Community Corner

Five Things You Need to Know in Mansfield for Oct. 5: Kosilek, School and Town Budgets and Unemployment

Mansfield unemployment down.

1. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.  Friday Night Patchy fog after 5 a.m. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 57. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

2. Michelle Kosilek, whose court case to receive a sex-change operation is currently under appeal, has acrewed over $800,000 in legal fees, for which she is seeking the state to pay. Click here to read more.

3. The school district has begun working on the budget for next year. The school committee stated that they would be focusing on high needs students to secure federal funding per state requirements.

Find out what's happening in Mansfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

4. Mansfield finance committee members said that the town has a long way to go to create a solvent budget in terms of revenue growth. Click here to read more.

5. Mansfield's unemployment is down since January. Click here to see the figures and how Mansfield stacks up against the state and its neighboring towns.

Find out what's happening in Mansfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

More from Mansfield