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Medical Alert deviecs do not provide a direct connection with your local police, fire or ambulance personnel. If immediate help is needed and a phone is within your reach, call 9-1-1
TDD/TTY users should call 9-1-1 directly. All 9-1-1 dispatchers are equipped with and trained to use TDD/TTY equipment
Massachusetts residents with disabilities may qualify for specialized telephones and accessories free of charge or at a reduced rate. Please visit www.massedp.com or call 1-800-300-5658 V/TTY for more information

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Monday, August 10, 2009

New and Improved

Welcome to the new and improved Cummington Web site.  We have added a couple of new features to help the residents of Cummington communicate with each other and with town officials.  These include this Blog which allows town officials to ask questions, provide information about their departments, etc. and for you to comment.  We have also added a Bulletin Board for residents use, just click on the Post Your Entry Button.  If you have an event to add to the calendar just click on the Current Month button which will take you to the monthly calendar page then click on the Add Event button at the bottom of the Calendar.

The website now has a site wide search capability that will search through all of the board minutes and bylaws to find references to you search term. We will be putting the Annual Town Report on the website when we get the electronic copy from the printer.

Please let us know what features, information, etc. that you would like to see added to the site.

 

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