Brewster is taking steps to fill several posts
Mon 10 August 2009 (Left: Brewster's fire service is one of four local services where key posts will be falling vacant) The help wanted signs are going up in Brewster. Within the next year the town will need a new fire chief, town clerk, water superintendent and council on aging director. Those are four good paying positions, ranging from $58,000 to $91,000 (in 2008) with all the seniority and so forth factored in, so they won’t go vacant. The search for replacements is under way. Water Department head Paul Hicks will retire on Nov. 23. The job has already been advertised and town administrator Charles Sumner told the selectmen that applications are streaming in. The selectmen praised the job Hicks has done and noted the department has a good reputation. It also has a brand new headquarters on Freeman’s Way, completed this year. “I expect the new person to start before next year,” Sumner noted. Fire Chief Roy Jones has not set a definite date for his retirement, but it will be by M...