Corona Supports Murphy for State Rep

Easton Board of Selectmen Chair Colleen Corona announced her support for Republican Dan Murphy.

Easton Board of Selectmen Chair Colleen Corona announced Wednesday that she is supporting fellow Selectman Dan Murphy in his run for State Representative in the 11th Plymouth District. Corona, a Democrat, has worked with Murphy, a Republican, for the past two years on the Board of Selectmen. “I have had the opportunity to serve with Dan Murphy on the Easton Board of Selectmen for the last 2 years," Corona said in a statement released by the Murphy campaign. "Dan is thoughtful and incredibly hard working, and he has been a strong leader.  He has worked to help balance our town budget at a time when local aid has been cut significantly. He works incredibly hard to educate himself on every issue, and has sought creative, long term solutions …

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Town Elections 2012

Selectmen Candidates to Square Off in Live Debate

Candidates for Selectmen will square off Monday night live on ECAT. The debate will re-air on Patch.

  With less than a month to go until the April 24 town election, the four Board of Selectmen candidates are bracing for the home stretch. Election month will kick off Monday night, April 2, when the candidates square off in a debate live on Easton Community Access Television (Comcast Channel 9 and Verizon FIOS 22) beginning at 7 p.m. It will re-air on Patch the following day. The four candidates are fighting for two open three-year seats on the board. Incumbents Colleen Corona and Dan Murphy are defending their seats while challengers Patrick Goodman and Michael Maloney are running for the first time. The debate is co-sponsored by ECAT, Easton Patch and the Easton Journal. Easton Patch Editor Patrick Maguire and Easton Journal Editor Donna…

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Town Elections 2012

Corona Hopes to Continue Work With Board of Selectmen

Proud of nine years of accomplishments, the Board of Selectmen Chair is vying for another three years.

  Colleen Corona is the longest tenured member on the Board of Selectmen - and she'd like to keep it that way. A board member since 2003, she is vying to keep her position for three more years when Easton residents cast their votes for two open seats on April 24. Four people are running for the two seats, including fellow incumbent Dan Murphy, Finance Committee member Pat Goodman, and newcomer Michael Maloney. In her nine years, she said there is a lot the board has accomplished, but there is still more work to do. "I still want to complete a lot of things in the community," she said. "I think I’ve gotten a lot done: working on the school project, then I helped working on the override, which helped give us the fiscal stability to get …

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Town Elections 2012

Selectmen Candidates Appear on Local News With Dick Murphy

Selectmen candidates talk Shovel Shop, Budgets and Police and Fire

The four Easton Board of Selectmen candidates appeared on Local News with Dick Murphy on Easton Community Access Television this week as part of a Selectmen forum. Incumbents Dan Murphy and Colleen Corona were joined by challengers Patrick Goodman and Michael Maloney to discuss and debate the issues, which ranged from the Beacon Shovel Shop Project to the local budget, to police and fire. To view the forum, click here. The local election is scheduled for April 24. ECAT will air another selectmen debate on April 2. The debate will be co-moderated by Easton Patch editor Patrick Maguire. If you have questions you would like the Selectmen candidates to answer, email them to Patrick.Maguire@Patch.com

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Easton Receives $1 Million Grant For Downtown Revitalization

Officials say improvements to Main Street will tie into other area projects like Shovelshop development and a new sewer system.

The town of Easton will benefit from legislation passed last week that included $37.95 million in infrastructure funds for shovel-ready projects - $1 million of which would be dedicated to Easton's downtown. “This kind of investment in our towns and our infrastructure is how we can responsibly move Massachusetts forward economically,” State Senator Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton) said in a statement. “Today is a good day for the residents of Easton.” Town Administrator David Colton said the money would be used for improvements to main street, such as the burrial of wires, improvements to sidewalks and crosswalks, planting trees, and parking improvements. Colton said $75,000 of the town's capital budget, which was approved at Town Meeting last …

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