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The Reporter November 2015
REHOBOTH BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS’ MONTHLY FOOD PANTRY DROP OFF 2nd Saturday of Every Month 9 am - 12 noon
Edward Jones, Mills Plaza II 492 Winthrop St, Unit 1, Rehoboth MA 02769 The Food Pantry Is Seeking Any Type Of: Non- Perishable Food Paper Products And Toiletries Monetary Donations Are Always Welcomed. Please Stop By With Your Donation! Thank You!
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It’s Holiday Shopping Time! Visit us at the Carpenter Museum’s Folk Art & Artisan’s Fair at Francis Farm November 13 & 14 AND Kave Rock Farm’s Open Barn Farm visitors welcome by Saturday, December 5 appointment 142 Reservoir Ave (401) 465 7589 11:00-3:00
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The Shredding is Done ~ The Shredding is Done
On October 29th, the final phase of the Town Hall Records Management project took place. Northeast Data Destruction loaded the boxes of purged materials, currently housed in the old Anawan School, into their vehicle and drove the materials to their secure shredding facility in Mansfield. Cheryl Gouveia accompanied me as we followed the vehicle to Mansfield. We both observed and monitored the security and shredding of our town documents. I would like to personally thank (1) the Town of Rehoboth for funding the project, (2) King Information for organizing the records at town hall, (3) Town Hall Department Heads and Staff for working with King Information on this project, (4) The Highway Department especially, Greg Fyfe, Frank Gouveia, and Mike Tyler for helping us move all the purged documents to the Anawan School, (5) Department Heads, Otis Dyer, Jr., Rebecca & Rachel Smith, Carol Williams, Cheryl Gouveia, and Helen Dennen for reviewing the purged documents to assure nothing of historical value was shredded, and finally (6) Cheryl Gouveia and Rebecca Smith for helping me oversee the shredding project at the Anawan School. The remaining Town Hall documents are now stored in three secure locations and detailed in a database for easy location. The database is now accessible by all departments at Town Hall. Each year, King Information Systems, will come out to Town Hall, complete an audit of our records for the past year, create a destruction list of records that may be purged, as per the Massachusetts Records Retention Schedule, and review with department heads prior to submitting to the State for destruction approval. This will ensure that our town records are always well-organized and accessible to the public. Thank you all for your support!
Congratulations Lynn
I would like to take a moment to recognize and congratulate Lynn Shaker, Assistant Town Clerk, on her 10th Anniversary of dedicated service to our town. It is an absolute pleasure to work with Lynn every day and our town residents are extremely fortunate to have her assistance over the years. At this time, I not only want to congratulate Lynn, but all our town employees for their dedication and longevity to our town. It is amazing to me that Lynn is considered a relative newcomer compared to the loyalty of the majority of our town employees. Our most tenured Town Hall employee is Carol Chencus who has been working for the Town of Rehoboth since April of 1983 – an amazing 32 years of service! Many of our other employees have worked for the town for over 15 years, with a number of our dedicated public servants serving the residents for over 25 years. This certainly demonstrates how loyal your town employees are and how fortunate the town is to have such longevity and history at your service every day. Finally, Lynn and I would like to wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. Have a healthy and safe November. Please remember to attend Town Meeting on November 2nd and I look forward to chatting with you again in December. Sincerely, Laura & Lynn
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