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Mashpee officials are reviewing the town’s policy on public comment after a recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court called into question how towns can regulate the longstanding practice.
AMHERST — A Supreme Judicial Court decision invalidating a policy requiring civility during public comments in the town of Southborough is prompting an Amherst Town Council subcommittee to put off recommending limiting oral feedback at council...
AMHERST — A Supreme Judicial Court decision invalidating a policy requiring civility during public comments in the town of Southborough is prompting an Amherst Town Council subcommittee to put off recommending limiting oral feedback at council...
Where three plaintiffs have challenged the town of Southborough’s public comment policy, the plaintiffs are entitled to a judgment declaring the town's public comment policy unconstitutional in violation of Articles 19 and 16 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. “After objecting to open meeting law violations and other municipal actions in a public comment session
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick arrives outside Massachusetts' Dedham District Courthouse for his arraignment on Sept. 3, 2021. / Andrew Bukuras/CNABoston, Mass., Feb 27, 2023 / 16:57 pm (CNA).Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 92, filed a motion in a Massachusetts court claiming he is "legally incompetent" to stand trial for sex abuse charges, citing "significant, worsening, and irreversible dementia."McCarrick is charged with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over the age of 14 relating to allegations that he sexually abused the teenager wh...