From the Town Clerk

October arrives with crisp, colorful days that bid a melancholy farewell to Summer. Great apples, pumpkins, the World Series, football, Halloween and a long Columbus Day weekend thrown in. What’s not to like?

The Fall Town Meeting will be held on Monday, November 18 -7pm at Seekonk High School. The warrant is now open and will close October 2, 2019. Hopefully, residents will attend and participate in our annual Fall town meeting.

The Real ID is a Federal one that will begin to be used to board planes in the U.S., or enter a federal building October 2020. It will look like your regular driver’s license with the exception that it will have a silver star in the upper right hand corner. I have written about this subject in previous articles. I thought I would list the needed documents because there have been a lot of questions about the process.

Required identification documentation to get the real ID from the RMV or AAA.

You’ll need one of these documents
• Valid, unexpired U.S passport or passport card – If your U.S. passport was issued within the last six months, bring a certified copy of your U.S. birth certificate
• If you do not have a passport a valid certified copy of your U.S. birth certificate.
You’ll need one of these documents
• Social Security card (cannot be laminated) or
• W-2 Form or SSA-1099 Form or Non-SSA-1099 Form or a pay stub with your name and full SSN.
You’ll need two of these documents
• Current MA driver’s license, MA ID or learner’s permit.
• Utility bill (electric, telephone, water, sewer, cable, satellite, heating - dated within 60 days)
• Cell phone bill (dated within 60 days)
• Credit card statement (dated within 60 days)
• Medical/hospital statement (dated within 60 days)

There are more documents you can use for a full list and more information on the requirements please visit: Massachusetts Identification (ID requirements) Mass.gov and for RI residents: www.dmv.ri.gov

The Seekonk Town Clerk’s office can provide a certified copy of your marriage certificate, if you took out the intention papers in Seekonk. For a certified birth record, if you were born in a Rhode Island Hospital we will have your birth record up to 1970 as long as your parents were living in Seekonk at the time of your birth. However, if you were born after 1970 we will only have birth records, if your parents were living in Seekonk at the time of your birth in a Massachusetts hospital. The cost for a certified copy is $10.00 cash or check we do not take cards.

Vital statistics update: so far this year, the Town Clerk’s Office has registered and processed 37 Birth Certificates, 121 Marriage Intentions, 45 Death Certificates and 29 new Business Certificates.

Just a friendly reminder taxes are due November 1st. Fiscal 2020 trash bills are due October 17th.

West Nile Virus has been confirmed in mosquitoes from Seekonk. Please remember mosquitoes are still out, active and hungry this time of year. Remember to apply insect repellent when you go outdoors. For more information please see the press release on the Town website.

Flu vaccines will be arriving at the Board of Health in early October. For more information please call the Board of Health at 508-336-2950.

Finally, I would like to thank everyone who came out to the 18th Annual 9-11 Remembrance. It was nice to see young and old attend to remember the attacks on the United States as well as honor the police officers, firefighters and all first responders.

Enjoy October, have a fun and safe Columbus Day and Halloween.