Sunday, January 8, 2012
TV9's staff assists Seekonk staffers who want to highlight the town's work on air.
Town Administrator Pamela Nolan wants to highlight the day-to-day work of Seekonk's employees, so she does so through a TV9 program called “Seekonk Works.” As Seekonk's local cable access station, TV9 gives different town departments the chance to to get information to local residents on the air, in addition to the work they do with residents who want to run their own shows. Police Chief Ronald Charron's "Police Beat" show, which is temporarily on hiatus but may be brought back, was one of just several programs putting the spotlight on the town's work. Some of the other town programs running on TV9 are “Your Public Library,” “YMCA Update,” “Helping Hands” for the senior center, and “Adopt This Pet” for the Animal Shelter. TV9 also runs …
Friday, January 6, 2012
The show has been on hiatus, but Ronald Charron said he's received much positive feedback from Seekonk residents.
Although TV9's "Police Beat" has been put on hiatus, Police Chief Ronald Charron said he's heard from plenty of residents about the program and is leaning toward bringing it back. “I have heard it pretty loud and clear that people are watching,” he said. Police Chief Charron had been hosting the weekly show “Police Beat” for the past six months. In addition to reviewing the arrests and crimes in town, he said he also wanted to show taxpayers where their money was going, as the police department is the second highest budgeted department after the schools. “I was hopeful that I would highlight the good work of the officers,” he said. Chief Charron said he put the show on hold for at least this month because it was a lot of work and he wasn’…
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Michael Carroll welcomes Pamela Nolan, the new town administrator starting July 17.
Town Administrator Michael Carroll will be leaving his town hall desk for good on Thursday - though he won't leave the seat unattended for long. Truro's current town administrator, Pamela Nolan, will step in on July 17. During his retirement, Carroll plans on running a business that reproduces antique clocks. He also hopes to become more involved in the Providence Preservation Society; the Wrenthan resident gives tours of the John Brown House located on Providence's historic Benefit Street. But not before a bit of cake. Town hall employees wished him well in the form of a celebratory dessert on Wednesday afternoon. He also met with his replacement to show her the ins and outs of the job. Amid the stacks of paperwork, Carroll motioned to …
Joe
3:27 pm on Friday, January 6, 2012
Keep up the great work chief.Looking forward to seeing you, and the program, back on the air next month. I find it very informative as to what is happening in our "quiet little town." more ›