MLK online service Sunday, new BPD officers, vaccine progress, Barnstable Notes
The Barnstable Patriot
Barnstable s interfaith service commemorating the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held this Sunday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m. The service will take place virtually in lieu of the annual march from the Hyannis Village Green to the Federated Church and post-march worship service.
Tune into a pre-recorded video as of 3 p.m. Sunday using the link: https://federatedchurch.org/
The commemoration is organized by The Cape Cod Chapter of the NAACP, The Federated Church of Hyannis, Barnstable No Place for Hate, Cape Cod Community College and the Cape Cod Council of Churches.
By Ethan Genter
Cape Cod Times
BARNSTABLE A Barnstable police officer filed a lawsuit against the town, police Chief Matthew Sonnabend, Deputy Chief Mark Cabral and Lt. John Murphy, saying he was pushed out of his job as a detective because of his age and for reporting Murphy for allegedly drinking on the job.
Brian Guiney, a 35-year-veteran on the force, filed the civil complaint in Barnstable Superior on Tuesday. The complaint claims his supervisors engaged in both age discrimination and retaliation against him for raising complaints about Murphy, another longtime member of the department.
Murphy said he wasn’t comfortable commenting for this story because he hadn’t yet been formally served in the case. Sonnabend and Cabral did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday.