Although only one candidate will appear on the ballot, the town must still hold a special election on Tuesday, Dec. 16, to fill the open council seat.
The seat has sat vacant since a councilor's surprise resignation during the first meeting of October.
And state law mandates that the town hold an election to fill the vacancy even with the absence of a contested race. Not surprisingly, Town Clerk Deborah Pellegri does not expect a large turnout.
Polls will be open at the high school, 218 Oak St., from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Absentee ballots are available at the town clerk’s office in the Municipal Building, 355 East Central St. until noon on Dec. 15.Continue reading the article in the Milford Daily News here (subscription may be required)
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Franklin TV has begun broadcasting from its new Hutchinson Street studio, a larger space where it plans to produce more programs and add a second outlet for local news and sports: radio.
The 3,500-square-foot building at 23 Hutchinson St., more than five times the size of the cable company's Depot Street studio, includes the addition of a community meeting space for other nonprofits and a kitchen to host cooking shows.
Since 2011, the number of locally produced shows on Franklin TV's airwaves has more than doubled. As of last year, the station produced 423 such programs.Continue reading the article in the Milford Daily News here (subscription may be required)
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income taxpayers, will cost the Commonwealth $145 million a year. It is part of a series of automatic income tax rate cuts that together will cost the Commonwealth $325 million this fiscal year. The annual cost could grow to over $800 million over the next five years. This could significantly weaken the Commonwealth's ability to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, invest in expanding access to high quality education, and protect access to affordable health care.
