August 2023

“ ‘This is just about the best case scenario,’ Whitman Selectman Justin Evans told Abington News. ‘It will be great to see Hornstra come in and bring back at least an ice cream stand and dairy store, and hopefully have cows back and a working farm at some point in the future.’ ”

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August 2023

“Carter has met with John Hornstra, Jay Rosa of the state’s Department of Agriculture, Scott McFadden of the Wildlands Trust, Town Counsel Peter Sumners, Assistant Town Administrator Kathleen Keefe and Evans to discuss the upcoming auction.”

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July 2023


June 2023

“The town will a have at least a taste of the rainbow this month after all, as the Select Board voted 3-2, on Tuesday, June 20, to support a proclamation from the board to declare June as Pride Month.”

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December 2022

Whitman green lights three pot stores

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May 2022

“Incumbent Whitman Selectman Justin Evans, was the top vote getter in the vote-for-two race between four candidates...”

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May 2022


April 2022


April 2022

Justin Evans runs for second term on Whitman Select Board

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April 2022

““It feels weird to say it, but now I’m a candidate with experience,” said Evans, who is completing his first term as a Whitman Selectman. ‘I was a fresh face three years ago.’”

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February 2022


January 2022

“Four hundred residents managed to obtain free COVID-19 at-home test kits at a town-sponsored distribution Friday, Dec. 31 at Whitman Middle School.”

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November 2021


August 2021

“Thanks to a $363,000 state Complete Streets grant, the DPW is making a change to the traffic island between Colebrook Cemetery and Whitman Park”

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JUNE 2021

“Articles urging a ban on single-use plastic check-out bags and polystyrene food containers and beverage cups, sponsored by petition from students at WHRHS Environmental Awareness Club were approved at the Wednesday, June 2 annual Town Meeting.”

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July 2020

“Whitman residents officially approved of placing CPA adoption on the November ballot, becoming the 6th community to do so this year.”

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July 2020

“Voters unanimously approved the assessment compromise for the school budget before moving on to the school budget during an outdoor Town Meeting in the blistering heat at WHRHS ball fields Monday, July 27.
The $15,367,392 school assessment line item in the Article 2 budget was also approved unanimously.”

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May 2020

“The Board of Selectmen after a joint meeting with the Finance Committee on Tuesday, May 5, voted 4-1 to reaffirm the statutory method for school budgeting this year. ..Selectman Justin Evans, who represents Whitman on the regional agreement amendment panel, dissented from the vote to reaffirm the statutory formula. ‘I can’t see this as anything but punishing the schools for a disagreement with another town,’ he said. ‘I’d like the opportunity to continue and present something to this board before we vote it down.’”

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April 2020


April 2020

“Selectman Justin Evans expressed concern that voting hours should not be restricted without first exploring other options, including possibly rotating election workers’ shifts.
’I just don’t like the idea of limiting any opportunities to vote,’ Evans said.”

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May 2019

“Whitman voters signaled they are ready for youthful change tempered with experience, as they elected 29-year-old newcomer Justin Evans, and re-elected incumbent Brian Bezanson, to the Board of Selectmen Saturday, May 18…”

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May 2019

“Finance Committee member Justin Evans, who works as a natural gas pipeline safety engineer for the state, rounds out the field of candidates. Evans, who grew up in town, thanked his fellow candidates for their service to the town of Whitman. He and his wife decided to stay in Whitman to raise their future family and feels the town has much to offer.”

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April 2019


March 2019

“I’m running because I love this town, and I’m running to solve problems. That’s what I do as an Engineer, and with your help that’s what I’ll do for Whitman.”

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