Good Day Lebanon!
As you can see by the website, the new face and features are online and working. Some third party site have expressed the new site as a "fresh coat of paint", and nothing more. I do not know who the author is, but they obviously did not read the announcement about what is happening, or listen up at the last town meeting. I am sure it is not meant as malicious, just misinformed. Which is also dangerous if you are posting on a website and causing discontent, rather than being part of the solution.
I will to take this opportunity to explain some of the new features again:
1. The banner is now a color collage of some of the nicest visual sites in Lebanon.
2. The center column now has a rotating picture screen that can hold a cache of 50 pictures, rotating every 6 seconds.
If you have a picture of something of interest happening or happened in town, please feel free to send it to me for posting.
3. The left column now has a reduced set of choices. The town departments are being reprogrammed in to a new button
just below the banner called "Town Departments".
These buttons are currently being rewritten and reprogrammed. They are coming available each evening as time permits.
4. To the right of the Departments button are 3 new buttons I had added: "Community", "Businesses", and "State". We are
designing the new pages for these as well. On them you will now have access to many of the state government sites with a
simple click of the mouse. The Businesses page will allow us to feature local businesses and anything they would like posted,
or a forward to their company/personal website. The Community button will house public organizations like clubs, churches, schools,
sports leagues, etc.
If you have anything that falls in to any of these categories, please respond to my email address below my signature block and
tell me about it, or leave me an evening phone number and I will contact you. We are always looking for anything to post
or update on the site. We can not do it unless the information is given to us. If you do not wish to reach me, you can also
contact anyone at the town office.
5. Below the rotating pictures are postings of news items that I have received for your information. If you click on the item, it loads the
information page relating to that article. This is also a new feature and now in service.
6. The right hand column is for 2 new features as well:
Upcoming Events pulls for the next 7 days on the calendar and posts tem on the
front page for a quick "at a glance" look at happenings in town. These events are anything that our folks should know about, and
anyone is welcome to have an event posted to the town calendar to alert or remind others about the event.
News and Notices displays any items that were sent out via the websites email information system. If you received an email
Public Notice, or think you missed one, or are away from the local area, you can access the website and see the new notices at
a glance. Click on the notice and entire text will be displayed.
7. The left column also features two addtional items: Rapid Renewal, which allows you to click the button to access the state
online registration for your vehicle without leaving your home. This is for re-registration, not new vehicles. The online service
accepts "electronic check" only, no credit cards. You need your registration and insurance card in front of you to answer the
questions required. You will also need a personal blank check to retrieve the bank and account codes. After the registration is
completed, you get a notice to print and carry with you until the new printed registration and sticker tags arrive by mail in
approximately 2-3 buisness days. This is handy if your are injured and homebound, or forgot to do it and the offices are closed.
Below that is the Weatherbug icon which shows the zip code it is displaying information for, the temperature in farenheit and
celsius, and the local time. For more information about the forecast and radar screens, simply click on the Weatherbug icon and it
will take you to their homepage for your zipcode.
8. The final new feature is the Emergency Notice red banner just about the rotation picutres with the exclamation points.
This feature is for important new info about something immediate, like a meeting cancellation, etc.
So as you can see, there are several new features and they are active. I wanted the new site posted immediately for better informational
services in our town, even though some information screens are not yet completed. They are happing NOW!
In spite of the what you may have heard about the new site, it is still being updated every day with corrections and new items. But the
information being displayed is new and current. We have never had this much informational news on our site, and it will continue to grow.
I am excited by the new features and think they will help our citizens know more about the happenings in Lebanon.
I am a volunteer sysop programming this site with direction from the Selectmen and town office staff. I work my job during the day, and
do the towns website at night. Please be patient and feel free to ask questions, or provide more information about items you would like to
see on the site. If we can do it, we will. There is unlimited space and this is your service. Feel free to use it. No matter what, if you email
me, you will get an answer about whether it is or is not possible, and why. The only reason I would not answer is if I do not receive the
email for some reason. If you do not hear back from me, feel free call me.
Steve Endsley
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