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Massachusetts Massachusetts Guide 2014 2015 Michael L. SCAN HERE FOR Iraq War Veteran MORE INFO HOUSING DISCRIMINATION. IT’S UNLAWFUL, UNFAIR AND UN-AMERICAN. He fought overseas for his country and shouldn’t have to fight housing discrimination at home. The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits housing discrimination because of disability, color, sex, religion, national origin, familial status or race. If you suspect housing discrimination, contact HUD or your local fair housing center. Fair Housing Is Your Right. Use It. Visit www.hud.gov/fairhousing or call the HUD Hotline 1-800-669-9777 (English/Español) 1-800-927-9275 (TTY) A public service message from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in partnership with the National Fair Housing Alliance. The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status or disability. For more information, visit www.hud.gov/fairhousing. Table Of Contents Massachusetts Municipal Guide 2014 New Year’s Day Wednesday 1/1/2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday 1/20/2014 Municipalities Listed by County 2 2014 Presidents’ Day Regional Agencies 20 Monday 2/17/2014 Evacuation Day (Suffolk County) Federal Program Contacts 22 Monday 3/17/2014 Patriot’s Day U.S. Congress 23 Monday 4/21/2014 Memorial Day Selected State Offi ces 24 Monday 5/26/2014 Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County) State House 28 Tuesday 6/17/2014 Independence Day State Senate 33 Friday 7/4/2014 Labor Day Monday 9/1/2014 The information in this Columbus Day publication is supplied by: Monday 10/13/2014 Content Providers, LLC Veterans’ Day P.O. Box 5425 Tuesday 11/11/2014 Austin, TX 78763-5425 Thanksgiving Day Thursday 11/27/2014 Please email changes, corrections or requests for additional Christmas Day copies to: Thursday 12/25/2014 [email protected] Please email all other inquiries to: New Year’s Day [email protected] Thursday 1/1/2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Published by: 2015 Monday 1/19/2015 Municipal Publishing, LLC Presidents’ Day 1148 Pulaski Highway, Suite 107-341 Monday 2/16/2015 Bear, DE 19701 State Holidays Evacuation Day (Suffolk County) Tuesday 3/17/2015 Patriot’s Day ©2014 Municipal Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved. Monday 4/20/2015 Reproduction in whole or in part without written permis- sion from the publisher is strictly prohibited. Municipal Memorial Day Monday 5/25/2015 Publishing, LLC is a privately-owned business entity, that is not affi liated with any city, village, town, county or other Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County) governmental entity. The sponsors and information set forth Wednesday 6/17/2015 in this publication do not necessarily refl ect the views and Independence Day opinions of any city, village, town, county or other govern- Saturday 7/4/2015 mental entity, its elected offi cials, administrators or staff. Labor Day Monday 9/7/2015 Cover photos courtesy of Columbus Day Blueprints | Felixco, Inc. Monday 10/12/2015 Architecture Concept | Grant Cochrane Veterans’ Day Highway Construction | franky242 Wednesday 11/11/2015 Silhouettes Of Worker Welder | Naypong Thanksgiving Day Petro And Chemical Plant - Night Scene | supakitmod Thursday 11/26/2015 Construction Silhouette | potowizard Christmas Day Friday 12/25/2015 | 1 | Municipalities Listed By County Massachusetts Municipal Guide 2014-2015 Barnstable County Falmouth Truro Cheshire Barnstable Selectboard Chair: Brent Putnam Selectboard Chair: Jay Coburn Selectboard Chair: Carol Francesconi Council President: Jessica Rapp 59 Town Hall Square 24 Town Hall Road 80 Church Street 367 Main Street Falmouth, MA 02540 Truro, MA 02666 Cheshire, MA 01225 Hyannis, MA 02601 Phone: 508-548-7611 Phone: 508-349-7004 Phone: 413-743-1690 Phone: 508-862-4044 Fax: 508-457-2573 Fax: 508-349-5505 Fax: 413-743-0389 Fax: 508-790-6326 Website: falmouthmass.us Website: truro-ma.gov Website: cheshire-ma.com Website: town.barnstable.ma.us Population: 31531 Population: 2003 Population: 3235 Population: 45193 Harwich Wellfl eet Clarksburg Bourne Selectboard Chair: Selectboard Chair: Paul Pilcher Selectboard Chair: Jeff Levanos Selectboard Chair: Peter Meier Angelo S La Mantia 300 Main Street 111 River Road 24 Perry Avenue 732 Main Street Wellfl eet, MA 02667 Clarksburg, MA 01247 Buzzards Bay, MA 02532 Harwich, MA 02645 Phone: 508-349-0300 Phone: 413-663-7940 Phone: 508-759-0600 Phone: 508-430-7514 Fax: 508-349-0305 Fax: 413-664-6575 Fax: 508-759-0620 Fax: 508-432-5039 Website: wellfl eetma.org Population: 1702 Website: townofbourne.com Website: harwichma.virtualtownhall.net Population: 2750 Population: 19754 Population: 12243 Dalton Yarmouth Selectboard Chair: John F Boyle 462 Main Street Brewster Mashpee Selectboard Chair: Erik Tolley Dalton, MA 01226 Selectboard Chair: James W Foley Selectboard Chair: 1146 Route 28 Phone: 413-684-6111 2198 Main Street John J Cahalane South Yarmouth, MA 02664 Fax: 413-684-6107 Brewster, MA 02631 16 Great Neck Road North Phone: 508-398-2231 Website: dalton-ma.gov Phone: 508-896-3701 Mashpee, MA 02649 Fax: 508-760-4842 Population: 6756 Fax: 508-896-8089 Phone: 508-539-1400 Website: yarmouth.ma.us Website: town.brewster.ma.us Fax: 508-539-1403 Population: 23793 Egremont Population: 9820 Website: mashpeema.gov Selectboard Chair: Bruce Turner Population: 14006 Berkshire County 171 Egremont Plain Road Adams Chatham Egremont, MA 01258 Orleans Selectboard Chair: John E Duval Selectboard Chair: Florence Seldin Phone: 413-528-0182 Selectboard Chair: Sims McGrath Jr 8 Park Street 549 Main Street Fax: 413-528-5465 Chatham, MA 02633 19 School Road Adams, MA 01220 Website: egremont-ma.gov Phone: 508-945-5100 Orleans, MA 02653 Phone: 413-743-8300 Population: 1225 Fax: 508-945-3550 Phone: 508-240-3700 Fax: 413-743-8316 Website: chatham-ma.gov Fax: 508-240-3388 Website: town.adams.ma.us Florida Population: 6125 Website: town.orleans.ma.us Population: 8485 Selectboard Chair: Neil Oleson Population: 5890 379 Mohawk Trail Dennis Alford Drury, MA 01343 Selectboard Chair: Paul McCormick Provincetown Selectboard Chair: Charles Ketchen Phone: 413-662-2448 485 Main Street Selectboard Chair: Thomas N 5 Alford Center Road Fax: 413-664-8640 South Dennis, MA 02660 Donegan Alford, MA 01230 Population: 752 Phone: 508-394-8300 260 Commercial Street Phone: 413-528-4536 Fax: 508-394-8309 Provincetown, MA 02657 Fax: 413-528-4851 Great Barrington Website: town.dennis.ma.us Phone: 508-487-7000 Website: townofalford.org Selectboard Chair: Deborah Population: 14207 Fax: 508-487-9560 Population: 494 Phillips Website: provincetown-ma.gov 334 Main Street Eastham Population: 2942 Becket Great Barrington, MA 01230 Selectboard Chair: John F Knight Selectboard Chair: Jeanne W Pryor Phone: 413-528-1619 2500 State Hwy Sandwich 557 Main Street Fax: 413-528-2290 Eastham, MA 02642 Selectboard Chair: Ralph A Becket, MA 01223 Website: townofgb.org Phone: 508-240-5900 Vitacco Phone: 413-623-8934 Population: 7104 Fax: 508-240-1291 130 Main Street Fax: 413-623-6036 Website: eastham-ma.gov Sandwich, MA 02563 Website: townofbecket.org Hancock Population: 4956 Phone: 508-888-4910 Population: 1779 Selectboard Chair: Sherman L Fax: 508-833-8045 Derby Sr Website: sandwichmass.org 3650 Hancock Road Population: 20675 Hancock, MA 01237 Phone: 413-738-5225 Population: 717 | 2 | Municipalities Listed By County Massachusetts Municipal Guide 2014-2015 Hinsdale New Marlborough Savoy Bristol County Selectboard Chair: Bonnie Conner Selectboard Chair: Tara B White Selectboard Chair: John Tynan Acushnet 39 South Street 807 Mill River Southfi eld Road 720 Main Road Selectboard Chair: Kevin Gaspar Sr Hinsdale, MA 01235 Mill River, MA 01244 Savoy, MA 01256 122 Main Street Phone: 413-655-2301 Phone: 413-229-8278 Phone: 413-743-4290 Acushnet, MA 02743 Fax: 413-655-8807 Website: new-marlborough.info Fax: 413-743-4292 Phone: 508-998-0200 Website: hinsdale-mass.org Population: 1509 Population: 692 Fax: 508-998-0203 Population: 2032 Website: acushnet.ma.us North Adams Sheffi eld Population: 10303 Lanesborough Mayor: Richard J Alcombright Selectboard Chair: Julie M Hannum Selectboard Chair: John W Goerlach 10 Main Street 21 Depot Square Attleboro 83 North Main Street North Adams, MA 01247 Sheffi eld, MA 01257 Mayor: Kevin J Dumas Lanesborough, MA 01237 Phone: 413-662-3000 Phone: 413-229-7000 77 Park Street Phone: 413-442-1167 Fax: 413-662-3010 Fax: 413-229-7010 Attleboro, MA 02703 Fax: 413-443-5811 Website: northadams-ma.gov Website: sheffi eldma.gov Phone: 508-223-2222 Website: lanesborough-ma.gov Population: 13708 Population: 3257 Fax: 508-222-3046 Population: 3091 Website: cityofattleboro.us Otis Stockbridge Population: 43593 Lee Selectboard Chair: Brian Crandall Selectboard Chair: Stephen Shatz 1 North Main Road 50 Main Street Selectboard Chair: Gordon D Bailey Berkley Otis, MA 01253 Stockbridge, MA 01262 32 Main Street Selectboard Chair: George F Miller Phone: 413-269-0100 Phone: 413-298-4170 Lee, MA 01238 1 North Main Street Fax: 413-269-0104 Fax: 413-298-4344 Phone: 413-243-5500 Berkley, MA 02779 Website: townofotisma.com Website: townofstockbridge.com Fax: 413-243-5507 Phone: 508-824-6794 Population: 1612 Population: 1947 Website: lee.ma.us Fax: 508-822-4603 Population: 5943 Website: townofberkleyma.com Peru Tyringham Population: 6411 Selectboard Chair: Verne Leach Selectboard Chair: Christopher Johnson Lenox 3 East Main Road 116 Main Road Selectboard Chair: Channing Peru, MA 01235 Tyringham, MA 01264 Dartmouth Gibson Phone: 413-655-8312 Phone: 413-243-1749 Selectboard Chair: Michael P 6 Walker Street Fax: 413-655-2759 Fax: 413-243-4942
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