Current Town-Government News Results

Kingston Government Study Committee focuses on ‘efficiency and effectiveness’ - Abington Mariner
The answers to those and other questions are what the Town Government Study Committee has been debating for the last eight months and what it will continue to do for the next year and a half, until the committee of ...

Eric Rosengren to the rescue - Boston Herald
executive director of Wellesley’s town government. “I’m in favor of progressive (social policies), but there has to be some checks and balances here.” Speaking at a Washington, D.C., conference on the housing ...

Fishers benefit to help county Humane Society - Indianapolis Star
FISHERS -- Town government employees are hosting their second annual Community Car Show on Saturday to raise money for charity. This year, the Hamilton County Humane Society will get the proceeds, and a ...

Councilman resigns, citing family, work - msnbc.com
We need leaders on council who will bring that same bottom-line discipline to our town government. With the citizens' support, I hope to be given the opportunity to provide the leadership that will keep Moorestown ...

Japanese village proud of dolphin hunts - Austin American-Statesman
Officials in the town government say protests are unlikely to cause any change. Several years ago, Ryono helped raise the issue of high mercury levels in local dolphins, the meat of which was being fed to ...

The ‘dean’ steps down: Yarmouth’s Lawton plans retirement - Abington Mariner
the town has added responsibility to the position of town administrator and has strengthened the positions of department heads and boards within town government. Lawton said one example of the good work that has been ...

Just a Quiet Retreat, With a Few Rules - Wall Street Journal
Everyone cherishes town government," said Lawrence Mercier, a former selectman in Edgartown. "There's talk about having one shellfish warden, but it's pretty hard to get anything regional here." The island's 16,000 ...

Village of million-dollar homes up for vote - Times Union
Petitions started in 2005 and three rounds of petitions were rejected by town government. Last spring, advocates sued the towns and won the right to hold a vote in a ruling from state Supreme Court Justice David ...

Civil Servant Dies “Hero’s Death” In Toilet - Wall Street Journal
Of course it made things even worse for the Huangyi Town government when a colleague of Zhu’s revealed later that Zhu had actually been chatting online with his girlfriend before his fatal stumble. Responding to ...

AP Exclusive: In Japan town where dolphins are both playmates and game, mayor defends hunts - FOX News
Even the more sympathetic in the town government say protests are unlikely to cause any change. "They're not going to stop the hunts," says Ryono. Several years ago he helped raise the issue of high mercury levels in ...