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 I'm looking for information on:

  -Absentee Ballots   (Town Clerk)

  -Appointed Officials

  -Automobile Dealer's License    (Selectmens' Office)

  -Band Concerts

  -Basketball Hoops   (Highway Department)

  -Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates or Death Certificates   (Town Clerk)

  -Board or Committee meetings    (Selectmens' Office)

  -Building Permits   (Building Department)

  -Burning Permits   (Fire-EMS)

  -Bylaws

  -Civil Marriage Ceremony  (Town Clerk)

  -Common Victualler Licenses    (Selectmens' Office)

  -DBA - Doing Business As - Certificates    (Town Clerk)

  -Deeds - get a copy

  -Demographic Info on Townsend

  -Dog Licenses    (Town Clerk)

  -Dogs  stray, lost, found, biting, barking  (Animal Control Officer)

  -Driveway Permits   (Highway Department)

  -Elected Officials

  -Electrical Permits    (Building Department)

  -Entertainment Permits    (Selectmens' Office)

  -Fishing Licenses   (Town Clerk)

  -Food Vehicle/Lunch Cart Permits    (Board of Health Office)

  -Homestead Filing     (Assessors Office)

  -Hunting Licenses  (Town Clerk)

  -Licenses, Other not listed here (start at Town Clerk's Office)

  -Marriage Licenses   (Town Clerk)

  -One-Day Liquor Licenses    (Selectmens' Office)

  -Open Burning Permits   (Fire-EMS)

  -Passports   (Town Clerk)

  -Plumbing or Gas Permits     (Building Department)

  -Pool Requirements   (Building Department)

  -Public Access Cable TV Channel Announcements

  -Public Way, Permit to Cross, Alter or Construct within a    (Highway Department)

  -Precincts, Voting  (Town Clerk)

  -Reading Room, use of

  -Recycling  (Recycling Committee/Board of Health)

  -Registering to Vote   (Town Clerk)

  -Removal of dead animals from roadways (Highway Dept.)

  -Septic Permits    (Board of Health Office)

  -Sign Requirements    (Building Department)

  -Stable Permits for horses   (Board of Health Office)

  -Streets, Roads, Ways owned by the Town    (Highway Department)

  -Tax Abatement, Tax Exemption and other Tax Relief    (Assessors Office)

  -Town-Owned Venues, use of      (Selectmens' Office)

    (The Town Common,  The West Townsend Reading Room, or the Great Hall in Memorial Hall)

  -Town Roads - data on lengths, widths, etc.   (Highway Department)

  -Trash & Recycling Pickup - what day is pickup on my street?

  -Trapping Licenses  (Town Clerk)

  -Used Motor Oil Recycling/Dropoff    (Highway Department)

  -Utilities - water, electric, gas, cable TV, telephone

  -Volunteer to Help My Town

  -Voting in general   (Town Clerk)

  -Well Permit/Well Regulations    (Board of Health Office)

  -West Townsend Reading Room, use of

  -Winter Snow Policy   from the Highway Department

  -Winter Parking Ban   from the Police Department

  -Wiring Permits     (Building Department)

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