Elect Mark Nelson Selectman 01887 2021

08/14/2025

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12/13/2024

10/03/2024

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09/03/2021

To see if the Town of Wilmington will Vote to AMEND THE TOWN CHARTER OF WILMINGTON OF WILMINGTON as contained in the INHABITANT BY-LAWS, by adding a new section 22, that reads as follow: Director of Planning and Development
1. There shall be a Director of Planning and Development appointed by the Town Manager with veto authority by the Planning Board . The Director shall be a professionally qualified person of proven ability, especially fitted to perform the duties of the office by education and training. The Director of Planning and Development shall have had at least five (5) years of full-time paid experience in community planning and development.
2. At the discretion of the Town Manager, the Director of Planning and Development may serve as the head of any division within the Department of Planning and Development. The Town Manager may also designate one person to serve as the head of more than one division within the Department.
3 The Director of Planning and Development shall be responsible to the Planning Board for the effective operation of all Planning Board functions and all related activities. The Director shall coordinate and provide overall supervision of all activities of the Department of Planning and Development, and shall have, in consultation with the division head and the Town Manager, the authority to direct and assign all personnel serving in the Department of Planning and Development.
4 The Director of Planning and Development shall be responsible for, and shall have, the following specific duties:
coordination of the land use, environmental, community, and economic planning and development functions of all town departments and agencies; supervision of the following functions: planning, preservation of natural open space, land acquisition, community development, economic development, design review, subdivision control, affordable housing, and zoning appeals; assuring that each function is operating efficiently and in accordance with the applicable statute, by-law, code, and/or accepted practice; accountability for long-range planning and organizing; provision of administrative direction for all functions of the Department of Planning and Development; and working with the Planning Board, Town Manager, and Board of Selectmen in developing strategic plans and policies. Or do related to anything thereto.
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09/03/2021

Thank You to all the Supporters who took the time to Vote. Time will tell. https://www.ocpf.us/Filers Follow the $$$$

09/02/2021

GET OUT AND VOTE TODAY....EVERY VOTE COUNTS

09/01/2021

A. "I have always considered Olin a serious concern that previous boards have tried to hide and run away from," Nelson says. "I feel Olin should install state-of-the-art filtration systems on their property and pump out everything that they pumped into the town aquifer." JANUARY 21, 2004 TOWN CRIER
In April 2021, 17 years later: Highlights of the cleanup remedy are as follows: Begin cleanup of the aquifer by constructing and operating new groundwater extraction and treatment systems.
B. Cancer Study: Water Quality
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/wilmington-families-validated-childhood-cancer-cluster/PGJUQFFTGNDQPHBOOIGG6SHSYA/

Town Crier April 1999

08/30/2021

To see if the Town of Wilmington will Vote to AMEND THE TOWN CHARTER OF WILMINGTON OF WILMINGTON as contained in the INHABITANT BY-LAWS, by adding a new section 22, that reads as follow: Director of Planning and Development
1. There shall be a Director of Planning and Development appointed by the Town Manager with veto authority by the Planning Board . The Director shall be a professionally qualified person of proven ability, especially fitted to perform the duties of the office by education and training. The Director of Planning and Development shall have had at least five (5) years of full-time paid experience in community planning and development.
2. At the discretion of the Town Manager, the Director of Planning and Development may serve as the head of any division within the Department of Planning and Development. The Town Manager may also designate one person to serve as the head of more than one division within the Department.
3 The Director of Planning and Development shall be responsible to the Planning Board for the effective operation of all Planning Board functions and all related activities. The Director shall coordinate and provide overall supervision of all activities of the Department of Planning and Development, and shall have, in consultation with the division head and the Town Manager, the authority to direct and assign all personnel serving in the Department of Planning and Development.
4 The Director of Planning and Development shall be responsible for, and shall have, the following specific duties:
coordination of the land use, environmental, community, and economic planning and development functions of all town departments and agencies; supervision of the following functions: planning, preservation of natural open space, land acquisition, community development, economic development, design review, subdivision control, affordable housing, and zoning appeals; assuring that each function is operating efficiently and in accordance with the applicable statute, by-law, code, and/or accepted practice; accountability for long-range planning and organizing; provision of administrative direction for all functions of the Department of Planning and Development; and working with the Planning Board, Town Manager, and Board of Selectmen in developing strategic plans and policies. Or do related to anything thereto.
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Sign Name__________ Print Name_________Address____Precinct
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08/29/2021

Town Election is scheduled for Thursday September 2 👀

08/28/2021

The Water quality and total protection of the environment surrounding the Silver Lake area has always been of the utmost importance, the Lake is Wilmington’s most precious natural resource and has been enjoyed by townies for decades. For the former superintendent of Public Works to use this area as a dirty snow farm, is irreprehensible and blatant dis-service to the entire community. March 2, 2011 Lowell Sun
If elected, other projects Nelson would like to embark on include the development of Silver Lake
into a year round recreational resource center, expansion of the senior property tax work off plan and window replacement at the West Intermediate school.

08/27/2021

Mark Nelson has announced his candidacy for a term on the Wilmington Board of Selectmen.
As a lifelong resident, he has had the opportunity to witness first-hand the growth and development of Wilmington over the last 50 years.
Mark Nelson. Mark is graduate of Wilmington High School 1973, his daughter Kristen (Wilmington High School, class of 2003). He later attended Middlesex Community College and studied land development law. Nelson has been self-employed all his life and is semi-retired.
In 1996 Nelson made his debut bid for town office, receiving 1,100 votes for Redevelopment Authority. He has since served on the Master Plan Advisory Committee and the Transportation Sub-Committee.
The never ending saga with the superfund site at Olin Chemical and the EPA involvement with the landfill and recent developments related to the Maple meadow water quality that flows west to east through the heart of town. As a candidate in 2004, several town officials scoffed at Mark’s proposal quoted below.
A. "I have always considered Olin a serious concern that previous boards have tried to hide and run away from," Nelson says. "I feel Olin should install state-of-the-art filtration systems on their property and pump out everything that they pumped into the town aquifer." JANUARY 21, 2004 TOWN CRIER
In April 2021, 17 years later: Highlights of the cleanup remedy are as follows: Begin cleanup of the aquifer by constructing and operating new groundwater extraction and treatment systems.
B. Cancer Study: Water Quality
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/wilmington-families-validated-childhood-cancer-cluster/PGJUQFFTGNDQPHBOOIGG6SHSYA/
Where is a copy of the Monitoring well reports located on campus of 159 Church St.?
April 11, 2011, Lowell Sun:, As the debate heats up on whether the town should build a new high school, Nelson as candidate for Board of Selectmen has raised questions about whether the high school’s environmental status might affect the town’s ability to build on its campus. Nelson been campaigning throughout town to forewarn residents of just how costly such a proposal might be, considering the school’s record of oil spills dating back to the mid-1990s. The high school’s deed has a “limitation on its activities and use” due to its environmental history, according to the Lowell Registry of Deeds.
Rifling through town reports, Nelson said he learned an oil spill caused by leaking underground oil tanks was discovered at the high school in 1984. A $400,000 grant from the state helped to clean up what then-Town Manager Reginald Stapczynski called “a catastrophe.”
Two years later, another oil spill demanded a second cleanup. That problem was remedied after several years, but that could all change if new construction is performed at the former site of contamination, Nelson said.
DEP documents also confirmed Nelson’s account of past oil spills and cleanups. According to a March 2010 DEP opinion, the site has a notice of “Limitations on Activities and Use,” known as an AUL, dating to 2002,