The Maynard 150th Committee wrote a book about the history of Maynard! To commemorate the Town’s 150th anniversary in 2021, “Maynard Massachusetts: A Brief History” has just been published, and is available for sale just in time for the holidays.

As we approach the Town’s 150th birthday, it’s worth asking: How much history can be written about one small town? This book summarizes the first one hundred years, plunges into in-depth content about what has happened in the following fifty years, and includes a crystal ball peek at what might happen in the next fifty. Together, the text and images provide a frame of reference for the people of Maynard to understand where we are now and how we got there.

Cost: $22 (All proceeds go to the Maynard Sesquicentennial Committee in support of the celebration of Maynard’s 150th anniversary in 2021)

The book will be available for sale at the Maynard Library this Saturday, October 31 from 11am to 1pm; and November 21 from 10am to noon. If you can’t make either of those dates, email Lindsayhm@gmail.com to arrange another option. Pay on site by cash, check or in advance on Venmo: (send $22 to @Maynard150 and include your name and “Maynard 150th book” in the note).  Make checks out to “Town of Maynard” and on the memo line
put “150th Book”.

Questions? Email Lindsayhm@gmail.com

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
October 26TH thru October 30TH 2020

The Assessing Department has conducted the Fiscal Year 2021 revaluation of all taxable property in the Town of Maynard as required by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Board of Assessors has received notification of preliminary certification for the proposed Fiscal Year 2021 property values from the Department of the Revenue, Bureau of Local Assessments. Your total valuation for FY2021 was determined after extensive market and cost analysis and is representative of full and fair cash value as of January 1, 2020.

Massachusetts law requires that all property be assessed at its fair cash value as of January 1, 2020.  Fiscal year 2021 assessments are based on analysis of arms-length sales and market conditions that occurred during the 2019 calendar year.

Your estimated value can be found on the Assessor’s Office page.

Town Administrator Greg Johnson announces that the Town of Maynard is seeking qualified and experienced applicants for the Town Clerk position after the previous Town Clerk accepted a new role in another municipality.

For personal reasons, Town Clerk Michelle Jenkins has accepted another position and her last day in Maynard was Thursday, Oct. 8. Joanna Bilotta-Simeone was appointed by the Board of Selectmen to serve as the Temporary Town Clerk and will oversee the upcoming presidential election. Bilotta-Simeone is the Department Assistant in the town’s Office of Municipal Services (OMS), and will be able to return to that position when she finishes working as the temporary Town Clerk.

Town staff from other departments are being deployed to support the Town Clerk’s Office and ensure that the high volume of mail-in ballots are being distributed in a timely manner, and that early voting and Election Day are executed seamlessly.

“We wish Michelle the best of luck in her new role and thank her for all the work she’s done for our town and it’s residents,” Town Administrator Johnson said. “In the coming weeks, we ask for the public’s patience and understanding, and emphasize that we’re taking the necessary steps to ensure that the upcoming election is handled effectively and efficiently.”

The full-time Town Clerk’s duties include administrative and supervisory responsibility for the administration of federal, state and local statutes; maintenance of official municipal records; and the administration of fair and accurate federal, state and local elections; as well as training and direct supervision of the Assistant Town Clerk. Other responsibilities include recording and certifying the proceedings of all town meetings, overseeing the annual town census, voter registration, vital records, issuance of various licenses and permits, preparing annual budgets for the Town Clerk’s office.

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