From the Town Clerk

October starts the fall season with a chill in the air, trees turning colors, apple picking and pumpkins to let us know that Halloween will arrive soon. And let’s not forget there’s a long weekend as well. Please remember that Town Hall will be closed on October 9th in observance of Columbus Day/Indigenous People Day.

The Fall Town Meeting will be held on Monday, November 13 @7pm at Seekonk High School auditorium.  The Town Moderator, myself and sound technicians will be checking the sound system before the meeting to make sure we do not have any sound issues. Please try to attend this important meeting as town meetings are designed to allow residents a voice and a vote in how our town is governed. For a preview of the warrant please see the town website, it will be posted several weeks before the meeting.

As a reminder there will be a Special Election on Tuesday October 24 to see if the Town of Seekonk and 10 other communities will approve 285.9 million for the building of a new Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School. The other communities are; Sherborn, Medfield, Walpole, Millis, Medway, Norfolk, Wrentham, Plainville, Franklin, North Attleboro. The Town of Seekonk’s website has a link on the front page directing you to the Tri-County website. There you will be able to read about the project in detail and see a rendering of what it will look like.  Voting will take place at the High School; 261 Arcade Ave. and voting hours are 12 Noon- 8PM. There will not be any early voting but there will be absentee ballot voting. So, if you are going to be out of town and want to vote please fill out an absentee ballot application and get it to the Town Clerk’s office and we will send a ballot to you. As always with absentee ballots please remember to factor in the mail time, the ballot must reach us before the election in order to count. The results of the election will be available through the Town Clerk’s office as it is a Yes or No vote the results will be known that night or the next day. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to call our office. 508-336-2920.

Please see below a list of important dates and elections that will take place in 2024.

February 24: Last day to Register to Vote for Presidential Primary

Feb. 27-Mar.1: Early Voting, during normal business hours at Town Hall

March 5: PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

March 22: Last Day to Register to vote for Annual Town Election

March 25-30: Early voting during normal business hours at Town Hall

April 1: ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION

TBA: Last day to register to vote for the State Primary

TBA: Early voting during business hours at Town Hall

TBA : STATE PRIMARY

Oct. 26: Last day to register to vote for PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

TBA: Early voting during normal business hours at Town Hall            

Nov. 5:  PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Vital statistics update: so far this year, the Town Clerk’s Office has registered and processed 30 Birth Certificates, 100 Marriage Intentions, 62 Death Certificates and 10 new Business Certificates.

Just a friendly reminder taxes are due November 1st. Fiscal 2024 trash bills are due October 19th.

Nomination papers for town positions will be available to pick up December 15th. A list of positions will be printed in the November issue of the Reporter. Please call the Town Clerk’s office if you have questions about what seats are available and the process to get on the ballot.  

The Town Clerk’s office is in the process of setting up a payment system so we will be able to accept online payments and credit card payments at our counter. We know this will be helpful to everyone.

We are always thinking of new ways to help streamline our processes in this office. We are also looking to purchase Poll Pads. Poll Pads are a paperless voter check-in process which would replace the outdated paper check-in which often causes long lines at the polls.  We are hoping that will be approved and we will be able use the Poll Pads for the State Primary in September and the Presidential Election in November.

Enjoy October, have a fun and safe Halloween!
Florice Craig and Lorraine Sorel