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Town of Wrentham Announces Appointment of New Town Accountant

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Town of Wrentham
Kevin Sweet, Town Administrator
79 South St.
Wrentham, MA 02093

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Town of Wrentham Announces Appointment of New Town Accountant

WRENTHAM — Town Administrator Kevin Sweet is pleased to announce that Christine Dupras has been appointed Wrentham’s new Town Accountant.

Dupras has over eight years of municipal accounting experience and most recently served as the Interim Finance Director/Town Accountant for the Town of Foxborough. She has an accomplished background as a Town Accountant having completed a number of accounting and supervisory leadership development programs.

“We are thrilled to welcome Christine to her new role with the Town of Wrentham,” Town Administrator Sweet said. “Her expertise and experience in the municipal accounting field will be an asset to our town and we wish her much success.”

Dupras began in her new role on Monday, July 8. She replaces former Town Accountant Jean Sarno who was with the town for 12 years.

 

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Bryan LaCivita Appointed to be New Raynham Fire Chief After Retirement of Chief James Januse

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Raynham Fire Department
Chief James T. Januse
37 Orchard St.,
Raynham, MA 02767

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Bryan LaCivita Appointed to be New Raynham Fire Chief After Retirement of Chief James Januse

RAYNHAM — The Raynham Fire Department is pleased to announce that Bryan LaCivita has been appointed as its new chief.

The Raynham Board of Selectmen announced the appointment at their meeting Tuesday night. LaCivita, who currently serves as the department’s deputy chief, will take over the duties as chief once Chief James Januse retires on June 30.

“I am honored to lead this fire department and to continue serving the community I grew up in,” LaCivita said. “I look forward to further fostering relationships with our residents, business owners and town officials, and I know I have big shoes to fill with the retirement of Chief Januse. I would like to personally thank Chief Januse for all that he has done for me and for the Raynham Fire Department throughout his decades of service to the town.”

Chief Januse announced his retirement on Jan. 7 after 49 years with the department. He has served as the department’s chief since 2008, following in the footsteps of his father, former Raynham Fire Chief Theodore Januse.

LaCivita, age 45, is a Raynham native and has two sons, Shaun, age 12, and Kyle, age 10, with his wife Kim.

LaCivita began his career as a call firefighter/EMT in 1993. He was hired full-time in 1995 and graduated from fire recruit training in 1996. LaCivita became certified as a paramedic in 1998. From there he rose through the ranks as a lieutenant in 2008, a captain/fire inspector in 2012 and was named deputy chief in 2017.

In October last year, LaCivita was granted accreditation for the level of fire chief by the Massachusetts Fire Service Commission. In January, LaCivita  graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program and received his accreditation as a Fire Prevention Officer 2.

“I am extremely fortunate to be surrounded by such a talented group of firefighters and most importantly, my supportive and loving family,” LaCivita said.

LaCivita, who grew up in Raynham, is a graduate of Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School. He earned his associate’s degree in criminal justice from Bristol Community College and a bachelor’s degree in fire science from American Public University.

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Burlington Police Department Appoints New Police Officer and New Dispatcher

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Burlington Police Department
Michael R. Kent
Chief of Police
45 Center Street
Burlington, MA 01803
www.bpd.org

For Immediate Release

Monday, Jan. 14, 2019

Media Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Burlington Police Department Adds New Full-Time Police Officer and New Dispatcher to its Roster

Dispatcher Dodi Feldman (left) and Officer Thomas J. Zarro were appointed on Monday evening. (Burlington Police Department/Courtesy Photo)
Dispatcher Dodi Feldman (left) and Officer Thomas J. Zarro were appointed on Monday evening. (Burlington Police Department/Courtesy Photo)

BURLINGTON — Chief Michael Kent is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members of the Burlington Police Department.

Thomas J. Zarro was appointed Monday as a full-time police officer, and Dodi Feldman joined as a police dispatcher.

Officer Zarro is a 2013 graduate of Billerica High School and graduated in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in criminology from the University of Southern Maine, where he was a four-year varsity baseball player and dean’s list student from 2015-2017 along with being awarded the William B. Wise Scholar-Athlete Award in 2015, 2016 and 2017. He graduated from the Lowell Police Academy in November 2018

Officer Zarro has previously worked as an intern with the Billerica Police Department and has worked as a program coordinator with the Billerica Recreation Department. His parents are John Zarro of Billerica and Jean-Marie Fraser of Nashua, New Hampshire.

Feldman received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University in 2017, May and December respectively. She is also pursuing a second master’s degree, a Master of Arts in Strategic Information Analysis, also at Northeastern. She has been a standout student at Northeastern, maintaining an undergraduate GPA of 3.82 and graduating magna cum laude. As a grad student, her GPA has been a nearly perfect 3.97. Feldman was profiled recently by Northeastern’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities about her interest in criminal justice.

Feldman, a Providence native, has also completed internships with the Drug Enforcement Agency and the FBI. She has previously served as an emergency dispatcher with the Wellesley College and Springfield Police Departments.

“Officer Zarro and Dispatcher Feldman are prime examples of the new generation of police officers and first responders,” Chief Kent said. “As our profession has changed, we are fortunate to have well-educated young people who have already built impressive resumes as soon as they graduate from college. I am very pleased to welcome these two new members of our team, and they have the full support of the men and women of the Burlington Police Department as they begin their journeys.”

Zarro will now enter a 12-week field training officer program before deploying as a patrol officer. Feldman will begin training next week.

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Dr. Timothy Stokes Joins Kearsarge School District as Principal of Simonds Elementary School

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Kearsarge Regional School District
Superintendent Winfried Feneberg
114 Cougar Court
New London, NH 03257

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Timothy Stokes Joins Kearsarge School District as Principal of Simonds Elementary School 

Dr. Timothy Stokes

NEW LONDON — Superintendent Winfried Feneberg, with the support of the School Board, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Timothy Stokes as the principal at Simonds Elementary School.

Stokes will step into his new role on July 1. He currently serves as the Assistant Principal at New Boston Central School, a position he’s held since 2014.

For the 11 years prior to working in New Boston, he taught sixth grade math in the Hopkinton School District.

Following his graduation from Bates College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English, Stokes joined Teach for America and was placed in the Bronx, New York. There, he served as an elementary school teacher at the Community School 44 from 1997-2003.

Stokes also holds a master’s degree in elementary education from the City University of New York, a doctorate in educational leadership from New England College and has a certification to be a principal in New Hampshire. He is currently an adjunct professor of education at Southern New Hampshire University.

“Dr. Stokes has more than two decades of experience in elementary education, which makes him the ideal person to lead Simonds Elementary School,” Superintendent Feneberg said. “We’re excited to have him on board, and over the next few months he will be working to get to know parents and community members. Please join me in welcoming him to the district.”

In April, Superintendent Feneberg formed a screening committee — consisting of teachers, administrators, staff, parent representatives and a school board member — to find a new principal to lead the Simonds Elementary School. Stokes was selected from a field of more than 20 applicants as the most qualified candidate.

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