Clarksburg Opens Town Election Nominations

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CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Nomination papers for the annual town election are now available in the town clerk's office.
 
The offices up for election on May 13 are as follows: 
 
One seat each on the Select Board, School Committee, Board of Library Trustees, Planning Board, Board of Health, War Memorial Committee and representative to the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School Committee (McCann), and for moderator and tree warden. All have three-year terms. 
 
There is also one opening on the Planning Board for three years to complete an unexpired term.
 
Interested candidates must stop by the town clerk's office to pick up nomination papers. Twenty-five signatures of registered voters are required; all signatures must be ink, no electronic signatures are allowed.
 
Nomination papers must be returned to the clerk's office by March 25. The town clerk's office is open Monday through Thursday from 8:30 to noon for any questions or to pick up papers. 
 
Dog licenses are due now — the licensing period is Jan. 1 through Dec. 31. A late fee will be in effect beginning March 1. The fee is $5 for spayed or neutered dogs and $12 for all others. The form is available on the town website and can be downloaded mailed with the fee, and must include a copy of a current rabies certificate. 

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Veteran Spotlight: Coast Guard Capt. Thurman 'Tom' Maine

By Wayne SoaresSpecial to iBerkshires
MASHPEE, Mass. — If I were to describe the best attributes of this week's veteran, they would be an infectious personality, role model, leader, wonderful family man and a person that leads by example in the very best way. 
 
The aforementioned, are the primary reasons why Thurman "Tom" Maine enjoyed a successful and distinguished military career in the Coast Guard from 1983 to 2014. 
 
Born in North Stonington, Conn., Maine entered the Coast Guard at the age of 21 and was sent to boot camp in Cape May, N.J. His first assignment was at Coast Guard Station in Provincetown, R.I. From 1994 to 1997, he was a helicopter pilot for Coast Guard Air Station at Otis Air National Guard Base and was elevated to operations officer, chief pilot at the base from 2004 to 2007. 
 
During his 31-year career, Maine flew some of the Coast Guard's most elite helicopters; the Sikorsky H-3 (the Coast Guard's last amphibious aircraft), the Sikorsky H-60 (the most widely flown military helicopter in the world) and the H-65 (a smaller, faster helicopter that deploys on ships).
 
Maine continued to rapidly climb the ranks and in 2009 was promoted as the Coast Guard's liason to the Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, a position he held until 2011. Following that assignment, he was promoted to captain and rose to be the commanding officer at the Coast Guard's prestigious Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala. 
 
During his tenure as commanding officer, he suffered a devastating blow when four Guardsman were killed during a night training exercise. He conveyed that his greatest achievement in his entire military career, was the leadership he provided
to his 600-member unit and the families of the fallen Guardsmen, by always being accessible, communicating constantly and holding vitally important family nights.
 
He said this tragedy, "gave him the ultimate opportunity to live out his faith." He also lobbied intensely for the student pilot who was killed to be awarded his designation posthumously, which he did.
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