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The Town Clerk is responsible for maintaining records for the Town and for being the general informant to inhabitants. Vital statistics, licenses, public notices, town meeting information, Zoning Board decisions, business certificates, and fuel storage permits are all issued from this office. The Clerk works closely with the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth as well as the Attorney General's Office.
Another chief function is elections. Voting lists, ballot preparation, certification of nomination papers and initiative petitions, voter registrations, annual census, resident book, list to the Office of the Jury Commissioner are all handled from this office.
The Town Clerk is elected for renewable three year terms and receives a salary. Ms. Jacaruso was elected to her first term in May 2004 and was reelected in 2007. She is a graduate of Bryant College where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and is a member of the Massachusetts Town Clerks' Association.
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