Candidate Forum on Monday, March 16 AND Beautification Day on Saturday, April 25
Citizens for Milford Announces Forum Featuring Candidates in
Milford Town Election. All Milford Voters Invited to Attend and
Meet the Candidates on Monday, March 16.
Citizens for Milford, in partnership with Milford TV, invites all Milford voters to attend the twelfth Candidate Forum featuring candidates in Milford’s upcoming town election.
The forum will be held Monday, March 16 at 7:00 p.m. and will feature candidates running unopposed, as well as the three candidates running for one seat on the Board of Health, which is the sole contested race this year. The forum will take place in Upper Town Hall (52 Main Street). All candidates have also been invited to meet voters beginning at 6:30 p.m. before the forum begins. This event is free and open to the public.
Candidates running for the one open seat on the Board of Health who will be participating in the forum include Rosemary Cerqueira, Diana Haynes, and Scott Vecchiolla. Other candidates who will be participating include Town Clerk incumbent Amy Hennessy Neves, Town Moderator incumbent Michelangelo Bon Tempo, and School Committee incumbents Michael Aghajanian and Brendan Rickert. Other participating candidates will be announced here once confirmed.
Citizens for Milford members José Costa and Geri Eddins will moderate the forum. The forum will begin with opening statements from each of the candidates, followed by questions from the moderators. Audience members will be provided the opportunity to pose their own questions.
Milford TV will broadcast the forum live on the public channel (Comcast 8 | Verizon 38), Verizon channel HD 2140, MilfordTV.net, and the Milford TV app. In addition, Milford TV will record the forum for on-demand viewing and will rebroadcast it in the days leading up to the election on April 2. Citizens for Milford will also provide a link to the video on its website and Facebook page as soon as it is available.
LEARN MORE about the Milford Town Election on our 2026 Elections page.
Annual Milford Beautification Day Scheduled for Saturday,
April 25. All Milford Residents and Groups Invited to Volunteer to Help Clean Our Community!
Citizens for Milford is organizing the Annual Milford Beautification Day, which enables area residents, organizations, and businesses to work together to beautify our community by picking up trash around town. Milford Beautification Day will be held Saturday, April 25thfrom 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with a rain date of Sunday, April 26th from noon to 3:00 p.m. All interested citizens are invited to meet with organizers anytime between those hours in the municipal parking lot across from Sacred Heart Church (5 East Main Street) to get supplies, instructions, and assignments.
Families, community groups, churches, local businesses, and teenagers who need to perform service hours are all invited to participate. Younger children are encouraged to attend as long as they are accompanied by a supervising adult.
All Beautification Day volunteers are invited to a free lunch courtesy of the Milford Lions Club and Milford’s Rail Trail Flatbread Company to thank everyone for their efforts to beautify our community. Lions Club members will be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs on site, and folks from Rail Trail Flatbread Company will be serving samples of New City Microcreamery ice cream. In the event of rain, food service will not be available on Sunday.
To help ensure the organizers can plan the clean-up routes for volunteers, the group is asking residents to report streets and neighborhoods that are of particular concern. Residents can submit their recommendations by emailing them to CitizensforMilford@gmail.com or by messaging them to the Citizens for Milford Facebook page (@CitizensforMilford) before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 23th.
Community involvement with Beautification Day continues to grow. Citizens for Milford is sincerely grateful to the Milford Highway Department, Friends of the Milford Upper Charles Trail, Milford Lions Club, Rail Trail Flatbread Company, and Master Roof. Corporate volunteers continuing their partnership with us this year include Milford Federal Bank, Milford Doubletree Hotel, and Planet Aid. Combined with the work of all residents who volunteer on Beautification Day, this event is a true demonstration of community pride.
QUESTIONS? Email us at CitizensforMilford@gmail.com.
Citizens for Milford is planning the Tenth Annual Milford Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony in Draper Memorial Park on the evening of Friday, December 5. All Milford residents are invited to arrive starting at 5:30 p.m. for free hot chocolate, cookies, brownies, and soup. The tree will be lit at 6:30 p.m. This free and festive community event is open to everyone.
Adam Beard is Vice President of Global Service at Waters Corporation in Milford, where he has worked since 2004. Prior to his career at Waters, Beard served eight years as an officer in the United States Army Air Cavalry, including service with the 82nd Airborne Division and the 3rd Infantry Division. In 2003, he led troops into Iraq as part of the first unit into the country during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Beard is a decorated combat veteran who was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service in Iraq. He also served as Commander of an Air Cavalry Troop and was Distinguished Honor Graduate from his U.S. Army Aviation Flight School class. Beard helped found and lead Waters Corporation’s Veterans Employee Resource Group and is a resident of Holliston, MA.
Dennis “Jack” Candini is serving as Grand Marshal of the 2025 Milford Veterans Day Parade. Candini is a retired Milford High School teacher and lifelong resident of Milford. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in December of 1965, and following duty assignments in the United States, was promoted to sergeant and transferred to Vietnam in September 1967. He served with the USA Special Security Group as Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, then spent three months at Military Assistance Command headquarters in Saigon as a Communications Center Supervisor. Candini was then sent to the 4th Infantry Division at Pleiku, where he was the 
Deborah and Michael Heaney are the daughter and son-in-law of Lawrence J. Heron (1920-1995), a World War II U.S. Army veteran. On June 6, 1944, Heron landed on Omaha Beach. Days later, near Cherbourg, he was in charge of an ammunition detail when a white phosphorus shell exploded in his hands, resulting in cruelly severe burns to his face and body. This explosion also blinded him. The Lawrence J. Heron Post #6 Disabled American Veterans chapter was named in his honor at the dedication ceremony in 1945, the only such DAV chapter to have been named for a living veteran. He was a recipient of the Purple Heart, European African Middle Eastern Ribbon with one battle star, Distinguished Unit Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Theater Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
This fall we are so excited to be planning three events to commemorate Veterans Day and launch the holiday season. We hope you will mark these dates on your calendar and plan to join us!
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On Friday, several individuals tackled problem spots along the trail, plus volunteers from four groups and businesses picked up trash around town, including Master Roof Inc., The Milford Youth Center, Milford Federal Bank, Planet Aid, plus members of Citizens for Milford.
Of course, these efforts would not be possible without the assistance and support of our partners: Friends of the Milford Upper Charles Trail, Milford Highway Department, Milford Board of Health, Milford Parks Department, Massachusetts Department of Correction, Master Roof, and Greenleaf Garden Club. We also want to recognize E.L. Harvey for providing many supplies.
And even though the weather prevented their participation, we want to thank the Milford Lions Club and Rail Trail Flatbread Co. Milford for their generous offer to provide lunch and ice cream for all the volunteers.
As always, we encourage all Milford residents and businesses to be mindful of trash on your property and to help pick up whenever you can. Let’s all work together to beautify Milford!
IMPORTANT!!! Unfortunately, Mother Nature is not cooperating with our plans for tomorrow’s Beautification Day. Due to the expected rainfall on Saturday, Citizens for Milford will only be distributing supplies TODAY. We are cancelling tomorrow’s event to ensure everyone’s safety. As always, we encourage all members of the community to be mindful of trash and to pick it up whenever you see it in your own neighborhoods.