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On October 23rd, Citizens for Milford presented a Candidates Forum featuring the incumbents and challengers for State Representative and State Senator  in Milford Town Hall. This event was open to the public and was attended by over 200 constituents in towns within the Worcester and Norfolk senatorial district, as well as in the Tenth Worcester district for state representatives.

The forum was divided into two parts. The first half of the evening featured the current State Representative John Fernandes and his Republican opponent Mark Reil.  The second half of the evening featured the current State Senator Richard Moore and his Republican opponent Ryan Fattman.

The Candidates Forum is airing on Milford TV (Comcast channel 11 and Verizon FIOS channel 40)  on the following schedule through Election Day, November 4th:

• Saturdays 6:00 AM and 9:30 PM
• Sundays 3:00 PM
• Tuesdays 7:30 PM
• Wednesdays 11:30 AM
• Fridays 10 AM and 7:30 PM

Websites and contact information for all candidates are listed on the Forum page. Just click the FORUM tab.

Citizens for Milford will be presenting a Candidates Forum featuring the incumbents and challengers for State Representative and State Senator  in Milford Town Hall (52 Main Street) on Thursday, October 23rd at 7:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Constituents in all towns within the Worcester and Norfolk senatorial district, as well as in the Tenth Worcester district for state representatives, are invited to attend.

Click the FORUM tab to learn more!

Public Meeting to be Held Tuesday, September 16th
at 6:30 p.m. in Milford Town Library

Are you interested in working on projects that improve our community? Then please join the members of Citizens for Milford for our next public meeting on Tuesday, September 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Granite Room of the Milford Town Library, located at 80 Spruce Street.

Highway Surveyor Scott Crisafulli will discuss the status of plans for adding year-round holiday decorations to Main Street. We will also be sharing our plans for a Candidates Forum to be held October 23rd, at which the incumbents and their opponents for state senator and state representative will speak, debate, and answer questions from the public.

We encourage anyone who is interested in learning more about our work and projects to come, listen, and share your own ideas for additional projects. Feel free to bring a friend or neighbor!

The State Primary Election is scheduled for Tuesday, September 9th. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Anyone in line when the polls close will be able to vote.

• Precincts 1 and 4 vote at the Senior Center, 60 North Bow Street.
• Precincts 2 and 3 vote at the Italian American Vets Hall, 4 Hayward Field.
• Precincts 5, 6, 7, and 8 vote at the Portuguese Club, 119 Prospect Heights.

Need more help determining your polling location? Click here to fill out an online form on the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s website. Just enter your street number, street name, and town, and the system will display the name and address of your polling place.

Do you know who is on the ballot? To download a sample of the Republican and Democratic state primary ballots, click here.

Do you know where each of the candidates stands on the issues? To read a list of key questions asked of all the candidates for the six statewide offices and their answers, check out the Primary Election Voters’ Guide to Statewide Offices developed by the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts.  Just click here.

See you at the polls on September 9th!

Highway Surveyor to Discuss Plans for
Downtown Holiday Decorations

Citizens for Milford invites all residents of Milford who are interested in working on projects that improve the community to attend a public meeting on Tuesday, September 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Granite Room of the Milford Town Library, located at 80 Spruce Street.

Highway Surveyor Scott Crisafulli will discuss the status of plans for adding year-round holiday decorations to Main Street. Other agenda topics include downtown revitalization, proposed reforms to town meeting, and our plans for a Candidates Forum to be held October 23rd, at which the incumbents and their opponents for state senator and state representative will speak, debate, and answer questions from the public.

We encourage anyone who is interested in learning more about our work and projects to come, listen, and share your ideas for additional projects. Feel free to bring a friend or neighbor!

Have you noticed? The advertising and media frenzy that precedes our fall election cycle has begun, unleashing a new stream of glossy postcards filling our mailboxes, campaign ads and interviews consuming air space on the radio, and colorful signs decorating lawns across the state. This fall Massachusetts voters will go to the ballot box to select not only a new governor, but also other critical state and federal leaders. Citizens for Milford encourages all voters to register to vote and to research their choices so they can make an informed vote. To help you do so, we have published the following two new pages here on our website:

• The Election 2014 page provides a list of ALL the candidates on the Democratic and Republican state primary ballots, as well as a list of the ballot questions that will be included on November’s General Election ballot. This page also includes direct links to each of the candidate’s websites. To visit this page, click here or click the Election 2014 tab above.
• The Vote! page provides a comprehensive list of frequently asked questions and answers about voter registration and how to vote. To visit this page, click here or click the Vote! tab above.

Thank you to all Milford residents who took the time not only to attend our first community meeting on June 11th, but also for sharing your sincere concerns and ideas for improving life in Milford. A lot of great topics were raised! Although no definitive decisions were made, some issues received more enthusiasm than others. Many will be revisited for further discussion.

We look forward to working together with as many citizens and groups in Milford as possible!

Read coverage of the meeting in the Milford Daily News.

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Citizens for Milford is welcoming new members! We invite you to attend an information meeting to learn about our mission, discuss our current projects and plans, and share your ideas for improving the quality of life in Milford.

Wednesday, June 11^th
6:30 p.m.
Milford Town Library, Granite Room

Please join us on June 11^th and find out what Citizens for Milford is all about. Bring a friend or neighbor, as well as a concern or issue you would like to recommend we consider addressing.

Milford Town Meeting voted last night to approve the transfer of land in the sensitive area by Louisa Lake to Milford’s Conservation Commission. Because the ultimate transfer of land to the Trustees of Reservations had been removed from the article by the Board of Selectmen prior to Town Meeting, that option was not up for vote. However, several Town Meeting members urged the town to consider transferring the land to the Trustees at a later date.

Milford Town Meeting also approved the expenditure of over $5 million to facilitate the critical renovations needed at the Armory in order for it continue to serve as a safe venue for the Milford Youth Center.

To read the news coverage in the Milford Daily News, click here.

Milford’s Board of Selectmen voted Monday, May 12 to remove all references to transferring land to the Trustees of Reservations from Article 17, which is included in the warrant to be voted on at Town Meeting on May 19. Instead, Article 17 will now only seek to transfer the town-owned parcels of land in question to the Milford Conservation Commission. Chairman Dino DeBartolomeis and Selectmen Bill Buckley both voted to make this change. Selectman Brian Murray was unable to attend the meeting.

Citizens for Milford co-chairmen John Seaver and Steve Trettel had presented their concerns about transferring Milford’s land to an outside entity to the Board of Selectmen at their previous meeting. At that meeting, Seaver and Trettel encouraged the Selectmen to consider simply transferring the land to the Conservation Commission as an alternative to transferring to the Trustees.