The city is looking to hire people to staff all polling stations, especially bilingual speakers.
With three special elections coming up this spring, the city of Boston is looking to hire extra people to serve as poll workers, especially residents who are bilingual, the city announced this week. There are upcoming special elections for the U.S. Senate, the First Suffolk Senatorial District and the Eight Suffolk Representative District on April 30, May 28 and June 25, and the city has 254 precincts in all that need to be staffed for each one. Available positions include wardens, clerks and inspectors. The stipend is $135 to $175 for a full day (6 a.m. to 9 p.m.) or $9 an hour for a half-day shift. Responsibilities include assisting with preparing the voting location for opening, hanging signs, counting ballots, checking in voters and …
Due to the high demand for the Families in Need program, donations are being sought to offset additional costs.
For those of you who may not know about the Family in Need effort, for many years, the West Roxbury Business and Professional Association, in coordination with the West Roxbury YMCA, Ethos /AgeWell West Roxbury, and our Boston Police Department, identify a list of families and seniors who need holiday groceries at Thanksgiving and Christmas. We then work with Roche Bros. who offers us consideration on the cost and then bags up the groceries and turkeys for us for distribution. A group of volunteers from the business, non-profit and residential communities then make the deliveries. We also identify one or two families with greater needs and “adopt” them, offering them assistance as well as presents from the business and residential …
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Elizabeth A. Doris-Gustin
9:32 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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