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News Celebrate National Public Works Week 2012! Bring the kids and your curiosity to one of the family-friendly events planned for May by the Maine Chapter of the American Public Works Association. Regional exhibitions are set for Friday May 18 in Auburn, Saturday May 19 in Scarborough, and Friday May 25 in Kittery. Kids can explore the big equipment, from dump trucks to bulldozers. There will be games and giveaways, including toy hard hats, balloons and more. National APWA Public Works Leadership Fellow Congratulations to Mike Bobinsky for being selected a National APWA Public Works Leadership Fellow. Mike was awarded this Fellowship based on his accomplishments, experience and contributions throughout his Public Works career. For more information on the those selected as Leadership Fellows > > > MCAPWA Spring Meeting An overflow Public Works crowd filled the Waterville Elks Club for a program on Diesel Engine Emission changes, CDL medical card information, Back Injury Prevention and even some laughs from a 54 year old guy. Congratulations to Kevin York of Yarmouth Public Works for winning the shotgun raffle (donated by HP Fairfield Company). At the conclusion of the meeting the MCAPWA Board of Directors voted to use the proceeds from the raffle to help promote 2012 National Public Works week May 20-26. For more photos take a look at: https://picasaweb.google.com/MichaelClaus2003/MCAPWASpringMeeting2012
Doug Howard has been appointed South Portland’s new Public Works Director. Doug’s first day will be February 21st. It is with great pleasure that I announce the hiring of Doug Howard as the City’s next Public Works Director. Doug grew up and still lives in South Portland. Doug worked for the City’s Public Works Department for 19 years before leaving to pursue his own business in 2002. Not long after starting his computer business, the City of Saco contacted Doug about their Public Works General Superintendent position a position he held for two years. Doug is currently Saco’s Environmental Utilities Supervisor, responsible for a wide variety of duties including underground utilities, fleet, GIS and plowing. When in South Portland, Doug was South Portland’s first Maine “Roads” Scholar and was the 2001 recipient of the City’s “Service Above and Beyond” award. Doug serves on numerous internal and external committees, including being the Chairman of the Maine Wastewater Collection Association. Report on the Economic and Environmental Issues with Road Salt The Cary Institute in New York has put out a report on the economic and environmental issues with road salt and deicers dated December 2010. This report can keep you up to date with issues that selectmen and residents bring forward on road salt use in a practical manner. If you have addition studies on road salt use we should post, please send them to us. Click on this link to download the report > > > In addition the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center has published a 156 page report on Maine Winter Roads Click on this link to download the Maine report >>>. This report has detailed analysis that can be used to answer specific question road salts and deicers. If you have addition studies on road salt use we should post, please send them to us. John Charest It is with sadness that we note the passing of John Charest. Many of you knew John from his many years http://www.kjonline.com/news/director-loved-his-job-from-day-one_2010-12-14.html Technical Tour in Toronto On returning from a joint Maine and New England Chapter International Affairs Technical Tour in Toronto this August, Eric Labelle from Portland Public Services and Rob Robinson of Manchester, NH Public Works wrote a paper on water quality innovations from the Toronto Region. For a copy of their upcoming APWA Reporter article and a look at what the technical tour was all about, click on this Toronto Water Quality link. If you have any ideas on an International Technical Tour that may be useful to your town or city, let one of the MCAPWA Executive Committee members know and we can work on getting you into the International Affairs program.
To the 2011 News Archive for more information about the year's activities > > >
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Supervisor Training Program MCAPWA and Maine Local Roads Center will be offering our 2 Part - 6 Day Supervisor Training Program at the Gorham Municipal Center this Spring. Dates will be: Part 1 on Tu, We & Th April 17 – 19, 2012, and Part 2 on Tu, We & Th May 8 – 10, 2012. Cost will be $395 per person for all 6 days. North American Snow Conference April 29 - May 2, 2012 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 21st Annual Highway Congress Snow Plow Rodeo - Brochure
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with the City of Augusta. Below is a link to his obituary and recent newspaper article on his retirement. John was selected as our 2010 Public Works Leader of the Year. John is pictured at our 2011 20th Annual Highway Congress. 