Councilor Jared Eigerman News Today

NEWBURYPORT — Tensions between a pair of city councilors over residency matters boiled over into a contentious General Government subcommittee meeting that one councilor called a “kangaroo court” Monday night.

To the editor:

May 26—NEWBURYPORT — The City Council, in the first of two readings, voted 9-2 on Monday night to approve an ordinance increasing councilor salaries from $5,000 to $9,000 and the council president's salary from $6,000 to $11,000 beginning in January. When the ordinance was introduced April 12, Councilor at large Charles Tontar, who co-sponsored the proposal with council President and Ward 2 ...