How to use the carverma.org website
Note that this web site is currently under construction by the volunteer members of the Website Committee, and not all the features described below may be completely functional.
Welcome to carverma.org, the official web site of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts!
This site is designed primarily to communicate important information to the residents of the town. As such, it is designed to allow efficient access to frequently-updated information.
To provide this efficient access, this website employs several ways of presenting information that are used on most pages of the web site.
General Site Navigation
The navigation bar to the left of each page (including this one) is probably the most straightforward way to move around the site.
Additionally, in all pages (except the home page) you may click the Town of Carver logo in the upper left corner of the page to return to the home page.
Additionally, in the black bar beneath the logo (in all pages but the home page) there a "breadcrumb" navigation (think Hansel and Gretel) that tells you where you are in the website. This may be useful if you have clicked through several different pages and would like to return to an earlier level.
Additionally, in the black bar beneath the logo on the home page only, are convenience links directly to frequently-visited parts of the web site.
Main Headlines
At the center of the home page, below the large photograph (try clicking the photo), you'll find the "News and Recent Developments" section. These are important and/or urgent announcements from the Selectmen, Town Clerk, or Town Administrator's offices. Other town departments may request that the Town Administrator's office post information as well, provided it is of general interest and otherwise appropriate.
You may click each item for more information.
Toggle Items
Not all information is of interest to every visitor to the website. Therefore information is often presented as title that may be clicked to show additional detail. You can recognize these toggling titles by the right-pointing triangle to the left of the headline. (You don't have to click on the triangle to toggle the item; clicking anywhere in the red rectangle will do.)
Departmental Headline Summaries on Home Page
Headlines are an efficient way for a town department to keep the residents informed of any departmental-specific issues.
Rather than require residents to visit each department page to see if there are any headlines of interest, headlines for all departments are summarized on the home page.
Additionally, Boards and Committees that do not have their own town web page may also post headlines.
There is a toggle item on the upper left side of the home page that gives a summary of departmental headlines from all departments. When the item is toggled, a short summary of each headline appears in reverse chronological order (newest headlines first).
When you click the bar, a summary of each headline is displayed. If a particular headline looks interesting, you may click on the department name to go to that department's headline page to investigate the headline in detail.
If there are too many departmental headlines to display in the space available, click the "see all department headlines" link at the bottom of the list to see all headlines.
Public Meetings
On the left side of the home page, beneath the toggle item for department headlines, is a toggle item for public meetings. Toggling it will display summaries of upcoming public meetings for the 80-or-so Town of Carver and Regional Boards, Commissions, and Committees.
For reasons of space, only the first several upcoming public meetings are displayed.
- To see all upcoming public meetings, click the "see all upcoming public meetings" link at the bottom of the displayed list.
- To see public meetings that have already taken place, click the "see recent past public meetings" link.
- To search all public meetings on record, click the "search public meetings" link.
Getting More Information About Public Meetings
Public meeting information is provided as a service to visitors to the Town of Carver website. While we make customary efforts to provide correct information on this website, we cannot guarantee that the information provided is correct. Please see the website disclaimer.
Before you attend a public meeting, it may save you time or make your time more productive if you get information about the meeting beforehand:
- If a public meeting has been canceled, there will be a red "canceled" label next to the Board, Commission, or Committee name.
- If the time, date, or location of a public meeting has been changed since its original posting, there will be a blue "changed" label next to the name.
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If you click the plus sign next to the time and date of the public meeting,
additional information will be displayed about the meeting:
- The day of the week the meeting will take place.
- The location of the meeting.
- The meeting agenda as well as any revised agendas.
- The meeting minutes (only if the meeting has already taken place, of course) as well as any revised minutes.
- Any other files, maps, spreadsheets, photographs, etc. that the Board, Commission, or Committee has uploaded for the meeting.