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Chelmsford Town-Wide Cleanup 2010

Join in and help clean up our town!

Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010
Time: Throughout the day
Where: All roads, parks and yards

It’s in your hands. The snow has melted revealing the roadside waste that has accumulated over the Winter. Please pitch in and help get the Town ready for Spring.

Visit the Town’s Clean Up Day webpage for

• a list of the areas being cleaned by volunteers
• a list of areas that still need help
• answers frequently asked questions
• a flyer/poster [pdf] to help promote the event

Bags can be picked up from the Office of Recycling and Solid Waste Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. – 12 noon. The Town-wide Cleanup this year is sponsored by the Chelmsford Business Association and The Green Lawn Company.

For more information, contact Glenn Davison at davisong@comcast.net or 978-250-5203. You can also visit ChelmsfordRecycles.org for more information on recycling in Chelmsford.

Also, mark your calendars for the Earth Fair on the Common, May 8th, 12 noon – 3 p.m

Town Election April 6, 2010

Chelmsford’s 2010 Town Election is on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010.

A specimen ballot [pdf] is available for review, and there are both open positions and one question:

Question 1:

Shall the Town of Chelmsford be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so-called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to acquire found parcels of land, containing a total of 16.97 acres, more or less, and the 92,844 +/- square-foot building thereon located at 9 Alpha Road in Chelmsford, and to fund the design and the redevelopment of the land and building into a Department of Pubic Works facility?

Positions:

• Selectman
• School Committee
• Sewer Commission
• Planning Board
• Town Meeting Representative
• Library Trustee
• Constable
• Housing Authority
• Board of Health
• Cemetery Commission

The Town of Chelmsford’s voter information webpage has the list of polling locations [pdf] and the precinct list by street [pdf]. For more information, residents should contact the Town Clerk’s office.

Chelmsford Town Website Honored

Chelmsford has earned recognition for the way it makes Town records and information available to the public through the Town website.

Common Cause Massachusetts annually surveys municipal websites, and is presenting its 2010 e-Government Award to Chelmsford and 180 other cities and towns on Tuesday, March 16 at the State House. The Chelmsford Independent reports,

Chelmsford is being honored, with distinction, for posting key minutes, agendas, the budget, town bylaws, the Town Meeting warrant, Town Meeting results archives of meeting minutes and agendas, among other ephemera.

This program is designed to promote governmental participation of “Sunshine Week,” which highlights the need to make information collected and produced by government agencies, as well as the actions taken by government agencies, known and available to the public.

The Chelmsford Library also strives to make access to information as easy as possible for the public. Please visit and explore the Town’s website and the Library’s website, and contact Town Offices or the Library’s Reference Desk for help locating information.

2009 Town Report Available

The 2009 Town of Chelmsford Annual Report is available. The library has reference copies at the Reference Desk and in the Local History Collection, located on the lower level.

The Town has also been putting electronic versions of recent Annual Reports on their website. These can be accessed by visiting http://www.townofchelmsford.us/Annual_Report.cfm.

For more information on Chelmsford’s Town Reports, or the information it contains, please contact the Chelmsford Town Clerk’s office at http://www.townofchelmsford.us/Town-Clerk.cfm or

H1N1 Flu Shot Clinics

The Chelmsford Board of Health has scheduled two free H1N1 flu shot clinics for Chelmsford residents. These clinics offer injections only, and no pre-registration is required, but please note the age restrictions:

Chelmsford residents ages 18 and older:
Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Chelmsford Senior Center
Map: Route 40, 75 Groton Rd, N. Chelmsford, MA 01863

Chelmsford residents ages 6 months to 17 years:
If this is your child’s second shot, please bring documentation of when they received their first shot
Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Chelmsford Senior Center
Map: Route 40, 75 Groton Rd, N. Chelmsford, MA 01863

See the Town’s website for more local and general H1N1 and seasonal flu information. If you have any questions you may call Sue Rosa, RN at the Chelmsford Board of Health (978)-250-5241.