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Capt. Al Vasas has been selected by Town Manager Richard Montouri to serve as the town's new deputy fire chief. Vasas will succeed Deputy Chief Mike Hazel, who was selected to assume command of the Fire Department upon the retirement of Chief Richard Mackey. Hazel and Vasas will assume their new roles on an acting basis as of 5 p.m. Friday, May 27, when Mackey concludes his last day of work. Mackey will officially retire in July, after his leftover vacation time is used up. "I believe he'll make an outstanding deputy chief and that he'll be a great asset to the new chief," said Montouri, when announcing the appointment at Tuesday's Selectmen's meeting. The two finalists for the deputy chief position were Vasas and Capt. Mike Sicard. …
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Deputy chief will take over as acting chief May 27.
UPDATED: Thursday, 4 p.m. Despite the challenges he faces, Deputy Fire Chief Mike Hazel is optimistic about the state of the Tewksbury Fire Department, as he prepares to succeed retiring Fire Chief Richard Mackey. The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved the recommendation of Town Manager Richard Montouri at their meeting Tuesday night. "Mike will do a great job as chief," said Mackey. "He's done a great job as deputy chief the last couple of years and has had a great career with the department." Hazel has been with the department for 22 years. He assumed the title of acting deputy chief in July 2009 and was named permanent deputy chief on Nov. 10, 2010. Montouri said there were two "outstanding" finalists for the position of chief. …
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Bill Gilman
8:11 am on Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Malcolm ... I'm not sure that what you are suggesting is legal. These employees who are collecting a pension from the town are collecting a benefit that was agreed to in collective bargaining. The unions and the town agreed to contracts and the town committed to paying these pensions. Now, if you want to negotiate different contracts with existing employees so that the cycle does not continue… more ›