Jesse Mermell's Last Selectmen's Meeting

Mermell has taken a position in the Patrick Administration.

Tuesday evening was Jesse Mermell’s last meeting as a member of the Board of Selectmen. Mermell announced that she had taken the position of Communications Director for the Patrick/Murray administration in a press release on January 4. Mermell said that she would be stepping down from the Board of Selectmen effective January 14 in order to perform her duties as Communications Director without any conflict of interest. The Board members thanks Mermell for her work in environmental issues, helping to bring Hubway to Brookline and for teaching the Board how to use social media. She was praised for singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Town Meeting and completing the Boston Marathon. Mermell has about four months left in her second term. …