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Vol. 6 No. 8
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Postal Customer Local October 2015
Medway to Hold Town-Wide Forum on Exelon Plant Oct. 21
Millis Police Build Trust in Community By J.D. O’Gara The Millis Police Department faced some difficult circumstances last month on the first day of school. After a school lockdown, reported gunfire and a town wide lockdown, evidence ultimately revealed that parttime Millis Police Officer Bryan Johnson fabricated his story of gunfire and car chase with a suspect in a maroon pickup truck. Johnson, 24, of Millis, fired from the department, has pled not guilty to misleading a police investigation, malicious destruction of property valued at greater than $250, unlawful discharge of a firearm and providing false information to emergency services personnel. Johnson will return to Wrentham District Court on October 30 for a Probable Cause hearing. While not permitted to discuss details of ongoing investigations, Millis Police Chief Keith Edison noted, “Clearly, when information was learned, it was put out there. I think any time
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Residents, Businesses Encouraged to Attend, Email Questions Ahead of Time By J.D. O’Gara
Following tumultuous events in which one Millis police officer ultimately faced charges, the Millis community reached out in support of its police department on Labor Day. Here, Bo and Maybel Hogan, formerly of Millis and now of Medway, shake officers’ hands.
that a police department is faced with a situation involving one of their own officers, as uncomfortable as it might be, you still need and must maintain public trust by letting the investigation follow its natural course. You can’t let ‘what is the public going to
think of us if they find this out’ keep you from being honest and truthful in conducting your investigation. In the end, facts are the facts and truth is the truth.” Police officers’ duty, he says,
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The Energy Facilities Siting Board’s (EFSB) hearing process is underway for Exelon’s proposed expansion of its generating capacity at its facility on Summer Street. The Medway Board of Selectmen will hold a forum on this expansion on Wednesday, October 21, at Medway High School. Residents and businesses are invited to submit any technical questions in advance (by October 6) to the Board of Selectmen. “We want to make the residents aware of the town wide meeting,” says Medway Selectman Dennis Crowley. “Residents will have questions and answers. We’re asking folks if they have a question prior to, if they can submit them to the town so we can research them and get the information rather than have them posed at town meeting.” A letter sent to Medway resi-
dents by the Board of Selectmen explains that Medway will have its team of contracted consultants at that forum to help address additional questions and concerns. By that date, information from those consultant’s reports should be available for residents to review. The oil-fired Exelon facility on Summer Street, next to a major electrical switching station owned by Eversource as well as an existing natural gas pipeline, has been operating for decades, visible along Rte. 126. Late last winter, Exelon made their case for a new adjacent facility run primarily on naturalgas with an oil back-up, pointing to the positive financial impact the facility would have on Medway. “They had an informal meeting with us in November of 2014,” says Crowley, where the town learned of their intentions. “They
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