NORTON — Residents at Saturday’s annual town election will decide contests for select board and school committee as well as ballot questions asking them if they support withdrawing the police and fire departments from the state’s Civil Service hiring and promotion program. Voting runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at... read full story
"We have a public safety hiring crisis with low supply and high demand that requires better flexibility and a larger pool of candidates that Civil Service does not provide,"