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An interesting tidbit on the web today. US News appears to rank Public High Schools. Colleges and Universities turn themselves inside out to move up on their version of this list.
The Mass list is interesting 4 out of the top 10 are Public Charter Schools. Certainly a strong argument for expanding Charter Schools in my book.
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/massachusetts/rankings?int=c0b4c1
Yes, and having Neary as a Charter School would be just fine with me. A little competition is a good thing.
What is the status of the swap shop? Is it still open? Are there certain hours it runs? Do I have to have a transfer sticker to bring things to the shop?
The swap shop is still open. It operates Wednesday through Saturday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. You MUST have a valid transfer station permit to access the swap shop. Get caught with no permit and the fine will be twice the money.
I think the swap shop closes at 5:00, an hour before the transfer station.
What’s the status of My Southborough’s future?
Minimom, nothing to report so far, but I’m still working on it. Thanks for checking in.
Hello fellow SB residents,
I posted this topic in the recent past and havent seen a response to date. Can other endorse or chime in to support my simple request of Board of Selectmen:
Please state in clear, meaningful and specific manner what your individual vision is for our fair community. Please do not provide sweeping generalities but rather give two or three specific measurable qualities of our town that you think MUST be immutable … must be protected. Thereafter please state at least two meaningful (important) problems that now exist in town that must be addressed within the next year. And finally please tell us residents how to intend to maintain town budget growth that is LESS than the cost of inflation (~ 2%). Consolidating services with other contiguous towns makes sense but which would you consolidate, what is the dollar savlings and HOW can it be done. Any other ideas of lowering costs while maintaining reasonable services? Come on guys, we are looking for LEADERSHIP, not flaccid, tepid, knee jerk tax-raising responses. Respectfully, SB resident
To be fair, you might consider broadening your request to include the School Committee(s) which controls 75% of the town’s budget (and particularly those sections that have experienced the greatest growth over the past decade).
Achtung, anyone that pays town bills online, your bank account may have less money in it than you think:
Dear UniPay Gold Customer:
I want to apologize for the serious inconvenience you are experiencing today as a result of the duplicate processing of the May 1st UniPay Gold payment file. In the ten years that we have been providing our UniPay service, we have never encountered a processing error such as this.
We are aware that this duplicate debit activity may cause financial hardship for some and you can rest assured that we will honor any fees incurred by you as a result of our error. You can also be confident that steps have been taken to ensure this problem does not occur again. Please accept our sincere apology for the impact this has had on you.
If you have incurred any overdraft or bank fees due to the duplicate debits from your account please e-mail support@unipayteam.com or fax 508-234-7619 a history of your account (with any account number information removed) showing the charges to your account, and we will reimburse the fees to you.
Thank you for your patience as we work through this unfortunate circumstance. You can be assured we are doing everything we can to make it right. If you have any questions please call 1-877-227-1157.
Thank you,
Cynthia Gleason
Municipal Operations Officer
Government Banking
39 Church Street
508-849-4239 (Direct)
508-234-7619 fax
http://www.unibank.com