seymour William Davis

MUNICIPAL HEARINGS OFFICER Gerard Houle

POLICE CHIEF Paul Lundin

PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Michael Reggio Matthew Alfond James Mullins Fred Stacy James Stacy

40 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS Lorraine Pease Carlton Mountain Donna Leonard Gail Farley, alt. Sarah Leonard

RIGHT-TO-KNOW-LAW COORDINATOR William Seymour, Jr.

SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT Frank McCarter Kenneth Tata, res. Stephen Stewart, res Susan Duffy, res.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Dr. Maureen Marshall

TELLERS Nancy Peeler Deborah Pillsbury Elaine Kielty Shaun Kielty Sally Tracy Pamela Peeler Dianne VanVoorhis Janet Flinkstrom

VETERANS’ AGENT Theryn Blauser, Sr.

VETERANS’ GRAVES AGENT Robert Gummerus

BACKUP VETERANS’ GRAVES AGENT Lorraine Pease

WASTE OIL COORDINATOR Elmer S. Fitzgerald Jr.

WIITA CONSERVATION LAND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (BLOOD HILL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE) Cedwyn Morgan Matthew Leonard Roberta Flashman Oliver Mutch Kenneth Brown Judith Judge

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Frederick Stacy, Chair David Martin James Stacy

ASHBY’S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Carleton J. Mountain