MONTAGUE — Town of Montague Clerk’s office closed today and Thursday due to a Town Clerk’s conference.
TURNERS FALLS — Nomination papers for the annual Turners Falls Fire District election are available from the District Office located at 226 Millers Falls Road until Monday, March 6.
Papers must be returned no later than Wednesday, March 8. The District Office is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All potential candidates need to obtain 30 signatures from registered voters of the Turners Falls Fire District.
Offices are as follows: moderator, treasurer, district clerk, Prudential Committee, and water commissioner, all for three-year terms as well as a Prudential Committee seat for a two-year term.
The Fire District election will be held on Tuesday, April 25. The polls will open noon to 7 p.m. District residents wishing to register to vote may do so at the Town Clerk’s office located in Town Hall, 1 Avenue A, Turners Falls. For more information you may call the Fire District at 863-4542.
The annual town election will be held on Monday, May 15. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The deadline to register to vote is, Tuesday, April 25.
Montague’s 2017 Annual Town Census/Street List forms were mailed out Friday, Jan. 20. The census responses are used as proof of residency to protect voter rights, veterans’ bonus, to assist the Council on Aging with service projections and to assist the School with enrollment information and projections. Population figures are also used by the state in calculating state and federal aid to the town.
If you are a registered voter and do not respond to the census, the Board of Registrars is required by law to move you to the “Inactive Voter” list and risk being removed from the voter registration rolls.
If you did not receive a form you can download a form from the Town website www.montague.net or call the Town Clerk’s Office at 413-863-3200, ext. 203 and we will send out a blank form. Please fill in the information for all members of the household and mail the form to the Town Clerk’s Office at One Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376.