Jan
3
Methuen Inaugural Ceremony Monday
January 3, 2010 | 2 Comments
Please join us at The Inauguration Ceremony of Mayor
William Manzi, the Methuen City Council, and the Methuen School Committee
On Monday, January 4, 2010, 7:00 pm. At the Searles Building, the Great Hall.
Reception to immediately follow refreshments to be served.
Dec
31
Today’s Tribune Story on Pension Obligation
December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment
Today’s Tribune has a story on pension funding by the City of Methuen. The online version has a headline which reads “Mayor says City not able to pay pension money today”, which is not what I said. I said that we would not make the payment today, because it would be financially imprudent to do [...]
Dec
27
Tax Demagoguery
December 27, 2009 | 6 Comments
I am back from a Christmas respite from blogging. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. As you likely know the Methuen City Council is faced with a vote on tax classification, which has brought forward a torrent of misinformation and a fair share of demagoguery and political theatre. Lets look at the [...]
Sep
15
Methuen Preliminary Election Today
September 15, 2009 | 8 Comments
Today, September 15th, Methuen will conduct its preliminary election, with polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The contested races are for West District Councilor, and for Mayor. The polling locations are the Tenney School for the East District, the Timony School for the Central District, and the Marsh School and Park Garden Apartments [...]
Jul
1
School Budget Passed by School Committee
July 1, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Methuen School Committee passed their budget on Monday night, and we were able to bring back the two band positions that will allow us to continue the level of instruction that we give today. It was a difficult budget, and the huge economic downturn that has led to big reductions in state aid will [...]
Jun
29
To Tell the Truth
June 29, 2009 | 6 Comments
A new feature that will allow me to shed the light of day on some comments made over at the Eagle Tribune site. Yes I do read them, and lets get started with our old friend and candidate for political office Jack Burke. Jack did a posting on the Tribune story that detailed the legal [...]
Jun
28
Municipal Budget Passed
June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday the City Council met in Saturday session to vote a municipal budget, which was approved unanimously. I will post the full budget here tommorow, and talk a little bit more on some of the specifics. The School budget was rejected by City Council, and the School Committee will meet tommorow night to try to [...]
Jun
26
Accord Reached with Patrolman
June 26, 2009 | 5 Comments
I am happy to be able to announce that I have reached a tentative accord with Methuen’s Patrolman’s Union that will avert the twenty layoffs that had been scheduled to occur with the adoption of the FY2010 Municipal budget. I would like to thank Union President Larry May for his willingness to keep talking about [...]
Mar
25
New Head Start Building at Gill Avenue
March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments
Today’s Tribune has the story of the proposal I have made to the Methuen City Council to lease parkland to the Head Start program at Gill Avenue so that they can construct a new building to house Methuen Head Start students. The land currently has a city building on it that has, in the past, [...]
Mar
21
City of Methuen on the Net
March 21, 2009 | 5 Comments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:
March 19, 2009 Matt Kraunelis
978-983-8508
LIVE WEBCASTS NOW ON CITY OF METHUEN WEBSITE
Public Meetings Available On The Web For The First Time
Mayor William M. Manzi and the City of Methuen Information Technology Department are pleased to further the cause of open government with several new features at the Official Website of the City of [...]