Beginning July 11

Sundays from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Topsfield Town Common

Free concerts from the Topsfield Recreation Committee

For more information and a listing of concerts please go toSummer Concerts

Nonessential outdoor water use is limited to hand-held hoses or buckets only before 9 A.M. or after 5 P.M. each day.

The use of automatic irrigation systems at any time is strictly prohibited.

Essential outdoor water use is permitted and includes those uses that have a health or safety impact, are required by regulation or are needed to meet the core functions of a business or organization.

For more information please go towww.topsfieldpublicworks.org

Real Estate and Personal Property tax bills were mailed June 18th, and will be due Monday August 2rd, as August 1st falls on a Sunday.

You may pay your bill in person at the Treasurer's Office or drop it off at the mail slot located to the left of the front door at the Town Hall.

You may mail your tax payments in the envelope provided which will go to a lockbox at the Century Bank in Medford.

You may, also, "pay on line". Click onPay your taxes online here . Follow the easy instructions for a convenient method of paying your taxes. If paying with a credit card, there will be a fee from the card processor which should appear on the credit card screen.

If you have sold your house after January 1st, please forward the tax bill to the new owner or return the bill back to the Treasurer's Office.

If you escrow your taxes, please make sure your mortgage company is in receipt of your tax bill.

Topsfield has adopted MGL Chapter 40 thru 42F which requires all overdue water balances, 90 days from June 30th of the previous fiscal year, be placed as a tax lien on the 1st Actual real estate tax bill mailed in December.

A revision of the Open Meeting Law goes into effect on July 1, 2010. To be in compliance with the new law (M.G.L. c. 30A) that states "a meeting notice shall be printed in a legible, easily understandable format and shall contain the public body, the date, the time, and place of such meeting and a list of topics that the chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting and shall be available 48 hours prior to the meeting (Saturdays & Sundays excluded) in a handicapped-accessible location 24/7," a dedicated mailbox has been installed at the base of the handicapped ramp at Town Hall. A binder containing schedules of meetings and agendas/meeting topics will be available both in that mailbox and in the Town Clerk's office. All town committees, subcommittees and boards must adhere to the new rules.