Hanson's Treasurer/Collector’s office will be closed on Friday, May 18. Payments may be dropped off in the secured boxes found at the side entrance of town hall or in front of the office.

Youth football leagues in Whitman and Hanson have agreed to pay revised bills for the 2011 fall season use of high school fields at a rate of $27 per hour for custodial services, with administrative fees waived.

Members of the WHRHS junior class are becoming worried about what the budget picture means for their senior year. Student Council representative to the School Committee, junior Danielle Spivack, noted during her advisory report May 9, that students are asking some hard questions.

You may have noticed more of the signs along area roadways lately — fresh eggs ranging in price from $2 a dozen on up. Others who raise backyard chickens sell extra eggs via word-of-mouth to friends and relatives.

Six students in the WHRHS Transitional Vocational Program, for special needs students between the ages of 18-22, have been honored by Signature Healthcare-Brockton Hospital for their stellar volunteer work.

Whitman Selectmen Tuesday unanimously voted to offer the position of assistant town administrator – subject to reference checks and successful contract negotiation – to Brockton native Gregory Enos, who now works as a neighborhood planner with the Community Development office in New Bedford.

Donnie Westhaver, Superintendent of the Department of the Public Works wishes to announce that the department will begin flushing water mains throughout the town’s system on Thursday, May 17, starting at 7 p.m. and continuing to midnight.

Editor’s note: This is another of a series of candidate profiles for contested races or candidates appearing on the ballot for the first time on the May 19 ballot in Hanson.

When Selectmen James Egan reminded Hanson residents during a May 5 candidates’ forum that a handful of town offices were lacking candidates, at least one person watching at home saw an opportunity to serve.

Whitman voters Monday night approved a debt exclusion for the proposed $9.3 million Department of Public Works (DPW) building, a Proposition 2 ½ override for schools and a new local meals tax to help the town raise future revenue. The debt exclusion and override will both be subject to town election votes — the DPW project on the Saturday, May 19 ballot and the school override in a special election slated for Saturday, June 16.

Whitman voters will head to the polls for a second time on Saturday, June 16 — this time to cast votes in a special Town Election on a proposed increase in the town’s assessment to Whitman Hanson Regional Schools, or $698,736. For an average home value of $264,492, that is about $89 a year or les than $23 per quarterly tax bill — and less than $2 per week.