In Middleton, the Board of Selectmen was accused of setting the town’s tax rate while its meeting was in recess. In Marblehead, the Board of Health has discussed a key issue in secret for a year and a half. In Wenham, a resident says she was in the bathroom when she overheard Planning Board members […]
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From Masslive.com: PALMER – The Attorney General’s Office has declined to investigate an Open Meeting Law complaint against the Palmer Redevelopment Authority lodged by Paul E. Burns regarding what he said were violations of requirements for quorums and for posting meetings, as well as the use of remote participation when it had not been formally adopted.
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From The Boston Globe: BOSTON (AP) — The state Attorney General’s Office will hold three educational forums on the Open Meeting Law throughout the state next month.
The forums are part of an effort by Attorney General Martha Coakley to help public boards understand and comply with the requirements of the law. State, local, regional and county public boards are required to comply with the law.
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From GazetteNET:
NORTHAMPTON – It's been more than a year since the Northampton City Council held an executive session, but the last time it did meet behind closed doors, it violated the Open Meeting Law, according to a ruling this week by the state attorney general's office.
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