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Citizens for Milford invites all residents of Milford who are interested in working on projects that improve the community to attend our first public meeting of the new year on Wednesday, January 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Granite Room of the Milford Town Library, located at 80 Spruce Street.

Agenda topics include the status of ongoing projects, as well as plans for our Candidates Forum in March, which will feature candidates in Milford’s 2015 town election.

In our inaugural year, Citizens for Milford hosted two Candidates Forums, organized volunteers to help plan new decorations for Main Street, and researched and published information  critical to area voters on our website. We hope you will join us on January 14th to hear what else we have planned for 2015! New members are encouraged to attend and share their concerns and ideas for additional projects.

The Milford Daily News recently reported that Milford Building Commissioner John Erickson has taken action against residences in violation of the town’s nuisance bylaw. Unsuccessful attempts to contact owners of property deemed unsightly or unsafe have been followed up with court action. Read more here.

Milford citizens are encouraged to contact the appropriate officials in Town Hall regarding derelict or unsanitary property conditions they see in town:

• If you see a property that seems to be  in a state of disrepair or that poses a safety hazard, please email your concern to Milford Building Commissioner Mr. John Erickson at jerickson@milfordma.com.
• If you see a property that seems to pose a public health hazard,  please email your concern to Milford Health Officer Mr. Paul Mazzuchelli at pmazzuchelli@townofmilford.com.

To see how Milford citizens voted in our recent November election,  click here.

The polls will be open this Tuesday, November 4th, from 7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.

• 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.

If you don’t know which precinct you are in, click here to find your polling location.

For a list of all the candidates and the ballot questions, click the ELECTION 2014 tab.

For answers to all sorts of questions about voting, click the VOTE! tab.

See you at the polls!

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.