Editing Whitman, Massachusetts (section)

==Government==
On the national level, Whitman is a part of [[Massachusetts's 8th congressional district]] (as of the 2013 redistricting), and has been represented since 2001 by [[Stephen F. Lynch|Stephen Lynch]].  The state's senior ([[Classes of United States Senators#Class I|Class I]]) senator, elected in 2012, is [[Elizabeth Warren]]. The junior ([[Classes of United States Senators#Class II|Class II]]) member of the [[United States Senate]] is [[Ed Markey]]. Markey was elected in 2013 to finish out the remainder of the term vacated by [[John Kerry]] when he became [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]].

On the state level, Whitman is represented in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] as a part of the Seventh Plymouth district, which includes the towns of Abington and East Bridgewater and is currently represented by Abington resident [[Alyson Sullivan]]. The town is represented in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] as a part of the Second Plymouth and Bristol district, which includes Brockton, [[Halifax, Massachusetts|Halifax]], [[Hanover, Massachusetts|Hanover]], Hanson and portions of East Bridgewater and [[Easton, Massachusetts|Easton]] and the seat is currently held by [[Michael Brady (politician)|Michael Brady]].<ref>[http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm Index of Legislative Representation by City and Town, from Mass.gov]</ref> The town is patrolled by the First (Norwell) Barracks of Troop D of the [[Massachusetts State Police]].<ref>[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsterminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Law+Enforcement+%26+Criminal+Justice&L2=Law+Enforcement&L3=State+Police+Troops&L4=Troop+D&sid=Eeops&b=terminalcontent&f=msp_divisions_field_services_troops_troop_d_msp_field_troop_d_station_d1&csid=Eeops Station D-1, SP Norwell]</ref>

[[File:Whitman Park, MA.jpg|thumb|right|Whitman Park, MA]]
Whitman is governed by the [[open town meeting]] form of government, and is led by a town manager and a [[board of selectmen]]. The town's police department is located in a newly constructed building on a site formerly used for a succession of schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitman-ma.gov/135/Police-Department|access-date=February 26, 2014|title=Police Department Webpage}}</ref>  The town's fire department is located further west along Route 27.  It has its own ambulance service, and patients needing emergency care are brought to Brockton Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital in [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]] or South Shore Hospital in [[Weymouth, Massachusetts|South Weymouth]].  The town's post office is located just east of the town hall.  The Whitman Public Library is located a block south of Route 27, having moved into its first stand-alone branch in 1982 after seventy-five years in the town hall.  Between the library and the fire department is a [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] armory.  The town also operates a playground and pool at the [[Whitman Park|Whitman town park]] (which was designed by the [[Olmsted Brothers]] firm), just north of the town hall.