Greetings one and all -

Weymouth lost a very valuable asset when Mary Jo Livingstone passed away unexpectedly on 13 April 2011. She was the Superintendent of Schools and took over that position in 2007, after being an assistant superintendent for 5 years. She was a 1975 graduate of Weymouth South High School and taught math in the Weymouth School system before moving into administration. She was a financial whiz and that knowledge paid off when the lean times hit town finances. She had the ability to look 2 to 3 years into financial future while preparing a budget. She knew how the budget of today would impact the budget of the future. She also knew just when the financial picture would be better and how to plan for that as well.

Mary Jo was an advocate for the schools and the students in this town. Job one for Mary Jo was education and how to make it to make it work it work best for the students. She understood every aspect of education better than anyone and that ability will be very much missed. Rest in peace, Mary Jo.

Greetings

This is an election year for Mayor, Town Council and School Committee. This is your chance to decide who will be the leaders of our Town. If you are not registered to vote, get yourself over to the Town Clerks office between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM on the days the Town Hall is open, and register to vote. It is not only your right to vote, it is your responsibility to vote.

And now a word about recycling. Did you ever wonder what becomes of the recyclable material that is collected every week? It is sent to a recycling center and the Town is paid per ton for it. Yes, their is money that comes back to the Town for the residents recycling effort. If you think the Town invest in trash instead of anything else, it is because of the volume of all that is collected, 70% is trash and 30% is recyclable material. If those numbers were reversed, a lot more money would be returned to the Town. According to an article in the Patriot Ledger in October 2010, 19,952 tons of trash were picked up and 3,258 tons of recyclable materials were collected. 17,800 households have municipal trash pick up.

To those who recycle, thank you.

That is all I have to report at this time.