The Board of Selectmen will conduct a grant program to make disbursements from funds received from the 2011 fundraising efforts relative to the BAA Invitational Numbers assigned by the Town of Ashland.

Net Funds Raised                  $44,000

Grant Funding

Grants will be issued by the Board of Selectmen in two fixed rounds of grant proposals.  In addition to the fixed rounds, an amount will be set aside for grants to be issued during the year by open request. 

            Round 1                     Proposals Due September 30, 2011            $18,500

            Round 2                     Proposals Due March 1, 2012                   $18,500

            Open Requests          Submitted in Advance of Funding               $   7,000

Grant Application

All requests for grants, both rounds and open requests, shall be accompanied by the BAA Invitational Numbers Grant Application Form.  All forms shall be completely filled out.  Additional material may be submitted as needed to explain the grant request. 

Please contact Susan Robie in the Selectmen's Office for further information.

508-881-0100 X. 614

srobie@ashlandmass.com

The Town has selected, on a competitive basis, ConEdison Solutions as its competitive power supplier for the Town’s electricity customers.  This new “Community Choice Power Supply” initiative is a program for electric power supply that will help lower electricity costs for Ashland consumers.  Ashland now becomes the fourth locale in Massachusetts to select a competitive supplier for residential and small business customers.  You will shortly receive more information on this program. The program will be operated by Colonial Power out of Marlborough.

With the authorization of the Board of Selectmen, the Community Choice Power Supply initiative allows the Town to provide local energy services in a way that stabilizes costs, promotes competition and ensures local control over energy supplies.  The Community Choice Power Supply initiative provides Town residents and businesses with energy price stability, and also offers opportunities for potential cost savings.  The program creates competition among energy suppliers to help ensure competitive rates and to endow the Town with local control over energy supplies.  Acting on behalf of the Town’s 7,000 electricity ratepayers, the Town of Ashland selected ConEdison Solutions on a competitive basis because of the provider’s ability to stabilize rates, its capacity to maximize savings opportunities, and its strong record of performance as an energy supplier in the Northeast.

All eligible consumers of NSTAR “basic service” are automatically enrolled in the Community Choice Power Supply program.  Ratepayers may “opt out” of the program by choosing another competitive power supplier or by choosing to default back to “basic service” supplies provided by NSTAR.  Those choosing to “opt out” must do so within 30 days from the date that the Town mails an “opt out” postcard and a Consumer Notification Form to ratepayers.

As a result of the 2010 federal census, each municipality in Massachusetts was required to re-draw precinct lines.

Attached please find the new Precinct Map for the Town of Ashland. 

For the voters that have changed their precincts as a result of the addition of the new precinct, the law requires me to notify you by mail.  I ask that you please be patient as I will be sending the mailing out to you shortly.

Please note that all precincts will be voting at the High School.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Tara M. Ward, CMC/CMMC

Ashland Town Clerk