Local officials peruse winning town reports during the MMA’s 2009 Annual Meeting.The winners of the MMA’s Annual Town Report Contest received their awards at this year’s MMA Annual Meeting on Jan. 24.

Judges considered layout and design, quantity and depth of information, organization, originality, and overall usefulness of the report to residents.

The winners are:

Category 1 (population 12,500-plus)
1st place: Arlington
2nd place: Brookline
3rd place: Wilmington

Category 2 (population 5,000-12,499)
1st place: Lancaster
2nd place: Topsfield
3rd place: Boxborough

Category 3 (population 4,999 and under)
1st place: Hadley
2nd place: Tisbury
3rd place: Rowe

Judges were Michael O’Sullivan, a former chair of the Appropriations Committee in Lexington and past president of the Association of Town Finance Committees, and Don Marquis, former town manager in Arlington who currently serves on the state Civil Service Commission and the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission. Marquis is also a past president of the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association and the Massachusetts League of Cities and Towns, the forerunner to the MMA.

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