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NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Michelle Turner
Boxborough Dispatch Center
978-263-2628

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 17, 2011

BOXBOROUGH, MA– The Town of Boxborough utilizes a communications service that allows us to send important, valuable community information directly to residents using the latest technology.

The Nixle Community Information Service allows us to create and publish messages to be delivered to subscribed residents instantly via cell phone text message and/or email. Notifications can also be accessed online at Nixle’s web site at www.nixle.com.

Messages may include missing persons, utility updates, storm information, road closers as well as other relevant safety and community event information.

“The communications center can be quickly overwhelmed with calls from residents inquiring about a situation. If we have information to share we would like to get it out as soon as possible with the greatest efficiency” says Michelle Turner, Communications Supervisor for the Boxborough Public Safety Dispatch.

The service is secure, reliable and easy to use for our community.

The messages can be sent specifically to residents registered within a ¼ mile radius, giving them the opportunity to receive trustworthy information relevant only to their neighborhood. Residents decide from which local agencies they want to receive information. Subscribers can also choose the way in which alerts are received, whether it is by email, text message, or over the web.

Nixle builds on the foundations of other public-to-public communication services, such as Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace, but adds a key component: security. When citizens receive information from our agency via Nixle, they know it can be trusted.

Residents of Boxborough and those in neighboring communities can immediately begin receiving pertinent information via text message, email, and web by registering at www.nixle.com.

We are very excited to have you experience it for yourself.

About Nixle
Nixle is a community information service provider built exclusively to provide secure and reliable communications. It is the first authenticated and secure service that connects municipal agencies and community organizations to residents in real time, delivering information to geographically targeted consumers over their cell phones (via text messages), through e-mails and via Web access. Nixle has secured a partnership with Nlets (the International Justice and Public Safety Network), allowing local police departments nationwide to send immediate alerts and advisories. For more information, visit www.nixle.com.
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