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    • 7 Aug 2025
    • 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
    • Publick House, Sturbridge, MA
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    Registration is now open for this year's August Half Day Program! We are returning once again to the Publick House Historic Inn in Sturbridge on Thursday, August 7th for a luncheon and awards ceremony, followed by a full afternoon of programming. The August Half Day Program has long been a great opportunity for our members and their guests to spend a summer afternoon at this scenic location to catch up with each other and the latest legal issues our communities are facing. The focus of this year's program is effective and efficient code enforcement. This program is open to local officials, employees and other involved in Code Enforcement.  Please feel free to share this invite to our program with others.

    Date: August 7, 2025

    Location: Publick House Historic Inn, 277 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA 01566

    Presenters:

    • Caitlin Castillo, First Assistant Clerk Magistrate, Western Division Housing Court
    • Kathleen Connolly, Attorney, Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP
    • Maja Kazmierczak, Assistant Attorney General, Neighborhood Renewal Division, Office of the Attorney General
    • Carolyn Murray, Shareholder, KP Law
    • Karis North, Partner, Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP
    • Barbara Saint Andre, Director of Community and Economic Development, Town of Medway

    Registration/ Pricing

    • MMLA Members and Local Officials (Program Only) $85.00
    • MMLA Members and Local Officials Program with Luncheon $100.00
    • Non-Members (Program Only) $90.00
    • Non-Members Program with Luncheon $110.00
    • Panelists and Award Recipients (welcome to attend the luncheon and entire program courtesy of MMLA)
    Panels and Speakers to Date- (subject to change)

    Panel 1

    Conservation & Environmental Enforcement Issues-

    Speakers: Karis North & Kathleen Connolly

    1.       Practical steps and tips on the process for obtaining administrative search warrants and use of other means.

    2.       Conservation Commission Effective Enforcement – advising municipalities on effective local enforcement steps from inspection and record-keeping phases through litigation phases; including advice on working effectively with MassDEP on enforcement of violations of the state Wetlands Protection Act and other statutes and regulations.

    Panel 2

    Enforcement Via the Courts and Receiverships

    Speakers: Caitlin Castillo and Maja Kazmierczak

    1.       Effective and Efficient Enforcement Action Through the Housing Court and other Courts

    a. Introduction and Overview to the Housing Court

    b. Code enforcement citations and the State Sanitary Code

    c. Petitions to Enforce the State Sanitary Code

    2.       Making Receivership Law Work for Your Municipality

    a. Requests to appoint a receiver under MGL c. 111 sec 127I

    b. Identifying a Receiver

    c. Motions to be filed by receiver’s attorney while in court and the municipalities’ roles

    d. Dissolution of a receivership 

    Panel 3

    Effective and Efficient Enforcement of Zoning and Land Use Laws

    Speakers: Barbara Saint Andre and Carolyn Murray

    1. Effective enforcement of zoning bylaws and ordinances, beginning with preparing the enforcement order from the Zoning Enforcement Officer; 

    2. How to handle appeals to the ZBA; 

    3. Strategies for seeking enforcement from the courts, including choice of venue and whether to use noncriminal disposition and contempt proceedings.  

     


      • 23 Oct 2025
      • 24 Oct 2025
      • Hotel Northampton, 36 King Street, Northampton, MA

      Save the dates to join us this fall as we return to picturesque western Massachusetts for our Annual Conference on Thursday, October 23rd and Friday, October 24th. We are delighted to host this year's conference in the City of Northampton at the historic Hotel Northampton. Room reservations at the special MMLA rate of $157.00, plus tax can be made by calling the Hotel at  413-584-3100 and asking for the Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association group for October 23-24.  If you want to arrive earlier (such as Wednesday evening), our special rate should be applicable.  If you want to stay later, inquire about rates.  Lots to see and do in the area! Other program information coming soon.

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    7 May 2025 Monthly Webinar Program - Impact Fees and Exactions in Land Use Matters
    2 Apr 2025 Monthly Webinar Program - How to Avoid Liability When Separating Municipal Employees
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    26 Feb 2025 Special Webinar Program - Tackling Immigration Issues at the Local Level
    12 Feb 2025 Monthly Webinar Program - What's Next After the Milton Decision?
    23 Jan 2025 Connect 351 (MMA Annual Conference & Trade Show)
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    17 Dec 2024 Update on Accessory Dwelling Units Requirements in Affordable Homes Act - Special Webinar
    13 Nov 2024 Monthly Webinar Program - Tax Title Issues
    17 Oct 2024 MMLA Annual Conference
    10 Oct 2024 MMLA Executive Board Meeting for October 2024
    1 Oct 2024 MMLA Monthly Webinar Program - Home Rule Issues
    25 Sep 2024 Affordable Homes Act and Related Housing Legislation: Overview and Tips for Towns and Cities
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    11 Jul 2024 MMLA Executive Board Meeting for July 2024
    13 Jun 2024 MMLA Executive Board Meeting for June 2024
    6 Jun 2024 13th Annual MMLA Public Construction and Infrastructure Conference and Annual Business Meeting
    22 May 2024 MCLE 22nd Annual Municipal Law Conference (co-sponsored by MMLA)
    1 May 2024 MMLA Monthly Member Webinar - Elections
    2 Apr 2024 Meet A Municipal Lawyer: Internship Social
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    13 Mar 2024 Lessons Learned From EOHLC and AGO Preliminary Review of Proposed MBTA Communities Zoning
    7 Feb 2024 MMLA Monthly Member Webinar - Section 111F Injured-On-Duty Legal Issues
    26 Jan 2024 MMLA Web/Tech Committee Monthly Meeting January 2024
    19 Jan 2024 MMA Annual Meeting and Trade Show
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    1 Dec 2023 MMLA Web/Tech Committee Meeting
    13 Oct 2023 MMLA Annual Conference
    10 Aug 2023 MMLA Annual Half Day Program
    8 Jun 2023 12th Annual MMLA Public Construction and Infrastructure Conference and MMLA Annual Business Meeting
    4 Apr 2023 Labor Law Program Part 2 - Employee Discipline
    22 Mar 2023 21st Annual Municipal Law Conference (2023)
    2 Mar 2023 Working with the AGO's Neighborhood Renewal Division
    20 Jan 2023 Massachusetts Municipal Association Annual Meeting and Trade Show

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