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The Sun Chronicle endorses Mayor Dumas
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Professional Fire Fighters of MA endorse Mayor Dumas
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PHOTOS: Mayor Dumas Visits Hill-Roberts Kindergarten
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Dumas Supporters Rally at Sensational Cookout
ATTLEBORO - Mayor Kevin Dumas pushes toward the November Election with a summer cookout for supporters.  
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Mayor gets praise for city budget
ATTLEBORO - Mayor Kevin Dumas and his administration got kudos from the city council Wednesday as the panel wrapped up work on the city's $105 million spending plan to take effect July 1.  (Click to Read full Story)

Dumas: City hall is the people's building
ATTLEBORO - "City hall is the people's city hall. It's welcoming, it's friendly and we provide quality services to the people." (Click to Read full Story)

City tackling projects despite economy
Times are tough, but it hasn't stopped the city from pushing ahead with millions of dollars worth of capital improvements funded by federal, state and city money as well as grants, Mayor Kevin Dumas said Tuesday in submitting his annual capital improvement plan to the city council.
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Two more businesses set to open up shop in Attleboro
ATTLEBORO - Downtown - which has seen two new businesses put down roots in the past year - is expected to blossom with a couple more in the early spring. (Click to Read full Story)

To the editor: Expanded paramedic service finally welcomed
In Attleboro, we taxpayers are getting a whole lot more with a whole lot less, and I see different segments of our city finally being invited to the proverbial "table," which is greatly enhancing the quality of life and public safety in Attleboro.  (Click to Read full Story)

The Sun Chronicle Editorial- Others agree: City great for families
There's always that moment in Western movies where the sheriff, or the school marm, tells the assembled pioneers: "And we want to make a decent place to raise a family." Well, it's not Tombstone or Deadwood, but it turns out Attleboro is just the place they were looking for." (Click to Read full Story)

Dumas: 'Excited' for city's future
ATTLEBORO - Mayor Kevin Dumas said he's "excited" about the city's prospects in 2011. That's not a word chosen by most chief executives in cities and towns across the recession-ravaged state, but Dumas said it's appropriate in Attleboro's case. (Click to Read full Story)

City Prepares for Attleboro's Winter Night Festival
For the first time officials last year, with help from local businesses and sponsors, organized the Winter Night Festival, which brought thousands of people to the downtown area for activities, food and fun. (Click to Read full Story)

City Works to Bring Caribbean Food and More to Downtown Attleboro
It's no secret that downtown Attleboro has benefited from improvements of new sidewalks, fancy light posts, a façade program and new landscape. In fact, that streetscape was one factor that drew the owners of Scorpio’s Italian Eatery & Pizzeria, Joe Scorpio and his sister Elizabetta Costantini, to Attleboro. (Click to Read full Story)

Another cheer for city schools
The good news keeps coming in for the Attleboro school system. Less than two weeks after congratulatory remarks appeared in this space for Attleboro High School gaining full accreditation and removal of a warning, three elementary schools in the city were taken off the non-compliance list for MCAS testing. (Click to Read full Story)

City's budget outlook bright
Director of Budget and Administration Barry LaCasse told the city council Tuesday that he's "cautiously optimistic" revenues and expenditures will meet at the end of the fiscal year, based on trends to date. (Click to Read full Story)

City Officials One Step Closer to Downtown Revitalization
The landscape may be changing downtown. Among well-established businesses, churches and other institutions, there are also conspicuous, empty storefronts and much vacant office space. But glimmers of hope for extensive revitalization are emerging in the past few months as some gaps are being filled. (Click to Read full Story)

Top scores for AHS students -Advanced placement achievement higher than state, national average
City high school students are receiving top scores in advanced math, science and English courses at a rate far higher than the state and national average, according to the Massachusetts Math and Science Initiative. (Click to Read full Story)

Mayor: City to avoid layoffs
While economic times remain hard, the general services side of the the city budget will be able to make ends meet without layoffs, furloughs or an appropriation from the stabilization account, Mayor Kevin Dumas told the city council's budget and appropriations committee Monday. (Click to Read full Story)

Expo draws thousands -Second event has something for everyone
ATTLEBORO -- Thousands flocked to downtown Attleboro Saturday for the second annual Expo for the Senses, a festival of music, art, jewelry, food and plenty of fun. (Click to Read full Story)

Local attractions on list of the state's 1,000 best places to visit 
A special state commission released the names Monday of the 1,000 best places in the state to visit, and 11 local attractions made the list. (Click to Read full Story)

Snow makes celebration a go - Attleboro's Winter Night Festival is on.
The downtown, family-oriented celebration starts tonight at 6 o'clock, but recent unruly weather forced city officials to keep a close eye on the sky before deciding to go ahead. (Click to Read full Story)

City hailed as family-friendly
The city is the second best community of its size and income level in Massachusetts in which to raise kids, and is in the top 2 percent nationwide, according to the national publication Bloomberg Businessweek. (Click to Read full Story)

Attleboro Recognized in Best Places to Raise Your Kids
While number one would have been ideal, Attleboro took the slot of runner up in the Bloomberg/Businessweek.com list of Best Places to Raise Kids in
Massachusetts. (Click to Read full Story)

Letter to the Editor: Downtown renewal takes welcome step
Hats off to mayor Dumas and those who supported him in his efforts resulting in the appointment of former mayor Judy Robbins as ARA chairman and their combined efforts in refocusing on the intended direction of our redevelopment program. (Click to Read full Story)

Cuddy thanked - twice by city
Former recreation commission Chairman Mark Cuddy got public and private thank-yous Tuesday for his efforts, many of them taking place "quietly and behind the scenes" over the past 20 years to improve the recreation department. (Click to Read full Story)

History lesson
Evelyn Silva knows the Academy Building on Sanford Street inside and out.
Silva credits Mayor Kevin Dumas with the success of the work, saying he knows how to get the most out of every dollar. (Click to Read full Story)

Surplus $1.7M more than in recent years
ATTLEBORO - The city's free cash or surplus from last year has been certified at $2.8 million by the state's Department of Revenue - an increase of about $1.7 million over the average of the past several years. (Click to Read full Story)

RMV Grand Opening October 30
ATTLEBORO - The morning program starts at 10:00 AM with the first tours of the new office.
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Boost for Ides Hill plan 
ATTLEBORO - Efforts to revive the nearly bankrupt industrial business park project are
on track, Mayor Kevin Dumas said Friday..
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Thoughts as nation's 233rd birthday nears 
It was great to see thousands of people crowd downtown Attleboro for the first of what is anticipated to be an annual event, the Expo for the Senses, on Saturday.  When the Wednesday Night Markets started going downhill, at the same time that downtown was beginning to resemble a ghost town due to the rise in empty storefronts, 
it became clear that if the market or anything similar were going to return, it had to be in a once-a-season format. (Click to Read full Story)

Expo weathers storm 
Even a passing thunderstorm couldn't put a damper on the inaugural Expo for the Senses, held Saturday afternoon in downtown Attleboro. "I couldn't be happier," said Mayor Kevin Dumas of the event.
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City fund better than thought 
ATTLEBORO - While the city's stabilization account will shrink to about $500,000
after using $600,000 to balance the city's 2010 budget, the account is not as cash-strapped
as it seems. (Click to Read full Story)

City budget to be released today 
ATTLEBORO - The city will learn its financial fate today when Mayor Kevin Dumas
delivers the 2010 budget to the city council at a special meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. (Click to Read full Story)

An 'awesome' cleanup 
ATTLEBORO - More than 100 volunteers, including Mayor Kevin Dumas, removed
trash and other debris from the Ten Mile.
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Fun in city this summer 

Another 'awesome' cleanup 
ATTLEBORO - More than 100 volunteers, including Mayor Kevin Dumas, removed
trash and other debris from the Ten Mile River on Saturday as part of the city's Third
Annual Ten Mile River Cleanup Day.
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Attleboro is a city on the cusp 
"I remember riding through the streets with my mom and dad and thinking we can do better," Dumas said. (Click to Read full Story)

Small steps to a big goal 
Mayor Kevin Dumas and other Local officials and a dozen preschoolers kicked off America On The Move Week by taking a 2,000-step walk around Balfour Riverwalk Park Monday, part of an effort to encourage residents to combat obesity by taking small steps such as walking an extra mile every day and making minor adjustments to their diets.
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Downtown station work gets $2.5M in stimulus package 
ATTLEBORO - About $2.5 million in federal economic stimulus cash has been
awarded to the downtown's shovel-ready transportation related projects, Gov. Deval
Patrick announced Friday. (Click to Read full Story)

City has high hopes for stimulus plan 
ATTLEBORO - Mayor Kevin Dumas and the Attleboro Redevelopment Authority hope
President Barack Obama's proposed $800 billion-plus economic stimulus plan can
turn red ink black for the city's cash-strapped industrial business park project.
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Change, challenges in '09 
State Rep.-elect Bill Bowles and Attleboro Mayor Kevin Dumas crunch numbers in the mayor's office. (Click to Read full Story)

A city on the cusp, Attleboro the best? 
ATTLEBORO - At the ramshackle end of its life, the Sugarman Building, which once
housed jewelry and box-making companies on South Main Street in the heart of the
city, was nothing more than a warehouse for coffins - a somber and potent symbol
for the death of an era where the mix of numerous factories and stores downtown
created a vibrant center and a vibrant city..
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Attleboro is a city on the cusp 
Sunday, March 9, 2008: ATTLEBORO - At the ramshackle end of its life, the Sugarman Building, which once housed jewelry and box-making companies on South Main Street in the heart of the city, was nothing more than a warehouse for coffins - a somber and potent symbol for the death of an era where the mix of numerous factories and stores downtown created a vibrant center and a vibrant city. (Click to Read full Story)

Attleboro one of 'the best' 
ATTLEBORO - The city's long hard fight has a rebuild its vitality and once renowned industrial according to Boston Magazine, which has recognized to live in the Boston area. (Click to Read full Story)

Dumas backs ordinance with requirement for firefighter hires 
ATTLEBORO - Mayor Kevin Dumas jumped into a council hot spot this week, saying he
supports a proposed ordinance that would mandate the hiring of firefighters who are also paramedics.  (Click to Read full Story)

As time goes by, gray hair will surface 
Mayor Kevin Dumas will be 32 next month, and he'll be one month into his fifth year and third term as the city's chief executive. (Click to Read full Story)

An 'important' inauguration 
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 The city's biennial inauguration of a new administration was officially labeled an "important event" last Tuesday, not because it was the start of a new city government, but because of the piano that was on stage.
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A word of thanks from Iraq 
ATTLEBORO - Mayor Kevin Dumas often gets calls from constituents, but one he got
Wednesday made Thanksgiving extra special. (Click to Read full Story)

3rd-term victory a repeat of last election 
ATTLEBORO - Mayor Kevin Dumas rolled to his second straight landslide win and his
third term with almost 72 percent of the vote Tuesday over City Councilor John Davis. (Click to Read full Story)

River gets clean sweep 
ATTLEBORO - As Ben and Lucas Chomyszak pulled off their rain boots, and water
came pouring out, the mud and dirt-soaked boys were all smiles.
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Small steps to a big goal 
Mayor Kevin Dumas and other Local officials and a dozen preschoolers kicked off America On The Move Week by taking a 2,000-step walk around Balfour Riverwalk Park Monday, part of an effort to encourage residents to combat obesity by taking small steps such as walking an extra mile every day and making minor adjustments to their diets.
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Nearly ready at registry 
Mayor Kevin Dumas, who has pushed for the project since it was first announced by former Register of Deeds David Simas two years ago, said he's pleased the office is close to opening. "We're absolutely thrilled that at this point we can open the doors and let the public see what it looks like," he said. 
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New downtown look gets started 
Mayor Kevin Dumas kicked off the project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Memorial Common. The project has been in the planning stages since 2002. Dumas said the small park will be landscaped and new light poles similar to old-fashioned gas lamps will be installed, making it a more fitting tribute to veterans. 
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Dumas launches re-election 
ATTLEBORO - Mayor Kevin Dumas kicked off his campaign for a third term Saturday night, declaring that he is proud to run on his administration's record and excited to continue moving the city forward. 
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Youth will serve 
City Council President Barry LaCasse - who along with Mayor Kevin Dumas and former Councilor Kate Jackson are pushing to establish the new youth commission - outlined the duties of the board and accepted applications from the youngsters. (Click to Read full Story)

New registry office could open in city downtown in Sept.  
Register of Deeds for northern Bristol County said Dumas has facilitated the reconstruction of the parking lot by the city's public works department, the fabrication of new stair railings by the high school's metal shop and the purchase and installation of historic lighting for the front of the building. (Click to Read full Story)

Having A Ball At Briggs Pool  
Over three hundred neighbors and friends celebrated the Briggs Pool Annual Cookout on Sunday afternoon. It was four years ago that the neighborhood and the Attleboro Recreation Department gathered for the soft opening of the pool. Mayor Kevin Dumas arrived with beach balls for the kids. (Click to Read full Story)

Full-time job for city's Rescue 2 
More firefighters and more money have finally pushed Rescue 2 from part-time to full-time status, said Kim Allard, chairwoman of the city council's public safety committee. 
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A 'breathtaking' finish for Hagopian Memorial Walk  
Pat Briggs stood at the entrance to the Hagopian Memorial Walk and smiled Monday afternoon.
...Briggs said he was also inspired by Almeida, who has dedicated almost 50 years to the care of city parks and by Mayor Kevin Dumas..
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Balfour Riverwalk Designated a National Recreation Trail 
On National Trails Day, 125 walkers and 6 kayakers celebrated the dedication of the Balfour Riverwalk as a National Recreation Tail.  ...At the conclusion of the round trip walk, short speeches were made by Mayor Dumas... 
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School budget boost 
As promised last month, Mayor Kevin Dumas delivered a budget Friday that increases city spending on schools above state requirements for the first time ever.
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Work under way on zoo pond
Dumas said it's been his goal to make the pond, which has languished for 15 years, an attraction again. "It's exciting because it will open up the pond," he said. "It will be a wonderful attraction for zoo patrons."  (Click to Read full Story)

Woman new on city fire force  
Five new firefighters, including the city's first woman firefighter, were sworn in Friday by Mayor Kevin Dumas during a ceremony at city hall.
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More cash to repair city streets 
Some projects in recent years have included the repaving of Pleasant Street and part of Maple Street. Maple Street also got new sidewalks and decorative trees.
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River gets clean sweep 
In all, about 75 people showed up to help, including volunteers from Attleboro High School, Shaw's Supermarket, Mayor Kevin Dumas and city Councilors Brian Kirby and Barry LaCasse.
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Registry plan saved 
Mayor Kevin Dumas and Barry Amaral, new register of deeds for northern Bristol County, are hammering out new plans for a branch registry of deeds in the city after spiraling costs put the long-sought project in jeopardy this week.
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Attleboro mayor hopes to start youth commission later in spring
Mayor Kevin Dumas announced an effort to get a youth commission up and running this spring. (Click to Read full Story)

South Attleboro plaza to get 'cop on the corner' 
"We think this is a good solution," said Mayor Kevin Dumas. "We tried it during the holidays last year and it works really well.".  (Click to Read full Story)

Attleboro to Patrick: 'We need more cash'
City officials, led by Mayor Kevin Dumas, have asked the governor to revamp the state's school funding formula in way to give more money to cities and towns like Attleboro that are investing heavily in the future.  (Click to Read full Story)

Mayor pitches in for cancer awareness 
Dumas helped work the mid-morning coffee rush as part of Honey Dew's Get Behind The Counter and Behind National Breast Cancer Foundation awareness campaign, with local officials in all shop locations in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire stopping in to help.  (Click to Read full Story)

Mayor Shows Spirit 
If you were in downtown Attleboro Thursday night and saw a familiar face climbing a tree to hang Christmas decorations, you were right.  That really was Mayor Kevin Dumas braving the cold and drizzle to get the city in the holiday spirit.  (Click to Read full Story)

Attleboro preserves school as affordable downtown housing 
Attleboro Mayor Kevin Dumas cut the ceremonial ribbon at the Oct. 26 event and was acknowledged for the city’s contribution of $150,000 in federal HOME funds to the effort. Dumas said the effort was important to the city because it not only added affordable housing but preserved the architecture of the existing school building.  (Click to Read full Story)

City's new bike trail gets rolling 
Mayor Kevin Dumas cut the ribbon to The New Attleboro On-Road Bicycle Route, the first in what city officials hope eventually will be a network connecting area communities.   "We're very happy, (but) this is just the beginning," Dumas said. "This is for your enjoyment." (Click to Read full Story)

Teachers gather in Attleboro
The mayor and superintendent addressed a convocation of school staff at the high school's Robert Bray Auditorium in a demonstration of cooperation between the two branches of city government prior to today's official school opening. (Click to Read full Story)

Southeastern Massachusetts Convention & Visitors Bureau 
Mayor Kevin Dumas will issue a Resolution recognizing the rich contribution museums make to the Attleboro community. Also joining us will be Congressman James McGovern. (Click to Read full Story)

Ted Kennedy | Kennedy Joins McGovern to Praise Attleboro Revitalization
Senator Edward M. Kennedy joined Congressman James P. McGovern, Attleboro Mayor Kevin Dumas and the leaders of Swank, Cookson Precious Metals, and the Attleboro Redevelopment Authority to announce the completion of a purchase and sales agreement that will bring over 300 new jobs to Attleboro. The agreement transfers property owned by Swank to Cookson Precious Metals in order to expand their manufacturing operations. (Click to Read full Story)

Goody Clancy: Advancing Downtown Attleboro
"I'm thrilled, absolutely thrilled...the merits of the plan speak for themselves." 
- The Hon. Kevin Dumas, Mayor of Attleboro.  (Click to Read full Story)

Attleboro establishes safe haven for seniors
With the signing of a "Memorandum of Understanding" Thursday by Mayor Kevin
Dumas and Executive Director of Christopher Heights Walter Ohanian, "Designated
Safe Haven for Frail Seniors" is officially in place. (Click to Read full Story)

Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News - Attleboro Cleanup Project Costs City $2 Million: Former Factory Believed To Be
A century-old factory that burned to the ground 18 years ago has had nearby
residents concerned about what was left behind. No one really knew what was buried
underneath the rubble, the last of which is being taken out this week.

But the new mayor, a year and a half ago, followed through on a campaign promise
and called the Environmental Protection Agency. (Click to Read full Story)