Politics & Government
Town Clerk Named Unsung Hero at Statehouse
Jan Parker, Seekonk's town clerk, was given an award for her work in the town.
Most know Jan Parker from behind a Plexiglas window in Peck Street's town hall.
The town clerk manages town records, handles administrative duties, and is a general information base on all things Seekonk. She's even certified to marry couples.
In addition to running town operations, Parker founded Seekonk's Save-a-Pet to help support the animal shelter that's always in need of food and volunteers. A couple years ago, she helped facilitate a project to send care packages to troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. She's instrumental in leading the town's 200th anniversary celebration.
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On Wednesday, May 18, she got a bit of credit.
Parker is now among the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women's 100 Unsung Heroines of 2011. She was honored in a ceremony held at the Statehouse in Boston.
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"There were some phenomenal women there," she said, noting others founded cancer fundraisers and set up filtration systems abroad.
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