Calvin Crawford Selected New Light Commission Member

1. Town Government:
Selectmen and Marblehead Municipal Light Commissioner voted Calvin Crawford the newest Light Commission member after asking him and other applicants questions including one on the light Department's day-to-day operations.

He was the first applicant nominated and received the requisite 5 votes before the roll call vote completed its circle around the table of nine commissioners and selectmen.

Crawford is a former Marblehead businessman, owner of a cycle shop and auto parts store.

He said he has always been interested in the workings of a Marblehead Muncipal Light Commissioner.

Regarding the role of the commission in relation to daily operations at the Light Department, Crawford says the courts have spoken on that matter. 

Daily operations responsibilities rest with the Light Department general manager not the commission, he said.

Each applicant was asked if he was aware of a division between the commission and the light department. Most said they were aware of talk about a division between the entities. 

The other applicants were Benjamin Ayer, Andrew Hadden and John Wiiliams

2. Weather:
Look for sunshine this November day in Swampscott, according to the National Weather Service. Expect a high temperature near 48 today. Tonight should be clear, with a low of 37. Sunrise, 6:33 a.m.; high tide, 8:18 a.m.; low tide, 2:30 p.m.; and sunset, 4:21 p.m.

3. Trash and Recycling:
Thursday trash & recycling will be collected Friday, Nov. 15.
Friday trash & recycling will be collected Saturday, Nov. 16.
 

4. Today's Merriam-Webster Word: 
Neocolonialism
:  the economic and political policies by which a great power indirectly maintains or extends its influence over other areas or people— neo·co·lo·nial  adjective— neo·co·lo·nial·ist  noun or adjective