Richards Memorial Library Homepage                                                     

www.RMLonline.org   

Government Resources

• Voter Registration: To register in North Attleboro you need to go to Town Hall. at 43 S. Washington St. They are open M-F: 8a-4p and Th until 7p. You can also register at the Dept. of Motor Vehicles. The Town Website has information about polling locations and absentee ballots.
• Car Registration Renewal Reminders. Register online.

Elected Officials:

• Governor Deval Patrick
• Representative Jim McGovern
• Senator Edward M. Kennedy
• Senator John Kerry
• Representative Elizabeth Poirier
• Senator Scott Brown

Other Government Sites:

• Town of North Attleboro
• Massachusetts Access to Government Network (MAGNET): The place to start of all sorts of Massachusetts information.
• Links to how to get Public Records in Massachusetts
• A Citizen's Guide to Massachusetts State Services: This guide contains information about state services, agencies, and contact points. You can find services arranged by broad subject headings in the listings below, or search for specific words, or use the index.
• Registry of Motor Vehicles
• MassCares: resource locator by type and town
• FirstGov.gov - Official website for searching the U.S. Government
• U.S. Census: Quickfacts about Massachusetts
• Ask a Librarian about Government Documents. Librarians research in govt. documents for you.
• Texas Law Library's well-organized list of Government Documents Online.
• Databases: Patent Grant and Patent Application Full-Text and Full-Page Images
• Massachusetts Politics and Policy Online 02133.org: nonpartisan independent state think tank and State House News service provides information about Mass. govt.
• Kids count: Census information about child well-being. Sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Mass. Correctional Institutions
• San Franciso Library's United States Citizenship Resources

For more sites check out Minuteman's good resources.

Pensions and Social Security

A representative from the local Social Security office came to talk about what happens to our pensions when we begin to receive Social Security. The answers may surprise you. One of the issues is called The Government Pension Offset (GPO). Sometimes called the Public Pension Offset, it is a provision in Social Security law that can reduce or eliminate the Social Security benefit for spouses, divorced spouses, and surviving spouses who also receive a pension based on their own work for federal, state or local government that was not covered by Social Security. The current provisions became law in 1983. Here are some links.

AARP information on Government Pensions

Social Security Publication on Government Pension Offset

PDF about Government Pension Offset from Cornell 

Information from Mass Retirees site
House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Members This has a link to the testimony about this issue. Rep. Barney Frank spoke about it and has some suggestions about what to do. 

Another issue is the Windfall Provision Act which deals with receiving governmental pensions. Check out the Social Security Publication on this issue.

Back to Useful Internet Sites

"Don't Close the Book on Libraries" Campaign

The Governor's proposed budget cuts disproportionately cut funding for libraries while libraries are being used more and more. Traditionally during economic downturns, the library is the resource for unemployed, under-employed and anyone trying to make do with less. In addition, library funding never returned to the level it had been in the 1990s before the last "crash."  Cuts to the regional systems could affect the delivery system which we all depend on. Check out this article about the MLA rally that was held November 4 at the State House. Write to Rep. Poirier, Sen. Brown and Gov. Patrick (see above) to express your support for libraries.  

To the Top