Thursday, August 9, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Stoughton Searching for New Human Resources Director and Procurement Officer; Stoughton Life Teen Fundraiser at the Chateau; Summer Nutrition Program at the West School; and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. Stoughton Searching for New Human Resources Director and Procurement Officer The Town of Stoughton has posted job openings on the Massachusetts Municipal Association website for two department head positions - Human Resource Director and Procurement Officer. The Human Resources position has been vacant since April when Martin McNamara was named Town Administrator in Boylston. McNamara was the first HR director for the newly created department. Meanwhile, Lindsay Pope left as the town's Procurement Officer to take a job in another Boston-area community. Her last day was on August 3. According to the Mass. Municipal …
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Lindsay Pope will resign as Stoughton's Acting Chief Procurement Officer effective August 3. She is the third department head to leave since March.
Lindsay Pope, Stoughton's Acting Chief Procurement Officer, has submitted a letter of resignation, effective Aug. 3, 2012, she told Stoughton Patch. Pope has served as the centralized purchasing officer for the Town since being hired in October of 2011. "I don't have any comment; I'm just trying to leave quietly," she said. Shortly after being hired Pope soon found herself as one of the central figures in the procurement dispute between the town and the school department. Pope departs to become the procurement officer for another Boston-area community. According to her bio, Pope "has worked for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Department of Revenue, UMASS Boston, and the Town of Stoughton all in procurement and contract …
Friday, April 13, 2012
Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.
About Town has learned that Stoughton's Human Resources Director Martin McNamara has been named the new Town Administrator Boylston, MA. He was unanimously voted into the position by their Board of Selectmen. Kenneth G. Sydow, chairman of the Boylston Board of Selectmen, called Mr. McNamara after the meeting to inform him of the board's decision. Sydow told the Worcester Telegram, “He's excited, and we're excited too. There are a lot of things we talked about [during his interview] that we are looking forward to working on.” McNamara will be ironing out the final details of his contract next Tuesday night. Then, he'll be giving Stoughton his official notice. McNamara has been working in Stoughton since February 2011. McNamara had told …
Friday, April 6, 2012
Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.
(Updated at 9 a.m. on April 7.) About Town has learned that Stoughton's Human Resources Director Martin McNamara is one of three finalists for the Town Administrator job in Boylston, MA. He told the Boylston selectmen that the Stoughton job was his first municipal one, and that he enjoyed it. According to The Banner, McNamara said that after being laid off in the private sector, he was hired by Stoughton, where he said he enjoys the work, and wants to continue in municipal management. But, citing his experience as a Selectman in Clinton, and the difference in size from Stoughton to Boylston, he added he was a "small town type of guy." McNamara was hired by former Town Manager Francis T. Crimmins, Jr., who attempted to get McNamara named …
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6:58 am on Sunday, April 15, 2012
"Ms. Pope and I made calls to known agencies that specialize in Municipal Government work, we received a few candidates names along with the 2 candidates who sent their resumes in unsolicited, Mr. Feaster and Mr. Sanguinet. Public interviews were held for the candidates who were available to start before the end of March as part of the transition, public nominations took place and a public vote … more ›