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WESTERLY — The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is standing by a Westerly woman named in a December lawsuit by the Weekapaug Fire District over contested access to
Brett Hawkes’ journey of discovery took him from the North Shore of Massachusetts to Northern France, where he bicycled on the path his grandfather marched through World War I.
A Rhode Island man and a Massachusetts man have been charged for allegedly sexually exploiting a child.
In separate legal filings, all three argue that the Weekapaug Fire District’s lawsuit against them is an attack on the right to speak out and petition the government – core First Amendment rights.