Selectmen to establish screening committee for next police chief By Jon Winkler November 8, 2019 at 1:00 am
![TOWNSEND – The Board of Selectmen took action on the future of the police chief Tuesday night, appointing an interim chief and officially announcing members of the screening committee tasked with finding a full-time replacement. Deputy Police Chief James Sartell was appointed by the board to be Townsend’s Interim Police Chief effective Jan. 1, 2020, […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/James-Sartell-1.jpg?w=140 "TOWNSEND – The Board of Selectmen took action on the future of the police chief Tuesday night, appointing an interim chief and officially announcing members of the screening committee tasked with finding a full-time replacement. Deputy Police Chief James Sartell was appointed by the board to be Townsend’s Interim Police Chief effective Jan. 1, 2020, […]")
![TOWNSEND – Sue Lisio, chairwoman of the Board of Selectmen, resigned Thursday. Town Administrator James Kreidler confirmed on Friday that Lisio submitted her letter of resignation to Town Clerk Kathleen Spofford Thursday. It’s effective immediately. Lisio resigned five months before the next scheduled town election in April and the completion of her current three-year term. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/low-l-lisio-1.jpg?w=68 "TOWNSEND – Sue Lisio, chairwoman of the Board of Selectmen, resigned Thursday. Town Administrator James Kreidler confirmed on Friday that Lisio submitted her letter of resignation to Town Clerk Kathleen Spofford Thursday. It’s effective immediately. Lisio resigned five months before the next scheduled town election in April and the completion of her current three-year term. […]")
![TOWNSEND – Two local projects have received support from the Zoning Board of Appeals The board held public hearings late last month on two requests for a special permit: one to convert a residential home on Main Street into a veterinary hospital and the other to rebuild an apartment building on Fitchburg Road that was […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/low-l-zba-1.jpg?w=132 "TOWNSEND – Two local projects have received support from the Zoning Board of Appeals The board held public hearings late last month on two requests for a special permit: one to convert a residential home on Main Street into a veterinary hospital and the other to rebuild an apartment building on Fitchburg Road that was […]")
![TOWNSEND — As the clock ticks down on Richard Bailey’s tenure as police chief, selectmen have taken steps to find his successor. Bailey announced his intent to retire at the board’s Oct. 15 meeting as his 65th birthday is coming next March. Massachusetts state law mandates that police officials are to retire by the age […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/low-l-chiefsearch-1.jpg?w=117 "TOWNSEND — As the clock ticks down on Richard Bailey’s tenure as police chief, selectmen have taken steps to find his successor. Bailey announced his intent to retire at the board’s Oct. 15 meeting as his 65th birthday is coming next March. Massachusetts state law mandates that police officials are to retire by the age […]")
![TOWNSEND – With his 65th birthday approaching next March, Police Chief Richard Bailey announced his plans to retire during Tuesday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting. “With my state mandated retirement age approaching in March 2020, I am going to now return to police consulting while working part-time with other agencies that do not have age […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/chief-1.jpg?w=131 "TOWNSEND – With his 65th birthday approaching next March, Police Chief Richard Bailey announced his plans to retire during Tuesday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting. “With my state mandated retirement age approaching in March 2020, I am going to now return to police consulting while working part-time with other agencies that do not have age […]")
![TOWNSEND – Every dog has its day, and every dog in Townsend could soon have its own park. The town’s newly-formed Dog Park Feasibility Committee hosted its first meeting on Tuesday, July 31. According to Sara Grant, the committee chair, the group consists of five members and two alternates who first met each other two […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0013-1.jpg?w=132 "TOWNSEND – Every dog has its day, and every dog in Townsend could soon have its own park. The town’s newly-formed Dog Park Feasibility Committee hosted its first meeting on Tuesday, July 31. According to Sara Grant, the committee chair, the group consists of five members and two alternates who first met each other two […]")
![AYER — Cindy King will soon face a jury of her peers on charges of assault and witness intimidation. King, a former Townsend selectman, had her jury trial date set for Nov. 4 in Ayer District Court on Wednesday by Judge Margaret Guzman. The 62-year-old was accompanied by her attorney, John Dombrowski, in court around […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/low-l-king-1.jpg?w=132 "AYER — Cindy King will soon face a jury of her peers on charges of assault and witness intimidation. King, a former Townsend selectman, had her jury trial date set for Nov. 4 in Ayer District Court on Wednesday by Judge Margaret Guzman. The 62-year-old was accompanied by her attorney, John Dombrowski, in court around […]")
