NEWS FROM THE TOWN
Check out the Town's website for all the details on Town Meeting. Additional information will be uploaded as it becomes available including the Finance and Warrant Commission's Report and Recommendations; the signed 2019 Annual Town Meeting Warrant and any backup documents associated with the articles for review.
www.townhall.westwood.ma.us
Click on "Town Meeting & Election Info" on the front page
A Bit of Background:
A Comprehensive Plan is a long-range vision for the Town that serves as a guide for future land use and policy decisions. The Comprehensive Plan will describe what Westwood looks like now, where it wants to go, and how it will get there. The Plan will set goals and action strategies to reach its vision over the next decade. Community input helps inform this Plan and defines the Town's collective vision for its future. The survey is anonymous unless you elect to provide an email address that will be used to notify you of future Comprehensive Plan related events and to send you the results of the survey. The survey is 17 questions and should take less than 10 minutes to complete. The survey is open until April 17, 2019.
*Please, only one survey per person*
Dog licensing for 2019 is ongoing through March 31, 2019.
- You may license your dog by mail, provided you include a copy of a current rabies certificate and a self-addressed stamped envelope. If you are licensing your dog for the first time, proof of spay or neutering is also required.
- Licenses will be valid from January 1, 2019 until December 31, 2019.
- You may license your dog online by going to the following link: https://www.doglicenses.us/MA/Westwood/
- You must license your dog on an annual basis.
- If you own more than 4 dogs this is considered a “Personal Kennel” per MGL c. 140 §136A.
- You must go through a special permit application process through the Zoning Board of Appeals to license a kennel.
- Failure to license your dog on or before March 31, 2019 may result in a fine of $25.00, per town bylaws §184-10,B.(1)
- Any person 70 years of age or older, upon proof of age, shall be exempt from the annual fee for one dog, per household, per year. The owner of a kennel license, age 70 years of age or older, shall be excluded from this exemption. Dogs must still be licensed on or before March 31 of any given year per Town Bylaws § 184-10C (1).
Licensing Fees are as follows:
- Dogs not Neutered or Spayed: $15.00
- Dogs Neutered or Spayed : $10.00
- Kennel fees-please contact the Town Clerk’s office
Please be sure to include the correct licensing fee. If you are unsure, Please contact the Town Clerks office at 781 326-3964.
The Annual Town Census
If you have not returned it please do so; Failure to return the Census may cause a voter to be designated as inactive on the voting list (M.G.L, Ch.51, § 4). If your household did not receive a 2019 Annual Town Census form please contact the Town Clerk’s office or you may download a form at the following link: http://www.townhall.westwood.ma.us/gov/depts/town_administration/tclerk/atcensus.htm
Upon completion it may be either returned by mail or scanned and emailed to: census@town.westwood.ma.us
If you did not receive a census form or misplaced the one sent to you please click here to print a new one.
The Annual Town Election will be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Polls open at 7:00 am and close at 8:00 pm
The Four Polling Locations in Westwood are as follows:
Pct.1-Westwood Senior Center, 60 Nahatan Street
Pct. 2- Sheehan School, 549 Pond Street
Pct. 3-Paul Hanlon School, 790 Gay Street
Pct. 4-Downey School, 250 Downey Street
If you are unsure of where to vote please contact the Town Clerk’s office at 781 320-3964 or the Secretary of State’s website: http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.aspx
The Annual Town Meeting will take place on Monday, May 6, 2019 in the Westwood High School Auditorium
Check-in will begin at 6:30pm
Recognition will begin at 7:00pm
Business session of Meeting will begin at 7:30pm
The last day to register to vote is Wednesday, April 10, 2019. If you are not a registered voter you will not be eligible to vote in the Annual Town Election or on articles presented at the Annual Town Meeting. The Town Clerk’s office will hold a special registration session on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. for those residents who are not registered voters. If you have moved from another community you must re-register with the Town Clerk either in person, at Westwood Town Hall, 580 High Street, by mail, or online.
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This is the time of year when mother raccoons begin looking for a location to have her babies in. Quite often, these animals will seek out a Chimney to have a nest in. Please install a chimney cap to save yourself a service call from a wildlife extractor. Animal control does not offer the services of removal of healthy wild animals from your chimneys, attics ,garages etc.
Please be mindful and aware when you let your animals outside...we recommend never leaving them unattended as there have been increased coyote sightings in Westwood.
NEWS FROM THE COMMUNITY
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