page_title: Rockland, Massachusetts
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Rockland, Massachusetts / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: Rockland Memorial Library, Rockland, Massachusetts
context_page_description: Rockland is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,489 at the 2010 census. As of December 31, 2009, there were 11,809 registered voters in the community.
context_section_description: On the national level, Rockland is a part of Massachusetts's 10th congressional district, and is represented by Bill Keating.  The state's senior (Class I) member of the United States Senate, elected in 2012, is Elizabeth Warren. The state's junior member, elected in a special election following the appointment of John Kerry to United States Secretary of State, is Ed Markey.
  On the state level, Rockland is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a part of the Fifth Plymouth district, which includes the towns of Hanover and Norwell.  The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Norfolk and Plymouth District, which includes Abington, Holbrook, Quincy, and part of Braintree.  The town is patrolled by the First (Norwell) Barracks of Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police.
  The town has its own police and fire department; the police department is located near the eastern junction of Routes 123 and 139 and the fire department is located along Union Street, the town's main street.  The fire department also has its own ambulance service, which brings emergency cases to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth or Brockton Hospital in Brockton.  The Rockland Memorial Library is a member of the Old Colony Library Network (OCLN) and the Southeastern Massachusetts Library System (SEMLS).
  Rockland is governed by an open town meeting form of government.  Its board of selectmen has five elected seats, currently filled by:
  Michael O'Loughlin 2020  (Chairman)
  Michael Mullen, 2021
  Larry Ryan, 2022 (Vice-Chairman)
  Kara Nyman, 2020
  Richard Penney, 2022
caption: Rockland Memorial Library
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