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Date: April 26, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Town Hall
Toomey Room
Address:
1 Sylvan St.
Danvers, MA 01923

Select Board, School Committee, Library Trustee, Town Meeting Members

Key Election Dates

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They’re taking everything they can get their hands on, and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we’re taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!

Boston and ALL of Massachusetts are fighting back! Senator Ed Markey has called on us to get 100,000 people on Boston Common. Let’s show the world what we can do! Join us in Boston.

The Select Board unanimously voted for Jill Cahill as the towns new Town Manager.

The two remaining finalists out of an original field of 31 were Jill Cahill, who has served three years as Gloucester’s chief administrative officer and Sean Fitzgerald, who served seven years as the Swampscott’s town administrator.

Selectperson David Mills opened last night’s discussions by saying Danvers is fortunate to have a town that can attract people of this quality and recommended Cahill for the post.

Selectperson Dutroche Djoko said both candidates had shown a “dedicated and strong commitment to Danvers.” He said he was leaning toward Cahill, but he would still like to hear what other people had to say.

Selectperson Michael Bean said the nominating committee had undergone a long and arduous process starting out at 31 candidates and working down to five. He said he had no doubt that Cahill was the right choice Selectperson Maureen Bernard said that first then the nominated board picked all 31 candidates and said she would be nominating Cahill as the next town manager “pending contract negotiation.”

Select Board Chairman Dan Bennett commented on what a long progress it had been to interview all the candidates, then narrowing it down from 31 to 11, then seven, then five and then 3 to bring before the board for interviews.

Drawing from some of the comments from Gloucester residents about Cahill, Bennet read “She has the faith and respect of everyone that works for the city.”

“She does a great job of balancing interests, listening to people and trying to build bridges.”

“In this role, it was her ability to build relationships and actively listen to everyone with respect.”

“That’s a common theme in these comments,” Bennett said, “and I think that at the end of the day, that’s why I chose Jill Cahill to be our next town manager.”

Maureen Bernard said she believes that “Jill Cahill will take Danvers to the next level, which is what we need.”

Bennett then called for a vote — which passed unanimously. He then moved that they appoint Cahill as town manager, subject to contract negotiations and a further background check.

He asked for Djoko to work with him on the contract as they go forwards. Bennett said after the background next, the city would work with legal counsel and “hopefully get this done in a month.”

Salem News 3/19/2025 By Buck Anderson

The Trump-Musk Administration is working quickly to implement the Project 2025 agenda that they knew nothing about during the campaign.    Simultaneously, they are flooding the media with distractions.  It’s hard to keep up.

 See what they have been doing.

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Today, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Chair and Association of State Democratic Chairs (ASDC) President Ken Martin was elected as the new Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) with overwhelming support from DNC members on the first ballot. In his acceptance speech, newly-elected Chair Martin committed to holding the Trump administration accountable, uniting and charting a new path for the Democratic Party, and fighting for working families. 

“The Democratic Party is the party of working people, and it’s time to roll up our sleeves and outcompete everywhere, in every election, and at every level of government — and I look forward to working with this next generation of leadership to build a Party to unite America,” said DNC Chair Ken Martin. “Today’s elections mark a new chapter in DNC leadership, and Donald Trump and his billionaire allies are put on notice: we will hold them accountable for ripping off working families, and we will beat them at the ballot box.” 

New DNC Chair Martin campaigned on a promise to implement a new framework at the DNC: Build to Win, Build to Expand, Build to Last. Here’s what that looks like:

• Build to win by expanding our vision and infrastructure. This means funding parties in all 57 states and territories, meaningfully investing in youth empowerment and mobilization, ensuring there is Democratic infrastructure in every ZIP code, and organizing year-round.
• Build to expand by going on offense everywhere, contesting every race, and embracing our responsibility to support Democrats running at every level.
• Build to last by planning, organizing, and implementing a 10-year strategy to align the infrastructure, partnerships, and people we need to win. We must listen to voters and be willing to dig deep and recenter the Democratic agenda to reestablish who we are in the eyes of American voters.

Background on DNC Chair Ken Martin

Ken Martin has served as the Chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party since 2011 — making him the longest serving Chair in the 75-year history of the DFL. 

Ken made the DFL what it is today — an all-day, year-round party dedicated to organizing communities, empowering the grassroots, electing progressive candidates, and improving the lives of Minnesotans.

Given his success as the DFL Party Chairman, Ken was elected by his peers across the country to serve as the President of the Association of State Democratic Chairs in 2017, where he works with state and local party committees to build permanent, long-lasting political infrastructure so they can elect candidates from the school board to the Oval Office.

Before his election as Chairman, Ken spent two decades working for progressive candidates and causes. He played key leadership roles on various campaigns, including Dayton for Governor in 2010, Hatch for Governor in 2006, Kerry for President in 2004, Humphrey for Secretary of State in 2002, and Gore for President in 2000. Ken led the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment campaign in 2008, which dedicated funding to the arts, environment, conservation, and parks and trails in Minnesota. It is the largest conservation finance measure in the nation to ever become law.