From the Town Clerk

The Town Clerk’s office wishes everyone a happy, healthy and safe 2023.

2023 TOWN CENSUS INFORMATION
The 2023 Annual Town census will be mailed to all households in Seekonk due to arrive by mid-January. Please update the information provided by adding, deleting, or making changes directly on the form. Please sign and return the census within 30 days. You CANNOT REGISTER TO VOTE ON THIS FORM. On the census you will notice a letter next to your name. The letter indicates your political party affiliation. For instance, an “R” indicates Republican party, a “D” indicates Democratic party, a “U” indicates Unenrolled (Independent) party, etc.

If you don’t have a party designation next to your name you can register to vote by going online to www.sec.state.ma.us.  When responding back you can either mail it back with the provided envelope, or drop it in the Town Hall drop-box (outside Town Hall’s front door), or you can scan it, and email it to: fcraig@seekonk-ma.gov or lsorel@seekonk-ma.gov Failure to return your census may result in the removal from the active voting list. (MGL ch51 sec. 4c) The data collected from the census is used to prove residency, update the town’s voter rolls, veteran’s benefits, birth records, locating missing persons, estimating future school enrollment, establishing precinct lines, state and federal funding for the town, police and fire.

DOG LICENSE INFORMATION
Included in the town census mailing is a dog license form. This gives dog owners the opportunity to license their dogs by mail, or drop-box before the March 31^st due date. Mail to: Seekonk Town Hall, Town Clerk’s Office 100 Peck St, Seekonk, MA 02771 or drop it in the Town Hall drop-box (outside Town Hall’s front door). Please include a copy of each dog’s current rabies certificate issued by your veterinarian and a self-addressed stamped business size envelope.

The license fees are $10 for spayed and neutered dogs and $20 for un-spayed or un-neutered dogs. No fee shall be charged for a license for a dog owned by a person aged 70 years or over.  If you are 70 years an older you still must license your dog(s) you just do not have to pay the fee. Checks are to be made out to the Town of Seekonk.

Massachusetts General Law requires that all dogs be licensed annually, with proof of current rabies vaccinations. Failure to comply will result in a by-law citation fine.  If you have any questions about dog licensing, please do not hesitate to call our office. 508-336-2920.

The rabies clinic has been set for Saturday March 11, 2023. Hours will be 9AM-12PM. It will be held at the Seekonk Public Safety Building Fire Division. 500 Taunton Ave. The attending veterinarian will be Dr. Truesdale and the fee will be $15.00 cash only. The Town of Rehoboth will be joining us. 

 The Annual Seekonk Town Election 2023 will be held Monday April 3, 2023. Nomination papers for offices are available in the Town Clerk’s office. Deadline to submit nomination papers to the Town Clerk is Monday February 14, 2023 at 5PM.

You must obtain a minimum of 50 signatures from voters registered in Seekonk. A street address not a P.O. Box is required from each person signing your papers. Please make sure signatures are legible or we will not be able to certify them.

Absentee & Early Voting Ballot Applications
Absentee & Early Voting ballot applications are available in our office, or on our web-site. If you want to be put on the permanent absentee ballot mailing list, please fill out the form and check off "for all elections".  There will be early voting for the annual town election as well as

 in- person early voting held at the Town Hall the week before the election. As stated above applications for both absentee and early voting are on our town website under the Town Clerk’s page or available in the Town Clerk’s office.

A friendly reminder the third quarterly real-estate tax bills will be due on February 1, 2023.

Monday January 16, 2023 Town Hall will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Day. 

Have a wonderful month.

Florice Craig, Town Clerk & Lorraine Sorel Asst. Town Clerk